فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَىٰهَآ 43
Translations
In what [position] are you that you should mention it?
Transliteration
Fima anta min dhikrayha
Tafsir (Explanation)
This ayah questions the Prophet Muhammad's role regarding the knowledge of the Hour's exact timing, asking 'What are you [O Muhammad] of its remembrance?' or 'What knowledge do you have of it?' Classical scholars like Al-Tabari and Ibn Kathir explain this as Allah asserting that knowledge of when the Hour will occur is exclusively with Him, and the Prophet has no specific knowledge to impart about its precise timing. The ayah emphasizes human limitation and divine omniscience regarding the unseen.
Revelation Context
This ayah appears in the context of Surah An-Nazi'at's discussion of the Day of Judgment and the Hour. The surah addresses those who question the reality of the afterlife and the resurrection. This specific ayah follows verses about the terror of the Day of Judgment, serving to clarify that while the reality of the Hour is certain, its exact timing remains a divine secret unknown even to the Prophet.
Related Hadiths
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: 'Five things are with Allah alone: the knowledge of the Hour, sending down of rain, knowing what is in the wombs, knowing what will be done tomorrow, and knowing where one will die.' (Sahih Bukhari 4695). This hadith directly complements the ayah's message about the exclusive divine knowledge of the Hour.
Themes
Key Lesson
This ayah teaches that uncertainty about the future, particularly the Last Hour, is intentional in our human condition—it should motivate us to live righteously without false security. We must trust in Allah's perfect knowledge while focusing on fulfilling our duties in the present moment rather than speculating about unknowable futures.
Related Ayahs
ٱقْرَأْ كِتَـٰبَكَ كَفَىٰ بِنَفْسِكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكَ حَسِيبًا
[It will be said], "Read your record. Sufficient is yourself against you this Day as accountant."
هُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ ٱسْتَوَىٰ عَلَى ٱلْعَرْشِ ۚ يَعْلَمُ مَا يَلِجُ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا وَمَا يَنزِلُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا يَعْرُجُ فِيهَا ۖ وَهُوَ مَعَكُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ
It is He who created the heavens and earth in six days and then established Himself above the Throne. He knows what penetrates into the earth and what emerges from it and what descends from the heaven and what ascends therein; and He is with you wherever you are. And Allāh, of what you do, is Seeing.
وَنَضَعُ ٱلْمَوَٰزِينَ ٱلْقِسْطَ لِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ فَلَا تُظْلَمُ نَفْسٌ شَيْـًٔا ۖ وَإِن كَانَ مِثْقَالَ حَبَّةٍ مِّنْ خَرْدَلٍ أَتَيْنَا بِهَا ۗ وَكَفَىٰ بِنَا حَـٰسِبِينَ
And We place the scales of justice for the Day of Resurrection, so no soul will be treated unjustly at all. And if there is [even] the weight of a mustard seed, We will bring it forth. And sufficient are We as accountant.
وَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ شَرًّا يَرَهُۥ
And whoever does an atom's weight of evil will see it.