Surah Az-Zukhruf 43:66 — translation and meaning

الزخرف · Verse 66 / 89 · Page 494

هَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا السَّاعَةَ أَن تَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

Word by Word

هَلْ
hal
Are
يَنظُرُونَ
yanzuruna
they waiting
إِلَّا
illa
except
السَّاعَةَ
al-sa'ata
(for) the Hour
أَن
an
that
تَأْتِيَهُم
tatiyahum
it should come on them
بَغْتَةً
baghtatan
suddenly
وَهُمْ
wahum
while they
لَا
la
(do) not
يَشْعُرُونَ
yash'uruna
perceive

Transliteration

Hal yanzuroona illas Saa'ata an taatiyahum baghtatanw wa hum laa yash'uroon

Translation

Are they waiting except for the Hour to come upon them suddenly while they perceive not?

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

These disputing parties in regards to Jesus await nothing except the Hour which will come to them suddenly, whilst they do not even perceive its arrival. If it comes to them whilst they are upon disbelief, then their abode is a painful torment.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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