Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

The day God gathers the messengers, He will say: “What was the response to you?” They will say: “We have no knowledge; Thou art the Knower of the Unseen Realms.”

يَوْمَ يَجْمَعُ اللّٰهُ الرُّسُلَ فَيَقُولُ مَاذَٓا اُجِبْتُمْۜ قَالُوا لَا عِلْمَ لَنَاۜ اِنَّكَ اَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ
Yawma yajmaAAu Allahu arrusulafayaqoolu matha ojibtum qaloo la AAilma lanainnaka anta AAallamu alghuyoob
#wordmeaningroot
1yawma(The) dayيوم
2yajmaʿuwill (be) gatheredجمع
3l-lahu(by) Allah
4l-rusulathe Messengersرسل
5fayaqūluand He will sayقول
6mādhāWhat
7ujib'tumwas (the) response you receivedجوب
8qālūThey saidقول
9(There is) no
10ʿil'maknowledgeعلم
11lanāfor us
12innakaIndeed You
13antaYou
14ʿallāmu(are the) Knowerعلم
15l-ghuyūbi(of) the unseenغيب
  • Aisha Bewley

    On the day Allah gathers the Messengers together and says, ‘What response did you receive?’ they will say, ‘We do not know. You are the Knower of unseen things.’

  • Progressive Muslims

    The Day God will gather the messengers and He will Say: "What was the response you received"; they said: "We have no knowledge, you are the Knower of all the unseen. "

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    On the Day when Allah will assemble all Messengers and ask them, "What was the long term response to your teachings?" They will say, "We have no knowledge. You, only You are the Knower of the Unseen."

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    The day God gathers the messengers, He will say: “What was the response to you?” They will say: “We have no knowledge; Thou art the Knower of the Unseen Realms.”

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    The Day God will gather the messengers and He will say: "What was the response you received?" They said: "We have no knowledge, you are the Knower of all the unseen."

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    The day God will gather the messengers and He will say, "What was the response you received?"; they said, "We have no knowledge, you are the Knower of all the unseen."

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    The day will come when GOD will summon the messengers and ask them, "How was the response to you?" They will say, "We have no knowledge. You are the Knower of all secrets."

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    The day God will gather the apostles and ask: "What answer was made to you?" They will say: "We know not. You alone know the secrets unknown."

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    the Day when Allah will assemble the messengers and say, "What was the response you received?" They will say, "We have no knowledge. Indeed, it is You who is Knower of the unseen"

  • Muhammad Asad

    ON THE DAY when God shall assemble all the apostles and shall ask, "What response did you receive?" -they will answer, "We have no knowledge; verily, it is Thou alone who fully knowest all the things that are beyond the reach of a created being's perception. "

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    In the day when Allah gathereth together the messengers, and saith: What was your response (from mankind)? they say: We have no knowledge. Lo! Thou, only Thou art the Knower of Things Hidden,

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

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  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    One day shall Allah gather the Messengers and ask them, thus: "What response did you get from the people to whom you were sent and how did it accord with their deeds!" And they shall say: "Glory be to You, but You are the Omniscient of all the unknown and of all the invisible and of all private thoughts and feelings".

  • Bijan Moeinian

    The Day will come when God will ask His Prophets: "What kind of response did you receive?" They will reply: “We do not know ; only You have the full knowledge of all secrets. ”

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    On the Day when Allâh will gather the Messengers together and say to them: "What was the response you received (from men to your teaching)?" They will say: "We have no knowledge, verily, only You are the All-Knower of all that is hidden (or unseen)."

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    One day will Allah gather the messengers together, and ask: "What was the response ye received (from men to your teaching)?" They will say: "We have no knowledge: it is Thou Who knowest in full all that is hidden."

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    ˹Consider˺ the Day Allah will gather the messengers and say, "What response did you receive?" They will reply, “We have no knowledge ˹compared to You˺! You ˹alone˺ are indeed the Knower of all unseen.”

  • Taqi Usmani

    (Be mindful of) the day when Allah will assemble the messengers and will say to them, "How were you responded to?" They will say, “We have no knowledge. Surely You alone have the full knowledge of all that is unseen.”

  • Abdul Haleem

    On the Day when God assembles all the messengers and asks, ‘What response did you receive?’ they will say, ‘We do not have that knowledge: You alone know things that cannot be seen.’

  • Arthur John Arberry

    The day when God shall gather the Messengers, and say, 'What answer were you given?' They shall say, 'We have no knowledge; Thou art the Knower of the things unseen.

  • E. Henry Palmer

    On the day when God shall assemble the apostles and shall say, 'How were ye answered?' they will say, 'We have no knowledge; verily, thou art He who knoweth the unseen. '

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    On the day when Allah will assemble the Messengers and say, "What was your response from mankind. " they will say, "We have no knowledge; verily, Thou art He who knows in full the hidden."

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    The Day when Allah will gather the Messengers, so He will say, "What answer were you given?" They will say, "We have no knowledge; surely You, Ever You, are The Superb Knower of the (Things) Unseen. "

  • George Sale

    Think of the day when Allah will assemble the Messengers and say, 'What was the reply made to you?' They will say, 'We have no knowledge, it is only Thou Who art the Knower of hidden things.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    On the Day, when Allah will gather the messengers together, and asks them: "What was the response you received (from men to your teaching)?" They will say: "We have no knowledge: (It is) only You are All Knowing of all that is Hidden (Aalim-Al-Ghaib). "

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    (Imagine) the day when Allâh will gather together all the Messengers and asks, `What response did you receive?' They will say, `We have no real knowledge (about the minds of the people), surely it is You alone Who have true and perfect knowledge of all things unseen. '

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    The day Allah will gather the apostles and say, ‘What was the response to you?’ They will say, ‘We have no knowledge. Indeed You are knower of all that is Unseen.’