Quran Verses about Signs of the Hour

يَسۡـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرۡسَىٰهَاۖ قُلۡ إِنَّمَا عِلۡمُهَا عِندَ رَبِّيۖ لَا يُجَلِّيهَا لِوَقۡتِهَآ إِلَّا هُوَۚ ثَقُلَتۡ فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ لَا تَأۡتِيكُمۡ إِلَّا بَغۡتَةٗۗ يَسۡـَٔلُونَكَ كَأَنَّكَ حَفِيٌّ عَنۡهَاۖ قُلۡ إِنَّمَا عِلۡمُهَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ١٨٧

Yasʾalūnaka ʿanis-sāʿati ayyāna mursāhā, qul innamā ʿilmuhā ʿinda rabbī, lā yujallīhā liwaqtihā illā huw, thaqulat fis-samāwāti wal-arḍ, lā taʾtīkum illā baghtah, yasʾalūnaka kaʾannaka ḥafiyyun ʿanhā, qul innamā ʿilmuhā ʿindallāhi wa lākinna aktharan-nāsi lā yaʿlamūn.

They ask you, [O Muḥammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?¹ Say, "Its knowledge is only with my Lord. None will reveal its time except Him. It lays heavily² upon the heavens and the earth. It will not come upon you except unexpectedly." They ask you as if you are familiar with it. Say, "Its knowledge is only with Allāh, but most of the people do not know."

أَتَىٰٓ أَمۡرُ ٱللَّهِ فَلَا تَسۡتَعۡجِلُوهُۚ سُبۡحَٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَٰلَىٰ عَمَّا يُشۡرِكُونَ ١

Atā amrullāhi falā tastaʿjilūh, subḥānahū wa taʿālā ʿammā yushrikūn.

The command of Allāh is coming,¹ so be not impatient for it. Exalted is He and high above what they associate with Him.

ٱقۡتَرَبَ لِلنَّاسِ حِسَابُهُمۡ وَهُمۡ فِي غَفۡلَةٖ مُّعۡرِضُونَ ١

Iqtaraba lin-nāsi ḥisābuhum wa hum fī ghaflatim muʿriḍūn.

[The time of] their account has approached for the people, while they are in heedlessness turning away.

يَسۡـَٔلُكَ ٱلنَّاسُ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِۖ قُلۡ إِنَّمَا عِلۡمُهَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِۚ وَمَا يُدۡرِيكَ لَعَلَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ تَكُونُ قَرِيبًا ٦٣

Yasʾalukan-nāsu ʿanis-sāʿah, qul innamā ʿilmuhā ʿindallāh, wa mā yudrīka laʿallas-sāʿata takūnu qarībā.

People ask you concerning the Hour. Say, "Knowledge of it is only with Allāh. And what may make you perceive? Perhaps the Hour is near."

ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَنزَلَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَٱلۡمِيزَانَۗ وَمَا يُدۡرِيكَ لَعَلَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ قَرِيبٞ ١٧

Allāhul-ladhī anzalal-kitāba bil-ḥaqqi wal-mīzān, wa mā yudrīka laʿallas-sāʿata qarīb.

It is Allāh who has sent down the Book in truth and [also] the balance [i.e., justice]. And what will make you perceive? Perhaps the Hour is near.

أَزِفَتِ ٱلۡأٓزِفَةُ ٥٧

Azifatil-āzifah.

The Approaching Day has approached.

لَيۡسَ لَهَا مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ كَاشِفَةٌ ٥٨

Laysa lahā min dūnillāhi kāshifah.

Of it, [from those] besides Allāh, there is no remover.

إِنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ ءَاتِيَةٌ أَكَادُ أُخۡفِيهَا لِتُجۡزَىٰ كُلُّ نَفۡسِۭ بِمَا تَسۡعَىٰ ١٥

Innas-sāʿata ātiyatun akādu ukhfīhā litujzā kullu nafsim bimā tasʿā.

Indeed, the Hour is coming - I almost conceal it¹ - so that every soul may be recompensed according to that for which it strives.

فَهَلۡ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا ٱلسَّاعَةَ أَن تَأۡتِيَهُم بَغۡتَةٗۖ فَقَدۡ جَآءَ أَشۡرَاطُهَاۚ فَأَنَّىٰ لَهُمۡ إِذَا جَآءَتۡهُمۡ ذِكۡرَىٰهُمۡ ١٨

Fahal yanẓurūna illas-sāʿata an taʾtiyahum baghtah, faqad jāʾa ashrāṭuhā, fa annā lahum idhā jāʾathum dhikrāhum.

Then do they await except that the Hour should come upon them unexpectedly? But already there have come [some of] its indications. Then how [i.e., what good] to them, when it has come, will be their remembrance?

ٱقۡتَرَبَتِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ وَٱنشَقَّ ٱلۡقَمَرُ ١

Iqtarabatis-sāʿatu wanshaqqal-qamar.

The Hour has come near, and the moon has split [in two].¹

قَالُواْ يَٰذَا ٱلۡقَرۡنَيۡنِ إِنَّ يَأۡجُوجَ وَمَأۡجُوجَ مُفۡسِدُونَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَهَلۡ نَجۡعَلُ لَكَ خَرۡجًا عَلَىٰٓ أَن تَجۡعَلَ بَيۡنَنَا وَبَيۡنَهُمۡ سَدّٗا ٩٤

Qālū yādhal-qarnayni inna yaʾjūja wa maʾjūja mufsidūna fil-arḍi fahal najʿalu laka kharjan ʿalā an tajʿala baynanā wa baynahum saddā.

They said, "O Dhul-Qarnayn, indeed Gog and Magog¹ are [great] corrupters in the land. So may we assign for you an expenditure that you might make between us and them a barrier?"

قَالَ مَا مَكَّنِّي فِيهِ رَبِّي خَيۡرٞ فَأَعِينُونِي بِقُوَّةٍ أَجۡعَلۡ بَيۡنَكُمۡ وَبَيۡنَهُمۡ رَدۡمًا ٩٥

Qāla mā makkannī fīhi rabbī khayrun fa aʿīnūnī biquwwatin ajʿal baynakum wa baynahum radmā.

He said, "That in which my Lord has established me is better [than what you offer], but assist me with strength [i.e., manpower]; I will make between you and them a dam.

ءَاتُونِي زُبَرَ ٱلۡحَدِيدِۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا سَاوَىٰ بَيۡنَ ٱلصَّدَفَيۡنِ قَالَ ٱنفُخُواْۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَعَلَهُۥ نَارٗا قَالَ ءَاتُونِيٓ أُفۡرِغۡ عَلَيۡهِ قِطۡرٗا ٩٦

Ātūnī zubaral-ḥadīd, ḥattā idhā sāwā baynaṣ-ṣadafayni qālanfukhū, ḥattā idhā jaʿalahū nāran qāla ātūnī ufrigh ʿalayhi qiṭrā.

Bring me bars of iron" - until, when he had leveled [them] between the two mountain walls, he said, "Blow [with bellows]," until when he had made it [like] fire, he said, "Bring me, that I may pour over it molten copper."

فَمَا ٱسۡطَٰعُوٓاْ أَن يَظۡهَرُوهُ وَمَا ٱسۡتَطَٰعُواْ لَهُۥ نَقۡبٗا ٩٧

Famasṭāʿū ay yaẓharūhu wa mastaṭāʿū lahū naqbā.

So they [i.e., Gog and Magog] were unable to pass over it, nor were they able [to effect] in it any penetration.

قَالَ هَٰذَا رَحۡمَةٞ مِّن رَّبِّيۖ فَإِذَا جَآءَ وَعۡدُ رَبِّي جَعَلَهُۥ دَكَّآءَۖ وَكَانَ وَعۡدُ رَبِّي حَقّٗا ٩٨

Qāla hādhā raḥmatum mir rabbī, fa idhā jāʾa waʿdu rabbī jaʿalahū dakkāʾ, wa kāna waʿdu rabbī ḥaqqā.

[Dhul-Qarnayn] said, "This is a mercy from my Lord; but when the promise of my Lord¹ comes [i.e., approaches], He will make it level, and ever is the promise of my Lord true."

۞ وَتَرَكۡنَا بَعۡضَهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ يَمُوجُ فِي بَعۡضٖۖ وَنُفِخَ فِي ٱلصُّورِ فَجَمَعۡنَٰهُمۡ جَمۡعٗا ٩٩

Wa taraknā baʿḍahum yawmaʾidhiy yamūju fī baʿḍ, wa nufikha fiṣ-ṣūri fajamaʿnāhum jamʿā.

And We will leave them that day¹ surging over each other, and [then] the Horn will be blown, and We will assemble them in [one] assembly.

حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا فُتِحَتۡ يَأۡجُوجُ وَمَأۡجُوجُ وَهُم مِّن كُلِّ حَدَبٖ يَنسِلُونَ ٩٦

Ḥattā idhā futiḥat yaʾjūju wa maʾjūju wa hum min kulli ḥadabiy yansilūn.

Until when [the dam of] Gog and Magog has been opened and they, from every elevation, descend

وَٱقۡتَرَبَ ٱلۡوَعۡدُ ٱلۡحَقُّ فَإِذَا هِيَ شَٰخِصَةٌ أَبۡصَٰرُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ يَٰوَيۡلَنَا قَدۡ كُنَّا فِي غَفۡلَةٖ مِّنۡ هَٰذَا بَلۡ كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ ٩٧

Waqtarabal-waʿdul-ḥaqqu fa idhā hiya shākhiṣatun abṣārul-ladhīna kafarū yāwaylanā qad kunnā fī ghaflatim min hādhā bal kunnā ẓālimīn.

And [when] the true promise [i.e., the resurrection] has approached; then suddenly the eyes of those who disbelieved will be staring [in horror, while they say], "O woe to us; we had been unmindful of this; rather, we were wrongdoers."

۞ وَإِذَا وَقَعَ ٱلۡقَوۡلُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ أَخۡرَجۡنَا لَهُمۡ دَآبَّةٗ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ تُكَلِّمُهُمۡ أَنَّ ٱلنَّاسَ كَانُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا لَا يُوقِنُونَ ٨٢

Wa idhā waqaʿal-qawlu ʿalayhim akhrajnā lahum dābbatam minal-arḍi tukallimuhum annan-nāsa kānū biʾāyātinā lā yūqinūn.

And when the word [i.e., decree] befalls them,¹ We will bring forth for them a creature from the earth speaking to them, [saying] that the people were, of Our verses, not certain [in faith].

وَإِن مِّنۡ أَهۡلِ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ إِلَّا لَيُؤۡمِنَنَّ بِهِۦ قَبۡلَ مَوۡتِهِۦۖ وَيَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ يَكُونُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ شَهِيدٗا ١٥٩

Wa im min ahlil-kitābi illā layuʾminanna bihī qabla mawtih, wa yawmal-qiyāmati yakūnu ʿalayhim shahīdā.

And there is none from the People of the Scripture but that he will surely believe in him [i.e., Jesus] before his death.¹ And on the Day of Resurrection he will be against them a witness.

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَعِلۡمٞ لِّلسَّاعَةِ فَلَا تَمۡتَرُنَّ بِهَا وَٱتَّبِعُونِۚ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطٞ مُّسۡتَقِيمٞ ٦١

Wa innahū laʿilmul lis-sāʿati falā tamtarunna bihā wattabiʿūn, hādhā ṣirāṭum mustaqīm.

And indeed, he [i.e., Jesus] will be [a sign for] knowledge of the Hour, so be not in doubt of it, and follow Me.¹ This is a straight path.

هَلۡ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن تَأۡتِيَهُمُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ أَوۡ يَأۡتِيَ رَبُّكَ أَوۡ يَأۡتِيَ بَعۡضُ ءَايَٰتِ رَبِّكَۗ يَوۡمَ يَأۡتِي بَعۡضُ ءَايَٰتِ رَبِّكَ لَا يَنفَعُ نَفۡسًا إِيمَٰنُهَا لَمۡ تَكُنۡ ءَامَنَتۡ مِن قَبۡلُ أَوۡ كَسَبَتۡ فِيٓ إِيمَٰنِهَا خَيۡرٗاۗ قُلِ ٱنتَظِرُوٓاْ إِنَّا مُنتَظِرُونَ ١٥٨

Hal yanẓurūna illā an taʾtiyahumul-malāʾikatu aw yaʾtiya rabbuka aw yaʾtiya baʿḍu āyāti rabbik, yawma yaʾtī baʿḍu āyāti rabbika lā yanfaʿu nafsan īmānuhā lam takun āmanat min qablu aw kasabat fī īmānihā khayrā, qulintaẓirū innā muntaẓirūn.

Do they [then] wait for anything except that the angels should come to them or your Lord should come or that there come some of the signs¹ of your Lord? The Day that some of the signs of your Lord will come no soul will benefit from its faith as long as it had not believed before or had earned through its faith some good. Say, "Wait. Indeed, we [also] are waiting."