Surat Al-Jinn Verse No. 25: Reading and listening
Translation of the verse 25 from Surah Al-Jinn : Number of verses 28 - - page 573 - Part 29.
﴾قُلۡ إِنۡ أَدۡرِيٓ أَقَرِيبٞ مَّا تُوعَدُونَ أَمۡ يَجۡعَلُ لَهُۥ رَبِّيٓ أَمَدًا ﴿
[ الجن: 25]
Say (O Muhammad SAW): "I know not whether (the punishment) which you are promised is near or whether my Lord will appoint for it a distant term.
English - Sahih International
Say, "I do not know if what you are promised is near or if my Lord will grant for it a [long] period."
Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi
(72:25) Say: 'I know not whether what you are promised is near or whether my Lord will prolong its term. *25
Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi
*25) The style itself shows that this is an answer which has been given without citing the question. Probably, hearing what has been said above, the opponents might have asked mockingly and tauntingly: "When will the time with which you are threatening us come?" In response, the Holy Prophet (upon whom be peace) was commanded to say: "The time will certainly come, but I have not been told the date of its coming. AIIah alone knows whether is will come soon, or whether a distant term has been set for it. "