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Surah 33. Al-Ahzab, Ayah 63

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يَسْـَٔلُكَ ٱلنَّاسُ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ ۖ قُلْ إِنَّمَا عِلْمُهَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ تَكُونُ قَرِيبًا
Yasaluka a l nn a su AAani a l ss a AAati qul innam a AAilmuh a AAinda All a hi wam a yudreeka laAAalla a l ss a AAata takoonu qareeb a n
PEOPLE will ask thee about the Last Hour. Say: "Knowledge thereof rests with God alone; yet for all thou knowest, the Last Hour may well be near!"82
  - Mohammad Asad

See 7:187 .

People ask you about the Hour of Doom. Tell them: "Allah Alone has the knowledge of it. Who knows? It may be that the Hour is near at hand."
  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
People ask you 'O Prophet' about the Hour. Say, 'That knowledge is only with Allah. You never know, perhaps the Hour is near.'
  - Mustafa Khattab
Men ask you of the Hour. Say: The knowledge of it is with Allah only. What can convey (the knowledge) unto thee? It may be that the Hour is nigh.
  - Marmaduke Pickthall
Men ask thee concerning the Hour: say "The knowledge thereof is with Allah (alone)": and what will make thee understand? Perchance the Hour is nigh! 3771
  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Cf. vii. 187 and n. 1159, where the idea is further explained. The knowledge of the Final Hour is with Allah alone. The fact of its coming is certain; the exact time when it will come has not been revealed. If it were, it would disturb our thoughts and life. "Heavy were its burden through the heavens and the earth." But at any given moment it cannot be far distant. In theological language, each individual's death is a Final Hour, a Qiyamat Sugra (Lesser Day of Judgement). In that sense it is not the same for all individuals, and is certainly always near.

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