41:47

۞إِلَيۡهِ يُرَدُّ عِلۡمُ ٱلسَّاعَةِۚ وَمَا تَخۡرُجُ مِن ثَمَرَٰتٖ مِّنۡ أَكۡمَامِهَا وَمَا تَحۡمِلُ مِنۡ أُنثَىٰ وَلَا تَضَعُ إِلَّا بِعِلۡمِهِۦۚ وَيَوۡمَ يُنَادِيهِمۡ أَيۡنَ شُرَكَآءِي قَالُوٓاْ ءَاذَنَّـٰكَ مَامِنَّا مِن شَهِيدٖ

Ilayhi yuraddu AAilmu alssaAAati wama takhruju min thamaratin min akmamiha wama tahmilu min ontha wala tadaAAu illa biAAilmihi wayawma yunadeehim ayna shurakaee qaloo athannaka ma minna min shaheedin

To him [alone] is attributed knowledge of the Hour. And fruits emerge not from their coverings nor does a female conceive or give birth except with His knowledge. And the Day He will call to them, "Where are My 'partners'?" they will say, "We announce to You that there is [no longer] among us any witness [to that]."

Word by word
  1. ۞إِلَيۡهِTo Him
  2. يُرَدُّis referred
  3. عِلۡمُ(the) knowledge
  4. ٱلسَّاعَةِۚ(of) the Hour
  5. وَمَاAnd not
  6. تَخۡرُجُcomes out
  7. مِنany
  8. ثَمَرَٰتٖfruits
  9. مِّنۡfrom
  10. أَكۡمَامِهَاtheir coverings
  11. وَمَاand not
  12. تَحۡمِلُbears
  13. مِنۡany
  14. أُنثَىٰfemale
  15. وَلَاand not
  16. تَضَعُgives birth
  17. إِلَّاexcept
  18. بِعِلۡمِهِۦۚwith His knowledge
  19. وَيَوۡمَAnd (the) Day
  20. يُنَادِيهِمۡHe will call them
  21. أَيۡنَWhere (are)
  22. شُرَكَآءِيMy partners
  23. قَالُوٓاْThey will say
  24. ءَاذَنَّـٰكَWe announce (to) You
  25. مَامِنَّاnot
  26. مِنamong us
  27. شَهِيدٖany
Fussilat · 41:47Makkah

He knows the Hour, every fruit, every birth.

Nothing grows or is born outside His knowledge


What only He knows
the Hourno one else knows
every fruitleaving its sheath
every pregnancyand every birth
then
where are My partnersnone will testify
What false partners do
stand up for me
vanishno one bears witness

When Jibril asked about the Hour, the Prophet ﷺ said the one asked knows no more than the one asking. Ibn Kathir adds that every fruit from its sheath and every pregnancy is in His knowledge. On the Day, those who worshipped others will say none of us bears witness to any partner.

You are waiting outside a delivery room, or for test results, or for a harvest of a different kind: a job offer, an answer. He already knows every detail of what is coming. You can hand Him the waiting.

I need to know what is coming before I can feel calm.

He knows every birth, every fruit, every hour. My calm can rest on His knowing.

Try this

Name one thing you are anxiously waiting for and give it to Allah in a short dua.

Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (shared passage from 41:46)

Whosoever does righteous good deed, it is for himself; and whosoever does evil, it is against himself. And your Lord is not at all unjust to (His) servants (46)To Him is referred the knowledge of the Hour. No fruit comes out of its sheath, nor does a female conceive nor brings forth (young), except by His knowledge. And on the Day when He will call unto them (saying): "Where are My (so-called) partners?" They will say: "We inform You that none of us bears witness to it! (47)And those whom they used to invoke before (in this world) shall disappear from them, and they will perceive that they have no place of refuge (48)

Everyone will be requited according to His Deeds

مَنْ عَمِلَ صَالِحًا فَلِنَفْسِهِ ۖ 

(Whosoever does righteous good deed, it is for himself;) means, the benefit of which will come to him.

وَمَنْ أَسَاءَ فَعَلَيْهَا ۗ 

(and whosoever does evil, it is against himself.) means, the consequences of that will come back on him.

وَمَا رَبُّكَ بِظَلَّامٍ لِلْعَبِيدِ

(And your Lord is not at all unjust to (His) servants) means, He only punishes people for their sins, and He does not punish anyone except after establishing proof against him and sending a Messenger to him.

Knowledge of the Hour is with Allah Alone

Then Allah says:

إِلَيْهِ يُرَدُّ عِلْمُ السَّاعَةِ ۚ

(To Him is referred the knowledge of the Hour.) meaning, no one knows about that apart from Him. Muhammad ﷺ, the leader of mankind, said to Jibril, who is one of the leading angels, when he asked him about the Hour:

مَا الْمَسْؤُولُ عَنْهَا بِأَعْلَمَ مِنَ السَّائِلِ

(The one who is asked about it does not know more than the one who is asking.)" And Allah says:

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنْتَهَاهَا 

(To your Lord belongs the term thereof.)(79:44)

لَا يُجَلِّيهَا لِوَقْتِهَا إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ 

(None can reveal its time but He)(7:187).

وَمَا تَخْرُجُ مِنْ ثَمَرَاتٍ مِنْ أَكْمَامِهَا وَمَا تَحْمِلُ مِنْ أُنْثَىٰ وَلَا تَضَعُ إِلَّا بِعِلْمِهِ ۚ 

(No fruit comes out of its sheath, nor does a female conceive nor brings forth (young), except by His knowledge.) means, all of that is known to Him, and nothing is hidden from your Lord the weight of a speck of dust on the earth or in the heaven. Allah says:

وَمَا تَسْقُطُ مِنْ وَرَقَةٍ إِلَّا يَعْلَمُهَا

(not a leaf falls, but He knows it)(6:59).

اللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ مَا تَحْمِلُ كُلُّ أُنْثَىٰ وَمَا تَغِيضُ الْأَرْحَامُ وَمَا تَزْدَادُ ۖ وَكُلُّ شَيْءٍ عِنْدَهُ بِمِقْدَارٍ

(Allah knows what every female bears, and by how much the wombs fall short or exceed. Everything with Him is in (due) proportion)(13:8).

 وَمَا يُعَمَّرُ مِنْ مُعَمَّرٍ وَلَا يُنْقَصُ مِنْ عُمُرِهِ إِلَّا فِي كِتَابٍ ۚ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى اللَّهِ يَسِيرٌ

(And no aged man is granted a length of life nor is a part cut off from his life, but is in a Book. Surely, that is easy for Allah.)(35:11)

وَيَوْمَ يُنَادِيهِمْ أَيْنَ شُرَكَائِي

(And on the Day when He will call unto them (saying): "Where are My (so-called) partners?") means, on the Day of Resurrection, Allah will call out to the idolators before all of creation and say, "Where are My partners whom you worshipped besides Me?"

قَالُوا آذَنَّاكَ

(They will say: "We inform You...") means, 'we tell You,'

مَا مِنَّا مِنْ شَهِيدٍ 

(that none of us bears witness to it.) means, 'not one of us will bear witness today that You have any partner.'

وَضَلَّ عَنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يَدْعُونَ مِنْ قَبْلُ ۖ 

(And those whom they used to invoke before (in this world) shall disappear from them,) means, they will go away, and will be of no benefit to them.

وَظَنُّوا مَا لَهُمْ مِنْ مَحِيصٍ

(and they will perceive that they have no place of refuge) means, they will have no way of escaping from the punishment of Allah. This is like the Ayah:

وَرَأَى الْمُجْرِمُونَ النَّارَ فَظَنُّوا أَنَّهُمْ مُوَاقِعُوهَا وَلَمْ يَجِدُوا عَنْهَا مَصْرِفًا

(And the criminals shall see the Fire and apprehend that they have to fall therein. And they will find no way of escape from there.)(18:53)