Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Saba, Ayah 3
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(Those who disbelieve) the disbelievers of Mecca: Abu Jahl and his host (say: The Hour will never come unto us. Say) to them, O Muhammad: (Nay, by my Lord) Allah swore by Himself, (but it is coming) the Hour is coming (unto you surely. (He is) the Knower of the Unseen) He knows what is hidden from people. (Not an atom's weight) not even a small red ant, (or less than that or greater, escapes Him) is hidden from Allah (in the heavens or in the earth) as regard the works of the servants, (but it is in a clear Record) in the Guarded Tablet well preserved,
Related Hadiths
"The Hour (Resurrection) will not occur until 'Allah, Allah' is not said on earth."
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Al-Jalalayn Commentary
And those who disbelieve say ‘The Hour the Resurrection will never come to us’. Say to them ‘Yes indeed by my Lord it shall come to you — by the Knower of the Unseen read ‘ālimi’l-ghaybi as an adjectival qualification of wa-rabbī ‘by my Lord’ or read ‘ālimu’l-ghaybi as the predicate of a missing subject such as huwa ‘He is’; or read ‘allāmi’l-ghaybi. Not even the weight of an atom escapes is hidden from Him in the heavens or in the earth nor is there anything smaller than that or greater but it is in a Manifest Book namely the Preserved Tablet al-lawh al-mahfūz