say i do not know whether that which you are promised is nigh or whether my lord will appoint for it a space knower he of the unseen and he discloses not his unseen to anyone save only to such a messenger as he is wellpleased with then he despatches before him and behind him watchers that he may know they have delivered the messages of their lord and he encompasses all that is with them and he has numbered everything in numbers.
قل إن أدري أقريب ما توعدون أم يجعل له ربي أمدا عالم الغيب فلا يظهر على غيبه أحدا إلا من ارتضى من رسول فإنه يسلك من بين يديه ومن خلفه رصدا ليعلم أن قد أبلغوا رسالات ربهم وأحاط بما لديهم وأحصى كل شيء عددا