قُلْ إِنَّمَا ٱلْعِلْمُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَإِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ
Qul innamal 'ilmu 'indallaahi wa innamaaa ana nazeerum mubeen
کہہ دو اس کا علم خدا ہی کو ہے۔ اور میں تو کھول کھول کر ڈر سنانے دینے والا ہوں
Say: the knowledge rests with God alone, and I am only a clear warner.
The reply rests on one restrictive particle used twice, innamā, placing the timing with God and then holding the Messenger's role to the warning itself. A demand for a date is answered by declining the date, which is the consistent line of this surah: knowledge belongs to the one who made hearing and sight, and the schedule was never handed to anyone else.