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Al-A'la (The Most High)

Verse 7of 19

إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ﴿٧

Translation (Sahih International)

Except what Allah should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden.

Word-by-word meaning

إِلَّاillāExcept
مَاwhat
شَآءَshāawills
ٱللَّهُ ۚl-lahuAllah
إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuknows
ٱلْجَهْرَl-jahrathe manifest
وَمَاwamāand what
يَخْفَىٰyakhfāis hidden

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Which was revealed in MakkahThe Virtues of Surat Al-A`laThis Surah was revealed in Makkah before the migration to Al-Madinah. The proof of this is what Al-Bukhari recorded from Al-Bara' bin `Azib, that he said, "The first people to come to us (in Al-Madinah) from the Companions of the Prophet were Mus`ab bin `Umayr and Ibn Umm Maktum, who taught us the Qur'an; then `Ammar, Bilal and Sa`d came. Then `Umar bin Al-Khattab came with a group of twenty people, after which the Prophet came.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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