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Al-An'am (The Cattle)

Verse 59of 165

۞ وَعِندَهُۥ مَفَاتِحُ ٱلْغَيْبِ لَا يَعْلَمُهَآ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِى ٱلْبَرِّ وَٱلْبَحْرِ ۚ وَمَا تَسْقُطُ مِن وَرَقَةٍ إِلَّا يَعْلَمُهَا وَلَا حَبَّةٍۢ فِى ظُلُمَٰتِ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا رَطْبٍۢ وَلَا يَابِسٍ إِلَّا فِى كِتَٰبٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ﴿٥٩

Translation (Sahih International)

And with Him are the keys of the unseen; none knows them except Him. And He knows what is on the land and in the sea. Not a leaf falls but that He knows it. And no grain is there within the darknesses of the earth and no moist or dry [thing] but that it is [written] in a clear record.

Word-by-word meaning

۞ وَعِندَهُۥwaʿindahuAnd with Him
مَفَاتِحُmafātiḥu(are the) keys
ٱلْغَيْبِl-ghaybi(of) the unseen
لَاno (one)
يَعْلَمُهَآyaʿlamuhāknows them
إِلَّاillāexcept
هُوَ ۚhuwaHim
وَيَعْلَمُwayaʿlamuAnd He knows
مَاwhat
فِى(is) in
ٱلْبَرِّl-barithe land
وَٱلْبَحْرِ ۚwal-baḥriand in the sea
وَمَاwamāAnd not
تَسْقُطُtasquṭufalls
مِنminof
وَرَقَةٍwaraqatinany leaf
إِلَّاillābut
يَعْلَمُهَاyaʿlamuhāHe knows it
وَلَاwalāAnd not
حَبَّةٍۢḥabbatina grain
فِىin
ظُلُمَـٰتِẓulumātithe darkness[es]
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi(of) the earth
وَلَاwalāand not
رَطْبٍۢraṭbinmoist
وَلَاwalāand not
يَابِسٍyābisindry
إِلَّاillābut
فِى(is) in
كِتَـٰبٍۢkitābina Record
مُّبِينٍۢmubīninClear

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Prophet Understands What He Conveys; Torment is in Allah's Hands Not the Prophet'sAllah says, just as We mentioned the clear signs that testify and direct to the path of guidance, all the while chastising useless arguments and defiance,كَذلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ الآيَـتِ(And thus do We explain the Ayat in detail,) that is, whatever responsible adults need explained to them, in the affairs of life and religion,وَلِتَسْتَبِينَ سَبِيلُ الْمُجْرِمِينَ(That the way of the criminals may become manifest.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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