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هُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍۢ ثُمَّ ٱسْتَوَىٰ عَلَى ٱلْعَرْشِ ۚ يَعْلَمُ مَا يَلِجُ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا وَمَا يَنزِلُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا يَعْرُجُ فِيهَا ۖ وَهُوَ مَعَكُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌۭ﴿٤

Translation (Sahih International)

It is He who created the heavens and earth in six days and then established Himself above the Throne. He knows what penetrates into the earth and what emerges from it and what descends from the heaven and what ascends therein; and He is with you wherever you are. And Allah, of what you do, is Seeing.

Word-by-word meaning

هُوَhuwaHe
ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Who
خَلَقَkhalaqacreated
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaand the earth
فِىin
سِتَّةِsittatisix
أَيَّامٍۢayyāminperiods
ثُمَّthummathen
ٱسْتَوَىٰis'tawāHe rose
عَلَىʿalāover
ٱلْعَرْشِ ۚl-ʿarshithe Throne
يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuHe knows
مَاwhat
يَلِجُyalijupenetrates
فِىin(to)
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
وَمَاwamāand what
يَخْرُجُyakhrujucomes forth
مِنْهَاmin'hāfrom it
وَمَاwamāand what
يَنزِلُyanziludescends
مِنَminafrom
ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe heaven
وَمَاwamāand what
يَعْرُجُyaʿrujuascends
فِيهَا ۖfīhātherein
وَهُوَwahuwaand He
مَعَكُمْmaʿakum(is) with you
أَيْنَaynawherever
مَاwherever
كُنتُمْ ۚkuntumyou are
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
بِمَاbimāof what
تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou do
بَصِيرٌۭbaṣīrun(is) All-seer

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Allah's Knowledge, Power and Kingdom are LimitlessAllah the Exalted states that He created the heavens and earth, and all that is between them, in six Days and then rose over the Throne after He created them. We discussed this before in the explanation of Surat Al-A`raf, so it is not necessary to repeat the meaning here.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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