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Al-Hujurat (The Rooms)

Verse 16of 18

قُلْ أَتُعَلِّمُونَ ٱللَّهَ بِدِينِكُمْ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌۭ﴿١٦

Translation (Sahih International)

Say, "Would you acquaint Allah with your religion while Allah knows whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth, and Allah is Knowing of all things?"

Word-by-word meaning

قُلْqulSay
أَتُعَلِّمُونَatuʿallimūnaWill you acquaint
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
بِدِينِكُمْbidīnikumwith your religion
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuwhile Allah
يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuknows
مَاwhat
فِى(is) in
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
وَمَاwamāand what
فِى(is) in
ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚl-arḍithe earth
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
بِكُلِّbikulliof every
شَىْءٍshayinthing
عَلِيمٌۭʿalīmun(is) All-Knower

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

There is a Difference between a Believer and a MuslimAllah chastises the bedouins who, when they embraced Islam, claimed for themselves the grade of faithful believers. However, Faith had not yet firmly entered their hearts,قَالَتِ الاٌّعْرَابُ ءَامَنَّا قُل لَّمْ تُؤْمِنُواْ وَلَـكِن قُولُواْ أَسْلَمْنَا وَلَمَّا يَدْخُلِ الايمَـنُ فِى قُلُوبِكُمْ(The bedouins say: "We believe." Say: "You do not believe, but say, `We have submitted,' for Faith has not yet entered your hearts...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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