أَطَّلَعَ ٱلۡغَيۡبَ أَمِ ٱتَّخَذَ عِندَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ عَهۡدٗا ٧٨
Has he looked into the unseen, or has he taken from the Most Merciful a promise?
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- أَطَّلَعَHas he lookedaṭṭalaʿa
- ٱلۡغَيۡبَ(into) the unseenl-ghayba
- أَمِorami
- ٱتَّخَذَhas he takenittakhadha
- عِندَfromʿinda
- ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِthe Most Graciousl-raḥmāni
- عَهۡدٗاa promiseʿahdan
Tafsir
Does he have knowledge of the Ghaib and therefore he said that with some proof? Or does he have a pledge with his Lord to enter him into paradise and to give him wealth and children?
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran