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Al-Baqarah 33

Ayah 33 of 286 · Medinan

قَالَ يَٰٓـَٔادَمُ أَنۢبِئۡهُم بِأَسۡمَآئِهِمۡۖ فَلَمَّآ أَنۢبَأَهُم بِأَسۡمَآئِهِمۡ قَالَ أَلَمۡ أَقُل لَّكُمۡ إِنِّيٓ أَعۡلَمُ غَيۡبَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَأَعۡلَمُ مَا تُبۡدُونَ وَمَا كُنتُمۡ تَكۡتُمُونَ ٣٣

He said, "O Adam, inform them of their names." And when he had informed them of their names, He said, "Did I not tell you that I know the unseen [aspects] of the heavens and the earth? And I know what you reveal and what you have concealed."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قَالَHe saidqāla
  2. يَٰٓـَٔادَمُO Adamyāādamu
  3. أَنۢبِئۡهُمInform themanbi'hum
  4. بِأَسۡمَآئِهِمۡۖof their namesbi-asmāihim
  5. فَلَمَّآAnd whenfalammā
  6. أَنۢبَأَهُمhe had informed themanba-ahum
  7. بِأَسۡمَآئِهِمۡof their namesbi-asmāihim
  8. قَالَHe saidqāla
  9. أَلَمۡDid notalam
  10. أَقُلI sayaqul
  11. لَّكُمۡto youlakum
  12. إِنِّيٓIndeed, Iinnī
  13. أَعۡلَمُ[I] knowaʿlamu
  14. غَيۡبَ(the) unseenghayba
  15. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ(of) the heavensl-samāwāti
  16. وَٱلۡأَرۡضِand the earthwal-arḍi
  17. وَأَعۡلَمُand I knowwa-aʿlamu
  18. مَاwhatmā
  19. تُبۡدُونَyou revealtub'dūna
  20. وَمَاand whatwamā
  21. كُنتُمۡyou [were]kuntum
  22. تَكۡتُمُونَconcealtaktumūna

Tafsir

Then Allah told Adam to tell them the names. When Adam told the angels the names of things, as he had been taught, Allah reminded the angels that He had told them that He knew everything hidden in the heavens and the earth, and what they made public and what they said inside of themselves.

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