يَعۡلَمُ مَا بَيۡنَ أَيۡدِيهِمۡ وَمَا خَلۡفَهُمۡ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِهِۦ عِلۡمٗا ١١٠
He [i.e., Allāh] knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them, 1 but they do not encompass it [i.e., what He knows] in knowledge.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 Allāh’s knowledge encompasses every aspect of His creations in the past, present and future.
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يَعۡلَمُ He knows yaʿlamu مَا what mā بَيۡنَ (is) before them bayna أَيۡدِيهِمۡ (is) before them aydīhim وَمَا and what wamā خَلۡفَهُمۡ (is) behind them khalfahum وَلَا while not walā يُحِيطُونَ they encompass yuḥīṭūna بِهِۦ it bihi عِلۡمٗا (in) knowledge ʿil'man Tafsir Allah knows what people will face in the final hour and He knows what they will have left behind in their worldly life. All the servants together cannot encompass the knowledge of Allah’s being and His qualities.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran
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