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Az-Zukhruf 4

Ayah 4 of 89 · Meccan

وَإِنَّهُۥ فِيٓ أُمِّ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ لَدَيۡنَا لَعَلِيٌّ حَكِيمٌ ٤

And indeed it is, in the Mother of the Book1 with Us, exalted and full of wisdom.2

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., the Preserved Slate (al-Lawḥ al-Maḥfūẓ).

2 Also, "precise" or "specific."

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِنَّهُۥAnd indeed, itwa-innahu
  2. فِيٓ(is) infī
  3. أُمِّ(the) Motherummi
  4. ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ(of) the Bookl-kitābi
  5. لَدَيۡنَاwith Usladaynā
  6. لَعَلِيٌّsurely exaltedlaʿaliyyun
  7. حَكِيمٌfull of wisdomḥakīmun

Tafsir

This Qur’ān is in the Preserved Tablet with us in the highest gathering and is high in status, honour and position. It is wise in that the instructions contained in it are not devoid of wisdom, and it is perfect without any contradiction or disagreement.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran