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Al-Hadid 4

Ayah 4 of 29 · Medinan

هُوَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ فِي سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٖ ثُمَّ ٱسۡتَوَىٰ عَلَى ٱلۡعَرۡشِۖ يَعۡلَمُ مَا يَلِجُ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا يَخۡرُجُ مِنۡهَا وَمَا يَنزِلُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا يَعۡرُجُ فِيهَاۖ وَهُوَ مَعَكُمۡ أَيۡنَ مَا كُنتُمۡۚ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ بَصِيرٞ ٤

It is He who created the heavens and earth in six days and then established Himself above the Throne.1 He knows what penetrates into the earth and what emerges from it and what descends from the heaven and what ascends therein; and He is with you2 wherever you are. And Allāh, of what you do, is Seeing.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 See footnotes to 2:19 and 7:54.

2 In knowledge - observing and witnessing.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. هُوَHehuwa
  2. ٱلَّذِي(is) the One Whoalladhī
  3. خَلَقَcreatedkhalaqa
  4. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِthe heavensl-samāwāti
  5. وَٱلۡأَرۡضَand the earthwal-arḍa
  6. فِيinfī
  7. سِتَّةِsixsittati
  8. أَيَّامٖperiodsayyāmin
  9. ثُمَّthenthumma
  10. ٱسۡتَوَىٰHe roseis'tawā
  11. عَلَىoverʿalā
  12. ٱلۡعَرۡشِۖthe Thronel-ʿarshi
  13. يَعۡلَمُHe knowsyaʿlamu
  14. مَاwhatmā
  15. يَلِجُpenetratesyaliju
  16. فِيin(to)fī
  17. ٱلۡأَرۡضِthe earthl-arḍi
  18. وَمَاand whatwamā
  19. يَخۡرُجُcomes forthyakhruju
  20. مِنۡهَاfrom itmin'hā
  21. وَمَاand whatwamā
  22. يَنزِلُdescendsyanzilu
  23. مِنَfrommina
  24. ٱلسَّمَآءِthe heavenl-samāi
  25. وَمَاand whatwamā
  26. يَعۡرُجُascendsyaʿruju
  27. فِيهَاۖthereinfīhā
  28. وَهُوَand Hewahuwa
  29. مَعَكُمۡ(is) with youmaʿakum
  30. أَيۡنَwhereverayna
  31. مَاwherevermā
  32. كُنتُمۡۚyou arekuntum
  33. وَٱللَّهُAnd Allahwal-lahu
  34. بِمَاof whatbimā
  35. تَعۡمَلُونَyou dotaʿmalūna
  36. بَصِيرٞ(is) All-seerbaṣīrun

Tafsir

He is the one who created the heavens and the earth in six days, starting from Sunday and finishing on Friday, yet He is capable of having created them in less than the duration of the blinking of an eye. He then rose over His Throne as befits Him (may He be glorified). He knows everything that enters the earth, i.e. every drop of rain and every seed etc.; He knows everything that emerges from it, i.e. every shoot, mineral etc.; He knows everything that descends from the sky i.e. rain, revelation etc., and He knows everything that ascends to it i.e. angels, souls and deeds of the servants etc. And He is with you wherever you are O people, in terms of His knowledge: nothing is hidden from Him and He sees everything you do. None of your actions are hidden from Him, and He will requite you for them.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran