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Al-An'am 103

Ayah 103 of 165 · Meccan

لَّا تُدۡرِكُهُ ٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرُ وَهُوَ يُدۡرِكُ ٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرَۖ وَهُوَ ٱللَّطِيفُ ٱلۡخَبِيرُ ١٠٣

Vision perceives Him not,1 but He perceives [all] vision; and He is the Subtle,2 the Aware.3

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 In the life of this world. The people of Paradise will be able to see Allāh in the Hereafter. See 75:22-23.

2 Perceptive of the most precise and unapparent matters and the intricacies of all affairs. Also, He who benefits His servants in indiscernible ways.

3 See footnote in 6:18.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. لَّاNot (can)lā
  2. تُدۡرِكُهُgrasp Himtud'rikuhu
  3. ٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرُthe visionsl-abṣāru
  4. وَهُوَbut Hewahuwa
  5. يُدۡرِكُ(can) graspyud'riku
  6. ٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرَۖ(all) the visionl-abṣāra
  7. وَهُوَand He (is)wahuwa
  8. ٱللَّطِيفُthe All-Subtlel-laṭīfu
  9. ٱلۡخَبِيرُthe All-Awarel-khabīru

Tafsir

Vision cannot encompass Him, but His Vision covers and encompasses all things. He is the One Who is Subtle with His righteous servants and is Aware of them.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran