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
لَّا Not (can) lā تُدۡرِكُهُ grasp Him tud'rikuhu ٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرُ the visions l-abṣāru وَهُوَ but He wahuwa يُدۡرِكُ (can) grasp yud'riku ٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرَۖ (all) the vision l-abṣāra وَهُوَ and He (is) wahuwa ٱللَّطِيفُ the All-Subtle l-laṭīfu ٱلۡخَبِيرُ the All-Aware l-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
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