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Al-Jinn 28

Ayah 28 of 28 · Meccan

لِّيَعۡلَمَ أَن قَدۡ أَبۡلَغُواْ رِسَٰلَٰتِ رَبِّهِمۡ وَأَحَاطَ بِمَا لَدَيۡهِمۡ وَأَحۡصَىٰ كُلَّ شَيۡءٍ عَدَدَۢا ٢٨

That he [i.e., Muḥammad (ﷺ)] may know1 that they have conveyed the messages of their Lord; and He has encompassed whatever is with them and has enumerated all things in number.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 This phrase may also be read: "So He [i.e., Allāh] may make evident."

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. لِّيَعۡلَمَThat He may make evidentliyaʿlama
  2. أَنthatan
  3. قَدۡindeedqad
  4. أَبۡلَغُواْthey have conveyedablaghū
  5. رِسَٰلَٰتِ(the) Messagesrisālāti
  6. رَبِّهِمۡ(of) their Lordrabbihim
  7. وَأَحَاطَand He has encompassedwa-aḥāṭa
  8. بِمَاwhatbimā
  9. لَدَيۡهِمۡ(is) with themladayhim
  10. وَأَحۡصَىٰand He takes accountwa-aḥṣā
  11. كُلَّ(of) allkulla
  12. شَيۡءٍthingsshayin
  13. عَدَدَۢا(in) numberʿadadan

Tafsir

This is done in the hope that the messenger may know that the messengers before him had conveyed the messages of their Lord that He had instructed them to convey because of the care that Allah gave to it. Allah’s knowledge surrounds whatever is with the angels and messengers. Nothing of that is hidden from Him. He has counted the number of everything, so that nothing is hidden from Him, may He be glorified.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran