Quran 16:23 — An-Nahl, verse 23
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
There is no doubt that God knows what they conceal and what they reveal. He does not love the arrogant.
لَا جَرَمَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ ۚ إِنَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الْمُسْتَكْبِرِينَ
lā jarama anna l-laha yaʿlamu mā yusirrūna wamā yuʿ'linūna innahu lā yuḥibbu l-mus'takbirīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Without a doubt God knows what they keep secret and what they publish; He loves not those that wax proud.
- Muhammad Asad
- Truly, God knows all that they keep secret as well as all that they bring into the open -[and,] behold, He does not love those who are given to arrogance,
- Sahih International
- Assuredly, Allāh knows what they conceal and what they declare. Indeed, He does not like the arrogant.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لَاlā | No doubt | — |
| 2 | جَرَمَjarama | No doubt | جرم |
| 3 | أَنَّanna | that | — |
| 4 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 5 | يَعْلَمُyaʿlamu | knows | علم |
| 6 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 7 | يُسِرُّونَyusirrūna | they conceal | سرر |
| 8 | وَمَاwamā | and what | — |
| 9 | يُعْلِنُونَ ۚyuʿ'linūna | they reveal | علن |
| 10 | إِنَّهُۥinnahu | Indeed, He | — |
| 11 | لَاlā | (does) not | — |
| 12 | يُحِبُّyuḥibbu | love | حبب |
| 13 | ٱلْمُسْتَكْبِرِينَl-mus'takbirīna | the arrogant ones | كبر |