Quran 17:96 — Al-Israa, verse 96
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Say, ‘God is witness enough between me and you. He knows and observes His servants well.’
قُلْ كَفَىٰ بِاللَّهِ شَهِيدًا بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُ كَانَ بِعِبَادِهِ خَبِيرًا بَصِيرًا
qul kafā bil-lahi shahīdan baynī wabaynakum innahu kāna biʿibādihi khabīran baṣīran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Say: 'God suffices as a witness between me and you; surely He is aware of and sees His servants.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Say: "None can bear witness between me and you as God does: verily, fully aware is He of His creatures, and He sees all [that is in their hearts]."
- Sahih International
- Say, "Sufficient is Allāh as Witness between me and you. Indeed He is ever, concerning His servants, Aware and Seeing."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 2 | كَفَىٰkafā | Sufficient is | كفي |
| 3 | بِٱللَّهِbil-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 4 | شَهِيدًۢاshahīdan | (as) a witness | شهد |
| 5 | بَيْنِىbaynī | between me | بين |
| 6 | وَبَيْنَكُمْ ۚwabaynakum | and between you | بين |
| 7 | إِنَّهُۥinnahu | Indeed, He | — |
| 8 | كَانَkāna | is | كون |
| 9 | بِعِبَادِهِۦbiʿibādihi | of His slaves | عبد |
| 10 | خَبِيرًۢاkhabīran | All-Aware | خبر |
| 11 | بَصِيرًۭاbaṣīran | All-Seer | بصر |