Quran 2:32 — Al-Baqara, verse 32
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They said, ‘May You be glorified! We have knowledge only of what You have taught us. You are the All Knowing and All Wise.’
قَالُوا سُبْحَانَكَ لَا عِلْمَ لَنَا إِلَّا مَا عَلَّمْتَنَا ۖ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْعَلِيمُ الْحَكِيمُ
qālū sub'ḥānaka lā ʿil'ma lanā illā mā ʿallamtanā innaka anta l-ʿalīmu l-ḥakīmu
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They said, 'Glory be to Thee! We know not save what Thou hast taught us. Surely Thou art the All-knowing, the All-wise.'
- Muhammad Asad
- They replied: "Limitless art Thou in Thy glory! No knowledge have we save that which Thou hast imparted unto us. Verily, Thou alone art all-knowing, truly wise."
- Sahih International
- They said, "Exalted are You; we have no knowledge except what You have taught us. Indeed, it is You who is the Knowing, the Wise."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالُوا۟qālū | They said | قول |
| 2 | سُبْحَـٰنَكَsub'ḥānaka | Glory be to You | سبح |
| 3 | لَاlā | No | — |
| 4 | عِلْمَʿil'ma | knowledge | علم |
| 5 | لَنَآlanā | (is) for us | — |
| 6 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 7 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 8 | عَلَّمْتَنَآ ۖʿallamtanā | You have taught us | علم |
| 9 | إِنَّكَinnaka | Indeed You | — |
| 10 | أَنتَanta | You | — |
| 11 | ٱلْعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmu | (are) the All-Knowing | علم |
| 12 | ٱلْحَكِيمُl-ḥakīmu | the All-Wise | حكم |