Quran 2:33 — Al-Baqara, verse 33
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Then He said, ‘Adam, tell them the names of these.’ When he told them their names, God said, ‘Did I not tell you that I know what is hidden in the heavens and the earth, and that I know what you reveal and what you conceal?’
قَالَ يَا آدَمُ أَنْبِئْهُمْ بِأَسْمَائِهِمْ ۖ فَلَمَّا أَنْبَأَهُمْ بِأَسْمَائِهِمْ قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُلْ لَكُمْ إِنِّي أَعْلَمُ غَيْبَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَأَعْلَمُ مَا تُبْدُونَ وَمَا كُنْتُمْ تَكْتُمُونَ
qāla yāādamu anbi'hum bi-asmāihim falammā anba-ahum bi-asmāihim qāla alam aqul lakum innī aʿlamu ghayba l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa-aʿlamu mā tub'dūna wamā kuntum taktumūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- He said, 'Adam, tell them their names.' And when he had told them their names He said, 'Did I not tell you I know the unseen things of the heavens and earth? And I know what things you reveal, and what you were hiding.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Said He: "O Adam, convey unto them the names of these [things]." And as soon as [Adam] had conveyed unto them their names, [God] said: "Did I not say unto you, `Verily, I alone know the hidden reality of the heavens and the earth, and know all that you bring into the open and all. that you would conceal'?"
- Sahih International
- He said, "O Adam, inform them of their names." And when he had informed them of their names, He said, "Did I not tell you that I know the unseen [aspects] of the heavens and the earth? And I know what you reveal and what you have concealed."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 2 | يَـٰٓـَٔادَمُyāādamu | O Adam | — |
| 3 | أَنۢبِئْهُمanbi'hum | Inform them | نبأ |
| 4 | بِأَسْمَآئِهِمْ ۖbi-asmāihim | of their names | سمو |
| 5 | فَلَمَّآfalammā | And when | — |
| 6 | أَنۢبَأَهُمanba-ahum | he had informed them | نبأ |
| 7 | بِأَسْمَآئِهِمْbi-asmāihim | of their names | سمو |
| 8 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 9 | أَلَمْalam | Did not | — |
| 10 | أَقُلaqul | I say | قول |
| 11 | لَّكُمْlakum | to you | — |
| 12 | إِنِّىٓinnī | Indeed, I | — |
| 13 | أَعْلَمُaʿlamu | [I] know | علم |
| 14 | غَيْبَghayba | (the) unseen | غيب |
| 15 | ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti | (of) the heavens | سمو |
| 16 | وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍi | and the earth | أرض |
| 17 | وَأَعْلَمُwa-aʿlamu | and I know | علم |
| 18 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 19 | تُبْدُونَtub'dūna | you reveal | بدو |
| 20 | وَمَاwamā | and what | — |
| 21 | كُنتُمْkuntum | you [were] | كون |
| 22 | تَكْتُمُونَtaktumūna | conceal | كتم |