Quran 20:110 — Taa-Haa, verse 110
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
He knows what is before and behind them, though they do not comprehend Him-
يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِهِ عِلْمًا
yaʿlamu mā bayna aydīhim wamā khalfahum walā yuḥīṭūna bihi ʿil'man
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- He knows what is before them and behind them, and they comprehend Him not in knowledge.
- Muhammad Asad
- [for] He knows all that lies open before men and all that is hidden from them, whereas they cannot encompass Him with their knowledge.
- Sahih International
- He [i.e., Allāh] knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them, but they do not encompass it [i.e., what He knows] in knowledge.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَعْلَمُyaʿlamu | He knows | علم |
| 2 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 3 | بَيْنَbayna | (is) before them | بين |
| 4 | أَيْدِيهِمْaydīhim | (is) before them | يدي |
| 5 | وَمَاwamā | and what | — |
| 6 | خَلْفَهُمْkhalfahum | (is) behind them | خلف |
| 7 | وَلَاwalā | while not | — |
| 8 | يُحِيطُونَyuḥīṭūna | they encompass | حوط |
| 9 | بِهِۦbihi | it | — |
| 10 | عِلْمًۭاʿil'man | (in) knowledge | علم |