Quran 21:4 — Al-Anbiyaa, verse 4
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
He said, ‘My Lord knows everything that is said in the heavens and the earth: He is the All Hearing, the All Knowing.’
قَالَ رَبِّي يَعْلَمُ الْقَوْلَ فِي السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۖ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ
qāla rabbī yaʿlamu l-qawla fī l-samāi wal-arḍi wahuwa l-samīʿu l-ʿalīmu
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- He says: 'My Lord knows what is said in the heavens and the earth, and He is the All-hearing, the All-knowing.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Say: “My Sustainer knows whatever is spoken in heaven and on earth; and He alone is all-hearing, all-knowing.”
- Sahih International
- He [the Prophet (ﷺ)] said, "My Lord knows whatever is said throughout the heaven and earth, and He is the Hearing, the Knowing."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 2 | رَبِّىrabbī | My Lord | ربب |
| 3 | يَعْلَمُyaʿlamu | knows | علم |
| 4 | ٱلْقَوْلَl-qawla | the word | قول |
| 5 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 6 | ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāi | the heavens | سمو |
| 7 | وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖwal-arḍi | and the earth | أرض |
| 8 | وَهُوَwahuwa | And He | — |
| 9 | ٱلسَّمِيعُl-samīʿu | (is) the All-Hearer | سمع |
| 10 | ٱلْعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmu | the All-Knower | علم |