Aal-i-Imraan 3:29 — Quran | Pray for the Truth

M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation

Say [Prophet], ‘God knows everything that is in your hearts, whether you conceal or reveal it; He knows everything in the heavens and earth; God has power over all things.’

قُلْ إِنْ تُخْفُوا مَا فِي صُدُورِكُمْ أَوْ تُبْدُوهُ يَعْلَمْهُ اللَّهُ ۗ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ ۗ وَاللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

qul in tukh'fū mā fī ṣudūrikum aw tub'dūhu yaʿlamhu l-lahu wayaʿlamu mā fī l-samāwāti wamā fī l-arḍi wal-lahu ʿalā kulli shayin qadīrun

A. J. Arberry: Say: 'Whether you hide what is in your breasts or publish it, God knows it. God knows what is in the heavens and what is in the earth; and God is powerful over everything.'
Muhammad Asad: Say: "Whether you conceal what is in your hearts or bring it into the open, God knows it: for He knows all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth; and God has the power to will anything."
Sahih International: Say, "Whether you conceal what is in your breasts or reveal it, Allāh knows it. And He knows that which is in the heavens and that which is on the earth. And Allāh is over all things competent.

Word-by-word analysis of Aal-i-Imraan verse 29
#	Word	Meaning	Root
1	قُلْqul	Say	قول
2	إِنin	Whether	—
3	تُخْفُوا۟tukh'fū	you conceal	خفي
4	مَاmā	what	—
5	فِىfī	(is) in	—
6	صُدُورِكُمْṣudūrikum	your breasts	صدر
7	أَوْaw	or	—
8	تُبْدُوهُtub'dūhu	you disclose it	بدو
9	يَعْلَمْهُyaʿlamhu	knows it	علم
10	ٱللَّهُ ۗl-lahu	Allah	أله
11	وَيَعْلَمُwayaʿlamu	And He knows	علم
12	مَاmā	what	—
13	فِىfī	(is) in	—
14	ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti	the heavens	سمو
15	وَمَاwamā	and what	—
16	فِىfī	(is) in	—
17	ٱلْأَرْضِ ۗl-arḍi	the earth	أرض
18	وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu	And Allah	أله
19	عَلَىٰʿalā	(is) on	—
20	كُلِّkulli	every	كلل
21	شَىْءٍۢshayin	thing	شيأ
22	قَدِيرٌۭqadīrun	All-Powerful	قدر

Quran 3:29 — Aal-i-Imraan, verse 29

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