Quran 57:3 — Al-Hadid, verse 3
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
He is the First and the Last; the Outer and the Inner; He has knowledge of all things.
هُوَ الْأَوَّلُ وَالْآخِرُ وَالظَّاهِرُ وَالْبَاطِنُ ۖ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ
huwa l-awalu wal-ākhiru wal-ẓāhiru wal-bāṭinu wahuwa bikulli shayin ʿalīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- He is the First and the Last, the Outward and the Inward; He has knowledge of everything.
- Muhammad Asad
- He is the First and the Last, and the Outward as well as the Inward: and He has full knowledge of everything.
- Sahih International
- He is the First and the Last, the Ascendant and the Intimate, and He is, of all things, Knowing.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | هُوَhuwa | He | — |
| 2 | ٱلْأَوَّلُl-awalu | (is) the First | أول |
| 3 | وَٱلْـَٔاخِرُwal-ākhiru | and the Last | أخر |
| 4 | وَٱلظَّـٰهِرُwal-ẓāhiru | and the Apparent | ظهر |
| 5 | وَٱلْبَاطِنُ ۖwal-bāṭinu | and the Unapparent | بطن |
| 6 | وَهُوَwahuwa | and He | — |
| 7 | بِكُلِّbikulli | (is) of every | كلل |
| 8 | شَىْءٍshayin | thing | شيأ |
| 9 | عَلِيمٌʿalīmun | All-Knower | علم |