Quran 58:7 — Al-Mujaadila, verse 7
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Do you not see [Prophet] that God knows everything in the heavens and earth? There is no secret conversation between three people where He is not the fourth, nor between five where He is not the sixth, nor between less or more than that without Him being with them, wherever they may be. On the Day of Resurrection, He will show them what they have done: God truly has full knowledge of everything.
أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ ۖ مَا يَكُونُ مِنْ نَجْوَىٰ ثَلَاثَةٍ إِلَّا هُوَ رَابِعُهُمْ وَلَا خَمْسَةٍ إِلَّا هُوَ سَادِسُهُمْ وَلَا أَدْنَىٰ مِنْ ذَٰلِكَ وَلَا أَكْثَرَ إِلَّا هُوَ مَعَهُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كَانُوا ۖ ثُمَّ يُنَبِّئُهُمْ بِمَا عَمِلُوا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ
alam tara anna l-laha yaʿlamu mā fī l-samāwāti wamā fī l-arḍi mā yakūnu min najwā thalāthatin illā huwa rābiʿuhum walā khamsatin illā huwa sādisuhum walā adnā min dhālika walā akthara illā huwa maʿahum ayna mā kānū thumma yunabbi-uhum bimā ʿamilū yawma l-qiyāmati inna l-laha bikulli shayin ʿalīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- God has numbered it, and they have forgotten it. God is witness over everything. Hast thou not seen that God knows whatsoever is in the heavens, and whatsoever is in the earth? Three men conspire not secretly together, but He is the fourth of them, neither five men, but He is the sixth of them, neither fewer than that, neither more, but He is with them, wherever they may be; then He shall tell them what they have done, on the Day of Resurrection. Surely God has knowledge of everything.
- Muhammad Asad
- ART THOU NOT aware that God knows all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth? Never can there be a secret confabulation between three persons without His being the fourth of them, nor between five without His being the sixth of them; and neither between less than that, or more, without His being with them wherever they may he. But in the end, on Resurrection Day, He will make them truly understand what they did: for, verily, God has full knowledge of everything.
- Sahih International
- Have you not considered that Allāh knows what is in the heavens and what is on the earth? There are not three in a private conversation but that He is the fourth of them, nor are there five but that He is the sixth of them - and no less than that and no more except that He is with them [in knowledge] wherever they are. Then He will inform them of what they did on the Day of Resurrection. Indeed Allāh is, of all things, Knowing.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَلَمْalam | Do not | — |
| 2 | تَرَtara | you see | رأي |
| 3 | أَنَّanna | that | — |
| 4 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 5 | يَعْلَمُyaʿlamu | knows | علم |
| 6 | مَاmā | whatever | — |
| 7 | فِىfī | (is) in | — |
| 8 | ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti | the heavens | سمو |
| 9 | وَمَاwamā | and whatever | — |
| 10 | فِىfī | (is) in | — |
| 11 | ٱلْأَرْضِ ۖl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 12 | مَاmā | Not | — |
| 13 | يَكُونُyakūnu | there is | كون |
| 14 | مِنmin | any | — |
| 15 | نَّجْوَىٰnajwā | secret counsel | نجو |
| 16 | ثَلَـٰثَةٍthalāthatin | (of) three | ثلث |
| 17 | إِلَّاillā | but | — |
| 18 | هُوَhuwa | He (is) | — |
| 19 | رَابِعُهُمْrābiʿuhum | (the) fourth of them | ربع |
| 20 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 21 | خَمْسَةٍkhamsatin | five | خمس |
| 22 | إِلَّاillā | but | — |
| 23 | هُوَhuwa | He (is) | — |
| 24 | سَادِسُهُمْsādisuhum | (the) sixth of them | سدس |
| 25 | وَلَآwalā | and not | — |
| 26 | أَدْنَىٰadnā | less | دنو |
| 27 | مِنmin | than | — |
| 28 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | that | — |
| 29 | وَلَآwalā | and not | — |
| 30 | أَكْثَرَakthara | more | كثر |
| 31 | إِلَّاillā | but | — |
| 32 | هُوَhuwa | He | — |
| 33 | مَعَهُمْmaʿahum | (is) with them | — |
| 34 | أَيْنَayna | wherever | — |
| 35 | مَاmā | wherever | — |
| 36 | كَانُوا۟ ۖkānū | they are | كون |
| 37 | ثُمَّthumma | Then | — |
| 38 | يُنَبِّئُهُمyunabbi-uhum | He will inform them | نبأ |
| 39 | بِمَاbimā | of what | — |
| 40 | عَمِلُوا۟ʿamilū | they did | عمل |
| 41 | يَوْمَyawma | (on the) Day | يوم |
| 42 | ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۚl-qiyāmati | (of) the Resurrection | قوم |
| 43 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 44 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 45 | بِكُلِّbikulli | of every | كلل |
| 46 | شَىْءٍshayin | thing | شيأ |
| 47 | عَلِيمٌʿalīmun | (is) All-Knower | علم |