Surah Al-A'la 87:7 — translation and meaning

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ۚ إِلَّا مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ إِنَّهُ يَعْلَمُ الْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَى

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ۚ
إِلَّا
illa
Except
مَا
ma
what
شَاءَ
shaa
wills
اللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah
إِنَّهُ
innahu
Indeed, He
يَعْلَمُ
ya'lamu
knows
الْجَهْرَ
al-jahra
the manifest
وَمَا
wama
and what
يَخْفَى
yakhfa
is hidden

Transliteration

Illaa maa shaaa'al laah; innahoo ya'lamul jahra wa maa yakhfaa

Translation

Except what Allah should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Except for what Allah wishes you to forget for some reason. He (may He be glorified) knows what is made public and what is hidden. Nothing of that is hidden from Him.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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