Surah Al-Hadid 57:4 — translation and meaning

الحديد · Verse 4 / 29 · Page 538

ۖ ۚ ۚ هُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ فِي سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ اسْتَوَى عَلَى الْعَرْشِ يَعْلَمُ مَا يَلِجُ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَمَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا وَمَا يَنزِلُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَمَا يَعْرُجُ فِيهَا وَهُوَ مَعَكُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ وَاللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ

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ۖ
ۚ
ۚ
هُوَ
huwa
He
الَّذِي
alladhi
(is) the One Who
خَلَقَ
khalaqa
created
السَّمَاوَاتِ
al-samawati
the heavens
وَالْأَرْضَ
wal-arda
and the earth
فِي
fi
in
سِتَّةِ
sittati
six
أَيَّامٍ
ayyamin
periods
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
اسْتَوَى
is'tawa
He rose
عَلَى
ala
over
الْعَرْشِ
al-'arshi
the Throne
يَعْلَمُ
ya'lamu
He knows
مَا
ma
what
يَلِجُ
yaliju
penetrates
فِي
fi
in(to)
الْأَرْضِ
al-ardi
the earth
وَمَا
wama
and what
يَخْرُجُ
yakhruju
comes forth
مِنْهَا
min'ha
from it
وَمَا
wama
and what
يَنزِلُ
yanzilu
descends
مِنَ
mina
from
السَّمَاءِ
al-samai
the heaven
وَمَا
wama
and what
يَعْرُجُ
ya'ruju
ascends
فِيهَا
fiha
therein
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
and He
مَعَكُمْ
ma'akum
(is) with you
أَيْنَ
ayna
wherever
مَا
ma
wherever
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you are
وَاللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
بِمَا
bima
of what
تَعْمَلُونَ
ta'maluna
you do
بَصِيرٌ
basirun
(is) All-seer

Transliteration

Huwal lazee khalaqas samaawaati wal arda fee sittati ayyaamin summas tawaa 'alal 'Arsh; ya'lamu maa yaliju filardi wa maa yakhruju minhaa wa maa yanzilu minas samaaa'i wa maa ya'ruju feeha wa Huwa ma'akum ayna maa kuntum; wallaahu bimaa ta'maloona Baseer

Translation

It is He who created the heavens and earth in six days and then established Himself above the Throne. He knows what penetrates into the earth and what emerges from it and what descends from the heaven and what ascends therein; and He is with you wherever you are. And Allah, of what you do, is Seeing.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

He is the one who created the heavens and the earth in six days, starting from Sunday and finishing on Friday, yet He is capable of having created them in less than the duration of the blinking of an eye. He then rose over His Throne as befits Him (may He be glorified). He knows everything that enters the earth, i.e. every drop of rain and every seed etc.; He knows everything that emerges from it, i.e. every shoot, mineral etc.; He knows everything that descends from the sky i.e. rain, revelation etc., and He knows everything that ascends to it i.e. angels, souls and deeds of the servants etc. And He is with you wherever you are O people, in terms of His knowledge: nothing is hidden from Him and He sees everything you do. None of your actions are hidden from Him, and He will requite you for them.

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

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