Surah At-Tawba 9:78 — translation and meaning

التوبة · Verse 78 / 129 · Page 199

أَلَمْ يَعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ سِرَّهُمْ وَنَجْوَاهُمْ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ

Word by Word

أَلَمْ
alam
Do not
يَعْلَمُوا
ya'lamu
they know
أَنَّ
anna
that
اللَّهَ
al-laha
Allah
يَعْلَمُ
ya'lamu
knows
سِرَّهُمْ
sirrahum
their secret
وَنَجْوَاهُمْ
wanajwahum
and their secret conversation
وَأَنَّ
wa-anna
and that
اللَّهَ
al-laha
Allah
عَلَّامُ
allamu
(is) All-Knower
الْغُيُوبِ
al-ghuyubi
(of) the unseen

Transliteration

Alam ya'lamooo annal laaha ya'lamu sirrahum wa najwaahum wa annal laaha 'Allaamul Ghuyoob

Translation

Did they not know that Allah knows their secrets and their private conversations and that Allah is the Knower of the unseen?

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Do the hypocrites not know that Allah knows the plots they keep secret in their meetings and that Allah, may He be glorified, is the Knower of all Ghaib things? No action of theirs is hidden from Him and He will repay them for that.

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

100% Free App

Join 50,000+ Muslims

Download for free and never miss a prayer again