Surah Maryam 19:78 — translation and meaning

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أَطَّلَعَ الْغَيْبَ أَمِ اتَّخَذَ عِندَ الرَّحْمَنِ عَهْدًا

Word by Word

أَطَّلَعَ
attala'a
Has he looked
الْغَيْبَ
al-ghayba
(into) the unseen
أَمِ
ami
or
اتَّخَذَ
ittakhadha
has he taken
عِندَ
inda
from
الرَّحْمَنِ
al-rahmani
the Most Gracious
عَهْدًا
ahdan
a promise

Transliteration

Attala'al ghaiba amitta khaza'indar Rahmaani 'ahdaa

Translation

Has he looked into the unseen, or has he taken from the Most Merciful a promise?

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Does he have knowledge of the Ghaib and therefore he said that with some proof? Or does he have a pledge with his Lord to enter him into paradise and to give him wealth and children?

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

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