Surah Ta-Ha 20:110 — translation and meaning

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يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِهِ عِلْمًا

Word by Word

يَعْلَمُ
ya'lamu
He knows
مَا
ma
what
بَيْنَ
bayna
(is) before them
أَيْدِيهِمْ
aydihim
(is) before them
وَمَا
wama
and what
خَلْفَهُمْ
khalfahum
(is) behind them
وَلَا
wala
while not
يُحِيطُونَ
yuhituna
they encompass
بِهِ
bihi
it
عِلْمًا
il'man
(in) knowledge

Transliteration

Ya'lamu maa bainaa aideehim wa maa khalfahum wa laa yauheetoona bihee 'ilmaa

Translation

Allah knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them, but they do not encompass it in knowledge.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Allah knows what people will face in the final hour and He knows what they will have left behind in their worldly life. All the servants together cannot encompass the knowledge of Allah’s being and His qualities.

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

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