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Surah Al-An’am, Verse 18

سورة الأنعام، الآية ١٨

6:18 Juz 7 Hizb 13 Page 129 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 6:18

وَهُوَ ٱلْقَاهِرُ فَوْقَ عِبَادِهِۦ وَهُوَ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ٱلْخَبِيرُ ۝١٨

Transliteration

wahuwa l-qāhiru fawqa ʿibādihi wahuwa l-ḥakīmu l-khabīru

Translation

And He is the subjugator over His servants. And He is the Wise,296 the Aware.297

Notes

[296] Whose wisdom includes precise, perfect and absolute knowledge of all realities and outcomes, according to which He decrees and causes circumstances and occurrences.
[297] Fully acquainted and familiar with every hidden thought, intent and condition of His servants.

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Verse 18 of Surah Al-An’am (6:18), a Meccan surah, is in juz 7, on page 129 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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He is the One Who is powerful and dominant and nothing can overpower or defeat Him: everything is subservient to Him. He is above His servants as His appropriate for Him, may He be glorified. His is the Wise in His creating, handling of matters and institution of laws. He is the Aware and nothing is hidden from Him.

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Other translations of verse 18

He is the Vanquisher over His slaves, and He is the All-Wise, the All-Aware.

And He is the Irresistible, (Supreme) above His slaves, and He is the All-Wise, Well-Acquainted with all things.

He is the Omnipotent over His slaves, and He is the Wise, the Knower.

"He is the irresistible, (watching) from above over His worshippers; and He is the Wise, acquainted with all things."

And He is the Supreme, above His servants; and He is the Wise, the Aware.

And He is The Vanquisher above His bondmen, and He is The Ever-Wise, The Ever-Cognizant.

Verse 18 word by word

  1. وَهُوَ wahuwa And He
  2. ٱلْقَاهِرُ l-qāhiru (is) the Subjugator ق ه ر
  3. فَوْقَ fawqa over ف و ق
  4. عِبَادِهِۦ ʿibādihi His slaves ع ب د
  5. وَهُوَ wahuwa And He
  6. ٱلْحَكِيمُ l-ḥakīmu (is) the All-Wise ح ك م
  7. ٱلْخَبِيرُ l-khabīru the All-Aware خ ب ر

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  • Al-An’am 6:61

    وَهُوَ ٱلْقَاهِرُ فَوْقَ عِبَادِهِۦ وَيُرْسِلُ عَلَيْكُمْ حَفَظَةً حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَ أَحَدَكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتُ تَوَفَّتْهُ رُسُلُنَا وَهُمْ لَا يُفَرِّطُونَ

    And He is the subjugator over His servants, and He sends over you guardian-angels until, when death comes to one of you, Our messengers [i.e., angels of death] take him, and they do not fail [in their duties].

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