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Surah Al-Anbya, Verse 4

سورة الأنبياء، الآية ٤

21:4 Juz 17 Hizb 33 Page 322 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 21:4

قَالَ رَبِّى يَعْلَمُ ٱلْقَوْلَ فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَهُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ۝٤

Transliteration

qāla rabbī yaʿlamu l-qawla fī l-samāi wal-arḍi wahuwa l-samīʿu l-ʿalīmu

Translation

He [the Prophet (ﷺ)] said, "My Lord knows whatever is said throughout the heaven and earth, and He is the Hearing, the Knowing."

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Verse 4 of Surah Al-Anbya (21:4), a Meccan surah, is in juz 17, on page 322 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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The Messenger (peace be upon him) said: “My Lord knows the speech you concealed, for He knows everything said by anyone in the heavens and the earth. He is Hearing of the sayings of His servants and Knowing of their actions, for which He shall reward them”.

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Other translations of verse 4

He said, “My Lord knows every word spoken in the heavens and earth, for He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.”

He (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) said: "My Lord knows (every) word (spoken) in the heavens and on earth. And He is the All-Hearer, the All-Knower."

He saith: My Lord knoweth what is spoken in the heaven and the earth. He is the Hearer, the Knower.

Say: "My Lord knoweth (every) word (spoken) in the heavens and on earth: He is the One that heareth and knoweth (all things)."

He said: My Lord knows what is spoken in the heaven and the earth, and He is the Hearing, the Knowing.

He has said, "My Lord knows what is said (Literally: the saying) in the heaven and the earth, and He is The Ever - Hearing, The Ever - Knowing."

Verse 4 word by word

  1. قَالَ qāla He said ق و ل
  2. رَبِّى rabbī My Lord ر ب ب
  3. يَعْلَمُ yaʿlamu knows ع ل م
  4. ٱلْقَوْلَ l-qawla the word ق و ل
  5. فِى fī in
  6. ٱلسَّمَآءِ l-samāi the heavens س م و
  7. وَٱلْأَرْضِ wal-arḍi and the earth أ ر ض
  8. وَهُوَ wahuwa And He
  9. ٱلسَّمِيعُ l-samīʿu (is) the All-Hearer س م ع
  10. ٱلْعَلِيمُ l-ʿalīmu the All-Knower ع ل م

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