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Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 33

سورة البقرة، الآية ٣٣

2:33 Juz 1 Hizb 1 Page 6 of the mushaf Medinan surah

Text of verse 2:33

قَالَ يَٰٓـَٔادَمُ أَنۢبِئْهُم بِأَسْمَآئِهِمْ فَلَمَّآ أَنۢبَأَهُم بِأَسْمَآئِهِمْ قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ إِنِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ غَيْبَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَأَعْلَمُ مَا تُبْدُونَ وَمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْتُمُونَ ۝٣٣

Transliteration

qāla yāādamu anbi'hum bi-asmāihim falammā anba-ahum bi-asmāihim qāla alam aqul lakum innī aʿlamu ghayba l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa-aʿlamu mā tub'dūna wamā kuntum taktumūna

Translation

He said, "O Adam, inform them of their names." And when he had informed them of their names, He said, "Did I not tell you that I know the unseen [aspects] of the heavens and the earth? And I know what you reveal and what you have concealed."

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Tafsir of verse 33

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Then Allah told Adam to tell them the names. When Adam told the angels the names of things, as he had been taught, Allah reminded the angels that He had told them that He knew everything hidden in the heavens and the earth, and what they made public and what they said inside of themselves.

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Other translations of verse 33

He said, “O Adam, inform them of their names.” When he informed them of their names, Allah said, “Did I not tell you that I know the unseen of the heavens and earth, and I know what you reveal and what you conceal?”

He said: "O Adam! Inform them of their names," and when he had informed them of their names, He said: "Did I not tell you that I know the Ghaib (Unseen) in the heavens and the earth, and I know what you reveal and what you have been concealing?"

He said: O Adam! Inform them of their names, and when he had informed them of their names, He said: Did I not tell you that I know the secret of the heavens and the earth? And I know that which ye disclose and which ye hide.

He said: "O Adam! Tell them their names." When he had told them, Allah said: "Did I not tell you that I know the secrets of heaven and earth, and I know what ye reveal and what ye conceal?"

He said: O Adam! inform them of their names. Then when he had informed them of their names, He said: Did I not say to you that I surely know what is ghaib in the heavens and the earth and (that) I know what you manifest and what you hide?

He said, "O Adam, inform them of their names." So, when he (Adam) informed them of their names, He said, "Did I not say to you (that) surely I know the Unseen of the heavens and the earth and I know whatever you display and whatever you used to keep back?"

Verse 33 word by word

  1. قَالَ qāla He said ق و ل
  2. يَٰٓـَٔادَمُ yāādamu O Adam أ د م
  3. أَنۢبِئْهُم anbi'hum Inform them ن ب أ
  4. بِأَسْمَآئِهِمْ bi-asmāihim of their names س م و
  5. فَلَمَّآ falammā And when
  6. أَنۢبَأَهُم anba-ahum he had informed them ن ب أ
  7. بِأَسْمَآئِهِمْ bi-asmāihim of their names س م و
  8. قَالَ qāla He said ق و ل
  9. أَلَمْ alam Did not
  10. أَقُل aqul I say ق و ل
  11. لَّكُمْ lakum to you
  12. إِنِّىٓ innī Indeed, I
  13. أَعْلَمُ aʿlamu [I] know ع ل م
  14. غَيْبَ ghayba (the) unseen غ ي ب
  15. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ l-samāwāti (of) the heavens س م و
  16. وَٱلْأَرْضِ wal-arḍi and the earth أ ر ض
  17. وَأَعْلَمُ wa-aʿlamu and I know ع ل م
  18. مَا mā what
  19. تُبْدُونَ tub'dūna you reveal ب د و
  20. وَمَا wamā and what
  21. كُنتُمْ kuntum you [were] ك و ن
  22. تَكْتُمُونَ taktumūna conceal ك ت م

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    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُنَادُونَكَ مِن وَرَآءِ ٱلْحُجُرَٰتِ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ

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