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Surah Al-Buruj, Verse 20

سورة البروج، الآية ٢٠

85:20 Juz 30 Hizb 59 Page 590 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 85:20

وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطٌۢ ۝٢٠

Transliteration

wal-lahu min warāihim muḥīṭun

Translation

While Allāh encompasses them from behind.¹⁸⁹⁹

Notes

[1899] See footnote to 2:19

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Verse 20 of Surah Al-Buruj (85:20), a Meccan surah, is in juz 30, on page 590 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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Tafsir of verse 20

Al-Mukhtasar

Allah surrounds and keeps a record of their actions. Nothing of that misses him and He will give them the recompense for the same.

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Other translations of verse 20

although Allah encompasses them from all sides.

And Allâh encompasses them from behind! (i.e. all their deeds are within His Knowledge, and He will requite them for their deeds).

And Allah, all unseen, surroundeth them.

But Allah doth encompass them from behind!

And Allah encompasses them on every side.

And Allah is beyond them Supremely Encompassing.

Verse 20 word by word

وَٱللَّهُ wal-lahu But Allah
مِن min from
وَرَآئِهِم warāihim behind them و ر ي
مُّحِيطٌۢ muḥīṭun encompasses ح و ط

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