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Surah Saba, Verse 2

سورة سبإ، الآية ٢

34:2 Juz 22 Hizb 43 Page 428 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 34:2

يَعْلَمُ مَا يَلِجُ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا وَمَا يَنزِلُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا يَعْرُجُ فِيهَا وَهُوَ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ٱلْغَفُورُ ۝٢

Transliteration

yaʿlamu mā yaliju fī l-arḍi wamā yakhruju min'hā wamā yanzilu mina l-samāi wamā yaʿruju fīhā wahuwa l-raḥīmu l-ghafūru

Translation

He knows what penetrates into the earth and what emerges from it and what descends from the heaven and what ascends therein. And He is the Merciful, the Forgiving.

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Verse 2 of Surah Saba (34:2), a Meccan surah, is in juz 22, on page 428 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Al-Mukhtasar

He knows everything that enters the earth, i.e. water, seeds and minerals; He knows whatever comes out of it i.e. plants etc.; He knows whatever descends from the heavens i.e. rain, angels and sustenance, and He knows whatever ascends to the heavens i.e. angels, the deeds of His servants and their souls. He is merciful to His believing servants and forgiving of the sins of whoever repents to Him.

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Other translations of verse 2

He knows whatever goes into the earth and whatever comes out of it, and whatever descends from the heaven and whatever ascends to it, and He is the Most Merciful, All-Forgiving.

He knows that which goes into the earth and that which comes forth from it, and that which descends from the heaven and that which ascends to it. And He is the Most Merciful, the Oft-Forgiving.

He knoweth that which goeth into the earth and that which cometh forth from it, and that descendeth from the heaven and that which ascendeth into it. He is the Merciful, the Forgiving.

He knows all that goes into the earth, and all that comes out thereof; all that comes down from the sky and all that ascends thereto and He is the Most Merciful, the Oft-Forgiving.

He knows that which goes down into the earth and that which comes out of it, and that which comes down from the heaven and that which goes up to it; and He is the Merciful, the Forgiving.

He knows whatever penetrates into the earth and whatever goes out of it, and whatever comes down from the heaven, and whatever ascends with difficulty into it; and He is The Ever-Merciful, The Ever-Forgiving.

Verse 2 word by word

  1. يَعْلَمُ yaʿlamu He knows ع ل م
  2. مَا mā what
  3. يَلِجُ yaliju penetrates و ل ج
  4. فِى fī in
  5. ٱلْأَرْضِ l-arḍi the earth أ ر ض
  6. وَمَا wamā and what
  7. يَخْرُجُ yakhruju comes out خ ر ج
  8. مِنْهَا min'hā from it
  9. وَمَا wamā and what
  10. يَنزِلُ yanzilu descends ن ز ل
  11. مِنَ mina from
  12. ٱلسَّمَآءِ l-samāi the heaven س م و
  13. وَمَا wamā and what
  14. يَعْرُجُ yaʿruju ascends ع ر ج
  15. فِيهَا fīhā therein
  16. وَهُوَ wahuwa And He
  17. ٱلرَّحِيمُ l-raḥīmu (is) the Most Merciful ر ح م
  18. ٱلْغَفُورُ l-ghafūru the Oft-Forgiving غ ف ر

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  • Al-Hadid 57:4

    هُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ ٱسْتَوَىٰ عَلَى ٱلْعَرْشِ يَعْلَمُ مَا يَلِجُ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا وَمَا يَنزِلُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا يَعْرُجُ فِيهَا وَهُوَ مَعَكُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ

    It is He who created the heavens and earth in six days and then established Himself above the Throne. He knows what penetrates into the earth and what emerges from it and what descends from the heaven and what ascends therein; and He is with you wherever you are. And Allāh, of what you do, is Seeing.

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