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Surah Taha, Verse 7

سورة طه، الآية ٧

20:7 Juz 16 Hizb 32 Page 312 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 20:7

وَإِن تَجْهَرْ بِٱلْقَوْلِ فَإِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلسِّرَّ وَأَخْفَى ۝٧

Transliteration

wa-in tajhar bil-qawli fa-innahu yaʿlamu l-sira wa-akhfā

Translation

And if you speak aloud - then indeed, He knows the secret and what is [even] more hidden.

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Verse 7 of Surah Taha (20:7), a Meccan surah, is in juz 16, on page 312 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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Tafsir of verse 7

Al-Mukhtasar

If you, O Messenger, proclaim the word or conceal it, He, may He be glorified, knows all of that. He knows the secrets and what is even more hidden, such as thoughts in the mind. Nothing is hidden from Him.

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Other translations of verse 7

Whether you speak loudly [or not], He surely knows what is secret and what is even more hidden.

And if you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) speak (the invocation) aloud, then verily, He knows the secret and that which is yet more hidden.

And if thou speakest aloud, then lo! He knoweth the secret (thought) and (that which is yet) more hidden.

If thou pronounce the word aloud, (it is no matter): for verily He knoweth what is secret and what is yet more hidden.

And if you utter the saying aloud, then surely He knows the secret, and what is yet more hidden.

And in case you are loud in (your) speech, then surely He knows the secret and whatever is (yet) more concealed.

Verse 7 word by word

  1. وَإِن wa-in And if
  2. تَجْهَرْ tajhar you speak aloud ج ه ر
  3. بِٱلْقَوْلِ bil-qawli the word ق و ل
  4. فَإِنَّهُۥ fa-innahu then indeed, He
  5. يَعْلَمُ yaʿlamu knows ع ل م
  6. ٱلسِّرَّ l-sira the secret س ر ر
  7. وَأَخْفَى wa-akhfā and the more hidden خ ف ي

Verses related to verse 7

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Furqan 25:6

    قُلْ أَنزَلَهُ ٱلَّذِى يَعْلَمُ ٱلسِّرَّ فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ غَفُورًا رَّحِيمًا

    Say, [O Muḥammad], "It has been revealed by He who knows [every] secret within the heavens and the earth. Indeed, He is ever Forgiving and Merciful."

  • Luqman 31:28

    مَّا خَلْقُكُمْ وَلَا بَعْثُكُمْ إِلَّا كَنَفْسٍ وَٰحِدَةٍ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعٌۢ بَصِيرٌ

    Your creation and your resurrection will not be but as that of a single soul. Indeed, Allāh is Hearing and Seeing.

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