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Surah al-Hujurat (The Chambers ) 49 : 16

قُلْ أَتُعَلِّمُونَ ٱللَّهَ بِدِينِكُمْ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌ

Translations

 
 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
Say, "Do you presume to inform Allāh of your religion while Allāh knows whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth, and Allāh is Knowing of all things?"

Qur'an Dictionary

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Word Arabic word
(49:16:1)
qul
Say
(49:16:2)
atuʿallimūna
Will you acquaint
(49:16:3)
l-laha
Allah
(49:16:4)
bidīnikum
with your religion
(49:16:5)
wal-lahu
while Allah
(49:16:6)
yaʿlamu
knows
(49:16:7)
(49:16:8)
(49:16:9)
l-samāwāti
the heavens
(49:16:10)
(49:16:11)
(49:16:12)
l-arḍi
the earth
(49:16:13)
wal-lahu
And Allah
(49:16:14)
bikulli
of every
(49:16:15)
shayin
thing
(49:16:16)
ʿalīmun
(is) All-Knower

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Explanatory Note

Man may profess to have knowledge, yet he neither knows nor understands himself or his feelings. The human mind does not know how it works because it cannot monitor its own working. When the mind monitors itself, it stops working naturally, and thus it has nothing to monitor. When it performs its natural work, the human mind cannot at the same time do any monitoring. Hence it is unable to know its own nature or how it functions. Yet it is his mind that man boasts of, giving it a superior status. "God knows all that is in the heavens and earth." (Verse 16) His is a perfect knowledge that comprehends the very nature of everything in the heavens and the earth. His knowledge is not based on appearances and effects, but on a perfect knowledge of the nature of things that is independent of time and free of any limitation. Moreover, "God has All knowledge of everything." (Verse 16) This encompasses the entire universe and everything in it.

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This Surah is a collection of the commandments and instructions sent down on different occasions. Moreover, the hadith also show that most of these commandments were sent down during the final stage of the Prophet’s life at Madinah. For instance, the commentators of the Qur’an state that verse 4 was sent down concerning the Bani Tamim. This deputation had arrived in Madinah and started calling out to the Prophet from outside the apartments (hujurat) of his wives, and according to all biographical books on the Prophet’s life this deputation had visited Madinah in 9 A.H. Likewise, verse 6, a large number of the hadith confirm that it was sent down concerning Walid bin Uqbah whom the Prophet had sent to collect the financial obligation (Zakah) from the Bani al-Mustaliq, and it is known that he had become a Muslim on the conquest of Makkah.

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