Surah Al-Hujurat, Ayah 18 (49:18)

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إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ غَيْبَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ بَصِيرٌۢ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

Quran 49:18 is ayah 18 of Surah Al-Hujurat (“The Rooms”), a Medinan surah of 18 ayahs. It is in Juz 26, on page 517 of the Madani Mushaf.

49:18
إِنَّٱللَّهَيَعْلَمُغَيْبَٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚوَٱللَّهُبَصِيرٌۢبِمَاتَعْمَلُونَ١٨
inna l-laha yaʿlamu ghayba l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wal-lahu baṣīrun bimā taʿmalūna

Indeed, Allāh knows the unseen [aspects] of the heavens and the earth. And Allāh is Seeing of what you do.(18)

Word by word

  1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  2. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  3. يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuknows
  4. غَيْبَghayba(the) unseen
  5. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
  6. وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚwal-arḍiand the earth
  7. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
  8. بَصِيرٌۢbaṣīrun(is) All-Seer
  9. بِمَاbimāof what
  10. تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou do

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