Surah Taha, Ayah 110 (20:110)

طه

يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِهِۦ عِلْمًا

Quran 20:110 is ayah 110 of Surah Taha (“Ta-Ha”), a Meccan surah of 135 ayahs. It is in Juz 16, on page 319 of the Madani Mushaf.

20:110
يَعْلَمُمَابَيْنَأَيْدِيهِمْوَمَاخَلْفَهُمْوَلَايُحِيطُونَبِهِۦعِلْمًا١١٠
yaʿlamu mā bayna aydīhim wamā khalfahum walā yuḥīṭūna bihi ʿil'man

He [i.e., Allāh] knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them, but they do not encompass it [i.e., what He knows] in knowledge.(110)

Word by word

  1. يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuHe knows
  2. مَاmāwhat
  3. بَيْنَbayna(is) before them
  4. أَيْدِيهِمْaydīhim(is) before them
  5. وَمَاwamāand what
  6. خَلْفَهُمْkhalfahum(is) behind them
  7. وَلَاwalāwhile not
  8. يُحِيطُونَyuḥīṭūnathey encompass
  9. بِهِۦbihiit
  10. عِلْمًاʿil'man(in) knowledge

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