Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

Should He not know, He who created? And He is the Subtle, the Aware.

اَلَا يَعْلَمُ مَنْ خَلَقَۜ وَهُوَ اللَّط۪يفُ الْخَب۪يرُ۟
Ala yaAAlamu man khalaqa wahuwa allateefualkhabeer
#wordmeaningroot
1alāDoes not
2yaʿlamuknowعلم
3man(the One) Who
4khalaqacreatedخلق
5wahuwaAnd He
6l-laṭīfu(is) the Subtleلطف
7l-khabīruthe All-Awareخبر
  • Aisha Bewley

    Does He who created not then know? He is the All-Pervading, the All-Aware.

  • Progressive Muslims

    Should He not know what He created And He is the Sublime, the Expert.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    How could it be that He Who has created all should not know all things and events? For, He is the Unfathomable, the Aware.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    Should He not know, He who created? And He is the Subtle, the Aware.

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    Should He not know what He created? And He is the Sublime, the Expert.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    Should He not know what He created? He is the Sublime, the Ever-aware.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    Should He not know what He created? He is the Sublime, Most Cognizant.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Can He who has created not know (His creation)? He is all-penetrating, all-aware.

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    Does He who created not know, while He is the Subtle, the Acquainted?

  • Muhammad Asad

    How could it be that He who has created should not know ? Yea, He alone is unfathomable , aware!

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    Should He not know what He created? And He is the Subtile, the Aware.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    Would He not know, He Who has created, when He is All-Subtle, All-Aware?

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    Should He not know when it is He Who brought all into being and carried the animate and the inanimate into effect? He is AL-Latif (the Gracious Who gives His servants an understanding heart); He is AL-Khabir (the Omniscient).

  • Bijan Moeinian

    How is it possible that the Creator does not know his creature? Your Lord knows the finest mysteries and he is the Most Aware.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    Should not He Who has created know? And He is the Most Kind and Courteous (to His slaves), All-Aware (of everything).

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    Should He not know,- He that created? and He is the One that understands the finest mysteries (and) is well-acquainted (with them).

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    How could He not know His Own creation? For He ˹alone˺ is the Most Subtle, All-Aware.

  • Taqi Usmani

    Is it (imaginable) that He who has created (them) will not have (such a) knowledge, while He is the Knower of the finest things, the All-Aware?

  • Abdul Haleem

    How could He who created not know His own creation, when He is the Most Subtle, the All Aware?

  • Arthur John Arberry

    Shall He not know, who created? And He is the All-subtle, the All-aware.

  • E. Henry Palmer

    Ay! He knows who created! for He is the subtle, the well-aware!

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    Should He not know, He Who created? And He is the Knower of the Subtleties, the Aware.

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    Will He not know, (He) Who created? And He is The Ever-Kind, The Ever-Cognizant.

  • George Sale

    Shall not He know all things who hath created them; since He is the sagacious, the knowing?

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    Would He not know— He Who has created? And He is the Most Generous (Al-Lateef to His servants and He is) the All Aware (Al-Khabir).

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    Does He Who has created (all things) not know (His own creation)? He knows all that is abstruse and subtle, and is All-Aware.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    Would He who has created not know? And He is the All-attentive, the All-aware.