# 13. Surah Ar-Ra'd, Verse 9

- **Surah:** 13. Surah Ar-Ra'd (The Thunder) — سورة الرعد
- **Verse:** 9 / 43 · **Juz:** 13 · **Mushaf page:** 249
- **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-ar-rad/verse-9

## Arabic

عَالِمُ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ الْكَب۪يرُ الْمُتَعَالِ

## Transcription

AAalimu alghaybi washshahadatialkabeeru almutaAAal

## Translations

### Aisha Bewley

the Knower of the Unseen and the Visible, the Most Great, the High-Exalted.

### Progressive Muslims

The knower of the unseen and the seen, the Great, the most High.

### Shabbir Ahmed

He has perfect Knowledge of the visible and the invisible. He is the Great, Most High.

### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

The Knower of the Unseen and the Seen, the Great, the Exalted:

### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

The Knower of the unseen and the seen, the Great, the Most High.

### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament

The Knower of all secrets and declarations; the Supreme, the Most High.

### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

He is the knower of the known and the unknown, the mighty and most high.

### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

[He is] Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, the Grand, the Exalted.

### Muhammad Asad

He knows all that is beyond the reach of a created being's perception as well as all that can be witnessed by a creature's senses or mind -the Great One, the One far above anything that is or could ever be!

### Marmaduke Pickthall

He is the Knower of the Invisible and the Visible, the Great, the High Exalted.

### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary

He knows both what is hidden and what is manifest. He is the Supreme One, the Most High.

### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab

He is Omniscient of what the breasts store of thoughts and feelings and of what they forge. He has cognizance and holds prescience of what is conversed secretly and uttered below the breath and of what is suggested secretly to the mind. He is well acquainted with the visible and the seen and with what is avowed openly and openly disclosed and with all that is uttered loudly and with all that is being said. He is uniquely and imposingly the Great and He is infinitely far above the whole and all in all.

### Bijan Moeinian

The Lord has absolute knowledge over what you see and what you do not see. He is the Great, the Most Supreme.

### Al-Hilali & Khan

All-Knower of the Unseen and the seen, the Most Great, the Most High.

### Abdullah Yusuf Ali

He knoweth the unseen and that which is open: He is the Great, the Most High.

### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran

˹He is the˺ Knower of the seen and the unseen—the All-Great, Most Exalted.

### Taqi Usmani

He is the Knower of the hidden and the manifest. He is the Great, the High.

### Abdul Haleem

He knows what is not seen as well as what is seen; He is the Great, the Most High.

### Arthur John Arberry

the Knower of the unseen and the visible, the All-great, the All-exalted:

### E. Henry Palmer

He who knows the unseen and the visible, - the great, the lofty one.

### Hamid S. Aziz

Allah knows what each female (womb) bears, by how much the wombs fall short of or exceed (in time or number); for everything with Him is measured (calculated or in proportion).

### Mahmoud Ghali

The Knower of the Unseen and the Witnessed, The Ever-Great, The Supremely Exalted.

### George Sale

He knoweth that which is hidden, and that which is revealed. He is the great, the most high.

### Syed Vickar Ahamed

He knows the Unseen and the seen: (He is) the Most Great (Al-Kabir), the Most High (Al-Mathed’al).

### Amatul Rahman Omar

(He is the) Knower of the hidden realities and the visible, the Incomparably Great, the Most Exalted.

### Ali Quli Qarai

the Knower of the sensible and the Unseen, the All-great, the All-sublime.

### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü

Algılanamayan ve algılananın Aliym'idir! Kebiyr'dir (sonsuz manalar büyüklüğü sahibi), Mütealiy'dir (yüceliği her şeyi ihata eder).

### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı

O, gaybı da, müşahede edileni de bilendir. Pek büyüktür, yücedir.

### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali

O, gaybı da, görünen alemi de bilendir,çok büyüktür; yücedir.

### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali

O, gaybı da görülen alemi de bilendir, çok büyüktür, çok yücedir.

### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali

gayb-ü şehadeti bilen kebiri müteal.

### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş)

Görünmeyeni ve görüneni bilendir; büyüktür, herşeyden yücedir.

### Gültekin Onan

O gaybı da, müşahede edileni de bilendir. Pek büyüktür, yücedir.

### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim

O, görünmeyeni de, görüneni de bilendir, çok büyükdür, her şeyden yücedir O.

### İbni Kesir

Görüleni de, görülmeyeni de bilir. Yücelerin yücesidir.

### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı

O, yaratılmışların duyu ve tasavvurlarının ötesinde olanları da, onların görüp gözleyebildikleri şeyleri de tam olarak bilmektedir. Büyük olan O'dur; var olan veya olması mümkün her şeyin/herkesin üstünde ve ötesinde olan O.

### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı

Gizliyi de ortada olanı da bilen, yücelerin yücesi büyük Allah'tır.

### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali

(O), gizliyi ve aşikareyi bilendir, büyüktür, yücedir.

### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali

Gaybı da görünen alemi de bilendir/Alim'dir O... Kebir, sınırsızca büyük O'dur; Müteal, sonsuzca yüce O'dur.

### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an

O, bilinmeyen ve bilinebilen her şeyi, mutlak büyük ve mutlak aşkın olarak bilendir.

### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an

Görüneni ve görünemeyeni bilendir. O, Mutlak Büyük'tür ve Her Şeyden Yüce'dir.

### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek

Gizli gerçekleri ve görünenleri Bilendir. Büyüklüğü Sınırsızdır; Yüceliği Sınırsızdır.

### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali

O, görünmeyeni de görüneni de bilir; büyüktür, yücedir.

### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir

Görünmeyeni de görüneni de bilendir, büyüktür, çok yücedir.

### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an

Görüneni ve görünemeyeni bilendir. O, Mutlak Büyük'tür ve Her Şeyden Yüce'dir.

### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an

Görüneni ve görünemeyeni bilendir. O, Mutlak Büyük'tür ve Her Şeyden Yüce'dir.

### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali

O, gaybı /algılanamayanı da şehadeti /algılanabileni de bilendir; büyüktür, her şeyden yücedir[1].

_Footnotes_
- [1] [En'am 6/73,](https://quran.so/6/73) [Secde 32/6,](https://quran.so/32/6) [Haşr 59/22,](https://quran.so/59/22) [Teğabun 64/18.](https://quran.so/64/18)

## Words

| # | word | meaning | root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | عَـٰلِمُ — ʿālimu | Knower | علم — Ayn-Lam-Mim |
| 2 | ٱلْغَيْبِ — l-ghaybi | (of) the unseen | غيب — Gayn-Ye-Be |
| 3 | وَٱلشَّهَـٰدَةِ — wal-shahādati | and the witnessed | شهد — Şin-he-Dal |
| 4 | ٱلْكَبِيرُ — l-kabīru | the Most Great | كبر — Kef-Be-Ra |
| 5 | ٱلْمُتَعَالِ — l-mutaʿāli | the Most High | علو — Ayn-Lam-Vav |

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