Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

Know they not that God knows their secrets and their private conversation, and that God is the Knower of the Unseen Realms?

اَلَمْ يَعْلَمُٓوا اَنَّ اللّٰهَ يَعْلَمُ سِرَّهُمْ وَنَجْوٰيهُمْ وَاَنَّ اللّٰهَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِۚ
Alam yaAAlamoo anna Allaha yaAAlamusirrahum wanajwahum waanna Allaha AAallamualghuyoob
#wordmeaningroot
1alamDo not
2yaʿlamūthey knowعلم
3annathat
4l-lahaAllah
5yaʿlamuknowsعلم
6sirrahumtheir secretسرر
7wanajwāhumand their secret conversationنجو
8wa-annaand that
9l-lahaAllah
10ʿallāmu(is) All-Knowerعلم
11l-ghuyūbi(of) the unseenغيب
  • Aisha Bewley

    Do they not know that Allah knows their secrets and their private talk, and that Allah is the Knower of all unseen things?

  • Progressive Muslims

    Did they not know that God knows their secrets, and their conspiracies, and that God is the knower of all the unseen

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Do they not know that Allah knows their thoughts and secret consultations and that Allah is the Great Knower of Things Hidden?

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    Know they not that God knows their secrets and their private conversation, and that God is the Knower of the Unseen Realms?

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    Did they not know that God knows their secrets, and their private counsel, and that God is the Knower of all the unseen?

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    Did they not know that God knows their secrets, their conspiracies, and that God is the knower of all the unseen?

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

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  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Have they not realised that God knows their secrets and their confidential talk, and that God has the knowledge of unknown things?

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

    Did they not know that Allah knows their secrets and their private conversations and that Allah is the Knower of the unseen?

  • Muhammad Asad

    Do they not know that God knows their hidden thoughts and their secret confabulations, and that God knows fully all the things that are beyond the reach of human perception'?

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    Know they not that Allah knoweth both their secret and the thought that they confide, and that Allah is the Knower of Things Hidden?

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    Are they not aware that Allah knows what they conceal and what they secretly discuss, and that Allah has full knowledge even of all that is beyond the reach of perception.

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    Do they not realize that Allah knows what their bosoms store of thoughts and feelings and what they suggest secretly to their minds and all that is not openly avowed! Do they not know that He is well acquainted with their secret counsel and with all that they whisper below their breath and that He is 'Alimun of the seen, the invisible and the unseen!

  • Bijan Moeinian

    Do they not understand that God knows all their secrets and conspiracies? Do they not realize that God knows everything?

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    Know they not that Allâh knows their secret ideas, and their Najwa (secret counsels), and that Allâh is the All-Knower of things unseen.

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    Know they not that Allah doth know their secret (thoughts) and their secret counsels, and that Allah knoweth well all things unseen?

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    Do they not know that Allah ˹fully˺ knows their ˹evil˺ thoughts and secret talks, and that Allah is the Knower of all unseen?

  • Taqi Usmani

    Do they not know that Allah knows what they conceal and what they whisper, and that Allah is well aware of all the Unseen?

  • Abdul Haleem

    Do they not realize that God knows their secrets and their private discussions? That God knows all that is hidden?

  • Arthur John Arberry

    Did they not know that God knows their secret and what they conspire together, and that God knows the things unseen?

  • E. Henry Palmer

    Do they not know that God knows their secrets and their whisperings, and that God knows the unseen things?

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    Do they not know that Allah knows their secrets and their whisperings, and that Allah knows the Unseen?

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    Do they not know that Allah knows their secret and their private conference and that Allah is The Sublime Knower of the things Unseen. ?

  • George Sale

    Do they not know that God knoweth whatever they conceal, and their private discourses; and that God is the knower of secrets?

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    Do they not know that Allah knows their secret (thoughts) and their secret counsels, and that Allah knows well (Alam-ul-Ghai’ub) all the unseen things?

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    Have they not known (yet) that Allâh is aware of their hidden thoughts and their private counsels and that Allâh is fully Aware of all hidden realities?

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    Do they not know that Allah knows their secret and their secret talks, and that Allah is knower of all that is Unseen?