Surah Al-An'am, Ayah 59 (6:59)

ٱلْأَنْعَام

۞ وَعِندَهُۥ مَفَاتِحُ ٱلْغَيْبِ لَا يَعْلَمُهَآ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِى ٱلْبَرِّ وَٱلْبَحْرِ …

Quran 6:59 is ayah 59 of Surah Al-An'am (“The Cattle”), a Meccan surah of 165 ayahs. It is in Juz 7, on page 134 of the Madani Mushaf.

6:59
۞ وَعِندَهُۥمَفَاتِحُٱلْغَيْبِلَايَعْلَمُهَآإِلَّاهُوَ ۚوَيَعْلَمُمَافِىٱلْبَرِّوَٱلْبَحْرِ ۚوَمَاتَسْقُطُمِنوَرَقَةٍإِلَّايَعْلَمُهَاوَلَاحَبَّةٍفِىظُلُمَٰتِٱلْأَرْضِوَلَارَطْبٍوَلَايَابِسٍإِلَّافِىكِتَٰبٍمُّبِينٍ٥٩
waʿindahu mafātiḥu l-ghaybi lā yaʿlamuhā illā huwa wayaʿlamu mā fī l-bari wal-baḥri wamā tasquṭu min waraqatin illā yaʿlamuhā walā ḥabbatin fī ẓulumāti l-arḍi walā raṭbin walā yābisin illā fī kitābin mubīnin

And with Him are the keys of the unseen; none knows them except Him. And He knows what is on the land and in the sea. Not a leaf falls but that He knows it. And no grain is there within the darknesses of the earth and no moist or dry [thing] but that it is [written] in a clear record.(59)

Word by word

  1. ۞ وَعِندَهُۥwaʿindahuAnd with Him
  2. مَفَاتِحُmafātiḥu(are the) keys
  3. ٱلْغَيْبِl-ghaybi(of) the unseen
  4. لَاlāno (one)
  5. يَعْلَمُهَآyaʿlamuhāknows them
  6. إِلَّاillāexcept
  7. هُوَ ۚhuwaHim
  8. وَيَعْلَمُwayaʿlamuAnd He knows
  9. مَاmāwhat
  10. فِىfī(is) in
  11. ٱلْبَرِّl-barithe land
  12. وَٱلْبَحْرِ ۚwal-baḥriand in the sea
  13. وَمَاwamāAnd not
  14. تَسْقُطُtasquṭufalls
  15. مِنminof
  16. وَرَقَةٍwaraqatinany leaf
  17. إِلَّاillābut
  18. يَعْلَمُهَاyaʿlamuhāHe knows it
  19. وَلَاwalāAnd not
  20. حَبَّةٍḥabbatina grain
  21. فِىfīin
  22. ظُلُمَٰتِẓulumātithe darkness[es]
  23. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi(of) the earth
  24. وَلَاwalāand not
  25. رَطْبٍraṭbinmoist
  26. وَلَاwalāand not
  27. يَابِسٍyābisindry
  28. إِلَّاillābut
  29. فِىfī(is) in
  30. كِتَٰبٍkitābina Record
  31. مُّبِينٍmubīninClear

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