Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 33 (2:33)

ٱلْبَقَرَة

قَالَ يََٰٓٔادَمُ أَنۢبِئْهُم بِأَسْمَآئِهِمْ ۖ فَلَمَّآ أَنۢبَأَهُم بِأَسْمَآئِهِمْ قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُل …

Quran 2:33 is ayah 33 of Surah Al-Baqarah (“The Cow”), a Medinan surah of 286 ayahs. It is in Juz 1, on page 6 of the Madani Mushaf.

2:33
قَالَيََٰٓٔادَمُأَنۢبِئْهُمبِأَسْمَآئِهِمْ ۖفَلَمَّآأَنۢبَأَهُمبِأَسْمَآئِهِمْقَالَأَلَمْأَقُللَّكُمْإِنِّىٓأَعْلَمُغَيْبَٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضِوَأَعْلَمُمَاتُبْدُونَوَمَاكُنتُمْتَكْتُمُونَ٣٣
qāla yāādamu anbi'hum bi-asmāihim falammā anba-ahum bi-asmāihim qāla alam aqul lakum innī aʿlamu ghayba l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa-aʿlamu mā tub'dūna wamā kuntum taktumūna

He said, "O Adam, inform them of their names." And when he had informed them of their names, He said, "Did I not tell you that I know the unseen [aspects] of the heavens and the earth? And I know what you reveal and what you have concealed."(33)

Word by word

  1. قَالَqālaHe said
  2. يََٰٓٔادَمُyāādamuO Adam
  3. أَنۢبِئْهُمanbi'humInform them
  4. بِأَسْمَآئِهِمْ ۖbi-asmāihimof their names
  5. فَلَمَّآfalammāAnd when
  6. أَنۢبَأَهُمanba-ahumhe had informed them
  7. بِأَسْمَآئِهِمْbi-asmāihimof their names
  8. قَالَqālaHe said
  9. أَلَمْalamDid not
  10. أَقُلaqulI say
  11. لَّكُمْlakumto you
  12. إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, I
  13. أَعْلَمُaʿlamu[I] know
  14. غَيْبَghayba(the) unseen
  15. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
  16. وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth
  17. وَأَعْلَمُwa-aʿlamuand I know
  18. مَاmāwhat
  19. تُبْدُونَtub'dūnayou reveal
  20. وَمَاwamāand what
  21. كُنتُمْkuntumyou [were]
  22. تَكْتُمُونَtaktumūnaconceal

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