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Surah Al-Hujurat, Ayah 16 (49:16)

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قُلْ أَتُعَلِّمُونَ ٱللَّهَ بِدِينِكُمْ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ …

Quran 49:16 is ayah 16 of Surah Al-Hujurat (“The Rooms”), a Medinan surah of 18 ayahs. It is in Juz 26, on page 517 of the Madani Mushaf.

49:16
قُلْأَتُعَلِّمُونَٱللَّهَبِدِينِكُمْوَٱللَّهُيَعْلَمُمَافِىٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَمَافِىٱلْأَرْضِ ۚوَٱللَّهُبِكُلِّشَىْءٍعَلِيمٌ١٦
qul atuʿallimūna l-laha bidīnikum wal-lahu yaʿlamu mā fī l-samāwāti wamā fī l-arḍi wal-lahu bikulli shayin ʿalīmun

Say, "Would you acquaint Allāh with your religion while Allāh knows whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth, and Allāh is Knowing of all things?"(16)

Word by word

  1. قُلْqulSay
  2. أَتُعَلِّمُونَatuʿallimūnaWill you acquaint
  3. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  4. بِدِينِكُمْbidīnikumwith your religion
  5. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuwhile Allah
  6. يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuknows
  7. مَاmāwhat
  8. فِىfī(is) in
  9. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
  10. وَمَاwamāand what
  11. فِىfī(is) in
  12. ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚl-arḍithe earth
  13. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
  14. بِكُلِّbikulliof every
  15. شَىْءٍshayinthing
  16. عَلِيمٌʿalīmun(is) All-Knower

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