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Surah An-Nahl, Ayah 23 (16:23)

ٱلنَّحْل

لَا جَرَمَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُحِبُّ …

Quran 16:23 is ayah 23 of Surah An-Nahl (“The Bee”), a Meccan surah of 128 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 269 of the Madani Mushaf.

16:23
لَاجَرَمَأَنَّٱللَّهَيَعْلَمُمَايُسِرُّونَوَمَايُعْلِنُونَ ۚإِنَّهُۥلَايُحِبُّٱلْمُسْتَكْبِرِينَ٢٣
lā jarama anna l-laha yaʿlamu mā yusirrūna wamā yuʿ'linūna innahu lā yuḥibbu l-mus'takbirīna

Assuredly, Allāh knows what they conceal and what they declare. Indeed, He does not like the arrogant.(23)

Word by word

  1. لَاlāNo doubt
  2. جَرَمَjaramaNo doubt
  3. أَنَّannathat
  4. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  5. يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuknows
  6. مَاmāwhat
  7. يُسِرُّونَyusirrūnathey conceal
  8. وَمَاwamāand what
  9. يُعْلِنُونَ ۚyuʿ'linūnathey reveal
  10. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
  11. لَاlā(does) not
  12. يُحِبُّyuḥibbulove
  13. ٱلْمُسْتَكْبِرِينَl-mus'takbirīnathe arrogant ones

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