Surah At-Tawbah, Ayah 78 (9:78)

ٱلتَّوْبَة

أَلَمْ يَعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ سِرَّهُمْ وَنَجْوَىٰهُمْ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَّٰمُ ٱلْغُيُوبِ

Quran 9:78 is ayah 78 of Surah At-Tawbah (“The Repentance”), a Medinan surah of 129 ayahs. It is in Juz 10, on page 199 of the Madani Mushaf.

9:78
أَلَمْيَعْلَمُوٓا۟أَنَّٱللَّهَيَعْلَمُسِرَّهُمْوَنَجْوَىٰهُمْوَأَنَّٱللَّهَعَلَّٰمُٱلْغُيُوبِ٧٨
alam yaʿlamū anna l-laha yaʿlamu sirrahum wanajwāhum wa-anna l-laha ʿallāmu l-ghuyūbi

Did they not know that Allāh knows their secrets and their private conversations and that Allāh is the Knower of the unseen?(78)

Word by word

  1. أَلَمْalamDo not
  2. يَعْلَمُوٓا۟yaʿlamūthey know
  3. أَنَّannathat
  4. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  5. يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuknows
  6. سِرَّهُمْsirrahumtheir secret
  7. وَنَجْوَىٰهُمْwanajwāhumand their secret conversation
  8. وَأَنَّwa-annaand that
  9. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  10. عَلَّٰمُʿallāmu(is) All-Knower
  11. ٱلْغُيُوبِl-ghuyūbi(of) the unseen

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