Surah Al-An'am — Verse 103

The Cattle · 6:103 · 103/165

لَّا تُدْرِكُهُ ٱلْأَبْصَـٰرُ وَهُوَ يُدْرِكُ ٱلْأَبْصَـٰرَ ۖ وَهُوَ ٱللَّطِيفُ ٱلْخَبِيرُ

La tudrikuhu al-absaru wahuwayudriku al-absara wahuwa allateefu alkhabeer

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

Vision perceives Him not, but He perceives [all] vision; and He is the Subtle, the Aware.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

No vision can take Him in, but He takes in all vision. He is the All Subtle, the All Aware.

Marmaduke Pickthall

Vision comprehendeth Him not, but He comprehendeth (all) vision. He is the Subtile, the Aware.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

No vision can grasp Him, but His grasp is over all vision: He is above all comprehension, yet is acquainted with all things.

Mufti Taqi Usmani

No vision can comprehend Him, and He comprehends all visions, and He is Absolutely Subtle, All-Aware.

Al-Hilali & Khan

No vision can grasp Him, but He grasps all vision. He is Al-Latîf (the Most Subtle and Courteous), Well-Acquainted with all things.

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

No visual perception can encompass Him, even though He encompasses all visual perception. He is the All-Subtle, the All-Aware.

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

No human vision can encompass Him, whereas He encompasses all human vision: for He alone is unfathomable, all-aware.

Rowwad · source edition

No vision can encompass Him[33], but He encompasses all vision, and He is the Most Subtle, the All-Aware.

Notes

[33] The people of Paradise will be able to see Allah in the Hereafter. See 75:22-23.

Noor International · source edition

(103) Vision perceives Him not,[332] but He perceives [all] vision; and He is the Subtle,[333] the Aware.[334]

Notes

[332]- In the life of this world. The people of Paradise will be able to see Allāh in the Hereafter. See 75:22-23. [333]- Perceptive of the most precise and unapparent matters and the intricacies of all affairs. Also, He who benefits His servants in indiscernible ways. [334]- See footnote in 6:18.

Hilali and Khan · source edition

103. No vision can grasp Him, but He grasps all vision. He is Al-Latîf (the Most Subtle and Courteous), Well-Acquainted with all things.