Surah Al-Hadid — Verse 3
The Iron · 57:3 · 3/29
هُوَ ٱلْأَوَّلُ وَٱلْـَٔاخِرُ وَٱلظَّـٰهِرُ وَٱلْبَاطِنُ ۖ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌ
Huwa al-awwalu wal-akhiru waththahiruwalbatinu wahuwa bikulli shay-in AAaleem
Translations of this verse 11
Saheeh International
He is the First and the Last, the Ascendant and the Intimate, and He is, of all things, Knowing.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
He is the First and the Last; the Outer and the Inner; He has knowledge of all things.
Marmaduke Pickthall
He is the First and the Last, and the Outward and the Inward; and He is Knower of all things.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
He is the First and the Last, the Evident and the Immanent: and He has full knowledge of all things.
Mufti Taqi Usmani
He is the First and the Last, and the Manifest and the Hidden, and He is All-Knowing about every thing.
Al-Hilali & Khan
He is the First (nothing is before Him) and the Last (nothing is after Him), the Most High (nothing is above Him) and the Most Near (nothing is nearer than Him). And He is the All-Knower of every thing.
Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)
He is the First and the Last, and the Manifest and the Hidden, and He has knowledge of everything.
Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an
He is the First and the Last, and the Outward as well as the Inward: and He has full knowledge of everything.
Rowwad · source edition
He is the First[2] and the Last[3], the Manifest[4] and the Hidden[5], and He is All-Knowing of everything.
Notes
[2] Before Whom nothing existed; the foremost; the uppermost. [3] Eternal after Whom nothing remains. [4] High, nothing is above Him. [5] Nothing is nearer than Him by way of His knowledge; concealed from our physical senses.
Noor International · source edition
(3) He is the First[1623] and the Last,[1624] the Ascendant[1625] and the Intimate,[1626] and He is, of all things, Knowing.
Notes
[1623]- Before whom nothing existed. Also, He who is supreme, foremost or uppermost. [1624]- Enduring eternally when nothing else remains. [1625]- Nothing being above Him. Another meaning is "the Apparent," i.e., evident through His creation and revelation. [1626]- Nothing being nearer than Him by way of His knowledge. Another meaning is "the Unapparent," i.e., concealed from man's physical senses.
Hilali and Khan · source edition
3. He is the First (nothing is before Him) and the Last (nothing is after Him), the Most High (nothing is above Him) and the Most Near (nothing is nearer than Him). And He is the All-Knower of every thing.