Surah Al-Mujadilah
Quran 58:7
Read Quran 58:7 from Surah Al-Mujadilah (The Pleading Woman) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.
Quran verse
Qur'an 58:7
Hast thou not seen that Allah knoweth all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth? There is no secret conference of three but He is their fourth, nor of five but He is their sixth, nor of less than that or more but He is with them wheresoever they may be; and afterward, on the Day of Resurrection, He will inform them of what they did. Lo! Allah is Knower of all things.
English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain. Digital text from Tanzil.net.
- Surah
- 58. Al-Mujadilah (The Pleading Woman)
- Ayah
- 7 of 22
- Revelation
- Medinan (revealed in Medina)
- Reference
- 58:7
Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 58:7
Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic.
وأنه { مَا يَكُونُ مِنْ نَجْوَى ثَلَاثَةٍ إِلَّا هُوَ رَابِعُهُمْ وَلَا خَمْسَةٍ إِلَّا هُوَ سَادِسُهُمْ وَلَا أَدْنَى مِنْ ذَلِكَ وَلَا أَكْثَرَ إِلَّا هُوَ مَعَهُمْ أَيْنَمَا كَانُوا } والمراد بهذه المعية معية العلم والإحاطة بما تناجوا به وأسروه فيما بينهم، ولهذا قال: { إِنَّ اللَّهَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ } ثم قال تعالى: