Quran 21:4 Surah Anbiya ayat 4 Tafsir Ibn Katheer in English

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Surah Anbiya ayat 4 Tafsir Ibn Kathir - English Translation of the Meanings , Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi & English - Sahih International : surah Anbiya aya 4 in arabic text(The Prophets).
  
   

﴿قَالَ رَبِّي يَعْلَمُ الْقَوْلَ فِي السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۖ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ﴾
[ الأنبياء: 4]

English - Sahih International

21:4 The Prophet said, "My Lord knows whatever is said throughout the heaven and earth, and He is the Hearing, the Knowing."

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Quran 21:4 Tafsir Al-Jalalayn


He said to them ‘My Lord knows the words that are spoken in the heavens and the earth and He is the Hearer of what they keep secret the Knower’ of it.


Almuntakhab Fi Tafsir Alquran Alkarim


Having known by inspiration the conclusion of their secret counsel- the Prophet said: Allah, my Creator, knows all that is being said or discoursed in the heavens and on earth; He is AL-Sami (the Omnipresent with unlimited audition and AL-Alim (the Omniscient)

Quran 21:4 Tafsir Ibn Kathir


Which was revealed in Makkah The Virtues of Surat Al-Anbiya' Al-Bukhari recorded that `Abdur-Rahman bin Yazid said that `Abdullah said, "Banu Isra'il, Al-Kahf, Maryam, Ta Ha and Al-Anbiya' - they are among the earliest and most beautiful Surahs and they are my treasure." بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Hour is at hand but People are heedless This is a warning from Allah of the approach of the Hour, and that people are heedless of it, i.e., they are not working for it or preparing for it.
An-Nasa'i recorded that Abu Sa`id reported from the Prophet : فِى غَفْلَةٍ مُّعْرِضُونَ ( while they turn away in heedlessness ), he said,
«فِي الدُّنْيَا»
( in this world. ) Allah says: أَتَى أَمْرُ اللَّهِ فَلاَ تَسْتَعْجِلُوهُ ( The Event ordained by Allah will come to pass, so seek not to hasten it ) اقْتَرَبَتِ السَّاعَةُ وَانشَقَّ الْقَمَرُ وَإِن يَرَوْاْ ءَايَةً يُعْرِضُواْ ( The Hour has drawn near, and the moon has been cleft asunder.
And if they see a sign, they turn away. )
54:1,2.
Then Allah states that they do not listen to the revelation ( Wahy ) that He sends down to His Messenger , which is addressed to the Quraysh and all disbelievers like them. مَا يَأْتِيهِمْ مِّن ذِكْرٍ مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ مُّحْدَثٍ ( Comes not unto them an admonition from their Lord as a recent revelation ) meaning, newly-revealed, إِلاَّ اسْتَمَعُوهُ وَهُمْ يَلْعَبُونَ ( but they listen to it while they play.
)
This is like what Ibn `Abbas said, "Why do you ask the People of the Book about what they have, which has been altered and distorted, and they have added things and taken things away, when your Book is the most recently revealed from Allah, and you read it pure and unadulterated" Al-Bukhari recorded something similar to this. وَأَسَرُّواْ النَّجْوَى الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ ( Those who do wrong, conceal their private counsels ) meaning, what they say to one another in secret. هَلْ هَـذَآ إِلاَّ بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْ ( Is this more than a human being like you ) meaning, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
They did not believe that he could be a Prophet because he was a human being like them, so how could he have been singled out to receive revelation, and not them They said: أَفَتَأْتُونَ السِّحْرَ وَأَنتُمْ تُبْصِرُونَ ( Will you submit to magic while you see it ) meaning, will you follow him and be like one who submits to magic when he knows that it is magic Allah said in response to their fabrications and lies: قَالَ رَبِّى يَعْلَمُ الْقَوْلَ فِى السَّمَآءِ وَالاٌّرْضِ ( He said: "My Lord knows what is said in the heavens and on earth..." ) Nothing at all is hidden from the One Who knows that, and He is the One Who reveals this Qur'an which contains news of the earliest and last generations.
No one can produce the like of this except the One Who knows all the secrets of the heavens and the earth. وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ ( And He is the All-Hearer, the All-Knower. ) means, He hears all that they say and He knows all their circumstances.
This is a warning and a threat to them. The Disbelievers' Ideas about the Qur'an and the Messenger ; their demand for a Sign and the Refutation of that بَلْ قَالُواْ أَضْغَـثُ أَحْلاَمٍ بَلِ افْتَرَاهُ ( Nay, they say: "These are mixed up false dreams! Nay, he has invented it!..." ) Here Allah tells us of the stubbornness and heresy of the disblievers, and the various things they said about the Qur'an, and how they were confused and misguided about it.
Sometimes they described it as magic, and sometimes they described it as poetry, or mixed up false dreams, or a fabrication.
As Allah says: انْظُرْ كَيْفَ ضَرَبُواْ لَكَ الاٌّمْثَالَ فَضَلُّواْ فَلاَ يَسْتَطِيعْونَ سَبِيلاً ( See what examples they have put forward for you.
So they have gone astray, and never can they find a way )
17:48 فَلْيَأْتِنَا بِـَايَةٍ كَمَآ أُرْسِلَ الاٌّوَّلُونَ ( Let him then bring us an Ayah like the ones that were sent before! ) They were referring to the she-camel of Salih, and the signs of Musa and `Isa.
And Allah says, وَمَا مَنَعَنَآ أَن نُّرْسِلَ بِالاٌّيَـتِ إِلاَّ أَن كَذَّبَ بِهَا الاٌّوَّلُونَ ( And nothing stops Us from sending the Ayat but that the people of old denied them. ) 17:59.
So Allah said here: مَآ ءَامَنَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَـهَآ أَفَهُمْ يُؤْمِنُونَ ( Not one of the towns of those which We destroyed, believed before them; will they then believe ) None of the peoples to whom Messengers were sent were given a sign at the hands of their Prophet and believed.
On the contrary, they disbelieved and We destroyed them as a result.
Would these people believe in a sign if they saw it Not at all! In fact, إِنَّ الَّذِينَ حَقَّتْ عَلَيْهِمْ كَلِمَةُ رَبِّكَ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ - وَلَوْ جَآءَتْهُمْ كُلُّ ءايَةٍ حَتَّى يَرَوُاْ الْعَذَابَ الاٌّلِيمَ ( Truly, those, against whom the Word of your Lord has been justified, will not believe.
Even if every sign should come to them, until they see the painful torment. )
10:96-97.
Indeed, they witnes- sed clear signs and definitive proof at the hands of the Messen- ger of Allah , signs which were far clearer and more overwhel- ming than any that had been witnessed in the case of any other Prophet, may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon them all.

Tafseer Tafheem-ul-Quran Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi

(21:4) To this the Prophet replied, "My Lord has the knowledge of everything that is said in the heavens and the earth for He is AllHearing, All-Knowing. " *6

The Prophet said, "My Lord knows whatever meaning

*6) This was the answer of the Prophet to their false propaganda and whispering campaign.
Instead of giving a `tit for tat' answer, he said, " My Lord will deal with you for He hears everything and knows everything. "
 

Tafsir Maarif-ul-Quran Mufti Muhammad Shafi


Which was revealed in Makkah The Virtues of Surat Al-Anbiya' Al-Bukhari recorded that `Abdur-Rahman bin Yazid said that `Abdullah said, "Banu Isra'il, Al-Kahf, Maryam, Ta Ha and Al-Anbiya' - they are among the earliest and most beautiful Surahs and they are my treasure." بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Hour is at hand but People are heedless This is a warning from Allah of the approach of the Hour, and that people are heedless of it, i.e., they are not working for it or preparing for it.
An-Nasa'i recorded that Abu Sa`id reported from the Prophet : فِى غَفْلَةٍ مُّعْرِضُونَ ( while they turn away in heedlessness ), he said, «فِي الدُّنْيَا» ( in this world. ) Allah says: أَتَى أَمْرُ اللَّهِ فَلاَ تَسْتَعْجِلُوهُ ( The Event ordained by Allah will come to pass, so seek not to hasten it ) اقْتَرَبَتِ السَّاعَةُ وَانشَقَّ الْقَمَرُ وَإِن يَرَوْاْ ءَايَةً يُعْرِضُواْ ( The Hour has drawn near, and the moon has been cleft asunder.
And if they see a sign, they turn away. )
54:1,2.
Then Allah states that they do not listen to the revelation ( Wahy ) that He sends down to His Messenger , which is addressed to the Quraysh and all disbelievers like them. مَا يَأْتِيهِمْ مِّن ذِكْرٍ مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ مُّحْدَثٍ ( Comes not unto them an admonition from their Lord as a recent revelation ) meaning, newly-revealed, إِلاَّ اسْتَمَعُوهُ وَهُمْ يَلْعَبُونَ ( but they listen to it while they play.
)
This is like what Ibn `Abbas said, "Why do you ask the People of the Book about what they have, which has been altered and distorted, and they have added things and taken things away, when your Book is the most recently revealed from Allah, and you read it pure and unadulterated" Al-Bukhari recorded something similar to this. وَأَسَرُّواْ النَّجْوَى الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ ( Those who do wrong, conceal their private counsels ) meaning, what they say to one another in secret. هَلْ هَـذَآ إِلاَّ بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْ ( Is this more than a human being like you ) meaning, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
They did not believe that he could be a Prophet because he was a human being like them, so how could he have been singled out to receive revelation, and not them They said: أَفَتَأْتُونَ السِّحْرَ وَأَنتُمْ تُبْصِرُونَ ( Will you submit to magic while you see it ) meaning, will you follow him and be like one who submits to magic when he knows that it is magic Allah said in response to their fabrications and lies: قَالَ رَبِّى يَعْلَمُ الْقَوْلَ فِى السَّمَآءِ وَالاٌّرْضِ ( He said: "My Lord knows what is said in the heavens and on earth..." ) Nothing at all is hidden from the One Who knows that, and He is the One Who reveals this Qur'an which contains news of the earliest and last generations.
No one can produce the like of this except the One Who knows all the secrets of the heavens and the earth. وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ ( And He is the All-Hearer, the All-Knower. ) means, He hears all that they say and He knows all their circumstances.
This is a warning and a threat to them. The Disbelievers' Ideas about the Qur'an and the Messenger ; their demand for a Sign and the Refutation of that بَلْ قَالُواْ أَضْغَـثُ أَحْلاَمٍ بَلِ افْتَرَاهُ ( Nay, they say: "These are mixed up false dreams! Nay, he has invented it!..." ) Here Allah tells us of the stubbornness and heresy of the disblievers, and the various things they said about the Qur'an, and how they were confused and misguided about it.
Sometimes they described it as magic, and sometimes they described it as poetry, or mixed up false dreams, or a fabrication.
As Allah says: انْظُرْ كَيْفَ ضَرَبُواْ لَكَ الاٌّمْثَالَ فَضَلُّواْ فَلاَ يَسْتَطِيعْونَ سَبِيلاً ( See what examples they have put forward for you.
So they have gone astray, and never can they find a way )
17:48 فَلْيَأْتِنَا بِـَايَةٍ كَمَآ أُرْسِلَ الاٌّوَّلُونَ ( Let him then bring us an Ayah like the ones that were sent before! ) They were referring to the she-camel of Salih, and the signs of Musa and `Isa.
And Allah says, وَمَا مَنَعَنَآ أَن نُّرْسِلَ بِالاٌّيَـتِ إِلاَّ أَن كَذَّبَ بِهَا الاٌّوَّلُونَ ( And nothing stops Us from sending the Ayat but that the people of old denied them. ) 17:59.
So Allah said here: مَآ ءَامَنَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَـهَآ أَفَهُمْ يُؤْمِنُونَ ( Not one of the towns of those which We destroyed, believed before them; will they then believe ) None of the peoples to whom Messengers were sent were given a sign at the hands of their Prophet and believed.
On the contrary, they disbelieved and We destroyed them as a result.
Would these people believe in a sign if they saw it Not at all! In fact, إِنَّ الَّذِينَ حَقَّتْ عَلَيْهِمْ كَلِمَةُ رَبِّكَ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ - وَلَوْ جَآءَتْهُمْ كُلُّ ءايَةٍ حَتَّى يَرَوُاْ الْعَذَابَ الاٌّلِيمَ ( Truly, those, against whom the Word of your Lord has been justified, will not believe.
Even if every sign should come to them, until they see the painful torment. )
10:96-97.
Indeed, they witnes- sed clear signs and definitive proof at the hands of the Messen- ger of Allah , signs which were far clearer and more overwhel- ming than any that had been witnessed in the case of any other Prophet, may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon them all.

Tanwîr al-Miqbâs min Tafsîr Ibn ‘Abbâs


( He saith ) Muhammad ( s )ays to them: ( My Lord knoweth what is spoken in the heaven and the earth ) Allah knows the secret words that the dwellers of the heaven and the earth say and the secret works they do. ( He is the Hearer ) of what Abu Jahl and his host say, ( the Knower ) of Abu Jahl and his host as well as of their punishment.


Muhammad Taqiud-Din alHilali

He (Muhammad SAW) said: "My Lord knows (every) word (spoken) in the heavens and on earth. And He is the All-Hearer, the All-Knower."

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