Al-Qur'an Surah Ar-Ra'd Verse 9

Mufti Taqi Usmani

He is the Knower of the hidden and the manifest. He is the Great, the High.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

˹He is the˺ Knower of the seen and the unseen—the All-Great, Most Exalted.

Ruwwad Translation Center

He is the Knower of the unseen and the seen, the All-Great, the Most Exalted.

A. J. Arberry

the Knower of the unseen and the visible, the All-great, the All-exalted:

Abdul Haleem

He knows what is not seen as well as what is seen; He is the Great, the Most High.

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Knower of the hidden and the manifest! the Great! the Exalted.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

He knoweth the unseen and that which is open; He is the Great, the Most High.

Abul Ala Maududi

He knows both what is hidden and what is manifest. He is the Supreme One, the Most High.

Ahmed Ali

He is the knower of the known and the unknown, the mighty and most high.

Ahmed Raza Khan

The All Knowing of all things hidden and visible, the Great, the Supreme.

Ali Quli Qarai

the Knower of the sensible and the Unseen, the All-great, the All-sublime.

Ali Ünal

The Knower of the Unseen and the witnessed (all that lies in the hidden and visible realms and beyond and within the reach of any created being’s perception), the All-Great, the All-Transcending.

Amatul Rahman Omar

(He is the) Knower of the hidden realities and the visible, the Incomparably Great, the Most Exalted.

English Literal

Knower (of) the unseen/hidden and the testimony/certification/presence, the great/exalted/revered, the most high, mighty, exalted and dignified.

Faridul Haque

The All Knowing of all things hidden and visible, the Great, the Supreme.

Hamid S. Aziz

Allah knows what each female (womb) bears, by how much the wombs fall short of or exceed (in time or number); for everything with Him is measured (calculated or in proportion).

Hilali & Khan

All-Knower of the unseen and the seen, the Most Great, the Most High.

Maulana Mohammad Ali

Allah knows what every female bears, and that of which the wombs fall short of completion and that which they grow. And everything with Him has a measure.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

The knower of the unseen and the seen, the Great, the Most High.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

He is the Knower of the Invisible and the Visible, the Great, the High Exalted.

Muhammad Sarwar

He knows all the unseen and seen. He is the most Great and High.

Qaribullah & Darwish

(He is) the Knower of the unseen and the seen, the Great, the Exalted.

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

All-Knower of the unseen and the seen, the Most Great, the Most High.

Wahiduddin Khan

He is the knower of the unseen and the visible, the Great, the Most-Exalted.

Talal Itani

The Knower of the Invisible and the Visible; the Grand, the Supreme.

Tafsir jalalayn

[He is] the Knower of the unseen and the visible, [of] what is hidden and what is witnessed; the Great, the Tremendous, the High Exalted, above His creation, through His [overpowering] subjugation (read al-muta`l or al-muta`l, `the High Exalted').

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

عَالِمُ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ

All-Knower of the Ghayb (the unseen) and the Shahadah (the witness able),

Who knows everything that the servants see and all what they cannot see, and none of it ever escapes His knowledge,

الْكَبِيرُ

the Most Great,

greater than everything,

الْمُتَعَالِ



the Most High.

above everything,

قَدْ أَحَاطَ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عِلْمَا

(Allah) surrounds all things in (His) knowledge. (65;12),

and has full power over all things, the necks are under His control and the servants are subservient to Him, willingly or unwillingly