Ayetآية

Al-’Alaq 96:14

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Allah Sees

أَلَمۡ يَعۡلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ ۝١٤

Is he then unaware that Allah seeth.

Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall

Meaning

Does he not know that Allah sees?

Insight

According to Elmalılı, Allah, to whom all return, sees the straight and the crooked, the good and the bad, and repays everyone for their deeds.

Reflect

Today, do a task more carefully, aware that “Allah sees”.

This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.

Elmalılı’s commentary

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