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Surah Al-Baqara (2) — Ayah 33

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قَالَ يَـٰٓـَٔادَمُ أَنۢبِئْهُم بِأَسْمَآئِهِمْ ۖ فَلَمَّآ أَنۢبَأَهُم بِأَسْمَآئِهِمْ قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ إِنِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ غَيْبَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَأَعْلَمُ مَا تُبْدُونَ وَمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْتُمُونَ ﴿33﴾

Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

He said: "O Adam! Inform them of their names," and when he had informed them of their names, He said: "Did I not tell you that I know the Ghaib (Unseen) in the heavens and the earth, and I know what you reveal and what you have been concealing?"

Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning

قَالَ qāla He said
يَـٰٓـَٔادَمُ yāādamu O Adam
أَنۢبِئْهُم anbi'hum Inform them
بِأَسْمَآئِهِمْ ۖ bi-asmāihim of their names
فَلَمَّآ falammā And when
أَنۢبَأَهُم anba-ahum he had informed them
بِأَسْمَآئِهِمْ bi-asmāihim of their names
قَالَ qāla He said
أَلَمْ alam Did not
أَقُل aqul I say
لَّكُمْ lakum to you
إِنِّىٓ innī Indeed, I
أَعْلَمُ aʿlamu [I] know
غَيْبَ ghayba (the) unseen
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ l-samāwāti (of) the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضِ wal-arḍi and the earth
وَأَعْلَمُ wa-aʿlamu and I know
مَا mā what
تُبْدُونَ tub'dūna you reveal
وَمَا wamā and what
كُنتُمْ kuntum you [were]
تَكْتُمُونَ taktumūna conceal

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33. 1. By "names" is meant the names of persons and things and the knowledge of their properties and benefits, which Allah taught to Adam عليه through inspiration. Then, when it was said to him, "Adam, tell them their names," he immediately described everything that the angels could not. In this way, Allah made clear to the angels the wisdom behind Adam's creation. Secondly, He explained the importance and excellence of knowledge for running the system of the world. When this wisdom and importance became clear to the angels, they admitted their deficiency in knowledge and understanding. From this admission of the angels, it also became clear that only Allah is the Knower of the unseen; even Allah's chosen servants have only as much knowledge as Allah grants them.

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33. Allah said, "O Adam! Inform them of their names." So when Adam had informed them of their names [45], Allah said, "Did I not tell you that I know the unseen of the heavens and the earth, and I know what you reveal and what you conceal?"

[45] When the angels became aware of Adam’s comprehensive knowledge and admitted their own lack of knowledge, Allah Almighty informed the angels of that which they did not know, and that was: if there is an aspect of mischief and evil in man, then there is also an aspect of righteousness and goodness, and the aspect of righteousness and goodness is dominant. That is why he is being made the caliph, and due to his intellectual excellence, he is worthy of it. Incidentally, from this story, it is also understood that knowledge is superior to worship. Worship is an act pertaining to the creation, whereas knowledge is related to both the Creator and the creation, and the greatest Knower and All-Knowing is Allah Himself. No doubt, man cannot worship like the angels or as much as them. However, on the basis of knowledge, he was deemed superior to the angels and deserving of caliphate.
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