سُوْرَةُ الْعَلَقِ

Surah Al-Alaq (96) — Ayah 14

The Clot · Meccan · Juz 30 · Page 597

أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ ﴿14﴾
Knows he not that Allâh does see (what he does)?
أَلَمْ alam Does not
يَعْلَم yaʿlam he know
بِأَنَّ bi-anna that
ٱللَّهَ l-laha Allah
يَرَىٰ yarā sees

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3. 1. The meaning is : Does this person who is committing the aforementioned actions not know that Allah is seeing everything? He will give him his punishment.

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14. Does he not know that Allah is watching [10]?

[10] That is, on one side, there is a servant of Allah engaged in the worship of Allah; he himself fears Allah and instructs others to live their lives with the fear of Allah. On the other side, there is a rebel against Allah who rejects the call to truth and arrogantly turns away, yet considers himself to be on the right path. Just think! Has this rebel against Allah lost his mind? He does not even consider that, even if he dislikes someone’s actions, he should never prevent anyone from worshipping Allah. Nor does he reflect that Allah is watching both the servant and the rebel. Whichever of them deserves a particular treatment, Allah will deal with him accordingly.