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Surah Al-Baqara (2) — Ayah 33
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
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
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.
