Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
[for] He knows all that lies open before men and all that is hidden from them, whereas they cannot encompass Him with their knowledge
Arthur John Arberry
He knows what is before them and behind them, and they comprehend Him not in knowledge
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
He knows what (appears to His creatures as) before or after or behind them: but they shall not compass it with their knowledge
Arabic
یَعۡلَمُ مَا بَیۡنَ أَیۡدِیهِمۡ وَمَا خَلۡفَهُمۡ وَلَا یُحِیطُونَ بِهِۦ عِلۡمࣰا ١١٠
Transliteration (2021)
yaʿlamu mā bayna aydīhim wamā khalfahum walā yuḥīṭūna bihi ʿil'ma