اِنْظُرَLookإلَىtoسِعَةِthe vastnessعِلْمِknowledgeاللَّهِof Allahتَعَالَىthe Exaltedكُلَّeverythingشَيْءٍthingيَكُونُ؛exists;فَهُوَfor He isعَالِمٌAll-Knowingبِه،of it,حَتَّىevenالَّذِيthat whichلَمْhas notيَحْصُلْoccurredوَسَيَحْصُلُ؛and will occur;فَهُوَfor He isتَعَالَىthe ExaltedعَالِمٌAll-Knowingبِه.of it.
Look at the vastness of Allah's knowledge of everything that exists; for He is All-Knowing of it, even that which has not occurred and will occur; for He is the Exalted, All-Knowing of it.
قَالَ:He said:وَلَاAnd nothingحَبَّةٍa grainفِيinظُلُمَاتِthe darkness ofالْأَرْضِthe earth)(الْأَنْعَامِ:(Al-An'am:٥٩):59):حَبَّةٌa small grainصَغِيرَةٌsmallلَاnotيُدْرِكُهَاperceived byالطَّرْفُthe eyeفِيinظُلْمَاتِthe darknessالْأَرْضِ،of the earth,يَعْلَمُهَاHe knows it.عَزَّExaltedوَجَلَّ.and Majestic.
He said: "And there is not a grain in the darkness of the earth (Al-An'am: 59): a small grain that the eye perceives not in the darkness of the earth, He knows it, the Exalted and Majestic."
ظُلُمَتِ:Darkness:أَنْThatحَبَّةٌa grainصَغِيرَةٌsmallغَائِصَةٌsubmergedفِيinظُلْمَةٍ،darkness,وَلْنَفْرِضْand let's assumeجَمْعًاgatheredفِيinقَاعِthe bottomالْبَحْرِ،of the sea,فِيonلَيْلَةٍa nightمُظْلِمَةٍdarkمَطِيرَةٍ؛rainy;فَالظُّلُمَاتُ:So the darkness:أَوَّلًا:First:طِينٌmudالْبَحْرِ،of the sea,ثَانِيًا:Secondly:مَاءٌwaterالْبَحْرِof the seaثَالِثًا:Thirdly:الْمَطَرُ،the rain,رَابِعًا:Fourthly:السَّحَابُ،the clouds,خَامِسًا:Fifthly:اللَّيْلَ؛the night;فَهَذِهِSo theseخَمْسٌfiveظُلُمَاتٌdarknessesمِنْofظُلُمَاتِdarknessالْأَرْضِ،of the earth,وَمَعَ ذَلِكَand yetهَذِهِthis grainالْحَبَّةُthe grainيَعْلَمُهَاHe knows it,اللَّهُAllahسُبْحَانَهُGlory be to Himوَتَعَالَى.and Exalted.
Darkness: That a small grain is submerged in darkness, and let us assume it is gathered at the bottom of the sea, on a dark rainy night; so the darknesses: First: the mud of the sea, Secondly: the water of the sea, Thirdly: the rain, Fourthly: the clouds, Fifthly: the night; so these are five darknesses of the earth, and yet this grain He knows it, Glory be to Allah, and Exalted.
قَالَ:He said:وَلَاAnd nothingرَطْبٍwetوَلَاand norيَابِسٍ)dry):هَذَاthis isعَامٌ؛general;فَمَاfor nothingمِنْis fromشَيْءٍsomethingإِلَّاexceptوَهُوَis eitherإِمَّاeitherرَطْبٌwetوَإِمَّاorيَابِسٌ.dry.
He said: "And there is nothing that is not either wet or dry; this is general; for nothing is except that it is either wet or dry."
هُوَIt isإِلَّاexceptفِيinكِتَابٍa clear recordمُّبِينٍ:manifest:كُتُبٍ؛records;بِمَعْنَىin the senseمَكْتُوبٍ.written.
It is except in a clear record: records; in the sense that it is written.
مُبِينٍ؛Manifest;أَيthat is to say,مَظْهَرٌit is manifestedوَبَيِّنٌ؛and clear;لِأَنَّbecauseأَبَانَHe made clear;تُسْتَعْمَلُis usedمُتَعَدِّيًاtransitiveوَلَازِمًا،and intransitive,فَيُقَالُ:It is said:أَبَانَHe made apparent;الْفَجْرَ؛the dawn;بِمَعْنَىmeaningظَهَرَhas appeared,الْفَجْرَ؛the dawn;وَيُقَالُand it is saidأَبَانَHe made clearالْحَقَّ؛the truth;بِمَعْنَىmeaning;أَظْهَرَهُ.He manifested it.
Manifest; that is to say, it is manifested and clear; because He made clear; is used in a transitive and intransitive sense, thus it is said: He made apparent the dawn; meaning, has appeared the dawn; and it is said that He made clear the truth; meaning, He manifested it.
وَالْمُرَادُand the intended meaningبِالْكِتَابِby the bookهُنَا:here:الْلَّوحُthe preserved tabletالْمَحْفُوظُ.the preserved.
And the intended meaning by the book here: the preserved tablet.
كُلُّAllهَذِهِtheseالْأَشْيَاءِthingsمَعْلُومَةٌare knownعِندَbyاللَّهِAllahسُبْحَانَهُthe Exaltedوَتَعَالَى،and Exalted,وَمَكْتُوبَةٌand writtenعِندَهُwith Himفِيinالْلَّوحِthe preserved tablet,الْمَحْفُوظِ؛the preserved;لِأَنَّbecauseاللَّهَAllah,تَعَالَىthe Exaltedلَمَّاwhen Heخَلَقَcreatedالْقَلَمَ؛the pen;قَالَHe said,لَهُto it,اَكْتُبْ.write.
All these things are known by Allah, the Exalted, and written with Him in the preserved tablet; because when Allah, the Exalted, created the pen, He said to it, 'Write.'
قَالَHe said,مَاذَاwhatاَكْتُبُ؟should I write?قَالَ:He said:اَكْتُبْWriteمَاwhatهُوَit isكَائِنٌexistingإِلَىuntilيَوْمِthe Dayالْقِيَامَةِ"(۱)of Resurrection"(1)؛;فَكَتَبَSo he wroteفِيinتِلْكَthat momentاللَّحْظَةَthe momentمَاwhatهُوَit isكَائِنٌexistingإِلَىuntilيَوْمِthe Dayالْقِيَامَةِ"(۱)of Resurrection"(1)
He said, "What should I write? "He said: Write what it is existing until the Day of Resurrection"(1); so he wrote in that moment what it is existing until the Day of Resurrection"(1).