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Muhammad Asad
Does he, then, not know that God sees [all]
Arthur John Arberry
Did he not know that God sees
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Knoweth he not that Allah doth see
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أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ
Transliteration-3
alam yaʿlam bi-anna l-laha yarā
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Does he (i.e., one who prevents) not know that Allah sees ˹all˺
Word by Word (2021)
Does not he know that Allah sees?
Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
Does he, then, not know that God sees [all]
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall
Is he then unaware that Allah seeth
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Knoweth he not that Allah doth see
Mustafa Khattab 2018
Does he not know that Allah sees ˹all˺?
Safi Kaskas 2025
Does he not know that God sees?
Wahiduddin Khan
Does he not know that God observes all things
Shakir
Does he not know that Allah does see
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
Knows he not that God sees?
T.B.Irving
Does he not know that God sees [everything]?
Abdul Hye
Does he (Abu Jahl) not know that Allah sees (everything)?
Saeed Malik
Does he not know that Allah sees?
The Study Quran
Does he not know that God sees
Talal Itani & AI (2025)
Does he not know that God sees?
Talal Itani (2012)
Does he not know that God sees
Dr. Kamal Omar
Did he not know that Allah does see
M. Farook Malik
Does he not know that Allah is observing all things
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Does he not know that Allah sees
Muhammad Sarwar
Does he not realize that God sees him
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
does he not know that Allah is watching (him)
Shabbir Ahmed
Does he not know that Allah sees to it that His Laws are enforced without exception
Dr. Munir Munshey
Does he not know that Allah watches (everything)
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Does he not know that Allah sees
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
Does he not know that Allah sees
[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)
Does he not realize that God can see?
Abdel Haleem
Does he not realize that God sees all
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Knoweth he not that Allah beholdeth
Ahmed Ali
Does he not know that God sees
Aisha Bewley
Does he not know that Allah sees?
Ali Ãœnal
Does he (who would impede the servant in his Prayer) not know that God sees (all that people do)
Ali Quli Qara'i
—does he not know that Allah sees
Hamid S. Aziz
Does he not know that Allah can see
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
Did he not know that God sees (everything)?
Bilal Muhammad 2018
Does he not know that God sees
Musharraf Hussain
doesn’t he know Allah sees everything?
Maududi
Does he not know that Allah sees everything
Mohammad Shafi
Does he not know that Allah does indeed see [his wickedness]
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Did he not know that Allah is seeing?
Rashad Khalifa
Does he not realize that GOD sees
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
does he not know that Allah sees
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Knows he not that Allah sees
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
Does he not know with that (E) God sees/understands
Bijan Moeinian
Does not such a person know that God is watching
Faridul Haque
Did he not realise that Allah is watching
Sher Ali
Does he not know that ALLAH sees all
Edip Yuksel
Did he not know that God can see?
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Does he not know that Allah monitors (minutely all his conduct)
Amatul Rahman Omar
Does He not know that Allah indeed observes (all)
Hilali - Khan
Knows he not that Allah does see (what he does)
Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry
Did he not know that God sees
George Sale
Doth he not know that God seeth
Edward Henry Palmer
Did he not know that God can see
John Medows Rodwell
What! doth he not know how that God seeth
N J Dawood 2014
does he not realize that God sees all
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Shuaib Abdullahi
Does he not (Alam' Bi) know (Ya'lam) that GOD (Annallahi) sees (Yaraa)?
Fode Drame
Does he not know that Allah indeed sees?
MunirMezyed2023
Does he not know that Allâh sees (whatever he does)?
Mustaqim
Does he not know that Allah sees?
Fadel Soliman-The Bridges Translation
Has he not realized that Allah sees?
Linda "iLham" Barto
Does he/she not know that Allah sees?
Irving/Hegab
Does he not know that Allah (God) sees [everything]?
Samy Mahdy
Does he not know that Allah sees?
Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)
does he not realize that God sees all?
Qarai
—does he not know that Allah sees [him]?
Thomas Cleary
Does he not know God sees?
Ahmed Hulusi
Does he not know that Allah sees?
Mubarakpuri
Knows he not that Allah sees
A. S. Mohamed
Did he not know that God sees?
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)
Does he not know that Allah sees (him)
[Al-Muntakhab]
Does he not know that Allah the Omnipresent sees him and every act whether in the very doing or on the point of being done
Mir Aneesuddin
did he not know that Allah certainly sees?
The Wise Quran Project
Did he not know that God sees?
Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)
Knoweth he not that God doth see
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
Did he not know that God can see?
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
Did he not know that God can se
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Does not he know that Allah sees
Transliteration
Alam yaAAlam bi-anna Allaha yara