هُوَ ٱلۡأَوَّلُ وَٱلۡأٓخِرُ وَٱلظَّٰهِرُ وَٱلۡبَاطِنُۖ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَيۡءٍ عَلِيمٌ ٣
Huwal-awwalu wal-ākhiru waẓ-ẓāhiru wal-bāṭin, wa huwa bikulli shayʾin ʿalīm.
He is the First1 and the Last,2 the Ascendant3 and the Intimate,4 and He is, of all things, Knowing.
Translation: Sahih International
Footnotes (4)
- Before whom nothing existed. Also, He who is supreme, foremost or uppermost.
- Enduring eternally when nothing else remains.
- Nothing being above Him. Another meaning is "the Apparent," i.e., evident through His creation and revelation.
- Nothing being nearer than Him by way of His knowledge. Another meaning is "the Unapparent," i.e., concealed from man's physical senses.