Surah Al-Mulk 67:14
سُورَةُ المُلۡكِ · Meccan · Verse 14 of 30
أَلَا يَعْلَمُ مَنْ خَلَقَ وَهُوَ ٱللَّطِيفُ ٱلْخَبِيرُ
Translation
How could He who created not know His own creation, when He is the Most Subtle, the All Aware?
English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.
Meaning and reflection
'Would the One who created not know?, and He is the Subtle, the All-Aware.' al-Razi calls this a complete rational proof in a single line: to make a thing with purpose is to know it utterly, so the Maker of you cannot fail to know you. al-Saadi unfolds 'al-Latif' two ways, His knowledge reaches the most hidden, finest things; and He is gentle to His servant, steering good to him from directions he never expected. Ask yourself: I live much of my inner life as if it were unwitnessed, as if the Designer of my heart might somehow miss what moves in it. Could the One who wrote the code not read it? And if He is not only all-knowing but 'Latif', gentle, does being fully known by Him feel like exposure, or like relief?
Grounded in classical tafsir: al-Razi, al-Saadi, Ibn Ashur.
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