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Quran Maqasid

عَلِيم

عليم in the Quran

Meaning: All-Knowing

عليم occurs 163 times in 163 verses across 43 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.

Occurrences
163
Verses
163
Surahs
43

عَلِيم

Noun · 163 times

Meaning: All-Knowing · Also translated as: All-Knower, All-Aware

Forms in the Quran

  • عَلِيمٌ ×106
  • ٱلْعَلِيمُ ×32
  • عَلِيمًا ×22
  • لَعَلِيمٌ ×1
  • عُلَمَٰٓؤُا۟ ×1
  • ٱلْعُلَمَٰٓؤُا۟ ×1

Its root in the classical dictionaries

قوله تعالى: ﴿وعلم آدم الأسماء كلها﴾ [البقرة:31] أي عرفه إياها. وأصل العلم إدراك الشيء على حقيقته، وهو معرفة الشيء على ما هو عليه. وقد اختلف الناس فيه: هل يدرك بالحد أم لا، ومن منع تحديده اختلفوا فقال بعضهم: لا يحد لعسره، وآخرون ليسره. وقال بعضهم: العلم ضربان: الأول إدراك ذات الشيء، والثاني الحكم على الشيء بوجود شيء هو…

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Verses with عليم

Verses 21–40 of 163

  1. Each word opens its meaning.

    If ye are on a journey, And cannot find A scribe, a pledge With possession (may serve The purpose). And if one of you Deposits a thing On trust with another, Let the trustee (Faithfully) discharge His trust, and let him Fear his Lord. Conceal not evidence; For whoever conceals it,— His heart is tainted With sin. And God Knoweth all that ye do.

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:283
  2. Each word opens its meaning.

    Offspring, one of the other: And God heareth And knoweth all things.

    Surah Ali 'Imran, verse 3:34
  3. Each word opens its meaning.

    Behold! a woman of ’Imrān Said: "O my Lord! I do Dedicate unto Thee What is in my womb For Thy special service: So accept this of me: For Thou hearest And knowest all things."

    Surah Ali 'Imran, verse 3:35
  4. Each word opens its meaning.

    But if they turn back, God hath full knowledge Of those who do mischief.

    Surah Ali 'Imran, verse 3:63
  5. Each word opens its meaning.

    "And believe no one Unless he follows Your religion." Say: "True guidance Is the guidance of God: (Fear ye) lest a revelation Be sent to someone (else) Like unto that which was sent Unto you? Or that those (Receiving such revelation) Should engage you in argument Before your Lord?" Say: "All bounties Are in the hand of God: He granteth them To whom He pleaseth: And God careth for all, And He knoweth all things."

    Surah Ali 'Imran, verse 3:73
  6. Each word opens its meaning.

    By no means shall ye Attain righteousness unless Ye give (freely) of that Which ye love; and whatever Ye give, of a truth God knoweth it well.

    Surah Ali 'Imran, verse 3:92
  7. Each word opens its meaning.

    Of the good that they do, Nothing will be rejected Of them; for God knoweth well Those that do right.

    Surah Ali 'Imran, verse 3:115
  8. Each word opens its meaning.

    Ah! ye are those Who love them, But they love you not, Though ye believe In the whole of the Book, When they meet you, They say, "We believe": But when they are alone, They bite off the very tips Of their fingers at you In their rage. Say: "Perish in your rage; God knoweth well All the secrets of the heart."

    Surah Ali 'Imran, verse 3:119
  9. Each word opens its meaning.

    Remember that morning Thou didst leave Thy household (early) To post the Faithful At their stations for battle: And God heareth And knoweth all things:

    Surah Ali 'Imran, verse 3:121
  10. Each word opens its meaning.

    After (the excitement) Of the distress, He sent down Calm on a band of you Overcome with slumber, While another band Was stirred to anxiety By their own feelings, Moved by wrong suspicions Of God—suspicions due To Ignorance. They said: "What affair is this of ours?" Say thou: "Indeed, this affair Is wholly God's." They hide In their minds what they Dare not reveal to thee. They say (to themselves): "If we had had anything To do with this affair, We should not have been In the slaughter here." Say: "Even if you had remained In your homes, those For whom death was decreed Would certainly have gone forth To the place of their death"; But (all this was) That God might test What is in your breasts And purge what is In your hearts. For God knoweth well The secrets of your hearts.

    Surah Ali 'Imran, verse 3:154
  11. Each word opens its meaning.

    God (thus) directs you As regards your children's (Inheritance): to the male, A portion equal to that Of two females: if only Daughters, two or more, Their share is two-thirds Of the inheritance; If only one, her share Is a half. For parents, a sixth share Of the inheritance to each, If the deceased left children; If no children, and the parents Are the (only) heirs, the mother Has a third; if the deceased Left brothers (or sisters) The mother has a sixth. (The distribution in all cases Is) after the payment Of legacies and debts. Ye know not whether Your parents or your children Are nearest to you In benefit. These are Settled portions ordained By God; and God is All-knowing, All-wise.

    Surah An-Nisa, verse 4:11
  12. Each word opens its meaning.

    In what your wives leave, Your share is a half, If they leave no child; But if they leave a child, Ye get a fourth; after payment Of legacies and debts. In what ye leave, Their share is a fourth, If ye leave no child; But if ye leave a child, They get an eighth; after payment Of legacies and debts. If the man or woman Whose inheritance is in question, Has left neither ascendants nor descendants, But has left a brother Or a sister, each one of the two Gets a sixth; but if more Than two, they share in a third; After payment of legacies And debts; so that no loss Is caused (to any one). Thus is it ordained by God; And God is All-knowing, Most Forbearing.

    Surah An-Nisa, verse 4:12
  13. Each word opens its meaning.

    God accepts the repentance Of those who do evil In ignorance and repent Soon afterwards; to them Will God turn in mercy: For God is full of knowledge And wisdom.

    Surah An-Nisa, verse 4:17
  14. Each word opens its meaning.

    Also (prohibited are) Women already married, Except those Whom your right hands possess: Thus hath God ordained (Prohibitions) against you: Except for these, all others Are lawful, provided Ye seek (them in marriage) With gifts from your property,— Desiring chastity, not lust. Seeing that ye derive Benefit from them, give them Their dowers (at least) As prescribed; but if, After a dower is prescribed, ye agree Mutually (to vary it), There is no blame on you, And God is All-knowing All-wise.

    Surah An-Nisa, verse 4:24
  15. Each word opens its meaning.

    God doth wish To make clear to you And to show you The ordinances of those Before you; and (He Doth wish to) turn to you (In Mercy): and God Is All-knowing, All-wise.

    Surah An-Nisa, verse 4:26
  16. Each word opens its meaning.

    And in no wise covet Those things in which God Hath bestowed His gifts More freely on some of you Than on others: to men Is allotted what they earn, And to women what they earn: But ask God of His bounty. For God hath full knowledge Of all things.

    Surah An-Nisa, verse 4:32
  17. Each word opens its meaning.

    If ye fear a breach Between them twain, Appoint (two) arbiters, One from his family, And the other from hers; If they wish for peace, God will cause Their reconciliation: For God hath full knowledge, And is acquainted With all things.

    Surah An-Nisa, verse 4:35
  18. Each word opens its meaning.

    And what burden Were it on them if they Had faith in God And in the Last Day, And they spent Out of what God hath Given them for sustenance? For God hath full Knowledge of them.

    Surah An-Nisa, verse 4:39
  19. Each word opens its meaning.

    Such is the Bounty From God: and sufficient Is it that God knoweth all.

    Surah An-Nisa, verse 4:70
  20. Each word opens its meaning.

    Never should a Believer Kill a Believer; but (If it so happens) by mistake, (Compensation is due): If one (so) kills a Believer, It is ordained that he Should free a believing slave, And pay compensation To the deceased's family, Unless they remit it freely. If the deceased belonged To a people at war with you, And he was a Believer, The freeing of a believing slave (Is enough). If he belonged To a people with whom Ye have a treaty of mutual Alliance, compensation should Be paid to his family, And a believing slave be freed. For those who find this Beyond their means, (is prescribed) A fast for two months Running: by way of repentance To God: for God hath All knowledge and all wisdom.

    Surah An-Nisa, verse 4:92