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Yunus 10:61

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وَمَا تَكُونُ فِى شَأْنٍ وَمَا تَتْلُوا۟ مِنْهُ مِن قُرْءَانٍ وَلَا تَعْمَلُونَ مِنْ عَمَلٍ إِلَّا كُنَّا عَلَيْكُمْ شُهُودًا إِذْ تُفِيضُونَ فِيهِ ۚ وَمَا يَعْزُبُ عَن رَّبِّكَ مِن مِّثْقَالِ ذَرَّةٍ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَلَآ أَصْغَرَ مِن ذَٰلِكَ وَلَآ أَكْبَرَ إِلَّا فِى كِتَـٰبٍ مُّبِينٍ

And, [O Muḥammad], you are not [engaged] in any matter and do not recite any of the Qur’ān and you [people] do not do any deed except that We are witness over you when you are involved in it. And not absent from your Lord is any [part] of an atom's weight within the earth or within the heaven or [anything] smaller than that or greater but that it is in a clear register.

Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

Hafiz Ibn Kathir

Everything Small or Large is within the Knowledge of Allah

Allah informed His Prophet that He knows and is well acquainted with all of the affairs and conditions of him and his Ummah and all of creation and its creatures at all times -- during every hour and second. Nothing slips or escapes from His knowledge and observation, not even anything the weight of a speck of dust within the heavens or earth, or anything that is smaller or larger than that. Everything is in a manifest Book, as Allah said: وَعِندَهُ مَفَاتِحُ الْغَيْبِ لاَ يَعْلَمُهَآ إِلاَّ هُوَ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِى الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ وَمَا تَسْقُطُ مِن وَرَقَةٍ إِلاَّ يَعْلَمُهَا وَلاَ حَبَّةٍ فِى ظُلُمَـتِ الاٌّرْضِ وَلاَ رَطْبٍ وَلاَ يَابِسٍ إِلاَّ فِى كِتَـبٍ مُّبِينٍ (And with Him are the keys of the Ghayb (all that is hidden and unseen), none knows them but He. And He knows whatever there is in the land and in the sea; not a leaf falls, but He knows it. There is not a grain in the darkness of the earth nor anything fresh or dry, but is written in a Clear Record.)(6:59) He stated that He is Well-Aware of the movement of the trees and other inanimate objects.

He is also Well-Aware of all grazing beasts. He said: وَمَا مِن دَآبَّةٍ فِى الاٌّرْضِ وَلاَ طَائِرٍ يَطِيرُ بِجَنَاحَيْهِ إِلاَّ أُمَمٌ أَمْثَـلُكُمْ(There is not a moving creature on earth, nor a bird that flies with its two wings, but are communities like you.) (6:38) He also said: وَمَا مِن دَآبَّةٍ فِي الاٌّرْضِ إِلاَّ عَلَى اللَّهِ رِزْقُهَا(And no moving creature is there on earth but its provision is due from Allah.

)(11:6) If this is His knowledge of the movement of these things, then what about His knowledge of the movement of the creatures that are commanded to worship Him Allah said: وَتَوكَّلْ عَلَى الْعَزِيزِ الرَّحِيمِ - الَّذِى يَرَاكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِى السَّـجِدِينَ (And put your trust in the Almighty, the Most Merciful, Who sees you when you stand up, and your movements among those who fall prostrate.)(26:217-219) That is why Allah said: وَمَا تَكُونُ فِى شَأْنٍ وَمَا تَتْلُواْ مِنْهُ مِن قُرْءَانٍ وَلاَ تَعْمَلُونَ مِنْ عَمَلٍ إِلاَّ كُنَّا عَلَيْكُمْ شُهُودًا إِذْ تُفِيضُونَ فِيهِ(Neither you do any deed nor recite any portion of the Qur'an, nor you do any deed, but We are Witness thereof when you are doing it.) meaning, `We are watching and hearing you when you engage in that thing.' When Jibril asked the Prophet about Ihsan, he said: «أَنْ تَعْبُدَ اللهَ كَأَنَّكَ تَرَاهُ، فَإِنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ تَرَاهُ فَإِنَّهُ يَرَاك»(It is that you worship Allah as if you are seeing Him. But since you do not see Him, be certain that He is watching you.)

Ma'arif al-Qur'an

Mufti Muhammad Shafi

In the fifth verse (61), mention has been made of the all-encompassing knowledge of the most exalted Allah and its unmatched multi-dimensional extensions. The address is to the Holy Prophet ﷺ . He is being told that nothing he does by way of his work or recital of the Qur'an remains hidden from Allah. Similarly, whatever all human beings do remains before Him. And not even a single particle in the heavens and the earth is concealed from Him. Rather, everything is written in the clear Book, that is, the Preserved Tablet (al lawh al-mahfuz).

At this place, as it seems, the wisdom of describing the all-encompassing nature of Divine knowledge is aimed at consoling the Holy Prophet ﷺ that his enemies cannot harm him in any way for he was under the protection of Allah Ta` ala.

Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

وما تكون -أيها الرسول- في أمر مِن أمورك وما تتلو من كتاب الله من آيات، وما يعمل أحد من هذه الأمة عملا من خير أو شر إلا كنا عليكم شهودًا مُطَّلِعين عليه، إذ تأخذون في ذلك، وتعملونه، فنحفظه عليكم ونجزيكم به، وما يغيب عن علم ربك -أيها الرسول- من زنة نملة صغيرة في الأرض ولا في السماء، ولا أصغر الأشياء ولا أكبرها، إلا في كتاب عند الله واضح جلي، أحاط به علمه وجرى به قلمه.

Tafsir Ibn Kathir

Hafiz Ibn Kathir

يخبر تعالى نبيه ، صلوات الله عليه وسلامه أنه يعلم جميع أحواله وأحوال أمته ، وجميع الخلائق في كل ساعة وآن ولحظة ، وأنه لا يعزب عن علمه وبصره مثقال ذرة في حقارتها وصغرها في السماوات ولا في الأرض ، ولا أصغر منها ولا أكبر إلا في كتاب مبين ، كقوله : ( وعنده مفاتح الغيب لا يعلمها إلا هو ويعلم ما في البر والبحر وما تسقط من ورقة إلا يعلمها ولا حبة في ظلمات الأرض ولا رطب ولا يابس إلا في كتاب مبين ) [ الأنعام : 59 ] ، فأخبر تعالى أنه يعلم حركة الأشجار وغيرها من الجمادات وكذلك الدواب السارحة في قوله : ( وما من دابة في الأرض ولا طائر يطير بجناحيه إلا أمم أمثالكم ما فرطنا في الكتاب من شيء ثم إلى ربهم يحشرون ) [ الأنعام : 38 ] ، وقال تعالى : ( وما من دابة في الأرض إلا على الله رزقها ويعلم مستقرها ومستودعها كل في كتاب مبين ) [ هود : 6 ] .وإذا كان هذا علمه بحركات هذه الأشياء ، فكيف بعلمه بحركات المكلفين المأمورين بالعبادة ، كما قال تعالى : ( وتوكل على العزيز الرحيم الذي يراك حين تقوم وتقلبك في الساجدين ) [ الشعراء : 217 - 219 ] ؛ ؛ ولهذا قال تعالى : ( وما تكون في شأن وما تتلو منه من قرآن ولا تعملون من عمل إلا كنا عليكم شهودا إذ تفيضون فيه ) أي : إذ تأخذون في ذلك الشيء نحن مشاهدون لكم راءون سامعون ، ولهذا قال ، عليه السلام لما سأله جبريل عن الإحسان [ قال ] أن تعبد الله كأنك تراه فإن لم تكن تراه فإنه يراك " .

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