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22:76

يَعۡلَمُ مَا بَيۡنَ أَيۡدِيهِمۡ وَمَا خَلۡفَهُمۡۚ وَإِلَى ٱللَّهِ تُرۡجَعُ ٱلۡأُمُورُ

YaAAlamu ma bayna aydeehim wama khalfahum waila Allahi turjaAAu alomooru

He knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them. And to Allah will be returned [all] matters.

Word by word
  1. يَعۡلَمُHe knows
  2. مَاwhat
  3. بَيۡنَ(is) before them
  4. أَيۡدِيهِمۡ(is) before them
  5. وَمَاand what
  6. خَلۡفَهُمۡۚ(is) after them
  7. وَإِلَىAnd to
  8. ٱللَّهِAllah
  9. تُرۡجَعُreturn
  10. ٱلۡأُمُورُall the matters
Al-Hajj · 22:76Madinah

He knows what is before them and after them.

The messengers are guarded; all matters return to Him

His knowledge of them
before themwhat they face now
after themwhat comes later
and
all matters returnto Allah
Are they alone
on their ownexposed
guardedHe protects and supports

Ibn Kathir says none of the messengers' affairs are hidden from Him; He is guarding them, witness to what is said about them, protecting and supporting them, as when the Prophet ﷺ was told Allah would protect him from people.

You are carrying something heavy for someone else: a sick parent, a younger sibling, a team at work. You worry about what comes next. The One who knows past and future also guards those who carry His trust.

I have to figure out every future step alone.

Allah knows what is ahead and behind me, and every matter returns to Him.

Try this

Hand one worry about the future to Allah in a short dua before bed.

Related72:265:67
Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (shared passage from 22:75)

Allah chooses Messengers from angels and from men. Verily, Allah is All-Hearer, All-Seer (75)He knows what is before them, and what is behind them. And to Allah return all matters (76)

Allah chooses Messengers from the Angels and Messengers from Mankind

Allah tells us that He chooses Messengers from His angels as He wills by His law and decree, and He chooses Messengers from mankind to convey His Message.

إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ بَصِيرٌ

(Verily, Allah is All-Hearer, All-Seer.) means, He hears all that His servants say, and He sees them and knows who among them is deserving of that, as He says:

اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ حَيْثُ يَجْعَلُ رِسَالَتَهُ

(Allah knows best with whom to place His Message)(6:124)

يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ ۗ وَإِلَى اللَّهِ تُرْجَعُ الْأُمُورُ

(He knows what is before them, and what is behind them. And to Allah return all matters.) He knows what will happen to His Messengers and the Message He sent them with, for none of their affairs are hidden from Him. He says:

عَالِمُ الْغَيْبِ فَلَا يُظْهِرُ عَلَىٰ غَيْبِهِ أَحَدًا

("The All-Knower of the Ghayb (Unseen), and He reveals to none His Ghayb.")(72:26) until His saying;

وَأَحْصَىٰ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ عَدَدًا

(and He keeps count of all things.)(72:28) So He, may He be glorified, is guarding them, and is Witness to what is said about them. He is protecting them and supporting them.

يَا أَيُّهَا الرَّسُولُ بَلِّغْ مَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ ۖ وَإِن لَّمْ تَفْعَلْ فَمَا بَلَّغْتَ رِسَالَتَهُ ۚ وَاللَّهُ يَعْصِمُكَ مِنَ النَّاسِ

(O Messenger! Proclaim which has been sent down to you from your Lord. And if you do not, then you have not conveyed His Message. Allah will protect you from mankind)(5:67).