24:64

أَلَآ إِنَّ لِلَّهِ مَا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۖ قَدۡ يَعۡلَمُ مَآ أَنتُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ وَيَوۡمَ يُرۡجَعُونَ إِلَيۡهِ فَيُنَبِّئُهُم بِمَا عَمِلُواْۗ وَٱللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيۡءٍ عَلِيمُۢ

Ala inna lillahi ma fee alssamawati waalardi qad yaAAlamu ma antum AAalayhi wayawma yurjaAAoona ilayhi fayunabbiohum bima AAamiloo waAllahu bikulli shayin AAaleemun

Unquestionably, to Allah belongs whatever is in the heavens and earth. Already He knows that upon which you [stand] and [knows] the Day when they will be returned to Him and He will inform them of what they have done. And Allah is Knowing of all things.

Word by word
  1. أَلَآNo doubt
  2. إِنَّIndeed
  3. لِلَّهِto Allah (belongs)
  4. مَاwhatever
  5. فِي(is) in
  6. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِthe heavens
  7. وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۖand the earth
  8. قَدۡVerily
  9. يَعۡلَمُHe knows
  10. مَآwhat
  11. أَنتُمۡyou
  12. عَلَيۡهِ(are) on [it]
  13. وَيَوۡمَAnd (the) Day
  14. يُرۡجَعُونَthey will be returned
  15. إِلَيۡهِto Him
  16. فَيُنَبِّئُهُمthen He will inform them
  17. بِمَاof what
  18. عَمِلُواْۗthey did
  19. وَٱللَّهُAnd Allah
  20. بِكُلِّof every
  21. شَيۡءٍthing
  22. عَلِيمُۢ(is) All-Knower
An-Nur · 24:64Madinah

He already knows where you stand.

The surah closes with Allah's knowledge of everything


What He knows
all in heavens, earthbelongs to Him
your conditionright now
the Day of returnwhen all come back
then
He informs youmajor and minor
Who needs telling
I will explain laterwhen it is my turn
He already knowsnot one speck is hidden

Ibn Kathir closes the surah by noting that Allah knows what His servants do in secret and in the open, and not one speck is hidden from Him. On the Day of return, He will inform each person of what they did, major and minor. He compares it to a book that leaves out nothing small or big.

A whole surah about rumors, homes, eyes, doors, meals and light. It all ends here: Allah knows where you stand. Not where you say you stand. Not where your feed says. The real place. That is scary only until you remember He also knows every effort you made to turn back.

No one really knows what I am going through.

Allah knows exactly where I stand, and every step I take toward Him.

Try this

Tonight, sit for two minutes and tell Allah honestly where you stand. He already knows.

Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir

Certainly, to Allah belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth. Indeed, He knows your condition and the Day when they will be brought back to Him, then He will inform them of what they did. And Allah is All-Knower of everything (64)

Allah Knows Your Condition

Allah tells us that He is the Sovereign of the heavens and the earth, and He knows the seen and the unseen. He knows what His servants do in secret and in the open. So He says:

قَدْ يَعْلَمُ مَا أَنتُمْ عَلَيْهِ 

(Indeed, He knows your condition) He knows and it is visible to Him, and not one iota is hidden from him. This is like the Ayah:

وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى الْعَزِيزِ الرَّحِيمِ

(And put your trust in the All-Mighty, the Most Merciful,) until His saying;

إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ

(Verily, He, only He, is the All-Hearer, the All-Knower)(26:217-220).

وَمَا تَكُونُ فِي شَأْنٍ وَمَا تَتْلُو مِنْهُ مِن قُرْآنٍ وَلَا تَعْمَلُونَ مِنْ عَمَلٍ إِلَّا كُنَّا عَلَيْكُمْ شُهُودًا إِذْ تُفِيضُونَ فِيهِ ۚ وَمَا يَعْزُبُ عَن رَّبِّكَ مِن مِّثْقَالِ ذَرَّةٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ وَلَا أَصْغَرَ مِن ذَٰلِكَ وَلَا أَكْبَرَ إِلَّا فِي كِتَابٍ مُّبِينٍ

(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. And nothing is hidden from your Lord; (even) the weight of a speck of dust on the earth or in the heaven. Not what is less than that or what is greater than that but is in a Clear Record.)(10:61)

أَفَمَنْ هُوَ قَائِمٌ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ

(Is then He Who takes charge of every person and knows all that he has earned?)(13:33) He sees all that His servants do, good and evil alike. And Allah says:

أَلَا حِينَ يَسْتَغْشُونَ ثِيَابَهُمْ يَعْلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ

(Surely, even when they cover themselves with their garments, He knows what they conceal and what they reveal)(11:5).

سَوَاءٌ مِّنكُم مَّنْ أَسَرَّ الْقَوْلَ وَمَن جَهَرَ بِهِ

(It is the same (to Him) whether any of you conceals his speech or declares it openly)(13:10).

وَمَا مِن دَابَّةٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ إِلَّا عَلَى اللَّهِ رِزْقُهَا وَيَعْلَمُ مُسْتَقَرَّهَا وَمُسْتَوْدَعَهَا ۚ كُلٌّ فِي كِتَابٍ مُّبِينٍ

(And no moving creature is there on earth but its provision is due from Allah. And He knows its dwelling place and its deposit. All is in a Clear Book.)(11:6)

وَعِندَهُ مَفَاتِحُ الْغَيْبِ لَا يَعْلَمُهَا إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِي الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ ۚ وَمَا تَسْقُطُ مِن وَرَقَةٍ إِلَّا يَعْلَمُهَا وَلَا حَبَّةٍ فِي ظُلُمَاتِ الْأَرْضِ وَلَا رَطْبٍ وَلَا يَابِسٍ إِلَّا فِي كِتَابٍ مُّبِينٍ

(And with Him are the keys of the 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) And there are many Ayat and Hadiths which say similar things.

وَيَوْمَ يُرْجَعُونَ إِلَيْهِ

(the Day when they will be brought back to Him,) means, the day when all creatures will be brought back to Allah, which is the Day of Resurrection.

فَيُنَبِّئُهُم بِمَا عَمِلُوا

(then He will inform them of what they did.) means, He will tell them everything they did in this life, major and minor, significant and insignificant. As Allah says:

يُنَبَّأُ الْإِنسَانُ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ

(On that Day man will be informed of what he sent forward (of deeds), and what he left behind.)(75:13)

وَوُضِعَ الْكِتَابُ فَتَرَى الْمُجْرِمِينَ مُشْفِقِينَ مِمَّا فِيهِ وَيَقُولُونَ يَا وَيْلَتَنَا مَالِ هَٰذَا الْكِتَابِ لَا يُغَادِرُ صَغِيرَةً وَلَا كَبِيرَةً إِلَّا أَحْصَاهَا ۚ وَوَجَدُوا مَا عَمِلُوا حَاضِرًا ۗ وَلَا يَظْلِمُ رَبُّكَ أَحَدًا

(And the Book will be placed, and you will see the criminals, fearful of that which is therein. They will say: "Woe to us! What sort of Book is this that leaves neither a small thing nor a big thing, but has recorded it with numbers!" And they will find all that they did, placed before them, and your Lord treats no one with injustice.)(18:49) Allah says here:

وَيَوْمَ يُرْجَعُونَ إِلَيْهِ فَيُنَبِّئُهُم بِمَا عَمِلُوا ۗ وَاللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ

(the Day when they will be brought back to Him, then He will inform them of what they did. And Allah is All-Knower of everything.)(24:64)

Praise be to Allah, the Lord of all that exists, and we ask Him to help us achieve perfection.

The end of the Tafsir of Surat An-Nur, to Allah be praise and thanks.