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Muhammad Asad   
Does he, then, not know that God sees [all]
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
Does he not know that Allah sees ˹all˺?
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Does he not know that God sees?

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Arabic   
أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ يَرَى
Transliteration (2021)   
alam yaʿlam bi-anna l-laha yar
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more   
Does not he know that Allah sees?

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
Does he, then, not know that God sees [all]
M. M. Pickthall   
Is he then unaware that Allah seeth
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
Knoweth he not that Allah doth see
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
Does he not know that Allah sees ˹all˺?
Safi Kaskas   
Does he not know that God sees?
Wahiduddin Khan   
Does he not know that God observes all things
Shakir   
Does he not know that Allah does see
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
Knows he not that God sees?
T.B.Irving   
Does he not know that God sees [everything]?
Abdul Hye   
Does he (Abu Jahl) not know that Allah sees (everything)?
The Study Quran   
Does he not know that God sees
Dr. Kamal Omar   
Did he not know that Allah does see
Farook Malik   
Does he not know that Allah is observing all things
Talal A. Itani (new translation)   
Does he not know that God sees
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
Does he not know that Allah sees
Muhammad Sarwar   
Does he not realize that God sees him
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
does he not know that Allah is watching (him)
Shabbir Ahmed   
Does he not know that Allah sees to it that His Laws are enforced without exception
Dr. Munir Munshey   
Does he not know that Allah watches (everything)
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
Does he not know that Allah sees
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
Does he not know that Allah sees
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
Did he not know that God can se
Abdel Haleem   
Does he not realize that God sees all
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
Knoweth he not that Allah beholdeth
Ahmed Ali   
Does he not know that God sees
Aisha Bewley   
Does he not know that Allah sees?
Ali Ünal   
Does he (who would impede the servant in his Prayer) not know that God sees (all that people do)
Ali Quli Qara'i   
—does he not know that Allah sees
Hamid S. Aziz   
Does he not know that Allah can see
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
Did he not know that God sees (everything)
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
Does he not know that God sees
Musharraf Hussain   
doesn’t he know Allah sees everything?
Maududi   
Does he not know that Allah sees everything
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
Did he not know that God can see?
Mohammad Shafi   
Does he not know that Allah does indeed see [his wickedness]

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
Did he not know that Allah is seeing?
Rashad Khalifa   
Does he not realize that GOD sees
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
does he not know that Allah sees
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
Knows he not that Allah sees
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira   
Does he not know with that (E) God sees/understands
Bijan Moeinian   
Does not such a person know that God is watching
Faridul Haque   
Did he not realise that Allah is watching
Sher Ali   
Does he not know that ALLAH sees all
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
Does he not know that Allah monitors (minutely all his conduct)
Amatul Rahman Omar   
Does He not know that Allah indeed observes (all)
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
Knows he not that Allah does see (what he does)

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
Did he not know that God sees
George Sale   
Doth he not know that God seeth
Edward Henry Palmer   
Did he not know that God can see
John Medows Rodwell   
What! doth he not know how that God seeth
N J Dawood (2014)   
does he not realize that God sees all

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
Does he/she not know that Allah sees?
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
Does he not know that Allah (God) sees [everything]?
Sayyid Qutb   
does he not realize that God sees all?
Ahmed Hulusi   
Does he not know that Allah sees?
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)   
Does he not know that Allah sees (him)
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim   
Does he not know that Allah the Omnipresent sees him and every act whether in the very doing or on the point of being done
Mir Aneesuddin   
did he not know that Allah certainly sees?

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
Knoweth he not that God doth see
OLD Literal Word for Word   
Does not he know that Allah sees