The discourse regarding the interpretation of His statement: ﴿And He is Knowing of all things (29)﴾

He means by His statement, Exalted be His Majesty, "And He," Himself; and by His statement, "Knowing of all things," that the One who created you, and created for you all that is on earth, and proportioned the seven heavens with whatever is in them, perfecting them from the smoke of water and making His craftsmanship meticulous, nothing is hidden from Him—O hypocrites and heretical disbelievers in Him from among the People of the Book(1)—of what you reveal or what you conceal within yourselves, even if your hypocrites show with their tongues their saying, "We believe in God and the Last Day," while they remain folded in denial of it. Your rabbis denied that with which My Messenger came to them of guidance and light, while they knew its truthfulness. They rejected it and concealed that regarding which I took covenants from them—to clarify it to My creation concerning the matter of Muḥammad and his prophethood—while knowing it. Rather, I am Knowing of that regarding your affair and other affairs of yours, and the affairs of others;(2) indeed, I am Knowing of all things.

And His statement, "All-Knowing" (ʿalīm) is in the sense of Knowing (ʿālim). And it was narrated from Ibn ʿAbbās that he used to say: He is the One who is perfect in His knowledge.

596- Al-Muthannā narrated to me, saying: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ṣāliḥ narrated to us, saying: Muʿāwiya ibn Ṣāliḥ narrated to me, saying: ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭalḥa narrated to me, on the authority of Ibn ʿAbbās, he said: The All-Knowing is the One who is perfect in His knowledge.(3)

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