57:3 God is the First and the Last
57:3 God is the First and the Last . ৫৭:৩ هُوَ الْأَوَّلُ وَالْآخِرُ وَالظَّاهِرُ وَالْبَاطِنُ ۖ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ তেৱেঁই আদি আৰু অন্ত; প্ৰকাশ্য (ওপৰত) আৰু গোপন (ওচৰত) আৰু তেৱেঁই সকলো বস্তু সম্পৰ্কে সম্যক অৱগত। ।।। 57:3 He is the First and the Last,1 and the Outward as well as the Inward:2 and He has full knowledge of everything.(as). Note 1 I.e., His Being is eternal, without anything preceding His existence and without anything outlasting its infinity. "time" itself - a concept beyond man's understanding - is but God's creation.(as). Note 2 I.e., He is the transcendental Cause of all that exists and, at the same time, immanent in every phenomenon of His creation - cf. the oft-repeated Quranic phrase (e.g., in verse 57:5), "all things go back unto God [as their source]"; in the words, "He is closer to everything than anything else could be". Another - perhaps supplementary - rendering could be, "He is the Evident as well as the Hi...