Overall meaning : Allah Almighty tells us about His perfect and all-encompassing knowledge, pointing out that nothing whatsoever is hidden from Him: He knows what every female bears in her womb (whether, among other things, what she bears is a male or female and whether he will attain eternal bliss or be doomed to misery in the hereafter), and He knows what the wombs decrease and increase of the time of gestation and the foetal body, among other things; and everything with His is regulated according to a determined measure which it does not exceed. He knows everything, invisible and visible, both what is beyond and within the reach of any created being’s perception, the All-Great regarding His Supreme Being and names and attributes; the All-Exalted above His creatures with regard to His Supreme Being, decree and complete control over them. He is fully aware of everything, so much so that it is the same to Him whether one speaks secretly or openly, and whether one hides his actions under cover of night or does them openly in broad daylight. Every person has angels in front of him and behind him, taking turns to protect him by Allah’s command. Allah would never change a blessing He has bestowed on a people and withdraw it from them until they alter the state of their hearts by changing what He has commanded them to do and disobey Him. And if Allah wills to inflict His punishment on a people because of their own evil deeds, there is no way of averting it, and they will have no helper besides Him to do them good or protect them from harm.