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ʾa-lam tara ʾanna llāha yaʿlamu mā fī s-samāwāti wa-mā fī l-ʾarḍi mā yakūnu min najwā thalāthatin ʾillā huwa rābiʿuhum wa-lā khamsatin ʾillā huwa sādisuhum wa-lā ʾadnā min dhālika wa-lā ʾakthara ʾillā huwa maʿahum ʾayna mā kānū thumma yunabbiʾuhum bi-mā ʿamilū yawma l-qiyāmati ʾinna llāha bi-kulli shayʾin ʿalīmun
Have you not regarded that Allah knows whatever there is in the heavens and whatever there is in the earth? There dost not takes place any secret talk among three, but He is their fourth [companion], nor among five but He is their sixth, nor when they are less than that or more but He is with them wherever they may be. Then He will inform them about what they have done on the Day of Resurrection. Indeed Allah has knowledge of all things.
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah Mujadila - Verse 7
7. Have you not seen that Allah knows whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is on the earth? There is no confidential talk of three but He is their fourth, nor of five but He is their sixth, nor of less than that or more, but He is with them wherever they may be and afterwards on the Day of Resurrection. He will inform them of what they did. Indeed, Allah is the Omniscient.
The verbal form
deriving from r-’-a denotes "see" but also connotes "perceive," intended herein. Further, to emphasize Divine Omnipresence and Omniscience, mention is made of
saying:
The blessed Verse is addressed to the Noble Prophet (S), but It is actually addressed to all mankind. It is in fact a prelude to the question of confidential talks:
It is worthy of note that God Almighty being the fourth or sixth of them connotes that He is Omniscient and Omnipresent rather than His Pure Essence were limited to spatial bounds or specified by numbers. His Unity is not subject to measurement, but the blessed Verse connotes that He is Unique and Unrivalled.