3هُوَ الأَوَّلُ وَالآخِرُ وَالظّاهِرُ وَالباطِنُ ۖ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَيءٍ عَليمٌ(Saheeh International)He is the First and the Last, the Ascendant1 and the Intimate,2 and He is, of all things, Knowing. Nothing being above Him. Another meaning is "the Apparent," i.e., evident through His creation and revelation.Nothing being nearer than Him by way of His knowledge. Another meaning is "the Unapparent," i.e., concealed from man's physical senses.