Al-Mujaadila (The Pleading Woman)

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 tara (“you saw”) deriving from r-’-a denotes “see” but also connotes “perceive,” intended herein. Further, to emphasize Divine Omnipresence and Omniscience, mention is made of “confidential talk” (najwa), saying: “Do you know not that God Almighty is All-Aware of whatever is in the heavens and the earth.”

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:

“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.”

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.