Arabic

Phrase

اَللّٰهُ أَعْلَم • ‎(allāhu ʾaʿlam)

1. God knows best; God only knows; a traditional expression used to express uncertainty about a question, or doubt about the correctness of a piece of information

   قِيلَ إِنَّ عَدَدَهُمْ كَانَ عِشْرِينَ رَجُلًا وَقِيلَ خَمْسَينَ وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ.‎

   Qīla ʾinna ʿadadahum kāna ʿišrīna rajulan wa-qīla ḵamsīna wa-llāhu ʾaʿlam[u].

   It has been said that their number was twenty men, and it has been said fifty, but God knows best.

Descendants

• Persian: الله اعلم ‎(allâho a'lam)