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اِلَّا مَا شَاۤءَ اللّٰهُ ۗاِنَّهٗ يَعْلَمُ الْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفٰىۗ   ( الأعلى: ٧ )

illā
إِلَّا
Except
مَا
what
shāa
شَآءَ
wills
l-lahu
ٱللَّهُۚ
Allah
innahu
إِنَّهُۥ
Indeed, He
yaʿlamu
يَعْلَمُ
knows
l-jahra
ٱلْجَهْرَ
the manifest
wamā
وَمَا
and what
yakhfā
يَخْفَىٰ
is hidden

Illaa maa shaaa'al laah; innahoo ya'lamul jahra wa maa yakhfaa (al-ʾAʿlā 87:7)

Sahih International:

Except what Allah should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden. (Al-A'la [87] : 7)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

except that which Allah wills. Indeed He knows what is manifest and what is hidden.