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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 284of 286

لِّلَّهِ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ وَإِن تُبْدُوا۟ مَا فِىٓ أَنفُسِكُمْ أَوْ تُخْفُوهُ يُحَاسِبْكُم بِهِ ٱللَّهُ ۖ فَيَغْفِرُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيُعَذِّبُ مَن يَشَآءُ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ قَدِيرٌ﴿٢٨٤

Translation (Sahih International)

To Allah belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth. Whether you show what is within yourselves or conceal it, Allah will bring you to account for it. Then He will forgive whom He wills and punish whom He wills, and Allah is over all things competent.

Word-by-word meaning

لِّلَّهِlillahiTo Allah (belongs)
مَاwhatever
فِى(is) in
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
وَمَاwamāand whatever
فِى(is) in
ٱلْأَرْضِ ۗl-arḍithe earth
وَإِنwa-inAnd if
تُبْدُوا۟tub'dūyou disclose
مَاwhat
فِىٓ(is) in
أَنفُسِكُمْanfusikumyourselves
أَوْawor
تُخْفُوهُtukh'fūhuyou conceal it
يُحَاسِبْكُمyuḥāsib'kumwill call you to account
بِهِbihifor it
ٱللَّهُ ۖl-lahuAllah
فَيَغْفِرُfayaghfiruThen, He will forgive
لِمَنliman[to] whom
يَشَآءُyashāuHe wills
وَيُعَذِّبُwayuʿadhibuand He will punish
مَنmanwhom
يَشَآءُ ۗyashāuHe wills
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
عَلَىٰʿalāon
كُلِّkullievery
شَىْءٍۢshayinthing
قَدِيرٌqadīrun(is) All-Powerful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Would the Servants be Accountable for What They Conceal in Their HeartsAllah states that His is the kingship of the heavens and earth and of what and whoever is on or between them, that He has perfect watch over them. No apparent matter or secret that the heart conceals is ever a secret to Him, however minor it is. Allah also states that He will hold His servants accountable for what they do and what they conceal in their hearts.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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