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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 77of 286

أَوَلَا يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ﴿٧٧

Translation (Sahih International)

But do they not know that Allah knows what they conceal and what they declare?

Word-by-word meaning

أَوَلَاawalāDo not
يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnathey know
أَنَّannathat
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuknows
مَاwhat
يُسِرُّونَyusirrūnathey conceal
وَمَاwamāand what
يُعْلِنُونَyuʿ'linūnathey declare

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

There was little Hope that the Jews Who lived during the Time of the Prophet could have believedAllah said,أَفَتَطْمَعُونَ(Do you covet) O believers,أَن يُؤْمِنُواْ لَكُمْ(That they will believe in your religion) meaning, that these people would obey you They are the deviant sect of Jews whose fathers witnessed the clear signs but their hearts became hard afterwards.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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