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An-Nahl (The Bee)

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وَٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ مَا تُسِرُّونَ وَمَا تُعْلِنُونَ﴿١٩

Translation (Sahih International)

And Allah knows what you conceal and what you declare.

Word-by-word meaning

وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuknows
مَاwhat
تُسِرُّونَtusirrūnayou conceal
وَمَاwamāand what
تُعْلِنُونَtuʿ'linūnayou reveal

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The gods of the Idolators are Created, they do not createThen Allah tells us that the idols which people call on instead of Him cannot create anything, they are themselves created, as Al-Khalil (Ibrahim) said: قَالَ أَتَعْبُدُونَ مَا تَنْحِتُونَ - وَاللَّهُ خَلَقَكُمْ وَمَا تَعْمَلُونَ ("Do you worship that which you (yourselves) carve While Allah has created you and what you make!") (37:-96).

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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