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وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَيَعْلَمُ مَا تُكِنُّ صُدُورُهُمْ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ﴿٧٤

Translation (Sahih International)

And indeed, your Lord knows what their breasts conceal and what they declare.

Word-by-word meaning

وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed
رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord
لَيَعْلَمُlayaʿlamusurely knows
مَاwhat
تُكِنُّtukinnuconceals
صُدُورُهُمْṣudūruhumtheir breasts
وَمَاwamāand what
يُعْلِنُونَyuʿ'linūnathey declare

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَى هَـذَا الْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـدِقِينَ (And they say: "When (will) this promise (be fulfilled), if you are truthful") Allah said, responding to them:قُلْ(Say) `O Muhammad,'عَسَى أَن يَكُونَ رَدِفَ لَكُم بَعْضُ الَّذِى تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ(Perhaps that which you wish to hasten on, may be close behind you.) Ibn `Abbas said, "That which you wish to hasten on has come close to you, or some of it has come close.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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