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An-Nisa (The Women)

Verse 108of 176

يَسْتَخْفُونَ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَا يَسْتَخْفُونَ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ وَهُوَ مَعَهُمْ إِذْ يُبَيِّتُونَ مَا لَا يَرْضَىٰ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْلِ ۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ مُحِيطًا﴿١٠٨﴾

Translation (Sahih International)

They conceal [their evil intentions and deeds] from the people, but they cannot conceal [them] from Allah, and He is with them [in His knowledge] when they spend the night in such as He does not accept of speech. And ever is Allah, of what they do, encompassing.

Word-by-word meaning

يَسْتَخْفُونَyastakhfūnaThey seek to hide
مِنَminafrom
ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe people
وَلَاwalābut not
يَسْتَخْفُونَyastakhfūna(can) they hide
مِنَminafrom
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
وَهُوَwahuwaand He
مَعَهُمْmaʿahum(is) with them
إِذْidhwhen
يُبَيِّتُونَyubayyitūnathey plot by night
مَاmāwhat
لَاlānot
يَرْضَىٰyarḍā(does) he approve
مِنَminaof
ٱلْقَوْلِ ۚl-qawlithe word
وَكَانَwakānaAnd is
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
بِمَاbimāof what
يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnathey do
مُحِيطًاmuḥīṭanAll-Encompassing

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Necessity of Referring to What Allah has Revealed for JudgementAllah says to His Messenger, Muhammad ﷺ,إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَا إِلَيْكَ الْكِتَـبَ بِالْحَقِّ(Surely, We have sent down to you the Book in truth) meaning, it truly came from Allah and its narrations and commandments are true.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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