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Fussilat 22

Ayah 22 of 54 · Meccan

وَمَا كُنتُمۡ تَسۡتَتِرُونَ أَن يَشۡهَدَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ سَمۡعُكُمۡ وَلَآ أَبۡصَٰرُكُمۡ وَلَا جُلُودُكُمۡ وَلَٰكِن ظَنَنتُمۡ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَعۡلَمُ كَثِيرٗا مِّمَّا تَعۡمَلُونَ ٢٢

And you were not covering [i.e., protecting] yourselves,1 lest your hearing testify against you or your sight or your skins, but you assumed that Allāh does not know much of what you do.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 With righteousness or by fearing Allāh.

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَمَاAnd notwamā
  2. كُنتُمۡyou werekuntum
  3. تَسۡتَتِرُونَcovering yourselvestastatirūna
  4. أَنlestan
  5. يَشۡهَدَtestifyyashhada
  6. عَلَيۡكُمۡagainst youʿalaykum
  7. سَمۡعُكُمۡyour hearingsamʿukum
  8. وَلَآand notwalā
  9. أَبۡصَٰرُكُمۡyour sightabṣārukum
  10. وَلَاand notwalā
  11. جُلُودُكُمۡyour skinsjulūdukum
  12. وَلَٰكِنbutwalākin
  13. ظَنَنتُمۡyou assumedẓanantum
  14. أَنَّthatanna
  15. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  16. لَا(does) notlā
  17. يَعۡلَمُknowyaʿlamu
  18. كَثِيرٗاmuchkathīran
  19. مِّمَّاof whatmimmā
  20. تَعۡمَلُونَyou dotaʿmalūna

Tafsir

You did not used to hide when committing sins to a degree that your ears, eyes and skins cannot testify against you, because you did not believe in accountability, punishment or reward after death. Rather, you thought that Allah (may He be glorified) was not aware of many things you did and that it remained hidden from Him, so you were deceived.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran