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Az-Zukhruf 80

Ayah 80 of 89 · Meccan

أَمۡ يَحۡسَبُونَ أَنَّا لَا نَسۡمَعُ سِرَّهُمۡ وَنَجۡوَىٰهُمۚ بَلَىٰ وَرُسُلُنَا لَدَيۡهِمۡ يَكۡتُبُونَ ٨٠

Or do they think that We hear not their secrets and their private conversations? Yes, [We do], and Our messengers [i.e., angels] are with them recording.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. أَمۡOram
  2. يَحۡسَبُونَ(do) they thinkyaḥsabūna
  3. أَنَّاthat Weannā
  4. لَا(can) notlā
  5. نَسۡمَعُhearnasmaʿu
  6. سِرَّهُمۡtheir secret(s)sirrahum
  7. وَنَجۡوَىٰهُمۚand their private counsel(s)wanajwāhum
  8. بَلَىٰNaybalā
  9. وَرُسُلُنَاand Our Messengerswarusulunā
  10. لَدَيۡهِمۡwith themladayhim
  11. يَكۡتُبُونَare recordingyaktubūna

Tafsir

Or, do they think that I do not hear their secrets that they hide within their hearts, or those that they whisper to one another? Nay! I hear them all, and the angels with them write everything they do.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran