Quran 11:5 — Hud, verse 5
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
See how they [the disbelievers] wrap themselves up, to hide their feelings from Him. But even when they cover themselves with their clothes, He knows what they conceal and what they reveal: He knows well the innermost secrets of the heart.
أَلَا إِنَّهُمْ يَثْنُونَ صُدُورَهُمْ لِيَسْتَخْفُوا مِنْهُ ۚ أَلَا حِينَ يَسْتَغْشُونَ ثِيَابَهُمْ يَعْلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ ۚ إِنَّهُ عَلِيمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ
alā innahum yathnūna ṣudūrahum liyastakhfū min'hu alā ḥīna yastaghshūna thiyābahum yaʿlamu mā yusirrūna wamā yuʿ'linūna innahu ʿalīmun bidhāti l-ṣudūri
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Behold, they fold their breasts, to hide them from Him; behold, when they wrap themselves in their garments He knows what they secrete and what they publish; surely He knows all the thoughts within the breasts.
- Muhammad Asad
- Oh, verily, they [who are bent on denying the truth of this divine writ] are enshrouding their hearts in order to hide from Him. Oh, verily, [even] when they cover themselves with their garments [in order not to see or hear], He knows all that they keep secret as well as all that they bring into the open - for, behold, He has full knowledge of what is in the hearts [of men].
- Sahih International
- Unquestionably, they [i.e., the disbelievers] turn away their breasts to hide themselves from him. Unquestionably, [even] when they cover themselves in their clothing, He [i.e., Allāh] knows what they conceal and what they declare. Indeed, He is Knowing of that within the breasts.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَلَآalā | No doubt | — |
| 2 | إِنَّهُمْinnahum | They | — |
| 3 | يَثْنُونَyathnūna | fold up | ثني |
| 4 | صُدُورَهُمْṣudūrahum | their breasts | صدر |
| 5 | لِيَسْتَخْفُوا۟liyastakhfū | that they may hide | خفي |
| 6 | مِنْهُ ۚmin'hu | from Him | — |
| 7 | أَلَاalā | Surely | — |
| 8 | حِينَḥīna | when | حين |
| 9 | يَسْتَغْشُونَyastaghshūna | they cover (themselves) | غشو |
| 10 | ثِيَابَهُمْthiyābahum | (with) their garments | ثوب |
| 11 | يَعْلَمُyaʿlamu | He knows | علم |
| 12 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 13 | يُسِرُّونَyusirrūna | they conceal | سرر |
| 14 | وَمَاwamā | and what | — |
| 15 | يُعْلِنُونَ ۚyuʿ'linūna | they reveal | علن |
| 16 | إِنَّهُۥinnahu | Indeed, He | — |
| 17 | عَلِيمٌۢʿalīmun | (is) All-Knower | علم |
| 18 | بِذَاتِbidhāti | of what | — |
| 19 | ٱلصُّدُورِl-ṣudūri | (is in) the breasts | صدر |