Quran 4:108 — An-Nisaa, verse 108
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They try to hide themselves from people, but they cannot hide from God. He is with them when they plot at night, saying things that do not please Him: He is fully aware of everything they do.
يَسْتَخْفُونَ مِنَ النَّاسِ وَلَا يَسْتَخْفُونَ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَهُوَ مَعَهُمْ إِذْ يُبَيِّتُونَ مَا لَا يَرْضَىٰ مِنَ الْقَوْلِ ۚ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ مُحِيطًا
yastakhfūna mina l-nāsi walā yastakhfūna mina l-lahi wahuwa maʿahum idh yubayyitūna mā lā yarḍā mina l-qawli wakāna l-lahu bimā yaʿmalūna muḥīṭan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They hide themselves from men, but hide not themselves from God; for He is with them while they meditate at night discourse unpleasing to Him; God encompasses the things they do.
- Muhammad Asad
- They would conceal their doings from men; but from God they cannot conceal them - for He is with them whenever they devise, in the dark of night, all manner of beliefs which He does not approve. And God indeed encompasses [with His knowledge] whatever they do.
- Sahih International
- They conceal [their evil intentions and deeds] from the people, but they cannot conceal [them] from Allāh, 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 Allāh, of what they do, encompassing.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَسْتَخْفُونَyastakhfūna | They seek to hide | خفي |
| 2 | مِنَmina | from | — |
| 3 | ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi | the people | نوس |
| 4 | وَلَاwalā | but not | — |
| 5 | يَسْتَخْفُونَyastakhfūna | (can) they hide | خفي |
| 6 | مِنَmina | from | — |
| 7 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 8 | وَهُوَwahuwa | and He | — |
| 9 | مَعَهُمْmaʿahum | (is) with them | — |
| 10 | إِذْidh | when | — |
| 11 | يُبَيِّتُونَyubayyitūna | they plot by night | بيت |
| 12 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 13 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 14 | يَرْضَىٰyarḍā | (does) he approve | رضو |
| 15 | مِنَmina | of | — |
| 16 | ٱلْقَوْلِ ۚl-qawli | the word | قول |
| 17 | وَكَانَwakāna | And is | كون |
| 18 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 19 | بِمَاbimā | of what | — |
| 20 | يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūna | they do | عمل |
| 21 | مُحِيطًاmuḥīṭan | All-Encompassing | حوط |