Quran 43:80 — Az-Zukhruf, verse 80
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Do they think We cannot hear their secret talk and their private counsel? Yes we can: Our messengers are at their sides, recording everything.
أَمْ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّا لَا نَسْمَعُ سِرَّهُمْ وَنَجْوَاهُمْ ۚ بَلَىٰ وَرُسُلُنَا لَدَيْهِمْ يَكْتُبُونَ
am yaḥsabūna annā lā nasmaʿu sirrahum wanajwāhum balā warusulunā ladayhim yaktubūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Or do they think We hear not their secret and what they conspire together? Yes indeed, and Our messengers are present with them writing it down.
- Muhammad Asad
- Or do they, perchance, think that We do not hear their hidden thoughts and their secret confabulations? Yea, indeed, [We do,] and Our heavenly forces are with them, recording [all].
- Sahih International
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَمْam | Or | — |
| 2 | يَحْسَبُونَyaḥsabūna | (do) they think | حسب |
| 3 | أَنَّاannā | that We | — |
| 4 | لَاlā | (can) not | — |
| 5 | نَسْمَعُnasmaʿu | hear | سمع |
| 6 | سِرَّهُمْsirrahum | their secret(s) | سرر |
| 7 | وَنَجْوَىٰهُم ۚwanajwāhum | and their private counsel(s) | نجو |
| 8 | بَلَىٰbalā | Nay | — |
| 9 | وَرُسُلُنَاwarusulunā | and Our Messengers | رسل |
| 10 | لَدَيْهِمْladayhim | with them | — |
| 11 | يَكْتُبُونَyaktubūna | are recording | كتب |