Surah Hud (هود) • Hud

Quran 11:5

11:5

أَلَآ إِنَّهُمْ يَثْنُونَ صُدُورَهُمْ لِيَسْتَخْفُوا۟ مِنْهُ ۚ أَلَا حِينَ يَسْتَغْشُونَ ثِيَابَهُمْ يَعْلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِيمٌۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ

alā innahum yathnūna ṣudūrahum liyastakhfū min'hu alā ḥīna yastaghshūna thiyābahum yaʿlamu mā yusirrūna wamā yuʿ'linūna innahu ʿalīmun bidhāti l-ṣudūri

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.

— Saheeh International

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.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

No doubt! They did fold up their breasts, that they may hide from Him. Surely, even when they cover themselves with their garments, He knows what they conceal and what they reveal. Verily, He is the All-Knower of the (innermost secrets) of the breasts.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 11Page 221meccan

Word by Word

أَلَآalāNo doubt
إِنَّهُمْinnahumThey
يَثْنُونَyathnūnafold up
صُدُورَهُمْṣudūrahumtheir breasts
لِيَسْتَخْفُوا۟liyastakhfūthat they may hide
مِنْهُۚmin'hufrom Him
أَلَاalāSurely
حِينَḥīnawhen
يَسْتَغْشُونَyastaghshūnathey cover (themselves)
ثِيَابَهُمْthiyābahum(with) their garments
يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuHe knows
مَاmāwhat
يُسِرُّونَyusirrūnathey conceal
وَمَاwamāand what
يُعْلِنُونَۚyuʿ'linūnathey reveal
إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
عَلِيمٌۢʿalīmun(is) All-Knower
بِذَاتِbidhātiof what
ٱلصُّدُورِl-ṣudūri(is in) the breasts