Surah An-Nisa (النساء) • The Women

Quran 4:108

4:108

يَسْتَخْفُونَ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَا يَسْتَخْفُونَ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ وَهُوَ مَعَهُمْ إِذْ يُبَيِّتُونَ مَا لَا يَرْضَىٰ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْلِ ۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ 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

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.

— Saheeh International

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.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

They may hide (their crimes) from men, but they cannot hide (them) from Allâh; for He is with them (by His Knowledge), when they plot by night in words that He does not approve. And Allâh ever encompasses what they do.

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

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يَسْتَخْفُونَyastakhfūnaThey seek to hide
مِنَminafrom
ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe people
وَلَاwalābut not
يَسْتَخْفُونَyastakhfūna(can) they hide
مِنَminafrom
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
وَهُوَwahuwaand He
مَعَهُمْmaʿahum(is) with them
إِذْidhwhen
يُبَيِّتُونَyubayyitūnathey plot by night
مَاmāwhat
لَاlānot
يَرْضَىٰyarḍā(does) he approve
مِنَminaof
ٱلْقَوْلِۚl-qawlithe word
وَكَانَwakānaAnd is
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
بِمَاbimāof what
يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnathey do
مُحِيطًاmuḥīṭanAll-Encompassing