Surah Fussilat (فصلت) • Explained in Detail

Quran 41:22

41:22

وَمَا كُنتُمْ تَسْتَتِرُونَ أَن يَشْهَدَ عَلَيْكُمْ سَمْعُكُمْ وَلَآ أَبْصَـٰرُكُمْ وَلَا جُلُودُكُمْ وَلَـٰكِن ظَنَنتُمْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَعْلَمُ كَثِيرًا مِّمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ

wamā kuntum tastatirūna an yashhada ʿalaykum samʿukum walā abṣārukum walā julūdukum walākin ẓanantum anna l-laha lā yaʿlamu kathīran mimmā taʿmalūna

And you were not covering [i.e., protecting] yourselves, lest your hearing testify against you or your sight or your skins, but you assumed that Allāh does not know much of what you do.

— Saheeh International

yet you did not try to hide yourselves from your ears, eyes, and skin to prevent them from testifying against you. You thought that God did not know about much of what you were doing,

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And you have not been hiding yourselves (in the world), lest your ears, and your eyes, and your skins should testify against you; but you thought that Allâh knew not much of what you were doing.

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

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Word by Word

وَمَاwamāAnd not
كُنتُمْkuntumyou were
تَسْتَتِرُونَtastatirūnacovering yourselves
أَنanlest
يَشْهَدَyashhadatestify
عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumagainst you
سَمْعُكُمْsamʿukumyour hearing
وَلَآwalāand not
أَبْصَـٰرُكُمْabṣārukumyour sight
وَلَاwalāand not
جُلُودُكُمْjulūdukumyour skins
وَلَـٰكِنwalākinbut
ظَنَنتُمْẓanantumyou assumed
أَنَّannathat
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
لَاlā(does) not
يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuknow
كَثِيرًۭاkathīranmuch
مِّمَّاmimmāof what
تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou do