Surah Hud, ayah 5
أَلَآ إِنَّهُمْ يَثْنُونَ صُدُورَهُمْ لِيَسْتَخْفُوا۟ مِنْهُ ۚ أَلَا حِينَ يَسْتَغْشُونَ ثِيَابَهُمْ يَعْلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِيمٌۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ
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.
Hud · 11:5
Word by word
- أَلَآalāNo doubt
- إِنَّهُمْinnahumThey
- يَثْنُونَyathnūnafold up
- صُدُورَهُمْṣudūrahumtheir breasts
- لِيَسْتَخْفُوا۟liyastakhfūthat they may hide
- مِنْهُ ۚmin'hufrom Him
- أَلَاalāSurely
- حِينَḥīnawhen
- يَسْتَغْشُونَyastaghshūnathey cover (themselves)
- ثِيَابَهُمْthiyābahum(with) their garments
- يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuHe knows
- مَاmāwhat
- يُسِرُّونَyusirrūnathey conceal
- وَمَاwamāand what
- يُعْلِنُونَ ۚyuʿ'linūnathey reveal
- إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
- عَلِيمٌۢʿalīmun(is) All-Knower
- بِذَاتِbidhātiof what
- ٱلصُّدُورِl-ṣudūri(is in) the breasts
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