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Hud 11:5

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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.

Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

Hafiz Ibn Kathir

Allah is Aware of All Things

Ibn `Abbas said, "They used to dislike facing the sky with their private parts, particularly during sexual relations. Therefore, Allah revealed this verse." Al-Bukhari recorded by way of Ibn Jurayj, who reported from Muhammad bin `Abbad bin Ja`far who said, "Ibn `Abbas recited, (أَلَا إِنَّهُمْ تَثْنَونِي صُدُورُهُمْ) "Behold their breasts did fold up." So I said: `O Abu Al-`Abbas! What does -their breasts did fold up- mean' He said, `The man used to have sex with his woman, but he would be shy, or he used to have answering the call of nature (in an open space) but, he would be shy. Therefore, this verse, أَلا إِنَّهُمْ يَثْنُونَ صُدُورَهُمْ(No doubt! They did fold up their breasts,) was revealed."' In another wording of this narration, Ibn `Abbas said, "There were people who used to be shy to remove their clothes while answering the call of nature in an open space and thus be naked exposed to the sky. They were also ashamed of having sexual relations with their women due to fear of being exposed towards the sky.

Thus, this was revealed concerning them." Al-Bukhari reported that Ibn `Abbas said that يَسْتَغْشُونَ(they cover themselves) means that they cover their heads.

Ma'arif al-Qur'an

Mufti Muhammad Shafi

The sixth verse carries a refutation of what the hypocrites and the disbelievers do. They try to camouflage their hostility, and their antagonistic activism against the Holy Prophet ﷺ as deftly as they could. Their hearts blaze with malice and enmity but they maintain a cool front, find all sorts of covers to hide their true identity and intention and surmise that no one would find out who they were really and what they were doing actually. But, the truth of the matter is that Allah Ta` ala knows it all, that which they let come out in the open and that which they conceal behind all sorts of clothes, covers and curtains: إِنَّهُ عَلِيمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ‌ because, ` He is All Aware of [ even ] what lies in the hearts.'

Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

إن هؤلاء المشركين يضمرون في صدورهم الكفر; ظنًا منهم أنه يخفى على الله ما تضمره نفوسهم، ألا يعلمون حين يغطُّون أجسادهم بثيابهم أن الله لا يخفى عليه سِرُّهم وعلانيتهم؟ إنه عليم بكل ما تُكِنُّه صدورهم من النيات والضمائر والسرائر.

Tafsir Ibn Kathir

Hafiz Ibn Kathir

قال ابن عباس : كانوا يكرهون أن يستقبلوا السماء بفروجهم ، وحال وقاعهم ، فأنزل الله هذه الآية . رواه البخاري من حديث ابن جريج ، عن محمد بن عباد بن جعفر ; أن ابن عباس قرأ : " ألا إنهم تثنوني صدورهم " ، فقلت : يا أبا عباس ، ما تثنوني صدورهم ؟ قال : الرجل كان يجامع امرأته فيستحيي - أو : يتخلى فيستحيي فنزلت : " ألا إنهم تثنوني صدورهم " .وفي لفظ آخر له : قال ابن عباس : أناس كانوا يستحيون أن يتخلوا ، فيفضوا إلى السماء ، وأن يجامعوا نساءهم فيفضوا إلى السماء ، فنزل ذلك فيهم .ثم قال : حدثنا الحميدي ، حدثنا سفيان ، حدثنا عمرو قال : قرأ ابن عباس " ألا إنهم يثنوني صدورهم ليستخفوا منه ألا حين يستغشون ثيابهم " .قال البخاري : وقال غيره ، عن ابن عباس : ( يستغشون ) يغطون رءوسهم .وقال ابن عباس في رواية أخرى في تفسير هذه الآية : يعني به الشك في الله ، وعمل السيئات ، وكذا روي عن مجاهد ، والحسن ، وغيرهم : أي أنهم كانوا يثنون صدورهم إذا قالوا شيئا أو عملوه ، يظنون أنهم يستخفون من الله بذلك ، فأعلمهم الله تعالى أنهم حين يستغشون ثيابهم عند منامهم في ظلمة الليل ، ( يعلم ما يسرون ) من القول : ( وما يعلنون إنه عليم بذات الصدور ) أي : يعلم ما تكن صدورهم من النيات والضمائر والسرائر .

وما أحسن ما قال زهير بن أبي سلمى في معلقته المشهورة :فلا تكتمن الله ما في نفوسكم ليخفى ، فمهما يكتم الله يعلم يؤخر فيوضع في كتاب فيدخرليوم حساب ، أو يعجل فينقمفقد اعترف هذا الشاعر الجاهلي بوجود الصانع وعلمه بالجزئيات ، وبالمعاد وبالجزاء ، وبكتابة الأعمال في الصحف ليوم القيامة .وقال عبد الله بن شداد : كان أحدهم إذا مر برسول الله - صلى الله عليه وسلم - ثنى صدره ، وغطى رأسه فأنزل الله ذلك .وعود الضمير على الله أولى; لقوله : ( ألا حين يستغشون ثيابهم يعلم ما يسرون وما يعلنون ) .وقرأ ابن عباس : " ألا إنهم تثنوني صدورهم " ، برفع الصدور على الفاعلية ، وهو قريب المعنى .

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