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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

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.

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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.

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