Bukhari

Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: In «يوارى», «سواتكم», and «ورياشا», by «رياشا» is meant wealth and possessions. In «لا يحب المعتدين», by «معتدي» is meant those who exceed limits in supplication. The meaning of «عفوا‏» is "they became many," i.e., their wealth increased. «فتاح‏» refers to the one who judges. «افتح بيننا‏» means "decide for us." «نتقنا‏» means "he lifted." «انبجست‏» means "it gushed forth." «متبر‏» means "destruction, loss." «آسى‏» means "I grieve." «فلا تأس‏» means "do not grieve." Others have said that in «ما منعك أن لا تسجد‏», «لا» is extra, meaning: "What prevented you from prostrating?" «يخصفان‏ من ورق الجنة» means they made «دونا» of the leaves of Paradise, i.e., they joined the leaves of Paradise over themselves (so that their private parts would not be seen). By «سوآتهما‏» is meant the private parts. In «ومتاع إلى حين‏», by «حين‏» is meant the Day of Resurrection. In Arabic idiom, «حين‏» can mean anything from an hour to an endless period. The meanings of «رياشا» and «ريش» are the same, i.e., outer garment. «قبيله‏» means the very being of Satan, of whom he himself is one. «اداركوا‏» means all will be gathered, humans and animals. All the holes (or pores) of everyone are called «سموم»; its singular is «سم», i.e., the hole of the eye, nostril, mouth, ear, place of excretion, place of urination. «غواش‏» means a covering with which they will be covered. «نشرا‏» means scattered. «نكدا‏» means little. «يغنوا‏» means lived or dwelled. «حقيق‏» means obligatory right. «استرهبوهم‏», derived from «رهبة», means "he frightened." «تلقف‏» means "he began to swallow (to gulp down)." «طائرهم‏» means their share, portion, storm, flood; sometimes the abundance of death is also called a storm. «قمل» means small lice-like creatures. «عروش» and «عريش» mean building. «سقط‏» means when someone is ashamed, it is said «سقط في يده‏.‏». «الأسباط» means the clans, tribes of Bani Israel. «يعدون في السبت‏» means they used to exceed limits on the Sabbath, and from this is «تعد», meaning "to exceed the limit." «شرعا‏» means floating on the water. «بئيس‏» means hard. «أخلد‏» means he sat, he withdrew. «سنستدرجهم‏» means from where they would not fear, from there We will come, as in this verse «فأتاهم الله من حيث لم يحتسبوا‏», meaning Allah's punishment came from where it was not expected. «من جنة‏» means madness, insanity. «فمرت به‏» means he kept striking the belly, he completed the period of the belly. «ينزغنك‏» means he tickled, enticed. «طيف » and «طائف‏» mean what descends from Satan, i.e., what comes as a whisper; both have the same meaning. «يمدونهم‏» means he made them appear good. «خفية» means fear, dread. «خيفة‏», from «الإخفاء », means secretly. «الآصال», the plural of «أصيل », is the time from Asr to Maghrib, as in this verse «بكرة وأصيلا‏».

Narrated `Abdullah bin Mas`ud: Allah's Messenger said, "None has more sense of ghaira than Allah, and for this He has forbidden shameful sins whether committed openly or secretly, and none loves to be praised more than Allah does, and this is why He Praises Himself."