´Narrated Ibn Mas'ud:` "Three men whose bellies were fat, but whose hearts had little understanding, were arguing at the House. Two of them were from Quraish and one was from Thaqif - or two from Thaqif, and one from Quraish. One of them said: 'Do you think that Allah can hear what we are saying?' Another said: 'He can hear if we are loud, but He can not hear when we are quiet.' Another said: 'If He can hear when we are loud then He can hear when we are quiet.' So Allah, the Mighty and Sublime revealed: And you have not been hiding yourselves, lest your ears and your eyes and your skins should testify against you (41:22)."
Hadith Referenceسنن ترمذي / كتاب تفسير القرآن عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم / 3248
1؎: "And you did not conceal (your evil deeds) for this reason that your ears and your eyes and your skins would bear witness against you; rather, you continued to think that of whatever you were doing, Allah is unaware of many actions." (1)
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Explanation: 1: And you did not conceal (your evil deeds) for the reason that your ears, your eyes, and your skins would testify against you; rather, you continued to think that many of the deeds you were committing were unknown to Allah. (: Ha Mim As-Sajdah: 22)
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 3248