سُوْرَةُ الْاَحْزَابِ

Surah Al-Ahzaab (33) — Ayah 54

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إِن تُبْدُوا۟ شَيْـًٔا أَوْ تُخْفُوهُ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمًا ﴿54﴾
Whether you reveal anything or conceal it, verily, Allâh is Ever All-Knower of everything.
إِن in Whether
تُبْدُوا۟ tub'dū you reveal
شَيْـًٔا shayan a thing
أَوْ aw or
تُخْفُوهُ tukh'fūhu conceal it
فَإِنَّ fa-inna indeed
ٱللَّهَ l-laha Allah
كَانَ kāna is
بِكُلِّ bikulli of all
شَىْءٍ shayin things
عَلِيمًۭا ʿalīman All-Knower

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(Ayah 54) {اِنْ تُبْدُوْا شَيْـًٔا اَوْ تُخْفُوْهُ … :} That is, not only by tongue, but even in the heart of a believer such a thought should not arise, because before Allah, both the apparent and the hidden, and the thoughts of the heart, are equally clear; nothing can be hidden from Him.

Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.

The exegesis of this verse has been done along with the previous verse.

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54. Whether you reveal something or conceal it [93], Allah is fully aware of all things.

[93] That is, not only by tongue, but even in the heart of a believer, such a thought should not arise. Because before Allah, the outward and inward, and the thoughts of the heart, all are the same. Nothing can be hidden from Him.