سُوْرَةُ الاِنْشِقَاقِ

Surah Al-Inshiqaaq (84) — Ayah 23

The Splitting Open · Meccan · Juz 30 · Page 589

وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ ﴿23﴾
And Allâh knows best what they gather (of good and bad deeds),
وَٱللَّهُ wal-lahu And Allah
أَعْلَمُ aʿlamu (is) most knowing
بِمَا bimā of what
يُوعُونَ yūʿūna they keep within themselves

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'يُوْعُوْنَ' is derived from 'وِعَاءٌ' (Ayah 23){ وَ اللّٰهُ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوْعُوْنَ: ’’ يُوْعُوْنَ ‘‘ ’’ وِعَاءٌ ‘‘}, which means a vessel, {’’أَوْعَي الْمَالَ‘‘} he accumulated wealth. Here it means that the deeds they are accumulating for the Hereafter, along with their verbal denial, the arrogance and enmity they have accumulated in their hearts, and the conspiracies they have prepared against you—Allah knows all of these even better than they do.

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

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23. And Allah knows well what they keep (hidden) in their hearts [18].

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The Literal Meaning of ﴿وعي﴾:

The meaning of ﴿يُوْعُوْنَ﴾ ﴿وعي﴾ is to put something in a bag and then close its mouth from above. In this sense, the meaning of ﴿وعي﴾ can also be to withhold, to protect, to hide something, or to remember something. Here, this word is used in the third meaning. That is, the hatred, enmity, and malice that the disbelievers harbor in their hearts against Islam and the Muslims—Allah knows it very well.