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Surah An-Nisa, Ayah 108 (4:108)

ٱلنِّسَاء

يَسْتَخْفُونَ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَا يَسْتَخْفُونَ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ وَهُوَ مَعَهُمْ إِذْ يُبَيِّتُونَ مَا …

Quran 4:108 is ayah 108 of Surah An-Nisa (“The Women”), a Medinan surah of 176 ayahs. It is in Juz 5, on page 96 of the Madani Mushaf.

4:108
يَسْتَخْفُونَمِنَٱلنَّاسِوَلَايَسْتَخْفُونَمِنَٱللَّهِوَهُوَمَعَهُمْإِذْيُبَيِّتُونَمَالَايَرْضَىٰمِنَٱلْقَوْلِ ۚوَكَانَٱللَّهُبِمَايَعْمَلُونَمُحِيطًا١٠٨
yastakhfūna mina l-nāsi walā yastakhfūna mina l-lahi wahuwa maʿahum idh yubayyitūna mā lā yarḍā mina l-qawli wakāna l-lahu bimā yaʿmalūna muḥīṭan

They conceal [their evil intentions and deeds] from the people, but they cannot conceal [them] from Allāh, and He is with them [in His knowledge] when they spend the night in such as He does not accept of speech. And ever is Allāh, of what they do, encompassing.(108)

Word by word

  1. يَسْتَخْفُونَyastakhfūnaThey seek to hide
  2. مِنَminafrom
  3. ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe people
  4. وَلَاwalābut not
  5. يَسْتَخْفُونَyastakhfūna(can) they hide
  6. مِنَminafrom
  7. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  8. وَهُوَwahuwaand He
  9. مَعَهُمْmaʿahum(is) with them
  10. إِذْidhwhen
  11. يُبَيِّتُونَyubayyitūnathey plot by night
  12. مَاmāwhat
  13. لَاlānot
  14. يَرْضَىٰyarḍā(does) he approve
  15. مِنَminaof
  16. ٱلْقَوْلِ ۚl-qawlithe word
  17. وَكَانَwakānaAnd is
  18. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  19. بِمَاbimāof what
  20. يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnathey do
  21. مُحِيطًاmuḥīṭanAll-Encompassing

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