Surah Ghafir, Ayah 19 (40:19)

غَافِر

يَعْلَمُ خَآئِنَةَ ٱلْأَعْيُنِ وَمَا تُخْفِى ٱلصُّدُورُ

Quran 40:19 is ayah 19 of Surah Ghafir (“The Forgiver”), a Meccan surah of 85 ayahs. It is in Juz 24, on page 469 of the Madani Mushaf.

40:19
يَعْلَمُخَآئِنَةَٱلْأَعْيُنِوَمَاتُخْفِىٱلصُّدُورُ١٩
yaʿlamu khāinata l-aʿyuni wamā tukh'fī l-ṣudūru

He knows that which deceives the eyes and what the breasts conceal.(19)

Word by word

  1. يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuHe knows
  2. خَآئِنَةَkhāinata(the) stealthy glance
  3. ٱلْأَعْيُنِl-aʿyuni(the) stealthy glance
  4. وَمَاwamāand what
  5. تُخْفِىtukh'fīconceal
  6. ٱلصُّدُورُl-ṣudūruthe breasts

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