Quran 41:22 Word by Word & Translations

41:22 Word by Word (2021)

And not you were covering yourselves lest testify against you your hearing and not your sight and not your skins, but you assumed that Allah (does) not know much of what you do.


41:22 Arabic

وَمَا كُنتُمْ تَسْتَتِرُونَ أَن يَشْهَدَ عَلَيْكُمْ سَمْعُكُمْ وَلَآ أَبْصَٰرُكُمْ وَلَا جُلُودُكُمْ وَلَٰكِن ظَنَنتُمْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَعْلَمُ كَثِيرًا مِّمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ

41:22 Transliteration

Wama kuntum tastatiroona an yashhada AAalaykum samAAukum wala absarukum wala juloodukum walakin thanantum anna Allaha la yaAAlamu katheeran mimma taAAmaloona
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
And there was no way you could hide from the testimony of your own hearing, or your eyes, or your skins. In fact, you thought that God was unaware of much of what you do
Abdel Haleem
yet you did not try to hide yourselves from your ears, eyes, and skin to prevent them from testifying against you. You thought that God did not know about much of what you were doing
Abdul Hye
You used to hide (in the worldly life with your sins and never thought) your ears, your eyes, and your skins will testify against you. Rather you thought that even Allah does not know much of what you were doing.
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Ye have not been taking cover against yourselves lest your ears and your eyes and your skins should bear witness against you, but ye imagined that Allah not much knew of that which ye were working
Ahmed Ali
You did not hide your (doings) so that your ears or eyes or persons should not testify against you. In fact you thought that God did not know the things you used to do
Ahmed Hulusi
And you did not expect your hearing, sight and bodies to testify against you (so you lived as you liked)... You thought Allah was unaware of most of your doings!
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
And where you would have gone hiding yourselves from Him lest your ears and your eyes and your skins should bear witness against you, hut you had already taken it for granted that Allah knows not much of your doings
Aisha Bewley
You did not think to shield yourselves from your hearing, sight and skin testifying against you and you thought that Allah would never know much of what you did.
Ali Ünal
You did not seek to veil yourselves (when sinning) without ever considering that your ears or your eyes or your skins would one day bear witness against you. Moreover, you supposed that God did not know most of what you did habitually
Ali Quli Qara'i
You did not use to conceal yourselves lest your hearing should bear witness against you, or [for that matter] your sight, or your skin, but you thought that Allah did not know most of what you did
Amatul Rahman Omar
`And (while committing sinful acts) you could not hide yourselves from the fact that neither your (own) hearing, nor your own eyes, nor your own skins should bear witness against you. As a matter of fact you had assumed that (even) Allah did not know much of what you used to do
Arthur John Arberry
Not so did you cover yourselves, that your hearing, your eyes and your skins should not bear witness against you; but you thought that God would never know much of the things that you were working
Bakhtiari Nejad
You did not use to hide (your sins) so that your ears and your eyes and your skins do not testify against you (because you did not believe they will), but you assumed that God does not know most of what you do.
Bijan Moeinian
Where in the universe will you hide from your own eyes, ears and skins that you never thought will witness against you? You were under impression that God is not aware of all your deeds
Bilal Muhammad 2018
“You did not seek to protect yourselves, so that your hearing, your sight, and your skin would not bear witness against you. But you thought that God did not know many of the things you used to do
Corpus.Quran
And not you were covering yourselves lest testify against you your hearing and not your sight and not your skins but you assumed that Allah (does) not know much of what you do
Dr. Kamal Omar
And you had not been hiding that your hearing (i.e., the ears) may give evidence against you, and nor your eyes and nor your skins. But you thought that Allah does not know much of what you do
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
And you had not been covering yourselves so that witness be borne against you by your having the ability to hear or by your sight or by your skins but that you thought that God knows not much of what you do.
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
(Whilst committing the sin) you did not take any cover even against this (fear) that your ears would bear witness against you and (that) your eyes and (that) your skins (might even bear witness), but you imagined that even Allah did not know many of the deeds that you do
Dr. Munir Munshey
When you used to cover up and conceal your evil deeds, (you never considered) that your ears, your eyes and your skin would testify against you. In fact, you thought that (if you hide your deeds) Allah would not find out much of what you do
Edward Henry Palmer
and ye could not conceal yourselves that your hearing and your eyesight should not be witness against you, nor your skins; but ye thought that God did not know much of what ye do
Faridul Haque
And where could you hide from Him, so that your ears and your eyes and your skins may not testify against you? But you had assumed that Allah does not know most of your deeds
Fode Drame
And you did not use to care to hide yourself lest your hearing and your sight and your skins witness against you but you thought that Allah would not know much of what you used to do.
George Sale
Ye did not hide your selves, while ye sinned, so that your ears, and your eyes, and your skins could not bear witness against you: But ye thought that God was ignorant of many things which ye did
Hamid S. Aziz
"And you did not hide yourselves lest your ears and your eyes and your skins should bear witness against you, but you thought that Allah did not know most of what you did
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
It is not that you covered yourselves so that your hearing, eyes and skin could not bear witness against you but you thought that Allah did not know much of that which you do
Hilali - Khan
And you have not been hiding against yourselves, lest your ears, and your eyes, and your skins testify against you, but you thought that Allah knew not much of what you were doing
Irving/Hegab
Even though you tried to disguise yourselves, lest your hearing, eyesight or your skins would still testify against you, did you suppose that Allah (God) does not know so much about whatever you are doing?,
John Medows Rodwell
And ye did not hide yourselves so that neither your ears nor your eyes nor your skins should witness against you: but ye thought that God knew not many a thing that ye did
Linda "iLham" Barto
“You did not seek to hide yourselves, lest your hearing, your sight, and your skins should testify against you. Instead, you thought that Allah did not know many of the things that you used to do.
Maududi
When you used to conceal yourselves (while committing misdeeds) you never thought that your ears or your eyes or your skins would ever bear witness against you; you rather fancied that Allah does not know a great deal of what you do
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And you did not cover yourselves lest your ears and your eyes and your skins should bear witness against you, but you thought that Allah knew not much of what you did
Mir Aneesuddin
And you did not hide yourselves lest your ears and your eyes and your skins should bear witness against you, but you guessed that Allah did not know many of ( the things ) which you did.
Mohammad Shafi
You could never prevent your ears or eyes or skins from testifying against you. And you thought that Allah was mostly unaware of what you did
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
And you were not covering/hiding yourselves that (E) your hearing/listening , and nor your eye sights/understanding, and nor your skins witnesses/testifies on (against) you, and but you thought/assumed that (E) God does not know much from what you made/do
Muhammad Asad
And you did not try to hide [your sins] lest your hearing or your sight or your skins bear witness against you: nay, but you thought that God did not know much of what you were doing –
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
And in no way did you take to screening yourselves that neither your hearing, nor your beholdings, (i.e., eyesight (s) nor your skins should testify against you; but you surmised that Allah does not know much of whatever you did
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall
Ye did not hide yourselves lest your ears and your eyes and your skins should testify against you, but ye deemed that Allah knew not much of what ye did
Muhammad Sarwar
You did not (think) to hide your deeds from your ears, eyes and skin and you felt that God would not know all that you had been doing
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
And you had not been hiding your selves (when committing sins) from your ears and your eyes and your skins that would bear witness against you, but you thought that Allah did not know much of what you did
Munir Mezyed
And you did not hide yourselves, (when you used to commit evil acts), lest your hearing or your eyes or your skins should bear witness against you. Actually you speculated that Allâh would not know too much about what you did.
MunirMezyed2023
And you did not cover yourselves, (when you used to commit iniquitous deeds), lest your hearing or your eyes or your skins should bear witness against you. Actually you speculated that Allâh would not know much of what you used to do.
Musharraf Hussain
You didn’t try to hide your evil deeds from your ears, your eyes and your skins. But you thought that Allah didn’t know what you did.
Mustafa Khattab 2018
You did not ˹bother to˺ hide yourselves from your ears, eyes, and skin to prevent them from testifying against you. Rather, you assumed that Allah did not know much of what you used to do.
Mustaqim
And you did not expect that your hearing and eyesight and skins would witness against you, but you thought that Allah did not know much of what you did.
N J Dawood 2014
You did not hide yourselves, so that your ears and eyes and skins could not be made to testify against you; yet you thought that God did not know much of what you did
Rashad Khalifa
There is no way you can hide from your own hearing, your eyes, or your skins. In fact, you thought that GOD was unaware of much of what you do.
Safi Kaskas
You did not even try to conceal yourselves from your hearing or your sights or your skins to prevent them from testifying against you, but you assumed that God did not know much of what you were doing.
Samy Mahdy
And you were not invisible, that your hearing, and your sight, and your skins, would witness against you, and you assumed that Allah was not knowing much among what you were working.
Shabbir Ahmed
And you did not hide yourselves that your hearing, or your sight or your skins would bear witness against you. Nay, but you thought that Allah never knew a great deal of what you were doing
Shakir
And you did not veil yourselves lest your ears and your eyes and your skins should bear witness against you, but you thought that Allah did not know most of what you did
Sher Ali
`And you did not apprehend, while committing sins, that your ears and your eyes and your skins would bear witness against you; nay, you thought that even ALLAH did not know much of what you used to do
Syed Vickar Ahamed
"And you did not try to hide yourselves, because your hearing, your sight and your skins may bear witness against you! But you thought that Allah did not know many of the things that you used to do
T.B.Irving
Even though you tried to disguise yourselves, lest your hearing, eyesight or your skins would still testify against you, did you suppose that God does not know so much about whatever you are doing?,
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
You could not shield yourselves from your hearing, sight, and skins testifying against you. And you thought that God didn’t know much of what you do.
Talal Itani (2012)
You were unable to hide yourselves from your hearing, and your sight, and your skins, to prevent them from testifying against you, and you imagined that God was unaware of much of what you do
The Study Quran
You did not seek to conceal, lest your ears, your eyes, and your skins bear witness against you. But you thought that God knew not much of that which you did
The Wise Quran
And you could not conceal yourselves that your hearing and your eyesight should not be witness against you, nor your skins; but you thought that God did not know much of what you do.
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
And you were not covering yourselves, lest your hearing testify against you or your sight or your skins, but you assumed that Allah does not know much of what you do
Wahiduddin Khan
you could not hide yourselves from your ears and your eyes and your skins to prevent them from testifying against you, and you thought that God would never know much of what you did
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
"Ye did not seek to hide yourselves, lest your hearing, your sight, and your skins should bear witness against you! But ye did think that Allah knew not many of the things that ye used to do