Quran 41 : 22

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.
وَمَا
Wamā
كُنتُمْ
Kuntum
تَسْتَتِرُونَ
Tastatirūna
أَن
Aan
يَشْهَدَ
Yashhada
عَلَيْكُمْ
ʿAlaykum
سَمْعُكُمْ
Samʿukum
وَلَآ
Walaa
أَبْصَٰرُكُمْ
Aabṣaārukum
وَلَا
Walā
جُلُودُكُمْ
Julūdukum
وَلَٰكِن
Walaākin
ظَنَنتُمْ
Ẓanantum
أَنَّ
Aanna
ٱللَّهَ
Allaha
لَا
يَعْلَمُ
Yaʿlamu
كَثِيرًا
Kathīrana
مِّمَّا
Mmimmā
تَعْمَلُونَ
Taʿmalūna

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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!

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.

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

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

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

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

[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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 –

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?,

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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?,

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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