Translation of the meanings Ayah 5 Surah Hūd - English Translation - Dr. Waleed Bleyhesh Omary (in progress) - The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia

Ayah: 5

أَلَآ إِنَّهُمۡ يَثۡنُونَ صُدُورَهُمۡ لِيَسۡتَخۡفُواْ مِنۡهُۚ أَلَا حِينَ يَسۡتَغۡشُونَ ثِيَابَهُمۡ يَعۡلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَمَا يُعۡلِنُونَۚ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِيمُۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ

(5) ^[2485]Nay, but they bend their chests to hide from it. Nay, but when they cloak themselves in their garments, He Knows what they conceal and what they reveal—He is Knowledgeable of what the chests hide.

[2485] This simple Message only elicits a dogged a response from those whose hearts are tarnished. They are so bent on not heeding it that they literally cocoon both their hearts and themselves from it lest it so perpetrates. Little do they know that God sees what their chests hold as also their innermost thoughts.