| وَأَسِرُّوا قَوْلَكُمْ أَوِ اجْهَرُوا بِهِ ۖ إِنَّهُ عَلِيمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ |
| Asad | : | AND [know, O men, that] whether you keep your beliefs10 secret or state them openly, He has full knowledge indeed of all that is in [your] hearts.11 |
| Malik | : | Whether you speak in secret or aloud, surely He is aware of all that is in the breasts. |
| Mustafa Khattab | : | Whether you speak secretly or openly—He surely knows best what is ˹hidden˺ in the heart. |
| Pickthall | : | And keep your opinion secret or proclaim it, lo! He is Knower of all that is in the breasts (of men). |
| Yusuf Ali | : | And whether ye hide your word or publish it He certainly has (full) knowledge of the secrets of (all) hearts. |
| Transliteration | : | Waasirroo qawlakum awi ijharoo bihi innahu AAaleemun bithati alssudoori |
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While the primary significance of the noun qawl is "a saying" or "an utterance", it is often used tropically in the sense of "a statement", i.e., of a belief, an opinion, a teaching, a doctrine, etc. In the present context it evidently relates to man's beliefs in general, be they affirmative or negative: hence the plural form in my rendering of this term. |
