Surah Fussilat, Ayah 22 (41:22)

فُصِّلَت

وَمَا كُنتُمْ تَسْتَتِرُونَ أَن يَشْهَدَ عَلَيْكُمْ سَمْعُكُمْ وَلَآ أَبْصَٰرُكُمْ وَلَا جُلُودُكُمْ …

Quran 41:22 is ayah 22 of Surah Fussilat (“Explained in Detail”), a Meccan surah of 54 ayahs. It is in Juz 24, on page 479 of the Madani Mushaf.

41:22
وَمَاكُنتُمْتَسْتَتِرُونَأَنيَشْهَدَعَلَيْكُمْسَمْعُكُمْوَلَآأَبْصَٰرُكُمْوَلَاجُلُودُكُمْوَلَٰكِنظَنَنتُمْأَنَّٱللَّهَلَايَعْلَمُكَثِيرًامِّمَّاتَعْمَلُونَ٢٢
wamā kuntum tastatirūna an yashhada ʿalaykum samʿukum walā abṣārukum walā julūdukum walākin ẓanantum anna l-laha lā yaʿlamu kathīran mimmā taʿmalūna

And you were not covering [i.e., protecting] yourselves, lest your hearing testify against you or your sight or your skins, but you assumed that Allāh does not know much of what you do.(22)

Word by word

  1. وَمَاwamāAnd not
  2. كُنتُمْkuntumyou were
  3. تَسْتَتِرُونَtastatirūnacovering yourselves
  4. أَنanlest
  5. يَشْهَدَyashhadatestify
  6. عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumagainst you
  7. سَمْعُكُمْsamʿukumyour hearing
  8. وَلَآwalāand not
  9. أَبْصَٰرُكُمْabṣārukumyour sight
  10. وَلَاwalāand not
  11. جُلُودُكُمْjulūdukumyour skins
  12. وَلَٰكِنwalākinbut
  13. ظَنَنتُمْẓanantumyou assumed
  14. أَنَّannathat
  15. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  16. لَاlā(does) not
  17. يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuknow
  18. كَثِيرًاkathīranmuch
  19. مِّمَّاmimmāof what
  20. تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou do

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