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Surah 13. Ar-Ra'd, Ayah 10

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سَوَآءٌ مِّنكُم مَّنْ أَسَرَّ ٱلْقَوْلَ وَمَن جَهَرَ بِهِۦ وَمَنْ هُوَ مُسْتَخْفٍۭ بِٱلَّيْلِ وَسَارِبٌۢ بِٱلنَّهَارِ
Saw a on minkum man asarra alqawla waman jahara bihi waman huwa mustakhfin bi a llayli was a ribun bi al nnah a r i
It is all alike [to Him] whether any of you conceals his thought22 or brings it into the open, and whether he seeks to hide [his evil deeds] under the cover of night or walks [boldly] in the light of day,23
  - Mohammad Asad

The term qawl denotes, primarily, "a saying" or "an utterance", but it is also used tropically in the sense of "an idea", irrespective of whether it is expressed in actual words (as a statement an assertion, a formulated doctrine, etc.) or merely conceived in the mind (e.g., an opinion, a view, or a connected set of ideas). Since in the above verse this term obviously refers to unspoken thoughts, I have rendered it accordingly.

Lit., "and goes forth by day" - i.e., commits evil deeds openly (Ibn 'Abbas, as quoted by Baghawi and Razi). In the Arabic construction, the sentence reads thus: "All alike [to Him] is he from among you who conceals his thought (al-qawl) and he who brings it into the open, as well as he who...," etc.

It is the same to Him whether any of you speak in secret or aloud, whether anyone hides under the darkness of night or walks about in broad daylight.
  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
It is the same 'to Him' whether any of you speaks secretly or openly, whether one hides in the darkness of night or goes about in broad daylight.
  - Mustafa Khattab
Alike of you is he who hideth the saying and he who noiseth it abroad, he who lurketh in the night and he who goeth freely in the daytime.
  - Marmaduke Pickthall
It is the same (to Him) whether any of you conceal his speech or declare it openly; whether he lie hid by night or walk freely by day. 1815
  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Our most hidden thoughts and motives are known to Him at all times.

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