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Surah 4. An-Nisaa', Ayah 108

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يَسْتَخْفُونَ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَا يَسْتَخْفُونَ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ وَهُوَ مَعَهُمْ إِذْ يُبَيِّتُونَ مَا لَا يَرْضَىٰ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْلِ ۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ مُحِيطًا Qur’an An-Nisaa' (4:108)
Yastakhfoona mina a l nn a si wal a yastakhfoona mina All a hi wahuwa maAAahum i th yubayyitoona m a l a yar da mina alqawli wak a na All a hu bim a yaAAmaloona mu h ee ta n
They would conceal their doings from men; but from God they cannot conceal them - for He is with them whenever they devise, in the dark of night, all manner of beliefs136 which He does not approve. And God indeed encompasses [with His knowledge] whatever they do.
  - Mohammad Asad
Mohammad Asad

Lit., "that of belief" (min al-qawl). It is to be remembered that the noun qawl does not denote merely "a saying" or "an utterance" (which is its primary significance): it is also employed tropically to denote anything that can be described as a "conceptual statement" - like an opinion, a doctrine, or a belief - and is often used in this sense in the Qur'an.

They might be able to hide their crimes from people, but they cannot hide from Allah. He is with them even when they plot by night in words that He cannot approve. Allah encompasses all their actions.
  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
They try to hide 'their deception' from people, but they can never hide it from Allah- in Whose presence they plot by night what is displeasing to Him. And Allah is Fully Aware of what they do.
  - Mustafa Khattab
Mustafa Khattab
They seek to hide from men and seek not to hide from Allah. He is with them when by night they hold discourse displeasing unto Him. Allah ever surroundeth what they do.
  - Marmaduke Pickthall
Marmaduke Pickthall
They may hide (their crimes) from men but they cannot hide (them) from Allah seeing that He is in their midst when they plot by night in words that He cannot approve: and Allah doth compass round all that they do. 623
  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Abdullah Yusuf Ali

The plots of sinners are known fully to Allah, and He can fully circumvent them if necessary, according to the fulness of His wisdom. The word used is: Compass them round.- Muhit: not only does Allah know all about it, but He is all round it: if in His wisdom He allows it, it is not because He has not complete control over it, but because, having it as it were enclosed in a complete circle. He can use it to further His own Plan. Even out of evil He can bring good.

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