Surah 6 Al-An'aam — Ayah 120
وَذَرُوا۟ ظَٰهِرَ ٱلْإِثْمِ وَبَاطِنَهُۥٓ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَكْسِبُونَ ٱلْإِثْمَ سَيُجْزَوْنَ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَقْتَرِفُونَ
Dhe mos bëni mëkate as haptas as fshehtas. Ata që bëjnë mëkatin do të ndëshkohen për mëkatin e bërë.
wadharū ẓāhira l-ith'mi wabāṭinahu inna alladhīna yaksibūna l-ith'ma sayuj'zawna bimā kānū yaqtarifūna
Word by word
- وَذَرُوا۟ wadharū Forsake
- ظَـٰهِرَ ẓāhira open
- ٱلْإِثْمِ l-ith'mi [the] sins
- وَبَاطِنَهُۥٓ ۚ wabāṭinahu and the secret
- إِنَّ inna Indeed
- ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those who
- يَكْسِبُونَ yaksibūna earn
- ٱلْإِثْمَ l-ith'ma [the] sin
- سَيُجْزَوْنَ sayuj'zawna they will be recompensed
- بِمَا bimā for what
- كَانُوا۟ kānū they used to
- يَقْتَرِفُونَ yaqtarifūna commit
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
وَذَرُواْ ظَـهِرَ الإِثْمِ وَبَاطِنَهُ
(Leave evil, open and secret...) refers to all kinds of sins committed in public and secret. Qatadah said that,
وَذَرُواْ ظَـهِرَ الإِثْمِ وَبَاطِنَهُ
(Leave sin, open and secret...) encompasses sins committed in public and secret, whether few or many. In another statement, Allah said,
قُلْ إِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ رَبِّيَ الْفَوَحِشَ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ
(Say: "(But) the things that my Lord has indeed forbidden are Al-Fawahish (evil sins) whether committed openly or secretly.) 7:33 This is why Allah said,
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَكْسِبُونَ الإِثْمَ سَيُجْزَوْنَ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَقْتَرِفُونَ
(Verily, those who commit sin will get due recompense for that which they used to commit.) Whether the sins they committed were public or secret, Allah will compensate them for these sins. Ibn Abi Hatim recorded that An-Nawwas bin Sam`an said, "I asked Allah's Messenger ﷺ about Al-Ithm. He said,
«الْإِثمُ مَا حَاكَ فِي صَدْرِكَ وَكَرِهْتَ أَنْ يَطَّلِعَ النَّاسُ عَلَيْه»
(The sin is that which you find in your heart and you dislike that people become aware of it.)