Surah 16:23

"(There is) no doubt that God knows what they keep secret and what they speak aloud. Surely He does not love the arrogant."

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Tafsir Ibn Kathir Verses 16:22-23

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Verse 22

إِلَٰهُكُمۡ إِلَٰهٞ وَٰحِدٞۚ فَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ قُلُوبُهُم مُّنكِرَةٞ وَهُم مُّسۡتَكۡبِرُونَ

Your God is one God. Those who do not believe in the Hereafter – their hearts are defiant, and they are arrogant.

Verse 23

لَا جَرَمَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعۡلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَمَا يُعۡلِنُونَۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلۡمُسۡتَكۡبِرِينَ

(There is) no doubt that God knows what they keep secret and what they speak aloud. Surely He does not love the arrogant.

Allah, and their hearts reject the idea of singling Him out, as Allah says:

{Verily! Those who scorn My worship they will surely enter Hell in humiliation !} [40:60]

So here, Allah says;

{Certainly}, meaning truly,

Quoted Scripture

"Allah knows what they conceal and what they reveal."

meaning He will requite them for that in full.

Quoted Scripture

"Truly, He does not like the proud."

About this Source & Scholarly Authority (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Universal Sunni Consensus: Tafsir al-Qur'an al-Azim by Hafiz Ibn Kathir (701–774 AH / 1301–1373 AD) is universally regarded across all major schools of Sunni Islam (traditional, Salafi, Ash'ari) as the most authoritative classical exegesis. It is prized because it relies on Tafsir bil-Ma'thur—interpreting the Quran using the Quran itself, authentic Hadiths of Prophet Muhammad, and recorded statements of the early Companions (Sahabah).

Standard English Edition: This text is from the standard 10-volume English abridgment published by Dar-us-Salam Publications (supervised by Shaykh Safiur-Rahman Al-Mubarakpuri), which is the official, most widely distributed English Quranic commentary in mosques and Islamic libraries worldwide today.

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