Translation:
Had We so wiled, We could have shown them up to you, and you shouldst have known them 4854 by their marks: but surely you wilt know them by the tone of their speech! And Allah knows all that you do.
Had We so wiled, We could have shown them up to you, and you shouldst have known them 4854 by their marks: but surely you wilt know them by the tone of their speech! And Allah knows all that you do.
Translation:
Now had We so willed, We could have shown them clearly to thee, so that thou wouldst know them for sure as by a visible mark: 35 but [even so,] thou wilt most certainly recognize them by the tone of their voice. 36 And God knows all that you do, [O men;]
Now had We so willed, We could have shown them clearly to thee, so that thou wouldst know them for sure as by a visible mark: 35 but [even so,] thou wilt most certainly recognize them by the tone of their voice. 36 And God knows all that you do, [O men;]
Commentary:
35 Lit., "by their marks": implying, elliptically, that God does not grant to anyone a clear insight, as by a visible mark, into another human being’s heart or mind.
36 Lit., "the tone (lahn) of speech": indicating that a true believer recognizes hypocrisy even without a "visible mark" (sima).
35 Lit., "by their marks": implying, elliptically, that God does not grant to anyone a clear insight, as by a visible mark, into another human being’s heart or mind.
36 Lit., "the tone (lahn) of speech": indicating that a true believer recognizes hypocrisy even without a "visible mark" (sima).
4854 Evil is not always necessarily branded in this life with a distinguishing mark or brand. But the discerning ones know. Evil is betrayed by its speech and behaviour.