Ornaments of Gold, Luxury, The Embellishment 43:80

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Arabic English Morphology
Or Prep
يَحْسَبُونَ yaḥsabūna
(do) they think V
أَنَّا annā
that We Prep
لَا
(can) not Prep
نَسْمَعُ nasmaʿu
hear V
their secret(s) Noun
and their private counsel(s) Noun
بَلَىٰ balā
Nay Prep
and Our Messengers Noun
with them Noun
are recording V

Do they think We cannot hear their secret talk and their private counsel? Yes we can: Our messengers are at their sides, recording everything

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

أَمۡ یَحۡسَبُونَ أَنَّا لَا نَسۡمَعُ سِرَّهُمۡ وَنَجۡوَىٰهُمۚ بَلَىٰ وَرُسُلُنَا لَدَیۡهِمۡ یَكۡتُبُونَ ۝٨٠

am yaḥsabūna annā lā nasmaʿu sirrahum wanajwāhum balā warusulunā ladayhim yaktubūn