Tafsir for verse: 6:120
وَذَرُواْ ظَٰهِرَ ٱلۡإِثۡمِ وَبَاطِنَهُۥٓۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَكۡسِبُونَ ٱلۡإِثۡمَ سَيُجۡزَوۡنَ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَقۡتَرِفُونَ ١٢٠ ﴿120﴾
120Leave outward sin and inward sin. Surely, those who commit sin shall be punished for what they used to commit.
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Commentary
The apparent sin and its hidden aspect, what you have declared of it and what you have concealed. It is said: what you have done and what you have intended. It is said: its apparent meaning is adultery in the marketplaces, and its hidden meaning is the truthfulness in secret.
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