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Narrated Ibn Mas`ud:(regarding) the Verse: 'And you have not been screening against yourself lest your ears, and your eyes and your skins should testify against you..' (41.22) While two persons from Quraish and their brother-in-law from Thaqif (or two persons from Thaqif and their brother-in-law from Quraish) were in a house, they said to each other, "Do you think that Allah hears our talks?" Some said, "He hears a portion thereof" Others said, "If He can hear a portion of it, He can hear all of it." Then the following Verse was revealed: 'And you have not been screening against yourself lest your ears, and your eyes and your skins should testify against you

حدثنا الصلت بن محمد، حدثنا يزيد بن زريع، عن روح بن القاسم، عن منصور، عن مجاهد، عن ابي معمر، عن ابن مسعود، {وما كنتم تستترون ان يشهد، عليكم سمعكم} الاية كان رجلان من قريش وختن لهما من ثقيف، او رجلان من ثقيف وختن لهما من قريش في بيت فقال بعضهم لبعض اترون ان الله يسمع حديثنا قال بعضهم يسمع بعضه. وقال بعضهم لين كان يسمع بعضه لقد يسمع كله. فانزلت {وما كنتم تستترون ان يشهد عليكم سمعكم ولا ابصاركم} الاية