Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: At-Tawba, Ayah 78
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(Know they not) i.e. the hypocrites (that Allah knoweth both their secret) that which is between them (and the thought that they confide) when they are alone, (and that Allah is the Knower of Things Hidden) from His servants?
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Al-Jalalayn Commentary
Did they the hypocrites not know that God knows their secret what they conceal within themselves and their confidential talks what they confide in each other and that God is the Knower of the hidden things? what is concealed from the eyes.