English translation
7521. Narrated ‘Abdullāh رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: Two person of Bani Thaqīf and one from Quraish (or two persons from Quraish and one from Bani Thaqīf) who had fat bellies but little wisdom, met near the Ka’bah. One of them said, “Did you see that Allāh hears what we say?” The other said, “He hears us if we speak aloud, but He does not hear if we speak in stealthy quietness (softly).” The third fellow said, “If He hears when we speak aloud, then He surely hears us if we speak in stealthy quietness (softly).” So Allāh تعالى revealed the Verse: “And you have not been hiding against yourselves, lest your ears, and your eyes, and your skins testify against you...” (V.41:22)