Quran Universe
36:76

فَلَا يَحۡزُنكَ قَوۡلُهُمۡۘ إِنَّا نَعۡلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَمَا يُعۡلِنُونَ

Fala yahzunka qawluhum inna naAAlamu ma yusirroona wama yuAAlinoona

So let not their speech grieve you. Indeed, We know what they conceal and what they declare.

Word by word
  1. فَلَاSo (let) not
  2. يَحۡزُنكَgrieve you
  3. قَوۡلُهُمۡۘtheir speech
  4. إِنَّاIndeed,We
  5. نَعۡلَمُ[We] know
  6. مَاwhat
  7. يُسِرُّونَthey conceal
  8. وَمَاand what
  9. يُعۡلِنُونَthey declare
Ya-Sin · 36:76Makkah

Do not let their words grieve you. We know.

Comfort for the Prophet ﷺ when mocked

The comfort
their wordsdenial and mockery
should not
grieve youthe Prophet ﷺ
Allah knowshidden and open
Where hurt goes
carry it alonereplay their words
He knows it allwhat they hide and show

Ibn Kathir calls this consolation for the Mercy to the Worlds. The Prophet ﷺ was hurt by their denial. Allah tells him: We know what they conceal and what they reveal, and nothing will be overlooked.

Someone says something cruel about you in the family chat. You replay it at 2am, writing replies in your head. Allah heard it, and He knows what they meant. You do not have to carry it alone.

I have to answer every hurtful word or it will stay with me.

Allah knows exactly what was said and why, so I can set it down.

Try this

Think of one hurtful comment you keep replaying. Hand it to Allah in a quiet dua and let it go.

Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (shared passage from 36:74)

And they have taken besides Allah, gods, hoping that they might be helped (74)They cannot help them, but they will be brought forward as a troop (against those who worshipped them)(75)So, let not their speech then grieve you. Verily, We know what they conceal and what they reveal (76)

The gods of the Idolators are not able to help Them

Allah denounces the idolators for taking the idols as gods alongside Allah, hoping that those gods will help them and provide for them and bring them closer to Allah. Allah says:

لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَهُمْ 

(They cannot help them,) meaning, those gods cannot help their worshippers; they are too weak, too insignificant and too powerless. Rather they cannot even help themselves or take revenge on those who want to harm them, because they are inanimate and can neither hear nor comprehend. Allah's saying:

وَهُمْ لَهُمْ جُنْدٌ مُحْضَرُونَ

(but they will be brought forward as a troop.) means, at the time of Reckoning according to the view of Mujahid. This means that those idols will be gathered together and will be present when their worshippers are brought to account, as this will add to their grief and will be more effective in establishing proof against them. Qatadah said:

لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَهُمْ

(They cannot help them,) means the gods.

وَهُمْ لَهُمْ جُنْدٌ مُحْضَرُونَ

(but they will be brought forward as a troop.) "The idolators used to get angry for the sake of their gods in this world, but they could not do them any benefit or protect them from any harm, for they were merely idols." This was also the view of Al-Hasan Al-Basri. This is a good opinion, and was the view favored by Ibn Jarir, may Allah have mercy on him.

Consolation for the Mercy to the Worlds

فَلَا يَحْزُنْكَ قَوْلُهُمْ ۘ 

(So, let not their speech then grieve you.) means, 'their denying you and their disbelief in Allah.'

إِنَّا نَعْلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ

(Verily, We know what they conceal and what they reveal.) means, 'We know everything about them, and We will punish them for their false claims and deal with them accordingly on the Day when none of their deeds, great or small, major or minor, will be overlooked, and every deed they did throughout their worldly lives will be laid open for examination.'