Surah Ali 'Imran (آل عمران) • Family of Imran

Quran 3:187

3:187

وَإِذْ أَخَذَ ٱللَّهُ مِيثَـٰقَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ لَتُبَيِّنُنَّهُۥ لِلنَّاسِ وَلَا تَكْتُمُونَهُۥ فَنَبَذُوهُ وَرَآءَ ظُهُورِهِمْ وَٱشْتَرَوْا۟ بِهِۦ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًا ۖ فَبِئْسَ مَا يَشْتَرُونَ

wa-idh akhadha l-lahu mīthāqa alladhīna ūtū l-kitāba latubayyinunnahu lilnnāsi walā taktumūnahu fanabadhūhu warāa ẓuhūrihim wa-ish'taraw bihi thamanan qalīlan fabi'sa mā yashtarūna

And [mention, O Muḥammad], when Allāh took a covenant from those who were given the Scripture, [saying], "You must make it clear [i.e., explain it] to the people and not conceal it." But they threw it away behind their backs and exchanged it for a small price. And wretched is that which they purchased.

— Saheeh International

God took a pledge from those who were given the Scripture- ‘Make it known to people; do not conceal it’- but they tossed the pledge over their shoulders, they bartered it for a small price: what a bad bargain they made!

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

(And remember) when Allâh took a covenant from those who were given the Scripture (Jews and Christians) to make it (the news of the coming of Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and the religious knowledge) known and clear to mankind, and not to hide it, but they threw it away behind their backs, and purchased with it some miserable gain! And indeed worst is that which they bought.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
أَخَذَakhadhatook
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
مِيثَـٰقَmīthāqaa Covenant
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(from) those who
أُوتُوا۟ūtūwere given
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Book
لَتُبَيِّنُنَّهُۥlatubayyinunnahuYou certainly make it clear
لِلنَّاسِlilnnāsito the mankind
وَلَاwalāand (do) not
تَكْتُمُونَهُۥtaktumūnahuconceal it
فَنَبَذُوهُfanabadhūhuThen they threw it
وَرَآءَwarāabehind
ظُهُورِهِمْẓuhūrihimtheir backs
وَٱشْتَرَوْا۟wa-ish'tarawand they exchanged
بِهِۦbihi[with] it
ثَمَنًۭاthamanan(for) a price
قَلِيلًۭاۖqalīlanlittle
فَبِئْسَfabi'saAnd wretched
مَاmā(is) what
يَشْتَرُونَyashtarūnathey purchase