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

Quran 3:71

3:71

يَـٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ لِمَ تَلْبِسُونَ ٱلْحَقَّ بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ وَتَكْتُمُونَ ٱلْحَقَّ وَأَنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

yāahla l-kitābi lima talbisūna l-ḥaqa bil-bāṭili wataktumūna l-ḥaqa wa-antum taʿlamūna

O People of the Scripture, why do you mix [i.e., confuse] the truth with falsehood and conceal the truth while you know [it]?

— Saheeh International

People of the Book, why do you mix truth with falsehood? Why do you hide the truth when you recognize it?

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

O people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians): "Why do you mix truth with falsehood and conceal the truth while you know?"

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

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Word by Word

يَـٰٓأَهْلَyāahlaO People
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi(of) the Book
لِمَlimaWhy
تَلْبِسُونَtalbisūnado you mix
ٱلْحَقَّl-ḥaqathe truth
بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِbil-bāṭiliwith the falsehood
وَتَكْتُمُونَwataktumūnaand conceal
ٱلْحَقَّl-ḥaqathe truth
وَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you
تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnaknow