Surah Al-An'am (الأنعام) • The Cattle

Quran 6:28

6:28

بَلْ بَدَا لَهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يُخْفُونَ مِن قَبْلُ ۖ وَلَوْ رُدُّوا۟ لَعَادُوا۟ لِمَا نُهُوا۟ عَنْهُ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَكَـٰذِبُونَ

bal badā lahum mā kānū yukh'fūna min qablu walaw ruddū laʿādū limā nuhū ʿanhu wa-innahum lakādhibūna

But what they concealed before has [now] appeared to them. And even if they were returned, they would return to that which they were forbidden; and indeed, they are liars.

— Saheeh International

No! The truth they used to hide will become all too clear to them. Even if they were brought back, they would only return to the very thing that was forbidden to them- they are such liars!

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Nay, it has become manifest to them what they had been concealing before. But if they were returned (to the world), they would certainly revert to that which they were forbidden. And indeed they are liars.

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

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Word by Word

بَلْbalNay
بَدَاbadābecame manifest
لَهُمlahumfor them
مَّاmāwhat
كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
يُخْفُونَyukh'fūnaconceal
مِنminfrom
قَبْلُۖqablubefore
وَلَوْwalawAnd if
رُدُّوا۟ruddūthey were sent back
لَعَادُوا۟laʿādūcertainly they (would) return
لِمَاlimāto what
نُهُوا۟nuhūthey were forbidden
عَنْهُʿanhufrom it
وَإِنَّهُمْwa-innahumand indeed they
لَكَـٰذِبُونَlakādhibūnacertainly are liars