Quran 2:146 — Al-Baqara, verse 146
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Those We gave Scripture know it as well as they know their own sons, but some of them hide the truth that they know.
الَّذِينَ آتَيْنَاهُمُ الْكِتَابَ يَعْرِفُونَهُ كَمَا يَعْرِفُونَ أَبْنَاءَهُمْ ۖ وَإِنَّ فَرِيقًا مِنْهُمْ لَيَكْتُمُونَ الْحَقَّ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ
alladhīna ātaynāhumu l-kitāba yaʿrifūnahu kamā yaʿrifūna abnāahum wa-inna farīqan min'hum layaktumūna l-ḥaqa wahum yaʿlamūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- whom We have given the Book, and they recognize as they recognize their sons, even though there is a party of them conceal the truth and that wittingly.
- Muhammad Asad
- They unto whom We have vouchsafed revelation aforetime know it as they know their own children: but, behold, some of them knowingly suppress the truth -
- Sahih International
- Those to whom We gave the Scripture know him [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)] as they know their own sons. But indeed, a party of them conceal the truth while they know [it].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | (To) those whom | — |
| 2 | ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمُātaynāhumu | We gave [them] | أتي |
| 3 | ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitāba | the Book | كتب |
| 4 | يَعْرِفُونَهُۥyaʿrifūnahu | they recognize it | عرف |
| 5 | كَمَاkamā | like | — |
| 6 | يَعْرِفُونَyaʿrifūna | they recognize | عرف |
| 7 | أَبْنَآءَهُمْ ۖabnāahum | their sons | بني |
| 8 | وَإِنَّwa-inna | And indeed | — |
| 9 | فَرِيقًۭاfarīqan | a group | فرق |
| 10 | مِّنْهُمْmin'hum | of them | — |
| 11 | لَيَكْتُمُونَlayaktumūna | surely they conceal | كتم |
| 12 | ٱلْحَقَّl-ḥaqa | the Truth | حقق |
| 13 | وَهُمْwahum | while they | — |
| 14 | يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna | know | علم |