Quran 2:42 — Al-Baqara, verse 42
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Do not mix truth with falsehood, or hide the truth when you know it.
وَلَا تَلْبِسُوا الْحَقَّ بِالْبَاطِلِ وَتَكْتُمُوا الْحَقَّ وَأَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ
walā talbisū l-ḥaqa bil-bāṭili wataktumū l-ḥaqa wa-antum taʿlamūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And do not confound the truth with vanity, and do not conceal the truth wittingly.
- Muhammad Asad
- And do not overlay the truth with falsehood, and do not knowingly suppress the truth;
- Sahih International
- And do not mix the truth with falsehood or conceal the truth while you know [it].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَاwalā | And (do) not | — |
| 2 | تَلْبِسُوا۟talbisū | mix | لبس |
| 3 | ٱلْحَقَّl-ḥaqa | the Truth | حقق |
| 4 | بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِbil-bāṭili | with [the] falsehood | بطل |
| 5 | وَتَكْتُمُوا۟wataktumū | and conceal | كتم |
| 6 | ٱلْحَقَّl-ḥaqa | the Truth | حقق |
| 7 | وَأَنتُمْwa-antum | while you | — |
| 8 | تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūna | [you] know | علم |