Quran 3:71 — Aal-i-Imraan, verse 71
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
People of the Book, why do you mix truth with falsehood? Why do you hide the truth when you recognize it?
يَا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ لِمَ تَلْبِسُونَ الْحَقَّ بِالْبَاطِلِ وَتَكْتُمُونَ الْحَقَّ وَأَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ
yāahla l-kitābi lima talbisūna l-ḥaqa bil-bāṭili wataktumūna l-ḥaqa wa-antum taʿlamūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- People of the Book! Why do you confound the truth with vanity, and conceal the truth and that wittingly?
- Muhammad Asad
- O followers of earlier revelation! Why do you cloak the truth with falsehood and conceal the truth of which you are [so well] aware?
- Sahih International
- O People of the Scripture, why do you mix [i.e., confuse] the truth with falsehood and conceal the truth while you know [it]?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَـٰٓأَهْلَyāahla | O People | أهل |
| 2 | ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi | (of) the Book | كتب |
| 3 | لِمَlima | Why | — |
| 4 | تَلْبِسُونَtalbisūna | do you mix | لبس |
| 5 | ٱلْحَقَّl-ḥaqa | the truth | حقق |
| 6 | بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِbil-bāṭili | with the falsehood | بطل |
| 7 | وَتَكْتُمُونَwataktumūna | and conceal | كتم |
| 8 | ٱلْحَقَّl-ḥaqa | the truth | حقق |
| 9 | وَأَنتُمْwa-antum | while you | — |
| 10 | تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūna | know | علم |