Surah 3. Al-i'Imran, Ayah 71
| يَا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ لِمَ تَلْبِسُونَ الْحَقَّ بِالْبَاطِلِ وَتَكْتُمُونَ الْحَقَّ وَأَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ |
| Transliteration | : | yaa 'ahl al- kitaab li- ma(a) talbison al- h.aqq bi- al- baat.il wa- taktumon al- h.aqq wa- 'antum taclamon |
| Pickthall | : | O People of the Scripture! Why confound ye truth with falsehood and knowingly conceal the truth? |
| 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? |
| Malik | : | O People of the Book! Why do you confound the truth with falsehood and knowingly conceal the truth? |
| Yusuf Ali | : | Ye People of the Book! Why do ye clothe truth with falsehood and conceal the truth while ye have knowledge? 405 |
Note - 405There are many ways of preventing the access of people to
the truth. One is to tamper with it, or trick it out in
colours of falsehood: haf-truths are often more dangerous
than obvious falsehoods. Another is to conceal it
altogether. Those who are jealous of a prophet of Allah,
whom they actually see before them, do not allow his
credentials or virtues to be known, or vilify him, or
conceal facts which would attract people to him. When
people do this of set purpose, against their own light
("of which ye are yourselves witnesses"), they are
descending to the lowest depths of degradation, and they
are doing more harm to themselves than to anyone else.
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There are many ways of preventing the access of people to the truth. One is to tamper with it, or trick it out in colours of falsehood: haf-truths are often more dangerous than obvious falsehoods. Another is to conceal it altogether. Those who are jealous of a prophet of Allah, whom they actually see before them, do not allow his credentials or virtues to be known, or vilify him, or conceal facts which would attract people to him. When people do this of set purpose, against their own light ("of which ye are yourselves witnesses"), they are descending to the lowest depths of degradation, and they are doing more harm to themselves than to anyone else. |
