Aal-i-Imraan 3:71
The Family of Imraan · ayah 71 of 200
يَٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ لِمَ تَلْبِسُونَ ٱلْحَقَّ بِٱلْبَٰطِلِ وَتَكْتُمُونَ ٱلْحَقَّ وَأَنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ
Ya ahla alkitabi limatalbisoona alhaqqa bilbatili wataktumoonaalhaqqa waantum taAAlamoon
"O People of the Scripture, why do you mix [i.e., confuse] the truth with falsehood and conceal the truth while you know [it]?"
Saheeh International translation
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"People of the Book, why do you mix truth with falsehood? Why do you hide the truth when you recognize it?"
Pickthall (classic)+
"O People of the Scripture! Why confound ye truth with falsehood and knowingly conceal the truth?"
Yusuf Ali (classic)+
"Ye People of the Book! Why do ye clothe Truth with falsehood, and conceal the Truth, while ye have knowledge?"