Surah Ali 'Imran, Ayah 71 (3:71)

آلِ عِمْرَان

يَٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ لِمَ تَلْبِسُونَ ٱلْحَقَّ بِٱلْبَٰطِلِ وَتَكْتُمُونَ ٱلْحَقَّ وَأَنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

Quran 3:71 is ayah 71 of Surah Ali 'Imran (“Family of Imran”), a Medinan surah of 200 ayahs. It is in Juz 3, on page 59 of the Madani Mushaf.

3:71
يَٰٓأَهْلَٱلْكِتَٰبِلِمَتَلْبِسُونَٱلْحَقَّبِٱلْبَٰطِلِوَتَكْتُمُونَٱلْحَقَّوَأَنتُمْتَعْلَمُونَ٧١
yāahla l-kitābi lima talbisūna l-ḥaqa bil-bāṭili wataktumūna l-ḥaqa wa-antum taʿlamūna

O People of the Scripture, why do you mix [i.e., confuse] the truth with falsehood and conceal the truth while you know [it]?(71)

Word by word

  1. يَٰٓأَهْلَyāahlaO People
  2. ٱلْكِتَٰبِl-kitābi(of) the Book
  3. لِمَlimaWhy
  4. تَلْبِسُونَtalbisūnado you mix
  5. ٱلْحَقَّl-ḥaqathe truth
  6. بِٱلْبَٰطِلِbil-bāṭiliwith the falsehood
  7. وَتَكْتُمُونَwataktumūnaand conceal
  8. ٱلْحَقَّl-ḥaqathe truth
  9. وَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you
  10. تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnaknow

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