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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 146of 286

ٱلَّذِينَ ءَاتَيْنَٰهُمُ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ يَعْرِفُونَهُۥ كَمَا يَعْرِفُونَ أَبْنَآءَهُمْ ۖ وَإِنَّ فَرِيقًۭا مِّنْهُمْ لَيَكْتُمُونَ ٱلْحَقَّ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ﴿١٤٦

Translation (Sahih International)

Those to whom We gave the Scripture know him as they know their own sons. But indeed, a party of them conceal the truth while they know [it].

Word-by-word meaning

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(To) those whom
ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمُātaynāhumuWe gave [them]
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Book
يَعْرِفُونَهُۥyaʿrifūnahuthey recognize it
كَمَاkamālike
يَعْرِفُونَyaʿrifūnathey recognize
أَبْنَآءَهُمْ ۖabnāahumtheir sons
وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed
فَرِيقًۭاfarīqana group
مِّنْهُمْmin'humof them
لَيَكْتُمُونَlayaktumūnasurely they conceal
ٱلْحَقَّl-ḥaqathe Truth
وَهُمْwahumwhile they
يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Jews know that the Prophet is True, but they hide the TruthAllah states that the scholars of the People of the Scripture know the truth of what Allah's Messenger ﷺ was sent with, just as one of them knows his own child, which is a parable that the Arabs use to describe what is very apparent.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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