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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 42of 286

وَلَا تَلْبِسُوا۟ ٱلْحَقَّ بِٱلْبَٰطِلِ وَتَكْتُمُوا۟ ٱلْحَقَّ وَأَنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ﴿٤٢

Translation (Sahih International)

And do not mix the truth with falsehood or conceal the truth while you know [it].

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
تَلْبِسُوا۟talbisūmix
ٱلْحَقَّl-ḥaqathe Truth
بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِbil-bāṭiliwith [the] falsehood
وَتَكْتُمُوا۟wataktumūand conceal
ٱلْحَقَّl-ḥaqathe Truth
وَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you
تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūna[you] know

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Prohibition of hiding the Truth and distorting It with FalsehoodAllah forbade the Jews from intentionally distorting the truth with falsehood and from hiding the truth and spreading falsehood, وَلاَ تَلْبِسُواْ الْحَقَّ بِالْبَـطِلِ وَتَكْتُمُواْ الْحَقَّ وَأَنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ (And mix not truth with falsehood, nor conceal the truth while you know (the truth)). So Allah forbade them from two things; He ordered them to make the truth known, as well as explaining it.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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