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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 43of 286

وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتُوا۟ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَٱرْكَعُوا۟ مَعَ ٱلرَّٰكِعِينَ﴿٤٣

Translation (Sahih International)

And establish prayer and give zakah and bow with those who bow [in worship and obedience].

Word-by-word meaning

وَأَقِيمُوا۟wa-aqīmūAnd establish
ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe prayer
وَءَاتُوا۟waātūand give
ٱلزَّكَوٰةَl-zakatazakah
وَٱرْكَعُوا۟wa-ir'kaʿūand bow down
مَعَmaʿawith
ٱلرَّٰكِعِينَl-rākiʿīnathose who bow down

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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