وَلَا تَلْبِسُوا۟ ٱلْحَقَّ بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ وَتَكْتُمُوا۟ ٱلْحَقَّ وَأَنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- And do not mix the truth with falsehood or conceal the truth while you know [it].
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- நீங்கள் அறிந்து கொண்டே உண்மையைப் பொய்யுடன் கலக்காதீர்கள்; உண்மையை மறைக்கவும் செய்யாதீர்கள்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- තවද නුඹලා සත්යය අසත්යය සමඟ මුසු නො කරනු. තවද නුඹලා දැනුවත්ව ම සත්යය වසන් නො කරනු.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- اور حق کو باطل کے ساتھ خَلط مَلط نہ کرو اور نہ حق کو چھپاؤ، تمہیں تو خود اس کا علم ہے۔
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- 嘘をもって真理を被ったり，また（確かに）知っていながら，真理を隠してはならない。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 你们不要明知故犯地以伪乱真，隐讳真理。
Tafsir of 2:42
The Prohibition of hiding the Truth and distorting It with Falsehood Allah forbade the Jews from intentionally distorting the truth with falsehood and from hiding the truth and spreading falsehood, وَلاَ تَلْبِسُواْ الْحَقَّ بِالْبَطِلِ 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. Ad-Dahhak said that Ibn `Abbas mentioned the Ayah, وَلاَ تَلْبِسُواْ الْحَقَّ بِالْبَطِلِ (And mix not truth with falsehood) and said; "Do not mix the truth with falsehood and the facts with lies." Qatadah said that, وَلاَ تَلْبِسُواْ الْحَقَّ بِالْبَطِلِ (And mix not truth with falsehood) means, "Do not mix Judaism and Christianity with Islam, وَأَنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ (while you know (the truth).) that the religion of Allah is Islam, and that Judaism and Christianity are innovations that did not come from Allah." It was reported that Al-Hasan Al-Basri said similarly.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
