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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 42

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Without diacritics

ولا تلبسوا الحق بالباطل وتكتموا الحق وانتم تعلمون

And cover not Truth With falsehood, nor conceal The Truth when ye know (what it is).

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  • Verse 42 of 286
  • Juz 1
  • Page 7

Word by word

  1. وَلَاAnd (do) notwalā
  2. تَلْبِسُوا۟mixtalbisū
  3. ٱلْحَقَّthe Truthl-ḥaqa
  4. بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِwith [the] falsehoodbil-bāṭili
  5. وَتَكْتُمُوا۟and concealwataktumū
  6. ٱلْحَقَّthe Truthl-ḥaqa
  7. وَأَنتُمْwhile youwa-antum
  8. تَعْلَمُونَ[you] knowtaʿlamūna

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