The Family of Imran
3. Āl ʿImrān
آل عمران
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وَإِذْ
أَخَذَ
اللَّهُ
مِيثَاقَ
الَّذِينَ
أُوتُوا
الْكِتَابَ
لَتُبَيِّنُنَّهُ
لِلنَّاسِ
وَلَا
تَكْتُمُونَهُ
فَنَبَذُوهُ
وَرَاءَ
ظُهُورِهِمْ
وَاشْتَرَوْا
بِهِ
ثَمَنًا
قَلِيلًا
فَبِئْسَ
مَا
يَشْتَرُونَ
wa-ʾidh ʾakhadha llāhu mīthāqa lladhīna ʾūtū l-kitāba la-tubayyinunnahū li-n-nāsi wa-lā taktumūnahū fa-nabadhūhu warāʾa ẓuhūrihim wa-shtaraw bihī thamanan qalīlan fa-biʾsa mā yashtarūna
When Allah made a covenant with those who were given the Book: ‘You shall explain it for the people, and you shall not conceal it,’ they cast it behind their backs and sold it for a paltry gain. How evil is what they buy!
— Ali Quli Qarai
And remember Allah took a covenant from the People of the Book, to make it known and clear to mankind, and not to hide it; but they threw it away behind their backs, and purchased with it some miserable gain! And vile was the bargain they made!
