The Family of Imran
3. Āl ʿImrān
آل عمران

Āl ‘Imrān (Imran's Folk)

آلِ عِمْرَان

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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 yashtarūna

When God made a covenant with the People of the Book saying, "Tell the people about it (Muhammad's prophesy) without hiding any part, therefrom, they threw it behind their backs and sold it for a very small price. What a miserable bargain!

Muhammad Sarwar