# 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 42 - **Surah:** 2. Surah Al-Baqarah (The Cow) — سورة البقرة - **Verse:** 42 / 286 · **Juz:** 1 · **Mushaf page:** 6 - **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-42 ## Arabic وَلَا تَلْبِسُوا الْحَقَّ بِالْبَاطِلِ وَتَكْتُمُوا الْحَقَّ وَاَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ ## Transcription Wala talbisoo alhaqqa bilbatiliwataktumoo alhaqqa waantum taAAlamoon ## Translations ### Aisha Bewley Do not mix up truth with falsehood and knowingly hide the truth. ### Progressive Muslims And do not confound the truth with falsehood, nor keep the truth secret while you know. ### Shabbir Ahmed Confound not the Truth with falsehood, nor conceal the Truth while you are well aware of it. ((2:159). News of the Arabian Prophet in Deuteronomy: (18:15-18).) ### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation And clothe not truth with vanity, nor conceal the truth when you know. ### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation And do not confound the truth with falsehood, nor keep the truth secret while you know. ### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament Do not confound the truth with falsehood, nor shall you conceal the truth, knowingly. ### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira Do not confuse truth with falsehood, nor conceal the truth knowingly. ### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley) And do not mix the truth with falsehood or conceal the truth while you know [it]. ### Muhammad Asad And do not overlay the truth with falsehood, and do not knowingly suppress the truth; ### Marmaduke Pickthall Confound not truth with falsehood, nor knowingly conceal the truth. ### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary Do not confound Truth by overlaying it with falsehood, nor knowingly conceal the Truth.[1] _Footnotes_ - [1] For the proper understanding of this verse we need to recall that in the time of the Prophet the Jews of Arabia were more learned than the Arabs. In fact, there were some Jewish scholars of Arabia whose fame had spread even beyond the confines of that land. For this reason the Arabs tended to be intellectually overawed by them. In addition, the influence of the Jews had become pervasive and profound by virtue of the pomp and pageantry of their religious rites, and the magical crafts and feats of exorcism for which they were famous. The people of Madina, in particular, were greatly under the spell of the Jews. These Jews made on them the sort of impression generally created on ignorant neighbours by a better educated, more refined and more conspicuously religious group.It was natural in such circumstances that, when the Prophet began to preach his message, the ignorant Arabs should approach the Jews and ask their opinion of the Prophet and his teachings, particularly as the Jews also believed in Prophets and Scriptures. We find that this inquiry was often made by the Makkans, and continued to he addressed to the Jews after the Prophet arrived in Madina.In reply to this query, however, the Jewish religious scholars never told the candid truth. It was impossible for them to say that the doctrine of monotheism preached by Muhammad was incorrect, that there was any error in his teachings regarding the Prophets, the Divine Scriptures, the angels and the Next Life and that there was any error in the principles of moral conduct which the Prophet propounded. At the same time, however, they were not prepared to make a straightforward affirmation of the truth of his teachings. In short, they neither categorically denied the Truth nor were prepared to accept it with open hearts. Instead, they tried to plant insidious doubts in the minds of everybody who enquired about the Prophet and his mission. They sought to create one misgiving after another, disseminated new slanders, and tried to engage people's minds in all kinds of hypothetical problems so as to keep them in a state of doubt and uncertainty. They also tried to raise controversial issues which might keep people, including the followers of the Prophet, entangled in sterile debate. It is this attitude of the Jews to which the Qur'an alludes when it asks them not to overlay the truth with falsehood, not to suppress and conceal it by resorting to false propaganda and mischievous campaigns of slander, and not to attempt to deceive the world by mixing truth with falsehood. ### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab "Nor irreverently mix up the truth guiding into all truth and poison it with what you forge of falsehood, nor conceal the truth when you know it conforms with fact and agrees with reality". ### Bijan Moeinian And do not mix up the truth with lies; nor hide the truth knowingly. ### Al-Hilali & Khan And mix not truth with falsehood, nor conceal the truth [i.e. Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم is Allâh’s Messenger and his qualities are written in your Scriptures, the Taurât (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel)] while you know (the truth).[1] ### Abdullah Yusuf Ali And cover not Truth with falsehood, nor conceal the Truth when ye know (what it is). ### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran Do not mix truth with falsehood or hide the truth knowingly. ### Taqi Usmani and do not confound truth with falsehood, and do not hide the truth when you know (it). ### Abdul Haleem Do not mix truth with falsehood, or hide the truth when you know it. ### Arthur John Arberry And do not confound the truth with vanity, and do not conceal the truth wittingly. ### E. Henry Palmer Clothe not truth with vanity, nor hide the truth the while ye know. ### Hamid S. Aziz Cloak not truth with vanity and falsehood, nor knowingly hide the truth. ### Mahmoud Ghali And do not confound the Truth with the untruth and do not keep back the Truth and you know (it). ### George Sale Cloath not the truth with vanity, neither conceal the truth against your own knowledge; ### Syed Vickar Ahamed And do not cover Truth with falsehood, and do not hide the Truth when you know (it). ### Amatul Rahman Omar Do not confound the truth with falsehood, nor conceal the truth knowingly. ### Ali Quli Qarai And do not mix the truth with falsehood, nor conceal the truth while you know. ### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü Gerçeği (Hakk'ı), aslı olmayana (batıla) karıştırmayın! Bildiğiniz halde gerçeği gizliyorsunuz! ### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı Hakkı batıl ile örtmeyin ve hakkı gizlemeyin. (Kaldı ki) siz (gerçeği) biliyorsunuz. ### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali Bilerek hakkı batıl ile karıştırmayınız ve hakkı gizlemeyiniz. ### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali Hakkı batılla karıştırıp da bile bile hakkı gizlemeyin. ### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali hakkı batılla bulayıp da bile bile hakkı gizlemeyin ### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş) Hakkı batıla karıştırıp da bile bile hakkı gizlemeyin! ### Gültekin Onan Hakkı batıl ile örtmeyin (libas) ve hakkı gizlemeyin (tektümülhakka). Siz biliyorsunuz. (VEYA: Bildiğiniz halde hakkı batıl ile örtmeyin ve...) (VEYA: ...bildiğiniz halde hakkı gizlemeyin) ### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim Kendiniz bilib dururken Hakkı baatıla karıştırıb da gerçeği gizlemeyin. ### İbni Kesir Hakkı batıla karıştırıp da, bile bile siz gerçeği gizlemeyin. ### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı Hakkı batıl ile örtüp bile bile gizlemeyin. ### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı Hakka batılı karıştırmayın, bile bile hakkı gizlemeyin. ### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali Bile bile gerçeği batılla bulayıp hakkı gizlemeyin. ### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali Hakkı batılla/saçmalık ve tutarsızlıkla kirletmeyin. Bilip durduğunuz halde gerçeği gizliyorsunuz. ### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an Hakkı batılla karıştırmayın ve bildiğiniz halde hakkı gizlemeyin! ### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an "Hakk'ı Batıl'la"[1] karıştırıp, bile bile "Hakk'ı" gizlemeyin. _Footnotes_ - [1] Gerçek olanı gerçek olmayanla. Vahyi cahiliye ile. ### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek Gerçeği, gerçeğe aykırı olanla karıştırmayın. Çünkü siz biliyorsunuz. ### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali Hakkı, batıl kılığına sokmayın;[1] hakkı bile bile gizlemeyin. _Footnotes_ - [1] Hakk, tümüyle gerçek; batıl, gerçek dışı demektir. Hak olan Kur'an'ı, gerçek dışı sözlerle örtüp gizlemeyin. ### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir Bilerek gerçeği batılla karıştırmayın, gerçeği gizlemeyin![1] _Footnotes_ - [1] Benzer mesaj: Al-i İmrân 3:71. ### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an "Hakk'ı Batıl'la"[1] karıştırıp, bile bile "Hakk'ı" gizlemeyin. _Footnotes_ - [1] Gerçeği gerçek olmayanla, vahyi cahiliye ile. ### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an "Hakk'ı[1] Batıl'la[2]" karıştırıp, bile bile "Hakk'ı" gizlemeyin. _Footnotes_ - [1] Gerçeği kesin olarak bildiren mesaj. Mutlak gerçeklik, doğruluk. Bir şeyin aslı ve esası. Kesin gerçek olan. Yasa, ferman, kural. Batıl'ın karşıtı. - [2] Gerçek ve doğru olmayan, boş, saçma, yanlış ve geçersiz olan. Cahiliye. Hakk'ın zıddı. ### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali Gerçekleri uydurma şeylerle karıştırmayın ve gerçekleri bile bile gizlemeyin![1] _Footnotes_ - [1] [Bakara 2/146,](https://quran.so/2/146) [159,](https://quran.so/2/159) [Al-i İmran 3/71,](https://quran.so/3/71) [187.](https://quran.so/3/187) ## Words | # | word | meaning | root | |---|---|---|---| | 1 | وَلَا — walā | And (do) not | — | | 2 | تَلْبِسُوا۟ — talbisū | mix | لبس — Lam-Be-Sin | | 3 | ٱلْحَقَّ — l-ḥaqa | the Truth | حقق — Ha-Kaf-Kaf | | 4 | بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ — bil-bāṭili | with [the] falsehood | بطل — Be-Ta-Lam | | 5 | وَتَكْتُمُوا۟ — wataktumū | and conceal | كتم — Kef-Te-Mim | | 6 | ٱلْحَقَّ — l-ḥaqa | the Truth | حقق — Ha-Kaf-Kaf | | 7 | وَأَنتُمْ — wa-antum | while you | — | | 8 | تَعْلَمُونَ — taʿlamūna | [you] know | علم — Ayn-Lam-Mim | --- Previous: https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-41.md · Next: https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-43.md Retrieved: 2026-08-11 Quran.so — https://quran.so — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — When quoting, name the translator.