Surah Ali 'Imran, ayah 187
وَإِذْ أَخَذَ ٱللَّهُ مِيثَـٰقَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ لَتُبَيِّنُنَّهُۥ لِلنَّاسِ وَلَا تَكْتُمُونَهُۥ فَنَبَذُوهُ وَرَآءَ ظُهُورِهِمْ وَٱشْتَرَوْا۟ بِهِۦ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًا ۖ فَبِئْسَ مَا يَشْتَرُونَ
And [mention, O Muḥammad], when Allāh took a covenant from those who were given the Scripture, [saying], "You must make it clear [i.e., explain it] to the people and not conceal it." But they threw it away behind their backs and exchanged it for a small price. And wretched is that which they purchased.
Ali 'Imran · 3:187
Word by word
- وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
- أَخَذَakhadhatook
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- مِيثَـٰقَmīthāqaa Covenant
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(from) those who
- أُوتُوا۟ūtūwere given
- ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Book
- لَتُبَيِّنُنَّهُۥlatubayyinunnahuYou certainly make it clear
- لِلنَّاسِlilnnāsito the mankind
- وَلَاwalāand (do) not
- تَكْتُمُونَهُۥtaktumūnahuconceal it
- فَنَبَذُوهُfanabadhūhuThen they threw it
- وَرَآءَwarāabehind
- ظُهُورِهِمْẓuhūrihimtheir backs
- وَٱشْتَرَوْا۟wa-ish'tarawand they exchanged
- بِهِۦbihi[with] it
- ثَمَنًۭاthamanan(for) a price
- قَلِيلًۭا ۖqalīlanlittle
- فَبِئْسَfabi'saAnd wretched
- مَاmā(is) what
- يَشْتَرُونَyashtarūnathey purchase
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