Compared Translations of the meaning of the Quran - 2:42
al-Baqarah - The Cow
Verse: 42



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Roman Translition of the Arabic Source
Transliteration Wala talbisoo alhaqqa bialbatili wataktumoo alhaqqa waantum taAAlamoona

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad And do not overlay the truth with falsehood, and do not knowingly suppress the truth;
M. M. Pickthall Confound not truth with falsehood, nor knowingly conceal the truth.
Shakir And do not mix up the truth with the falsehood, nor hide the truth while you know (it).
Yusuf Ali And cover not Truth with falsehood, nor conceal the Truth when ye know (what it is).
[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".
[Progressive Muslims] And do not confound the truth with falsehood, nor keep the truth secret while you know.
Abdel Haleem Do not mix truth with falsehood, or hide the truth when you know it.
Abdul Majid Daryabadi And confound not the truth with falsehood, nor hide the truth while ye know.
Ahmed Ali And do not confuse/mix/cover the correct/truth with the falsehood, and you hide/conceal the correct/truth and you are knowing.
Aisha Bewley Do not mix up truth with falsehood and knowingly hide the truth.
Ali Ünal Do not confound the truth by mixing it with falsehood, and do not conceal the truth while you know (the meaning and outcome of what you do, and that what you strive to hide is true, and that Muhammad is the Messenger of God, whose coming you have been anticipating).
Ali Quli Qara'i And do not mix the truth with falsehood, nor conceal the truth while you know.
Amatul Rahman Omar Do not confound the truth with falsehood, nor conceal the truth knowingly.
Hamid S. Aziz Cloak not truth with vanity and falsehood, nor knowingly hide the truth.
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali And do not confound the Truth with the untruth and do not keep back the Truth and you know (it).
Muhammad Sarwar Do not mix truth with falsehood and do not deliberately hide the truth
Muhammad Taqi Usmani and do not confound truth with falsehood, and do not hide the truth when you know (it).
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).)
Syed Vickar Ahamed And do not cover Truth with falsehood, and do not hide the Truth when you know (it).
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International) And do not mix the truth with falsehood or conceal the truth while you know [it].
Farook Malik And do not overlay the truth with falsehood, and do not knowingly suppress the truth;

Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works
Bijan Moeinian And do not mix up the truth with lies; nor hide the truth knowingly.
Faridul Haque And do not mix the truth with falsehood, nor purposely conceal the truth.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah Do not confound truth with falsehood, nor knowingly hide the truth while you know.
Maulana Muhammad Ali And mix not up truth with falsehood, nor hide the truth while you know.
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira Do not confuse truth with falsehood, nor conceal the truth knowingly.
Sher Ali And confound not truth with falsehood nor hide the truth knowingly.
Yusuf Ali (org.) And cover not Truth with falsehood, nor conceal the Truth when ye know (what it is).
Rashad Khalifa Do not confound the truth with falsehood, nor shall you conceal the truth, knowingly.

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry And do not confound the truth with vanity, and do not conceal the truth wittingly.
Edward Henry Palmer Clothe not truth with vanity, nor hide the truth the while ye know.
George Sale Cloath not the truth with vanity, neither conceal the truth against your own knowledge;
John Medows Rodwell And clothe not the truth with falsehood, and hide not the truth when ye know it:

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