The Family of Imran, The House of Imran — Verse 187

3:187 · al-Imran

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The Family of Imran, The House of Imran 3:187

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Arabic English Morphology
وَإِذْ wa-idh
And when Noun
أَخَذَ akhadha
took V
ٱللَّهُ l-lahu
Allah Noun
مِيثَٰقَ mīthāqa
a Covenant Noun
ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna
(from) those who Noun
أُوتُوا۟ ūtū
were given V
ٱلْكِتَٰبَ l-kitāba
the Book Noun
لَتُبَيِّنُنَّهُۥ latubayyinunnahu
You certainly make it clear V
لِلنَّاسِ lilnnāsi
to the mankind Noun
وَلَا walā
and (do) not Prep
تَكْتُمُونَهُۥ taktumūnahu
conceal it V
فَنَبَذُوهُ fanabadhūhu
Then they threw it V
وَرَآءَ warāa
behind Noun
ظُهُورِهِمْ ẓuhūrihim
their backs Noun
وَٱشْتَرَوْا۟ wa-ish'taraw
and they exchanged V
بِهِۦ bihi
[with] it Noun
ثَمَنًا thamanan
(for) a price Noun
قَلِيلًا qalīlan
little Noun
فَبِئْسَ fabi'sa
And wretched V
مَا mā
(is) what Noun
يَشْتَرُونَ yashtarūna
they purchase V

God took a pledge from those who were given the Scripture- ‘Make it known to people; do not conceal it’- but they tossed the pledge over their shoulders, they bartered it for a small price: what a bad bargain they made

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

وَإِذۡ أَخَذَ ٱللَّهُ مِیثَـٰقَ ٱلَّذِینَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلۡكِتَـٰبَ لَتُبَیِّنُنَّهُۥ لِلنَّاسِ وَلَا تَكۡتُمُونَهُۥ فَنَبَذُوهُ وَرَاۤءَ ظُهُورِهِمۡ وَٱشۡتَرَوۡا۟ بِهِۦ ثَمَنࣰا قَلِیلࣰاۖ فَبِئۡسَ مَا یَشۡتَرُونَ ۝١٨٧

wa-idh akhadha l-lahu mīthāqa alladhīna ūtū l-kitāba latubayyinunnahu lilnnāsi walā taktumūnahu fanabadhūhu warāa ẓuhūrihim wa-ish'taraw bihi thamanan qalīlan fabi'sa mā yashtarūn

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