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
Abdel Haleem: 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

Interlinear Analysis

1
wa-idh
إِذ
Root: ا ذ
Noun
2
akhadha
أَخَذَ
Root: أ خ ذ
Verb
3
l-lahu
اللَّه
Root: أ ل ه
Noun
4
mīthāqa
مِيثاق
Root: و ث ق
Noun
5
alladhīna
الَّذِي
Root: ا ل ذ ي
Noun
6
ūtū
آتَى
Root: أ ت ي
Verb
7
l-kitāba
كِتاب
Root: ك ت ب
Noun
8
latubayyinunnahu
بَيَّنُ
Root: ب ي ن
Verb
9
lilnnāsi
ناس
Root: أ ن س
Noun
10
walā
لا
Root: ل ا
Prep.
11
taktumūnahu
كَتَمَ
Root: ك ت م
Verb
12
fanabadhūhu
نَبَذَ
Root: ن ب ذ
Verb
13
warāa
وَراء
Root: و ر ي
Noun
14
ẓuhūrihim
ظَهْر
Root: ظ ه ر
Noun
15
wa-ish'taraw
اشْتَرَى
Root: ش ر ي
Verb
16
بِهِۦ
bihi
Noun
17
thamanan
ثَمَن
Root: ث م ن
Noun
18
qalīlan
قَلِيل
Root: ق ل ل
Noun
19
fabi'sa
بِئْسَ
Root: ب أ س
Verb
20
ما
Root: م ا
Noun
21
yashtarūna
اشْتَرَى
Root: ش ر ي
Verb