O People of the Scripture, why do you mix [i.e., confuse] the truth with falsehood and conceal the truth while you know [it]? (Ali 'Imran [3] : 71)
1 Mufti Taqi Usmani
O People of the Book, why do you confound the truth with falsehood, and conceal the truth when you know (the reality)?
2 Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
O People of the Book! Why do you mix the truth with falsehood and hide the truth knowingly?
3 Ruwwad Translation Center
O People of the Book, why do you mix the truth with falsehood and conceal the truth knowingly?
4 A. J. Arberry
People of the Book! Why do you confound the truth with vanity, and conceal the truth and that wittingly?
5 Abdul Haleem
People of the Book, why do you mix truth with falsehood? Why do you hide the truth when you recognize it?
6 Abdul Majid Daryabadi
O people of the Book! wherefore confound ye the truth with falsehood, and hide the truths While ye know?
7 Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Ye People of the Book! Why do ye clothe Truth with falsehood, and conceal the Truth, while ye have knowledge?
8 Abul Ala Maududi
People of the Book! Why do you confound Truth with falsehood, and why do you conceal the Truth knowingly?
9 Ahmed Ali
O people of the Book, why do you mix the false with the true, and hide the truth knowingly?
10 Ahmed Raza Khan
O People given the Book(s)! Why do you mix the truth with falsehood and conceal the truth, whereas you know?
11 Ali Quli Qarai
O People of the Book! Why do you mix the truth with falsehood, and conceal the truth while you know [it]?
12 Ali Ünal
O People of the Book! Why do you confound the truth (by mixing it) with falsehood and conceal the truth knowingly?
13 Amatul Rahman Omar
O people of the Scripture! Why do you confound the truth with falsehood and conceal the truth and that (too) deliberately?
14 English Literal
You The Book`s people, why do you confuse/mix/cover/dress the correct/truth with the falsehood and you hide/conceal the correct/truth and you are knowing
15 Faridul Haque
O People given the Book(s)! Why do you mix the truth with falsehood and conceal the truth, whereas you know?
16 Hamid S. Aziz
O people of the Book! Why do you clothe the truth with falsehood and knowingly hide the truth
17 Hilali & Khan
O people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians): "Why do you mix truth with falsehood and conceal the truth while you know?"
18 Maulana Mohammad Ali
O People of the Book, why do you disbelieve in the messages of Allah while you witness (their truth)?
19 Mohammad Habib Shakir
O followers of the Book! Why do you confound the truth with the falsehood and hide the truth while you know?
20 Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall
O People of the Scripture! Why confound ye truth with falsehood and knowingly conceal the truth?
21 Muhammad Sarwar
Why do you mix truth with falsehood and knowingly hide the truth?"
22 Qaribullah & Darwish
People of the Book! Why do you confound truth with falsehood, and knowingly hide the truth?
23 Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
"O People of the Scripture! Why do you mix truth with falsehood and conceal the truth while you know"
24 Wahiduddin Khan
People of the Book! Why do you mix truth with falsehood and knowingly conceal the truth?
25 Talal Itani
O People of the Book! Why do you confound the truth with falsehood, and knowingly conceal the truth?
26 Tafsir jalalayn
O People of the Scripture! Why do you confound, [why do] you mix, truth with falsehood, by distorting and falsifying [scripture], and conceal the truth, the descriptions of the Prophet, while you know?, that it is the truth?
27 Tafseer Ibn Kathir
O People of the Scripture;Why do you mix truth with falsehood and conceal the truth while you know!
by hiding what is in your Books about the description of Muhammad, while you know what you do
28 Almuntakhab Fi Tafsir Alquran Alkarim
O you Ahl al-Kitab, why do you always confuse the truth with falsehood and mix it up in the minds of the people and intentionally conceal the truth when you admit it into your minds