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يٰٓاَهْلَ الْكِتٰبِ لِمَ تَلْبِسُوْنَ الْحَقَّ بِالْبَاطِلِ وَتَكْتُمُوْنَ الْحَقَّ وَاَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُوْنَ ࣖ  ( آل عمران: ٧١ )

yāahla
يَٰٓأَهْلَ
O People
l-kitābi
ٱلْكِتَٰبِ
(of) the Book!
lima
لِمَ
Why
talbisūna
تَلْبِسُونَ
do you mix
l-ḥaqa
ٱلْحَقَّ
the truth
bil-bāṭili
بِٱلْبَٰطِلِ
with the falsehood
wataktumūna
وَتَكْتُمُونَ
and conceal
l-ḥaqa
ٱلْحَقَّ
the truth
wa-antum
وَأَنتُمْ
while you
taʿlamūna
تَعْلَمُونَ
know?

Yaaa Ahalal Kitaabi lima talbisoonal haqqa bilbaatili wa taktumoonal haqqa wa antum ta'lamoon (ʾĀl ʿImrān 3:71)

Sahih International:

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)?