3:187 wa idh akhadhal-laahu miythaaqal-ladhiyna uutul kitaaba la tubay-yinun-nahuu lin-naasi wa laa taktumuunah* fa nabadhuuhu waraa-a Zuhuurihim washtaraw bihii thamanan qaliylaa* fa bi'sa maa yashtaruun
Ahmed Raza Khan: Mohammed Aqib Qadri:
And remember when Allah took a covenant
from the People given the Book(s) that, "You shall definitely preach it
to the people and not hide it"; so they flung it behind their backs and
gained an abject price for it; so what a wretched bargain it is!
Yusuf Ali:
And remember Allah took a covenant from the People of the Book, to make it known and clear to mankind, and not to hide it; but they threw it away behind their backs, and purchased with it some miserable gain! And vile was the bargain they made!
Pickthal:
And (remember) when Allah laid a charge on those who had received the Scripture (He said): Ye are to expound it to mankind and not to hide it. But they flung it behind their backs and bought thereby a little gain. Verily evil is that which they have gained thereby.
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