Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
And do not overlay the truth with falsehood, and do not knowingly suppress the truth
M. M. Pickthall
Confound not truth with falsehood, nor knowingly conceal the truth
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
And cover not Truth with falsehood, nor conceal the Truth when ye know (what it is)
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
Do not mix truth with falsehood or hide the truth knowingly.
Safi Kaskas
And do not mix truth with an error or knowingly hide the truth.
Wahiduddin Khan
Do not mix truth with falsehood, or hide the truth when you know it
Shakir
And do not mix up the truth with the falsehood, nor hide the truth while you know (it)
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
And confuse not The Truth with falsehood nor keep back The Truth while you know.
T.B.Irving
Do not cloak Truth with falsehood nor hide the Truth while you realize it.
Abdul Hye
And don’t mix the truth with the falsehood, or conceal the truth while you know.
The Study Quran
And confound not truth with falsehood, nor knowingly conceal the truth
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
Don’t mix truth with falsehood, nor knowingly conceal the truth.
Talal Itani (2012)
And do not mix truth with falsehood, and do not conceal the truth while you know
Dr. Kamal Omar
And do not cover the truth with falsehood, nor conceal the truth when you are aware
Do not mix the Truth with falsehood, or knowingly conceal the truth
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
And do not confound the Truth with the untruth and do not keep back the Truth and you know (it)
Muhammad Sarwar
Do not mix truth with falsehood and do not deliberately hide the trut
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
and do not confound truth with falsehood, and do not hide the truth when you know (it)
Shabbir Ahmed
Confound not the Truth with falsehood, nor conceal the Truth while you are well aware of it. ((2:159). News of the Arabian Prophet in Deuteronomy: (18:15-18).
Dr. Munir Munshey
And, do not cloak (and confuse) the truth with falsehood. Do not suppress the truth knowingly
Syed Vickar Ahamed
And do not cover Truth with falsehood, and do not hide the Truth when you know (it)
And do not mix the truth with falsehood or conceal the truth while you know [it]
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
And do not confound the truth with falsehood, nor keep the truth secret while you know
Abdel Haleem
Do not mix truth with falsehood, or hide the truth when you know it
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And confound not the truth with falsehood, nor hide the truth while ye know
Ahmed Ali
Do not confuse truth with falsehood, nor conceal the truth knowingly
Aisha Bewley
Do not mix up truth with falsehood and knowingly hide the truth.
Ali Ünal
Do not confound the truth by mixing it with falsehood, and do not conceal the truth while you know (the meaning and outcome of what you do, and that what you strive to hide is true, and that Muhammad is the Messenger of God, whose coming you have been anticipating)
Ali Quli Qara'i
And do not mix the truth with falsehood, nor conceal the truth while you know
Hamid S. Aziz
Cloak not truth with vanity and falsehood, nor knowingly hide the truth
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
And do not cover the truth with falsehood, and do not hide the truth while you know it.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
And do not dress truth with falsehood, nor conceal the truth when you know what it is
Musharraf Hussain
Do not mix the truth with falsehood, nor knowingly hide the truth.
Maududi
Confound not the Truth with falsehood nor conceal it knowingly
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
And do not confound the truth with falsehood, nor keep the truth secret while you know.
Mohammad Shafi
And confound not the truth with the falsehood and thus knowingly conceal the truth
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
And confound not the truth with falsehood and conceal not the truth knowingly.
Do not confound the truth with falsehood, nor shall you conceal the truth, knowingly.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
Do not confound truth with falsehood, nor knowingly hide the truth while you know
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And mix not up truth with falsehood, nor hide the truth while you know
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
And do not confuse/mix/cover the correct/truth with the falsehood, and you hide/conceal the correct/truth and you are knowing
Bijan Moeinian
And do not mix up the truth with lies; nor hide the truth knowingly
Faridul Haque
And do not mix the truth with falsehood, nor purposely conceal the truth
Sher Ali
And confound not truth with falsehood nor hide the truth knowingly
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And do not mix up the truth with falsehood, nor conceal the truth deliberately
Amatul Rahman Omar
Do not confound the truth with falsehood, nor conceal the truth knowingly
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
And mix not truth with falsehood, nor conceal the truth (i.e. Muhammad Peace be upon him is Allahs Messenger and his qualities are written in your Scriptures, the Taurat (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel)) while you know (the truth)
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
And do not mix the truth with the falsehood and hence hide the truth while you know.
Munir Mezyed
And don’t confound truth with falsehood, or deliberately conceal the truth!
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
And don´t cover the truth with falsehood, hiding the truth knowingly.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
And do not mix truth with falsehood, and do not conceal the truth while youpl know.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
Do not cover truth with lies. Do not hide the truth when you know it.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
Do not cloak Truth with falsehood nor hide the Truth while you realize it.
Samy Mahdy
And do not confound the right by the invalid, and do not mute the right and you are knowing.
Sayyid Qutb
Do not overlay the truth with falsehood, nor knowingly suppress the truth.
Thomas Cleary
And do not obscure truth by falsehood, or knowingly conceal the truth;
Ahmed Hulusi
And do not mix the truth (the reality) with falsehood! You conceal the truth while you know it!
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
And confound not the truth with falsehood, nor conceal the truth while you know (it)
"Nor irreverently mix up the truth guiding into all truth and poison it with what you forge of falsehood, nor conceal the truth when you know it conforms with fact and agrees with reality"
Mir Aneesuddin
And do not cover truth with falsehood nor hide the truth while you know.
The Wise Quran
And do not clothe the truth with falsehood, and hide the truth while you know.
The Ascendant Qur‘an, Muhammad H. al-‘Asi
And do not coat the truth with falsity. And do not deliberately conceal the truth while you are in possession of it