Tafseer Surah Baqarah Verse 42 | Surah Baqarah explanation in English | Surah Baqarah explained | Surah Baqarah Ayat 42

Tafseer Surah Baqarah Verse 42 | Surah Baqarah explanation in English | Surah Baqarah explained | Surah Baqarah Ayat 42 Translation

Surah Al-Baqarah

Verse 42

2:42 Al-Baqarah

وَلَا تَلْبِسُوا الْحَقَّ بِالْبَاطِلِ وَتَكْتُمُوا الْحَقَّ وَأَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

And do not mix the truth with falsehood and conceal the truth while you know [it] (Al-Baqarah 2:42)

Surah Baqarah verse 42

☘️Allah SWT warns the Children of Israel and after them all of us to not conceal the truth. Whatever knowledge of the Deen that we have must be shared with other people. Often times, we fear other people and do not speak up. We see people committing all kinds of wrong acts in Deen and we remain mute. Our reason for keeping quiet could be not risking our relationships. Because we love other people so much that we do not want to spoil our relationships with them, by pointing out their error.

☘️Labs (اللبس) is mixing and concealment, so in this (āyah) is a prohibition against anyone who mixes up their religion for the people, or beguiles them, or distorts the religion.

☘️People are in need of authentic knowledge and we choose to not be bothered about it.  Another reason for hiding knowledge or not sharing it with others can be: personal goals. Because we are so busy with our own lives; our career, our spouse, our children, our family, our personal endeavors are so important to us that we cannot take out time to learn or teach other people Allah’s Deen. Many people who gain Islamic education leave it all aside when they get married. Now, their new focus and ‘purpose’ in life becomes their personal life and pleasures.

☘️Do not mix falsehood with the truth…how have we mixed falsehood with the truth Cultural practices have seeped into our lives such that now people cannot distinguish what is culture and what is religion. For example, religion tells us there is no dowry from the bride’s side, but the girl has a share in the inheritance. Culture, on the other hand, has trained us to have an extravagant wedding ceremony…show how rich you are…flaunt the dowry that you are giving to your daughter…and don’t leave her any share in the inheritance. 

🔮 The one who has knowledge of the truth must make it clear, and it is forbidden for him to conceal it.

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