Qur'an Verses of the Day
Wednesday 18th February 2026 Today
Chapter 2, Verses 43-46
وَلَا تَلۡبِسُوا الۡحَقَّ بِالۡبَاطِلِ وَتَکۡتُمُوا الۡحَقَّ وَاَنۡتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُوۡنَ ﴿۴۳﴾
وَاَقِیۡمُوا الصَّلٰوۃَ وَاٰتُوا الزَّکٰوۃَ وَارۡکَعُوۡا مَعَ الرّٰکِعِیۡنَ ﴿۴۴﴾
اَتَاۡمُرُوۡنَ النَّاسَ بِالۡبِرِّ وَتَنۡسَوۡنَ اَنۡفُسَکُمۡ وَاَنۡتُمۡ تَتۡلُوۡنَ الۡکِتٰبَ ؕ اَفَلَا تَعۡقِلُوۡنَ ﴿۴۵﴾
وَاسۡتَعِیۡنُوۡا بِالصَّبۡرِ وَالصَّلٰوۃِ ؕ وَاِنَّہَا لَکَبِیۡرَۃٌ اِلَّا عَلَی الۡخٰشِعِیۡنَ ﴿ۙ۴۶﴾
English Translation
And confound not truth with falsehood nor hide the truth, knowingly.
And observe Prayer and pay the Zakat, and bow down with those who bow.
Do you enjoin others to do what is good and forget your own selves, while you read the Book? Will you not then understand?
And seek help with patience and Prayer; and this indeed is hard except for the humble in spirit,
And [a]confound not truth with falsehood nor [b]hide the truth knowingly.[78]
3:72.
2:147, 160; 6:92.
Here the Jews are forbidden (1) to mix the true with the false by quoting verses from their Scriptures and putting wrong interpretations on them; and (2) to suppress or hide the truth, i.e. suppress such prophecies in their Scriptures as refer to the Holy Prophet.
And [c]observe Prayer and [d]pay the Zakat, and bow down with those who bow.[79]
See 2:4.
2:84, 111, 178; 4:163; 5:56; 9:11; 21:74; 23:5.
Raki‘ means, one who bows down before God (Lisan). The Arabs used the word for one who worshipped God alone to the exclusion of idols (Asas).
[e]Do you enjoin others to do what is good[80] and forget your ownselves, while you read the Book?[81] Will you not then understand?
26:227; 61:3-4.
Birr (good) means, behaving benevolently towards relations and others; truthfulness; fidelity; righteousness; obedience to God (Aqrab). The word also means extensive goodness or beneficence (Mufradat).
‘Book’ here refers to the Bible, but the clause, while you read the Book, does not imply that all the contents of the Bible have been accepted as true.
And [f]seek help with patience[82] and prayer;[83] and [g]this indeed is hard except for the humble in spirit,
2:154; 7:129.
Sabr means, to adhere steadily to what reason and law command and to restrain oneself from what reason and law forbid and from manifesting grief, agitation and impatience (Mufradat).
This verse along with the one that follows may be taken to be addressed either to the Jews or to the Muslims. In the former case, it constitutes a continuation of the address to the Israelites, meaning that they should not be hasty in rejecting the Holy Prophet but should try to find out the truth with patience and prayer. As taken to be addressed to Muslims it gives them a message of hope and encouragement. If they acted with patience and prayer, they need have no fear.
4:143; 9:54.