140 Am taqooloona

اَمْ تَقُوْلُوْنَ اِنَّ اِبْرٰھٖمَ وَاِسْمٰعِيْلَ وَاِسْحٰقَ وَيَعْقُوْبَ وَالْاَسْبَاطَ كَانُوْا ھُوْدًا اَوْ نَصٰرٰى ۭ قُلْ ءَاَنْتُمْ اَعْلَمُ اَمِ اللّٰهُ ۭ وَمَنْ اَظْلَمُ مِمَّنْ كَتَمَ شَهَادَةً عِنْدَهٗ مِنَ اللّٰهِ ۭ وَمَا اللّٰهُ بِغَافِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُوْنَ

أَمْ : Or  
  تَقُولُونَ : (do) you say  
  إِنَّ : that  
  إِبْرَٰهِۦمَ : Ibrahim  
  وَإِسْمَٰعِيلَ : and Ishmael  
  وَإِسْحَٰقَ : and Isaac  
  وَيَعْقُوبَ : and Yaqub  
  وَٱلْأَسْبَاطَ : and the descendants  
  كَانُوا۟ : were  
  هُودًا : Jews  
  أَوْ : or  
  نَصَٰرَىٰۗ : Christians?"  
  قُلْ : Say,  
  ءَأَنتُمْ : "Are you  
  أَعْلَمُ : better knowing  
  أَمِ : or  
  ٱللَّهُۗ : (is) Allah?"  
  وَمَنْ : And who  
  أَظْلَمُ : (is) more unjust  
  مِمَّن : than (the one) who  
  كَتَمَ : concealed  
  شَهَٰدَةً : a testimony  
  عِندَهُۥ : (that) he has  
  مِنَ : from  
  ٱللَّهِۗ : Allah?  
  وَمَا : And not  
  ٱللَّهُ : (is) Allah  
  بِغَٰفِلٍ : unaware  
  عَمَّا : of what  
  تَعْمَلُونَ : you do.

Am taqooloona inna Ibraaheema wa Ismaa'eela wa Ishaaqa wa Ya'qooba wal asbaata kaanoo Hoodan aw Nasaaraa; qul 'a-antum a'lamu amil laah; wa man azlamu mimman katama shahaadatan 'indahoo minallaah; wa mallaahu bighaafilin 'ammaa ta'maloon

Or do you say that Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and the Descendants were Jews or Christians? Say, "Are you more knowing or is Allah?" And who is more unjust than one who conceals a testimony he has from Allah? And Allah is not unaware of what you do.

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