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اَمْ تَقُوْلُوْنَ اِنَّ اِبْرٰهٖمَ وَاِسْمٰعِيْلَ وَاِسْحٰقَ وَيَعْقُوْبَ وَالْاَسْبَاطَ كَانُوْا هُوْدًا اَوْ نَصٰرٰى ۗ قُلْ ءَاَنْتُمْ اَعْلَمُ اَمِ اللّٰهُ ۗ وَمَنْ اَظْلَمُ مِمَّنْ كَتَمَ شَهَادَةً عِنْدَهٗ مِنَ اللّٰهِ ۗ وَمَا اللّٰهُ بِغَافِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُوْنَ   ( البقرة: ١٤٠ )

am
أَمْ
Or
taqūlūna
تَقُولُونَ
(do) you say
inna
إِنَّ
that
ib'rāhīma
إِبْرَٰهِۦمَ
Ibrahim
wa-is'māʿīla
وَإِسْمَٰعِيلَ
and Ismail
wa-is'ḥāqa
وَإِسْحَٰقَ
and Ishaq
wayaʿqūba
وَيَعْقُوبَ
and Yaqub
wal-asbāṭa
وَٱلْأَسْبَاطَ
and the descendants
kānū
كَانُوا۟
were
hūdan
هُودًا
Jews
aw
أَوْ
or
naṣārā
نَصَٰرَىٰۗ
Christians?"
qul
قُلْ
Say
a-antum
ءَأَنتُمْ
"Are you
aʿlamu
أَعْلَمُ
better knowing
ami
أَمِ
or
l-lahu
ٱللَّهُۗ
(is) Allah?"
waman
وَمَنْ
And who
aẓlamu
أَظْلَمُ
(is) more unjust
mimman
مِمَّن
than (the one) who
katama
كَتَمَ
concealed
shahādatan
شَهَٰدَةً
a testimony
ʿindahu
عِندَهُۥ
(that) he has
mina
مِنَ
from
l-lahi
ٱللَّهِۗ
Allah?
wamā
وَمَا
And not
l-lahu
ٱللَّهُ
(is) Allah
bighāfilin
بِغَٰفِلٍ
unaware
ʿammā
عَمَّا
of what
taʿmalūna
تَعْمَلُونَ
you do

Am taqooloona inna Ibraaheema wa Ismaa'eela wa Ishaaq 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 (al-Baq̈arah 2:140)

Sahih International:

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. (Al-Baqarah [2] : 140)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

Or, would you say that Ibrāhīm, Ismā‘īl, IsHāq, Ya‘qūb and their children were Jews or Christians?” Say: “Do you know better or does Allah?” Who can be more unjust than the one who conceals the testimony he has from Allah? Allah is not unaware of what you do.