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“And when Allah took a covenant from those who were given the Scripture: ‘You must make it clear to the people and not conceal it.’ Yet they cast it behind their backs and exchanged it for a paltry price. How wretched is what they purchase!” (187)
“And when Allah took a covenant from those who were given the Scripture: ‘You must make it clear to the people and not conceal it.’” Ibn Kathir and the scholars of Basra recited
﴿وَإِذْ أَخَذَ اللَّهُ مِيثَاقَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ لَتُبَيِّنُنَّهُ لِلنَّاسِ وَلَا تَكْتُمُونَهُ فَنَبَذُوهُ وَرَاءَ ظُهُورِهِمْ وَاشْتَرَوْا بِهِ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًا فَبِئْسَ مَا يَشْتَرُونَ (١٨٧) ﴾
﴿وَإِذْ أَخَذَ اللَّهُ مِيثَاقَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ لَتُبَيِّنُنَّهُ لِلنَّاسِ وَلَا تَكْتُمُونَهُ﴾ قَرَأَ ابْنُ كَثِيرٍ وَأَهْلُ الْبَصْرَةِ