(2:76) And when they meet those who believe, they say, “We have believed”; but when they are alone with one another, they say, “Do you talk to them about what Allah has revealed to you so they can argue with you about it before your Lord?” Then will you not reason?
Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali and Muhammad Muhsin Khan,
(2:76) And when they (Jews) meet those who believe (Muslims), they say, “We believe”, but when they meet one another in private, they say, “Shall you (Jews) tell them (Muslims) what Allah has revealed to you [Jews, about the description and the qualities of Prophet Muhammad Peace be upon him, that which are written in the Taurat (Torah)], that they (Muslims) may argue with you (Jews) about it before your Lord?” Have you (Jews) then no understanding?
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall
(2:76) And when they fall in with those who believe, they say: We believe. But when they go apart one with another they say: Prate ye to them of that which Allah hath disclosed to you that they may contend with you before your Lord concerning it? Have ye then no sense?
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
(2:76) Behold! when they meet the men of Faith, they say: “We believe”: But when they meet each other in private, they say: “Shall you tell them what Allah hath revealed to you, that they may engage you in argument about it before your Lord?”- Do ye not understand (their aim)?
Mohammad Habib Shakir
(2:76) And when they meet those who believe they say: We believe, and when they are alone one with another they say: Do you talk to them of what Allah has disclosed to you that they may contend with you by this before your Lord? Do you not then understand?
Dr. Ghali
(2:76) And when they meet (the ones) who have believed, they say, “We have believed (too).” And when they go privately one to another, (Literally: some of them with some others) they say, “Do you discourse with them about what Allah has opened (i.e. granted, revealed) up on you that they may thereby argue with you in the Meeting of your Lord? Would you then not consider?”
Ali Unal
(2:76) When they meet those who believe, they declare (hypocritically), “We believe (in what you believe in);” but when they are alone with one another in private, they say (chiding each other): “Will you tell them what God has disclosed to you, that they might use it as an argument against you before your Lord? Do you have no sense?
Amatul Rahman Omar
(2:76) And when they meet those who believe they say, `We (too) have believed.´ But when they go apart one with another they say, `Do you inform them (- the Muslims) what Allâh has disclosed to you, (- of the prophecies in your Scriptures about the Prophet), that they thereby availing themselves of it (- the Scriptures), may prevail upon you in argumentation on the authority of your Lord? Will you not, then, use your reasoning power?´
Literal
(2:76) And if they met those who believed, they said: “We believed.” And if some of them (were) together to (with) some, they said: “Do you tell/inform them with what God taught on (to) you? To argue with you with it at your Lord.” Do you not reason/understand ?
Ahmed Ali
(2:76) For when they meet the faithful, they say: “We believe;” but when among themselves, they say: “Why do you tell them what the Lord has revealed to you? They will only dispute it in the presence of your Lord. Have you no sense indeed?”
A. J. Arberry
(2:76) And when they meet those who believe, they say ‘We believe’; and when they go privily one to another, they say, ‘Do you speak to them of what God has revealed to you, that they may thereby dispute with you before your Lord? Have you no understanding?’
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
(2:76) And when they meet those who believe they say: we believe; and when some of them are alone with some others they say speak ye unto them of that which God hath opened unto you so that they may argue therewith against you before your Lord? understand then ye not?
Maulana Mohammad Ali
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Muhammad Sarwar
(2:76) On meeting the believers, they would declare belief but to each other they would say, “How would you (against your own interests) tell them (believers) about what God has revealed to you (in the Bible of the truthfulness of the Prophet Muhammad)? They will present it as evidence to prove you wrong before your Lord. Do you not realize it?”
Hamid Abdul Aziz
(2:76) Behold, when they meet men of faith they say, “We believe,” but when they meet in private they say, “Will you talk to them of what Allah has opened up (revealed) to you, that they may argue with you upon it before your Lord? Do you not therefore understand?”
Faridul Haque
(2:76) And when they meet the believers, they say, “We believe”
Talal Itani
(2:76) And when they come across those who believe, they say, We believe, but when they come together privately, they say, Will you inform them of what God has disclosed to you, so that they might dispute with you concerning it before your Lord? Do you not understand?
Ahmed Raza Khan
(2:76) And when they meet the believers, they say, We believe; but when they are in isolation with one another they say, You clarify to the believers from what Allah has disclosed to you, so that they may evidence it against you before your Lord? So have you no sense?
Wahiduddin Khan
(2:76) When they meet the faithful, they say, “We are believers.” But when alone, they say to each other, “Must you tell them what God has revealed to us? They will only use it to argue against you before your Lord! Have you no sense?”
Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
(2:76) And when they (Jews) meet those who believe (Muslims), they say, “We believe,” but when they meet one another in private, they say, “Shall you (Jews) tell them (Muslims) what Allah has revealed to you that they (Muslims) may argue with you (Jews) about it before your Lord” Have you (Jews) then no understanding
Ali Quli Qarai
(2:76) When they meet the faithful, they say, We believe, and when they are alone with one another, they say, Do you recount to them what Allah has revealed to you, so that they may argue with you therewith before your Lord? Do you not exercise your reason?
Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish
(2:76) When they meet those who believe, they say: ‘We are believers’ But when alone, they say to their other (chiefs). ‘Do you tell to them what Allah has revealed to you so that they will dispute with you concerning it with your Lord? Have you no sense’
That is translated surah Al Baqarah ayat 76 (QS 2: 76) in arabic and english text, may be useful.
Waitha laqoo allatheena amanoo qaloo amanna waitha khala baAAduhum ila baAAdin qaloo atuhaddithoonahum bima fataha Allahu AAalaykum liyuhajjookum bihi AAinda rabbikum afala taAAqiloona
