Al-Baqarah 2:42

<h2>The Prohibition of hiding the Truth and distorting It with Falsehood</h2><p>Allah forbade the Jews from intentionally distorting the truth with falsehood and from hiding the truth and spreading falsehood, </p><div class="arabic uthmani">وَلاَ تَلْبِسُواْ الْحَقَّ بِالْبَـطِلِ وَتَكْتُمُواْ الْحَقَّ وَأَنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ </div><p>(And mix not truth with falsehood, nor conceal the truth while you know (the truth)). </p><p>So Allah forbade them from two things; He ordered them to make the truth known, as well as explaining it. Ad-Dahhak said that Ibn `Abbas mentioned the Ayah, </p><div class="arabic uthmani">وَلاَ تَلْبِسُواْ الْحَقَّ بِالْبَـطِلِ</div><p>(And mix not truth with falsehood) and said; "Do not mix the truth with falsehood and the facts with lies." Qatadah said that, </p><div class="arabic uthmani">وَلاَ تَلْبِسُواْ الْحَقَّ بِالْبَـطِلِ</div><p>(And mix not truth with falsehood) means, "Do not mix Judaism and Christianity with Islam, </p><div class="arabic uthmani">وَأَنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ</div><p>(while you know (the truth).) that the religion of Allah is Islam, and that Judaism and Christianity are innovations that did not come from Allah." It was reported that Al-Hasan Al-Basri said similarly. </p><p>Also, Muhammad bin Ishaq narrated that Ibn `Abbas said that, </p><div class="arabic uthmani">وَتَكْتُمُواْ الْحَقَّ وَأَنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ</div><p>(nor conceal the truth while you know (the truth).) means, "Do not hide the knowledge that you have of …

Confound not truth with falsehood, nor knowingly conceal the truth.

And cover not Truth with falsehood, nor conceal the Truth when ye know (what it is).

And mix not truth with falsehood, nor conceal the truth [i.e. Muhammad Peace be upon him is Allah's Messenger and his qualities are written in your Scriptures, the Taurat (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel)] while you know (the truth).

And do not mix truth with falsehood, and do not conceal the truth while you know.