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Say, “O People of the Book, why do you hinder the believers from the way of Allah – trying to make it crooked when you are witnesses [to its truth][1]? But Allah is not unaware of what you do.”
Source
[1] They were devising schemes to deviate people while secretly bearing witness to the Truth mentioned in their Books.
Source: QuranEnc.com · English Translation - Rowwad Translation Center
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