Surah An-Nahl (النحل) • The Bee

Quran 16:90

16:90

۞ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَأْمُرُ بِٱلْعَدْلِ وَٱلْإِحْسَـٰنِ وَإِيتَآئِ ذِى ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ وَيَنْهَىٰ عَنِ ٱلْفَحْشَآءِ وَٱلْمُنكَرِ وَٱلْبَغْىِ ۚ يَعِظُكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ

inna l-laha yamuru bil-ʿadli wal-iḥ'sāni waītāi dhī l-qur'bā wayanhā ʿani l-faḥshāi wal-munkari wal-baghyi yaʿiẓukum laʿallakum tadhakkarūna

Indeed, Allāh orders justice and good conduct and giving [help] to relatives and forbids immorality and bad conduct and oppression. He admonishes you that perhaps you will be reminded.

— Saheeh International

God commands justice, doing good, and generosity towards relatives and He forbids what is shameful, blameworthy, and oppressive. He teaches you, so that you may take heed.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Verily, Allâh enjoins Al-‘Adl (i.e. justice and worshipping none but Allâh Alone - Islâmic Monotheism) and Al-Ihsân [i.e. to be patient in performing your duties to Allâh, totally for Allâh’s sake and in accordance with the Sunnah (legal ways) of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم in a perfect manner], and giving (help) to kith and kin (i.e. all that Allâh has ordered you to give them e.g., wealth, visiting, looking after them, or any other kind of help), and forbids Al-Fahshâ’ (i.e all evil deeds, e.g. illegal sexual acts, disobedience of parents, polytheism, to tell lies, to give false witness, to kill a life without right), and Al-Munkar (i.e all that is prohibited by Islâmic law: polytheism of every kind, disbelief and every kind of evil deeds), and Al-Baghy (i.e. all kinds of oppression). He admonishes you, that you may take heed.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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۞ إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
يَأْمُرُyamurucommands
بِٱلْعَدْلِbil-ʿadlijustice
وَٱلْإِحْسَـٰنِwal-iḥ'sāniand the good
وَإِيتَآئِwaītāiand giving
ذِىdhī(to) relatives
ٱلْقُرْبَىٰl-qur'bā(to) relatives
وَيَنْهَىٰwayanhāand forbids
عَنِʿani[from]
ٱلْفَحْشَآءِl-faḥshāithe immorality
وَٱلْمُنكَرِwal-munkariand the bad
وَٱلْبَغْىِۚwal-baghyiand the oppression
يَعِظُكُمْyaʿiẓukumHe admonishes you
لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you may
تَذَكَّرُونَtadhakkarūnatake heed