Surah Al-Isra (الإسراء) • The Night Journey

Quran 17:31

17:31

وَلَا تَقْتُلُوٓا۟ أَوْلَـٰدَكُمْ خَشْيَةَ إِمْلَـٰقٍ ۖ نَّحْنُ نَرْزُقُهُمْ وَإِيَّاكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ قَتْلَهُمْ كَانَ خِطْـًٔا كَبِيرًا

walā taqtulū awlādakum khashyata im'lāqin naḥnu narzuquhum wa-iyyākum inna qatlahum kāna khiṭ'an kabīran

And do not kill your children for fear of poverty. We provide for them and for you. Indeed, their killing is ever a great sin.

— Saheeh International

Do not kill your children for fear of poverty––We shall provide for them and for you––killing them is a great sin.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And kill not your children for fear of poverty. We shall provide for them as well as for you. Surely, the killing of them is a great sin.

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

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Word by Word

وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
تَقْتُلُوٓا۟taqtulūkill
أَوْلَـٰدَكُمْawlādakumyour children
خَشْيَةَkhashyata(for) fear
إِمْلَـٰقٍۢۖim'lāqin(of) poverty
نَّحْنُnaḥnuWe
نَرْزُقُهُمْnarzuquhum(We) provide for them
وَإِيَّاكُمْۚwa-iyyākumand for you
إِنَّinnaIndeed
قَتْلَهُمْqatlahumtheir killing
كَانَkānais
خِطْـًۭٔاkhiṭ'ana sin
كَبِيرًۭاkabīrangreat