Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:169

2:169

إِنَّمَا يَأْمُرُكُم بِٱلسُّوٓءِ وَٱلْفَحْشَآءِ وَأَن تَقُولُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

innamā yamurukum bil-sūi wal-faḥshāi wa-an taqūlū ʿalā l-lahi mā lā taʿlamūna

He only orders you to evil and immorality and to say about Allāh what you do not know.

— Saheeh International

He always commands you to do what is evil and indecent, and to say things about God that you do not really know.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

He [Shaitân (Satan)] commands you only what is evil and Fahshâ (sinful), and that you should say against Allâh what you know not.

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

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Word by Word

إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
يَأْمُرُكُمyamurukumhe commands you
بِٱلسُّوٓءِbil-sūito (do) the evil
وَٱلْفَحْشَآءِwal-faḥshāiand the shameful
وَأَنwa-anand that
تَقُولُوا۟taqūlūyou say
عَلَىʿalāabout
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
مَاmāwhat
لَاlānot
تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnayou know