Surah An-Nisa (النساء) • The Women

Quran 4:160

4:160

فَبِظُلْمٍ مِّنَ ٱلَّذِينَ هَادُوا۟ حَرَّمْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ طَيِّبَـٰتٍ أُحِلَّتْ لَهُمْ وَبِصَدِّهِمْ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ كَثِيرًا

fabiẓul'min mina alladhīna hādū ḥarramnā ʿalayhim ṭayyibātin uḥillat lahum wabiṣaddihim ʿan sabīli l-lahi kathīran

For wrongdoing on the part of the Jews, We made unlawful for them [certain] good foods which had been lawful to them, and for their averting from the way of Allāh many [people],

— Saheeh International

For the wrongdoings done by the Jews, We forbade them certain good things that had been permitted to them before: for having frequently debarred others from God’s path;

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

For the wrong-doing of the Jews, We made unlawful for them certain good foods which had been lawful for them - and for their hindering many from Allâh’s Way;

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

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فَبِظُلْمٍۢfabiẓul'minThen for (the) wrongdoing
مِّنَminaof
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
هَادُوا۟hādūwere Jews
حَرَّمْنَاḥarramnāWe made unlawful
عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimfor them
طَيِّبَـٰتٍṭayyibātingood things
أُحِلَّتْuḥillatwhich had been lawful
لَهُمْlahumfor them
وَبِصَدِّهِمْwabiṣaddihimand for their hindering
عَنʿanfrom
سَبِيلِsabīli(the) way
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
كَثِيرًۭاkathīranmany