Surah Al-Ma'idah (المائدة) • The Table Spread

Quran 5:79

5:79

كَانُوا۟ لَا يَتَنَاهَوْنَ عَن مُّنكَرٍ فَعَلُوهُ ۚ لَبِئْسَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ

kānū lā yatanāhawna ʿan munkarin faʿalūhu labi'sa mā kānū yafʿalūna

They used not to prevent one another from wrongdoing that they did. How wretched was that which they were doing.

— Saheeh International

they did not forbid each other to do wrong. How vile their deeds were!

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

They used not to forbid one another from Al-Munkar (wrong, evil-doing, sins, polytheism, disbelief) which they committed. Vile indeed was what they used to do.

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

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Word by Word

كَانُوا۟kānūThey had been
لَاlānot
يَتَنَاهَوْنَyatanāhawnaforbidding each other
عَنʿanfrom
مُّنكَرٍۢmunkarinwrongdoing
فَعَلُوهُۚfaʿalūhuthey did [it]
لَبِئْسَlabi'saSurely, evil
مَاmā(was) what
كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
يَفْعَلُونَyafʿalūnadoing