Surah Al-An'am (الأنعام) • The Cattle

Quran 6:120

6:120

وَذَرُوا۟ ظَـٰهِرَ ٱلْإِثْمِ وَبَاطِنَهُۥٓ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَكْسِبُونَ ٱلْإِثْمَ سَيُجْزَوْنَ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَقْتَرِفُونَ

wadharū ẓāhira l-ith'mi wabāṭinahu inna alladhīna yaksibūna l-ith'ma sayuj'zawna bimā kānū yaqtarifūna

And leave [i.e., desist from] what is apparent of sin and what is concealed thereof. Indeed, those who earn [blame for] sin will be recompensed for that which they used to commit.

— Saheeh International

Avoid committing sin, whether openly or in secret, for those who commit sin will be repaid for what they do,

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Leave (O mankind, all kinds of) sin, open and secret. Verily, those who commit sin will get due recompense for that which they used to commit.

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

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Word by Word

وَذَرُوا۟wadharūForsake
ظَـٰهِرَẓāhiraopen
ٱلْإِثْمِl-ith'mi[the] sins
وَبَاطِنَهُۥٓۚwabāṭinahuand the secret
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
يَكْسِبُونَyaksibūnaearn
ٱلْإِثْمَl-ith'ma[the] sin
سَيُجْزَوْنَsayuj'zawnathey will be recompensed
بِمَاbimāfor what
كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
يَقْتَرِفُونَyaqtarifūnacommit