Surah Al-An'am (الأنعام) • The Cattle

Quran 6:137

6:137

وَكَذَٰلِكَ زَيَّنَ لِكَثِيرٍ مِّنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ قَتْلَ أَوْلَـٰدِهِمْ شُرَكَآؤُهُمْ لِيُرْدُوهُمْ وَلِيَلْبِسُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ دِينَهُمْ ۖ وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَا فَعَلُوهُ ۖ فَذَرْهُمْ وَمَا يَفْتَرُونَ

wakadhālika zayyana likathīrin mina l-mush'rikīna qatla awlādihim shurakāuhum liyur'dūhum waliyalbisū ʿalayhim dīnahum walaw shāa l-lahu mā faʿalūhu fadharhum wamā yaftarūna

And likewise, to many of the polytheists their partners have made [to seem] pleasing the killing of their children in order to bring about their destruction and to cover them with confusion in their religion. And if Allāh had willed, they would not have done so. So leave them and that which they invent.

— Saheeh International

In the same way, their idols have induced many of the pagans to kill their own children, bringing them ruin and confusion in their faith: if God had willed otherwise they would not have done this, so [Prophet] leave them to their own devices.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And so to many of the Mushrikûn (polytheists - see V.2:105) their (Allâh’s so-called) "partners" have made fair-seeming the killing of their children, in order to lead them to their own destruction and cause confusion in their religion. And if Allâh had willed, they would not have done so. So leave them alone with their fabrications.

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

Juz 8Page 145meccan

Word by Word

وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd likewise
زَيَّنَzayyanamade pleasing
لِكَثِيرٍۢlikathīrinto many
مِّنَminaof
ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīnathe polytheists
قَتْلَqatla(the) killing
أَوْلَـٰدِهِمْawlādihim(of) their children
شُرَكَآؤُهُمْshurakāuhumtheir partners
لِيُرْدُوهُمْliyur'dūhumso that they may ruin them
وَلِيَلْبِسُوا۟waliyalbisūand that they make confusing
عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimto them
دِينَهُمْۖdīnahumtheir religion
وَلَوْwalawAnd if
شَآءَshāa(had) willed
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
مَاmānot
فَعَلُوهُۖfaʿalūhu(would) they have done so
فَذَرْهُمْfadharhumSo leave them
وَمَاwamāand what
يَفْتَرُونَyaftarūnathey invent