Surah Al-An'am (الأنعام) • The Cattle

Quran 6:140

6:140

قَدْ خَسِرَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَتَلُوٓا۟ أَوْلَـٰدَهُمْ سَفَهًۢا بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ وَحَرَّمُوا۟ مَا رَزَقَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱفْتِرَآءً عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ۚ قَدْ ضَلُّوا۟ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُهْتَدِينَ

qad khasira alladhīna qatalū awlādahum safahan bighayri ʿil'min waḥarramū mā razaqahumu l-lahu if'tirāan ʿalā l-lahi qad ḍallū wamā kānū muh'tadīna

They will have lost who killed their children in foolishness without knowledge and prohibited what Allāh had provided for them, inventing untruth about Allāh. They have gone astray and were not [rightly] guided.

— Saheeh International

Lost indeed are those who kill their own children out of folly, with no basis in knowledge, forbidding what God has provided for them, fabricating lies against Him: they have gone far astray and have heeded no guidance.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Indeed lost are they who have killed their children, foolishly, without knowledge, and have forbidden that which Allâh has provided for them, inventing a lie against Allâh. They have indeed gone astray and were not guided.

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

Juz 8Page 146meccan

Word by Word

قَدْqadCertainly
خَسِرَkhasira(are) lost
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
قَتَلُوٓا۟qatalūkilled
أَوْلَـٰدَهُمْawlādahumtheir children
سَفَهًۢاsafahan(in) foolishness
بِغَيْرِbighayriwithout
عِلْمٍۢʿil'minknowledge
وَحَرَّمُوا۟waḥarramūand forbid
مَاmāwhat
رَزَقَهُمُrazaqahumu(bas been) provided (to) them
ٱللَّهُl-lahu(by) Allah
ٱفْتِرَآءًif'tirāaninventing (lies)
عَلَىʿalāagainst
ٱللَّهِۚl-lahiAllah
قَدْqadCertainly
ضَلُّوا۟ḍallūthey have gone astray
وَمَاwamāand not
كَانُوا۟kānūthey are
مُهْتَدِينَmuh'tadīnaguided-ones