Surah Al-An'am (الأنعام) • The Cattle

Quran 6:151

6:151

۞ قُلْ تَعَالَوْا۟ أَتْلُ مَا حَرَّمَ رَبُّكُمْ عَلَيْكُمْ ۖ أَلَّا تُشْرِكُوا۟ بِهِۦ شَيْـًٔا ۖ وَبِٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِ إِحْسَـٰنًا ۖ وَلَا تَقْتُلُوٓا۟ أَوْلَـٰدَكُم مِّنْ إِمْلَـٰقٍ ۖ نَّحْنُ نَرْزُقُكُمْ وَإِيَّاهُمْ ۖ وَلَا تَقْرَبُوا۟ ٱلْفَوَٰحِشَ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ ۖ وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا۟ ٱلنَّفْسَ ٱلَّتِى حَرَّمَ ٱللَّهُ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚ ذَٰلِكُمْ وَصَّىٰكُم بِهِۦ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

qul taʿālaw atlu mā ḥarrama rabbukum ʿalaykum allā tush'rikū bihi shayan wabil-wālidayni iḥ'sānan walā taqtulū awlādakum min im'lāqin naḥnu narzuqukum wa-iyyāhum walā taqrabū l-fawāḥisha mā ẓahara min'hā wamā baṭana walā taqtulū l-nafsa allatī ḥarrama l-lahu illā bil-ḥaqi dhālikum waṣṣākum bihi laʿallakum taʿqilūna

Say, "Come, I will recite what your Lord has prohibited to you. [He commands] that you not associate anything with Him, and to parents, good treatment, and do not kill your children out of poverty; We will provide for you and them. And do not approach immoralities - what is apparent of them and what is concealed. And do not kill the soul which Allāh has forbidden [to be killed] except by [legal] right. This has He instructed you that you may use reason."

— Saheeh International

Say, ‘Come! I will tell you what your Lord has really forbidden you. Do not ascribe anything as a partner to Him; be good to your parents; do not kill your children in fear of poverty’- We will provide for you and for them- ‘ stay well away from committing obscenities, whether openly or in secret; do not take the life God has made sacred, except by right. This is what He commands you to do: perhaps you will use your reason.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "Come, I will recite what your Lord has prohibited you from: Join not anything in worship with Him; be good and dutiful to your parents; kill not your children because of poverty - We provide sustenance for you and for them; come not near to Al-Fawâhish (shameful sins, illegal sexual intercourse) whether committed openly or secretly; and kill not anyone whom Allâh has forbidden, except for a just cause (according to Islâmic law). This He has commanded you that you may understand.

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

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۞ قُلْqulSay
تَعَالَوْا۟taʿālawCome
أَتْلُatluI will recite
مَاmāwhat
حَرَّمَḥarramahas prohibited
رَبُّكُمْrabbukumyour Lord
عَلَيْكُمْۖʿalaykumto you
أَلَّاallāThat (do) not
تُشْرِكُوا۟tush'rikūassociate
بِهِۦbihiwith Him
شَيْـًۭٔاۖshayananything
وَبِٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِwabil-wālidayniand with the parents
إِحْسَـٰنًۭاۖiḥ'sānan(be) good
وَلَاwalāand (do) not
تَقْتُلُوٓا۟taqtulūkill
أَوْلَـٰدَكُمawlādakumyour children
مِّنْmin(out) of
إِمْلَـٰقٍۢۖim'lāqinpoverty
نَّحْنُnaḥnuWe
نَرْزُقُكُمْnarzuqukumprovide for you
وَإِيَّاهُمْۖwa-iyyāhumand for them
وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
تَقْرَبُوا۟taqrabūgo near
ٱلْفَوَٰحِشَl-fawāḥisha[the] immoralities
مَاmāwhat
ظَهَرَẓahara(is) apparent
مِنْهَاmin'hāof them
وَمَاwamāand what
بَطَنَۖbaṭana(is) concealed
وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
تَقْتُلُوا۟taqtulūkill
ٱلنَّفْسَl-nafsathe soul
ٱلَّتِىallatīwhich
حَرَّمَḥarramahas (been) forbidden
ٱللَّهُl-lahu(by) Allah
إِلَّاillāexcept
بِٱلْحَقِّۚbil-ḥaqiby (legal) right
ذَٰلِكُمْdhālikumThat
وَصَّىٰكُمwaṣṣākum(He) has enjoined on you
بِهِۦbihiwith it
لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you may
تَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūnause reason