Surah Al-An'am, ayah 137
وَكَذَٰلِكَ زَيَّنَ لِكَثِيرٍ مِّنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ قَتْلَ أَوْلَـٰدِهِمْ شُرَكَآؤُهُمْ لِيُرْدُوهُمْ وَلِيَلْبِسُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ دِينَهُمْ ۖ وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَا فَعَلُوهُ ۖ فَذَرْهُمْ وَمَا يَفْتَرُونَ
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.
Al-An'am · 6:137
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
- دِينَهُمْ ۖdīnahumtheir religion
- وَلَوْwalawAnd if
- شَآءَshāa(had) willed
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- مَاmānot
- فَعَلُوهُ ۖfaʿalūhu(would) they have done so
- فَذَرْهُمْfadharhumSo leave them
- وَمَاwamāand what
- يَفْتَرُونَyaftarūnathey invent
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