Surah Al-An'am, ayah 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
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."
Word by word
- ۞ قُلْqulSay
- تَعَالَوْا۟taʿālawCome
- أَتْلُatluI will recite
- مَاmāwhat
- حَرَّمَḥarramahas prohibited
- رَبُّكُمْrabbukumyour Lord
- عَلَيْكُمْ ۖʿalaykumto you
- أَلَّاallāThat (do) not
- تُشْرِكُوا۟tush'rikūassociate
- بِهِۦbihiwith Him
- شَيْـًۭٔا ۖshayananything
- وَبِٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِwabil-wālidayniand with the parents
- إِحْسَـٰنًۭا ۖiḥ'sānan(be) good
- وَلَاwalāand (do) not
- تَقْتُلُوٓا۟taqtulūkill
- أَوْلَـٰدَكُمawlādakumyour children
- مِّنْmin(out) of
- إِمْلَـٰقٍۢ ۖim'lāqinpoverty
- نَّحْنُnaḥnuWe
- نَرْزُقُكُمْnarzuqukumprovide for you
- وَإِيَّاهُمْ ۖwa-iyyāhumand for them
- وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
- تَقْرَبُوا۟taqrabūgo near
- ٱلْفَوَٰحِشَl-fawāḥisha[the] immoralities
- مَاmāwhat
- ظَهَرَẓahara(is) apparent
- مِنْهَاmin'hāof them
- وَمَاwamāand what
- بَطَنَ ۖbaṭana(is) concealed
- وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
- تَقْتُلُوا۟taqtulūkill
- ٱلنَّفْسَl-nafsathe soul
- ٱلَّتِىallatīwhich
- حَرَّمَḥarramahas (been) forbidden
- ٱللَّهُl-lahu(by) Allah
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚbil-ḥaqiby (legal) right
- ذَٰلِكُمْdhālikumThat
- وَصَّىٰكُمwaṣṣākum(He) has enjoined on you
- بِهِۦbihiwith it
- لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you may
- تَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūnause reason
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