Surah Al-Isra, ayah 31
وَلَا تَقْتُلُوٓا۟ أَوْلَـٰدَكُمْ خَشْيَةَ إِمْلَـٰقٍ ۖ نَّحْنُ نَرْزُقُهُمْ وَإِيَّاكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ قَتْلَهُمْ كَانَ خِطْـًٔا كَبِيرًا
And do not kill your children for fear of poverty. We provide for them and for you. Indeed, their killing is ever a great sin.
Al-Isra · 17:31
Word by word
- وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
- تَقْتُلُوٓا۟taqtulūkill
- أَوْلَـٰدَكُمْawlādakumyour children
- خَشْيَةَkhashyata(for) fear
- إِمْلَـٰقٍۢ ۖim'lāqin(of) poverty
- نَّحْنُnaḥnuWe
- نَرْزُقُهُمْnarzuquhum(We) provide for them
- وَإِيَّاكُمْ ۚwa-iyyākumand for you
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- قَتْلَهُمْqatlahumtheir killing
- كَانَkānais
- خِطْـًۭٔاkhiṭ'ana sin
- كَبِيرًۭاkabīrangreat
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