Surah Al-Ma'idah, ayah 63
لَوْلَا يَنْهَىٰهُمُ ٱلرَّبَّـٰنِيُّونَ وَٱلْأَحْبَارُ عَن قَوْلِهِمُ ٱلْإِثْمَ وَأَكْلِهِمُ ٱلسُّحْتَ ۚ لَبِئْسَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَصْنَعُونَ
Why do the rabbis and religious scholars not forbid them from saying what is sinful and devouring what is unlawful? How wretched is what they have been practicing.
Al-Ma'idah · 5:63
Word by word
- لَوْلَاlawlāWhy (do) not
- يَنْهَىٰهُمُyanhāhumuforbid them
- ٱلرَّبَّـٰنِيُّونَl-rabāniyūnathe Rabbis
- وَٱلْأَحْبَارُwal-aḥbāruand the religious scholars
- عَنʿanfrom
- قَوْلِهِمُqawlihimutheir saying
- ٱلْإِثْمَl-ith'mathe sinful
- وَأَكْلِهِمُwa-aklihimuand their eating
- ٱلسُّحْتَ ۚl-suḥ'ta(of) the forbidden
- لَبِئْسَlabi'saSurely, evil
- مَاmā(is) what
- كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
- يَصْنَعُونَyaṣnaʿūnado
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