Surah Al-Ma'idah, ayah 79
كَانُوا۟ لَا يَتَنَاهَوْنَ عَن مُّنكَرٍ فَعَلُوهُ ۚ لَبِئْسَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ
They used not to prevent one another from wrongdoing that they did. How wretched was that which they were doing.
Al-Ma'idah · 5:79
Word by word
- كَانُوا۟kānūThey had been
- لَاlānot
- يَتَنَاهَوْنَyatanāhawnaforbidding each other
- عَنʿanfrom
- مُّنكَرٍۢmunkarinwrongdoing
- فَعَلُوهُ ۚfaʿalūhuthey did [it]
- لَبِئْسَlabi'saSurely, evil
- مَاmā(was) what
- كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
- يَفْعَلُونَyafʿalūnadoing
A layered explanation of this ayah has not been written yet. Explore the topics for ayahs we have explained in depth.