Surah Al-Ma'idah Ayah 63

Al-Ma'idah · Ayah 63 · Juz 6 · Page 118

لَوۡلَا يَنۡهَىٰهُمُ ٱلرَّبَّٰنِيُّونَ وَٱلۡأَحۡبَارُ عَن قَوۡلِهِمُ ٱلۡإِثۡمَ وَأَكۡلِهِمُ ٱلسُّحۡتَۚ لَبِئۡسَ مَا كَانُواْ يَصۡنَعُونَ ٦٣

Lawlā yanhāhumur-rabbāniyyūna wal-aḥbāru ʿan qawlihimul-ithma wa aklihimus-suḥt, labiʾsa mā kānū yaṣnaʿūn.

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.

Translation: Sahih International

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Word by word13 words

  • لَوۡلَاWhy (do) not
  • يَنۡهَىٰهُمُforbid them
  • ٱلرَّبَّٰنِيُّونَthe Rabbis
  • وَٱلۡأَحۡبَارُand the religious scholars
  • عَنfrom
  • قَوۡلِهِمُtheir saying
  • ٱلۡإِثۡمَthe sinful
  • وَأَكۡلِهِمُand their eating
  • ٱلسُّحۡتَۚ(of) the forbidden
  • لَبِئۡسَSurely, evil
  • مَا(is) what
  • كَانُواْthey used to
  • يَصۡنَعُونَdo

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The Table Spread · Medinan · 120 ayahs

Juz
6
Page
118
Hizb
12