Surah Al-Ma'idah Ayah 79

Al-Ma'idah · Ayah 79 · Juz 6 · Page 121

كَانُواْ لَا يَتَنَاهَوۡنَ عَن مُّنكَرٖ فَعَلُوهُۚ لَبِئۡسَ مَا كَانُواْ يَفۡعَلُونَ ٧٩

Kānū lā yatanāhawna ʿam munkarin faʿalūh, labiʾsa mā kānū yafʿalūn.

They used not to prevent one another from wrongdoing that they did. How wretched was that which they were doing.

Translation: Sahih International

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Word by word10 words

  • كَانُواْThey had been
  • لَاnot
  • يَتَنَاهَوۡنَforbidding each other
  • عَنfrom
  • مُّنكَرٖwrongdoing
  • فَعَلُوهُۚthey did [it]
  • لَبِئۡسَSurely, evil
  • مَا(was) what
  • كَانُواْthey were
  • يَفۡعَلُونَdoing

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The Table Spread · Medinan · 120 ayahs

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