Quran 16:118 — An-Nahl, verse 118
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
[Prophet], We forbade the Jews what We told you about. We did not wrong them; they wronged themselves.
وَعَلَى الَّذِينَ هَادُوا حَرَّمْنَا مَا قَصَصْنَا عَلَيْكَ مِنْ قَبْلُ ۖ وَمَا ظَلَمْنَاهُمْ وَلَـٰكِنْ كَانُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ
waʿalā alladhīna hādū ḥarramnā mā qaṣaṣnā ʿalayka min qablu wamā ẓalamnāhum walākin kānū anfusahum yaẓlimūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And those of Jewry -- We have forbidden them what We related to thee before, and We wronged them not, but they wronged themselves.
- Muhammad Asad
- And [only] unto those who followed the Jewish faith did We forbid all that We have mentioned to thee ere this; and no wrong did We do to them, but it was they who persistently wronged themselves.
- Sahih International
- And to those who are Jews We have prohibited that which We related to you before. And We did not wrong them [thereby], but they were wronging themselves.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَعَلَىwaʿalā | And to | — |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 3 | هَادُوا۟hādū | are Jews | هود |
| 4 | حَرَّمْنَاḥarramnā | We have forbidden | حرم |
| 5 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 6 | قَصَصْنَاqaṣaṣnā | We related | قصص |
| 7 | عَلَيْكَʿalayka | to you | — |
| 8 | مِنmin | before | — |
| 9 | قَبْلُ ۖqablu | before | قبل |
| 10 | وَمَاwamā | And not | — |
| 11 | ظَلَمْنَـٰهُمْẓalamnāhum | We wronged them | ظلم |
| 12 | وَلَـٰكِنwalākin | but | — |
| 13 | كَانُوٓا۟kānū | they used (to) | كون |
| 14 | أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahum | themselves | نفس |
| 15 | يَظْلِمُونَyaẓlimūna | wrong | ظلم |