Quran 17:31 — Al-Israa, verse 31
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Do not kill your children for fear of poverty––We shall provide for them and for you––killing them is a great sin.
وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا أَوْلَادَكُمْ خَشْيَةَ إِمْلَاقٍ ۖ نَحْنُ نَرْزُقُهُمْ وَإِيَّاكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ قَتْلَهُمْ كَانَ خِطْئًا كَبِيرًا
walā taqtulū awlādakum khashyata im'lāqin naḥnu narzuquhum wa-iyyākum inna qatlahum kāna khiṭ'an kabīran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And slay not your children for fear of poverty; We will provide for you and them; surely the slaying of them is a grievous sin.
- Muhammad Asad
- Hence, do not kill your children for fear of poverty: it is We who shall provide sustenance for them as well as for you. Verily, killing them is a great sin.
- Sahih International
- And do not kill your children for fear of poverty. We provide for them and for you. Indeed, their killing is ever a great sin.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَاwalā | And (do) not | — |
| 2 | تَقْتُلُوٓا۟taqtulū | kill | قتل |
| 3 | أَوْلَـٰدَكُمْawlādakum | your children | ولد |
| 4 | خَشْيَةَkhashyata | (for) fear | خشي |
| 5 | إِمْلَـٰقٍۢ ۖim'lāqin | (of) poverty | ملق |
| 6 | نَّحْنُnaḥnu | We | — |
| 7 | نَرْزُقُهُمْnarzuquhum | (We) provide for them | رزق |
| 8 | وَإِيَّاكُمْ ۚwa-iyyākum | and for you | — |
| 9 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 10 | قَتْلَهُمْqatlahum | their killing | قتل |
| 11 | كَانَkāna | is | كون |
| 12 | خِطْـًۭٔاkhiṭ'an | a sin | خطأ |
| 13 | كَبِيرًۭاkabīran | great | كبر |