Quran 4:160 — An-Nisaa, verse 160
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
For the wrongdoings done by the Jews, We forbade them certain good things that had been permitted to them before: for having frequently debarred others from God’s path;
فَبِظُلْمٍ مِنَ الَّذِينَ هَادُوا حَرَّمْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ طَيِّبَاتٍ أُحِلَّتْ لَهُمْ وَبِصَدِّهِمْ عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ كَثِيرًا
fabiẓul'min mina alladhīna hādū ḥarramnā ʿalayhim ṭayyibātin uḥillat lahum wabiṣaddihim ʿan sabīli l-lahi kathīran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And for the evildoing of those of Jewry, We have forbidden them certain good things that were permitted to them, and for their barring from God's way many,
- Muhammad Asad
- So, then, for the wickedness committed by those who followed the Jewish faith did We deny unto them certain of the good things of life which [aforetime] had been allowed to them; and [We did this] for their having so often turned away from the path of God,
- Sahih International
- For wrongdoing on the part of the Jews, We made unlawful for them [certain] good foods which had been lawful to them, and for their averting from the way of Allāh many [people],
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَبِظُلْمٍۢfabiẓul'min | Then for (the) wrongdoing | ظلم |
| 2 | مِّنَmina | of | — |
| 3 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 4 | هَادُوا۟hādū | were Jews | هود |
| 5 | حَرَّمْنَاḥarramnā | We made unlawful | حرم |
| 6 | عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhim | for them | — |
| 7 | طَيِّبَـٰتٍṭayyibātin | good things | طيب |
| 8 | أُحِلَّتْuḥillat | which had been lawful | حلل |
| 9 | لَهُمْlahum | for them | — |
| 10 | وَبِصَدِّهِمْwabiṣaddihim | and for their hindering | صدد |
| 11 | عَنʿan | from | — |
| 12 | سَبِيلِsabīli | (the) way | سبل |
| 13 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 14 | كَثِيرًۭاkathīran | many | كثر |