Quran 5:79 — Al-Maaida, verse 79
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
they did not forbid each other to do wrong. How vile their deeds were!
كَانُوا لَا يَتَنَاهَوْنَ عَنْ مُنْكَرٍ فَعَلُوهُ ۚ لَبِئْسَ مَا كَانُوا يَفْعَلُونَ
kānū lā yatanāhawna ʿan munkarin faʿalūhu labi'sa mā kānū yafʿalūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They forbade not one another any dishonour that they committed; surely evil were the things they did.
- Muhammad Asad
- They would not prevent one another from doing whatever hateful things they did: vile indeed was what they were wont to do!
- Sahih International
- They used not to prevent one another from wrongdoing that they did. How wretched was that which they were doing.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | كَانُوا۟kānū | They had been | كون |
| 2 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 3 | يَتَنَاهَوْنَyatanāhawna | forbidding each other | نهي |
| 4 | عَنʿan | from | — |
| 5 | مُّنكَرٍۢmunkarin | wrongdoing | نكر |
| 6 | فَعَلُوهُ ۚfaʿalūhu | they did [it] | فعل |
| 7 | لَبِئْسَlabi'sa | Surely, evil | بأس |
| 8 | مَاmā | (was) what | — |
| 9 | كَانُوا۟kānū | they were | كون |
| 10 | يَفْعَلُونَyafʿalūna | doing | فعل |