Quran 6:151 — Al-An'aam, verse 151
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Say, ‘Come! I will tell you what your Lord has really forbidden you. Do not ascribe anything as a partner to Him; be good to your parents; do not kill your children in fear of poverty’- We will provide for you and for them- ‘ stay well away from committing obscenities, whether openly or in secret; do not take the life God has made sacred, except by right. This is what He commands you to do: perhaps you will use your reason.
قُلْ تَعَالَوْا أَتْلُ مَا حَرَّمَ رَبُّكُمْ عَلَيْكُمْ ۖ أَلَّا تُشْرِكُوا بِهِ شَيْئًا ۖ وَبِالْوَالِدَيْنِ إِحْسَانًا ۖ وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا أَوْلَادَكُمْ مِنْ إِمْلَاقٍ ۖ نَحْنُ نَرْزُقُكُمْ وَإِيَّاهُمْ ۖ وَلَا تَقْرَبُوا الْفَوَاحِشَ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ ۖ وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا النَّفْسَ الَّتِي حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ ۚ ذَٰلِكُمْ وَصَّاكُمْ بِهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ
qul taʿālaw atlu mā ḥarrama rabbukum ʿalaykum allā tush'rikū bihi shayan wabil-wālidayni iḥ'sānan walā taqtulū awlādakum min im'lāqin naḥnu narzuqukum wa-iyyāhum walā taqrabū l-fawāḥisha mā ẓahara min'hā wamā baṭana walā taqtulū l-nafsa allatī ḥarrama l-lahu illā bil-ḥaqi dhālikum waṣṣākum bihi laʿallakum taʿqilūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Say: 'Come, I will recite what your Lord has forbidden you: that you associate not anything with Him, and to be good to your parents, and not to slay your children because of poverty; We will provide you and them and that you approach not any indecency outward or inward, and that you slay not the soul God has forbidden, except by right. That then He has charged you with; haply you will understand.
- Muhammad Asad
- Say: "Come, let me convey unto you what God has [really] forbidden to you: "Do not ascribe divinity, in any way, to aught beside Him; and [do not offend against but, rather,] do good unto your parents; and do not kill your children for fear of poverty - [for] it is We who shall provide sustenance for you as well as for them; and do not commit any shameful deeds, be they open or secret; and do not take any human being's life-[the life] which God has declared to be sacred -otherwise than in [the pursuit of] justice: this has He enjoined upon you so that you might use your reason;
- Sahih International
- Say, "Come, I will recite what your Lord has prohibited to you. [He commands] that you not associate anything with Him, and to parents, good treatment, and do not kill your children out of poverty; We will provide for you and them. And do not approach immoralities - what is apparent of them and what is concealed. And do not kill the soul which Allāh has forbidden [to be killed] except by [legal] right. This has He instructed you that you may use reason."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 2 | تَعَالَوْا۟taʿālaw | Come | علو |
| 3 | أَتْلُatlu | I will recite | تلو |
| 4 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 5 | حَرَّمَḥarrama | has prohibited | حرم |
| 6 | رَبُّكُمْrabbukum | your Lord | ربب |
| 7 | عَلَيْكُمْ ۖʿalaykum | to you | — |
| 8 | أَلَّاallā | That (do) not | — |
| 9 | تُشْرِكُوا۟tush'rikū | associate | شرك |
| 10 | بِهِۦbihi | with Him | — |
| 11 | شَيْـًۭٔا ۖshayan | anything | شيأ |
| 12 | وَبِٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِwabil-wālidayni | and with the parents | ولد |
| 13 | إِحْسَـٰنًۭا ۖiḥ'sānan | (be) good | حسن |
| 14 | وَلَاwalā | and (do) not | — |
| 15 | تَقْتُلُوٓا۟taqtulū | kill | قتل |
| 16 | أَوْلَـٰدَكُمawlādakum | your children | ولد |
| 17 | مِّنْmin | (out) of | — |
| 18 | إِمْلَـٰقٍۢ ۖim'lāqin | poverty | ملق |
| 19 | نَّحْنُnaḥnu | We | — |
| 20 | نَرْزُقُكُمْnarzuqukum | provide for you | رزق |
| 21 | وَإِيَّاهُمْ ۖwa-iyyāhum | and for them | — |
| 22 | وَلَاwalā | And (do) not | — |
| 23 | تَقْرَبُوا۟taqrabū | go near | قرب |
| 24 | ٱلْفَوَٰحِشَl-fawāḥisha | [the] immoralities | فحش |
| 25 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 26 | ظَهَرَẓahara | (is) apparent | ظهر |
| 27 | مِنْهَاmin'hā | of them | — |
| 28 | وَمَاwamā | and what | — |
| 29 | بَطَنَ ۖbaṭana | (is) concealed | بطن |
| 30 | وَلَاwalā | And (do) not | — |
| 31 | تَقْتُلُوا۟taqtulū | kill | قتل |
| 32 | ٱلنَّفْسَl-nafsa | the soul | نفس |
| 33 | ٱلَّتِىallatī | which | — |
| 34 | حَرَّمَḥarrama | has (been) forbidden | حرم |
| 35 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | (by) Allah | أله |
| 36 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 37 | بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚbil-ḥaqi | by (legal) right | حقق |
| 38 | ذَٰلِكُمْdhālikum | That | — |
| 39 | وَصَّىٰكُمwaṣṣākum | (He) has enjoined on you | وصي |
| 40 | بِهِۦbihi | with it | — |
| 41 | لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakum | so that you may | — |
| 42 | تَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūna | use reason | عقل |