Sura 5 Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread), ayah 63
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لَوْلَا يَنْهَاهُمُ الرَّبَّانِيُّونَ وَالْأَحْبَارُ عَنْ قَوْلِهِمُ الْإِثْمَ وَأَكْلِهِمُ السُّحْتَ ۚ لَبِئْسَ مَا كَانُوا يَصْنَعُونَ
Translation by words
- لَوْلَا
- Why (do) not
- يَنْهَىٰهُمُ
- forbid them,
- ٱلرَّبَّٰنِيُّونَ
- the Rabbis
- وَٱلْأَحْبَارُ
- and the religious scholars
- عَن
- from
- قَوْلِهِمُ
- their saying
- ٱلْإِثْمَ
- the sinful
- وَأَكْلِهِمُ
- and their eating
- ٱلسُّحْتَ
- (of) the forbidden?
- لَبِئْسَ
- Surely, evil
- مَا
- (is) what
- كَانُوا۟
- they used to
- يَصْنَعُونَ
- do.
Why do the rabbis and religious scholars not forbid them from saying what is sinful and devouring what is unlawful? How wretched is what they have been practicing.
5:63
Translation: Saheeh International