سورة الإسرَاء
Surah Al-Isrâ’ 17:31
The Night-Journey · Verse 31 of 111
وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا أَوْلَادَكُمْ خَشْيَةَ إِمْلَاقٍ ۖ نَحْنُ نَرْزُقُهُمْ وَإِيَّاكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ قَتْلَهُمْ كَانَ خِطْئًا كَبِيرًا
Abdul Mannan Omar
And do not kill your children for fear of want. It is We Who provide for them as well as for you. Indeed, the killing of them is a great sin.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Kill not your children for fear of want: We shall provide sustenance for them as well as for you. Verily the killing of them is a great sin.
Ahmed Ali
Do not abandon your children out of fear of poverty. We will provide for them and for you. Killing them is certainly a great wrong.
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Ali Unal
Do not kill your children for fear of poverty; it is We Who provide for them as well as for you. Killing them is surely a grave sin.
Daryabadi
And saly not your offspring for fear of want; We provide for them and for yourselves; verily their slaying is a great crime.
Faridul Haque
And do not kill your children, fearing poverty; We shall provide sustenance to them as well as to you; indeed killing them is a great mistake.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And kill not your children for fear of poverty -- We provide for them and for you. Surely the killing of them is a great wrong.
Maulvi Sher Ali
And slay not your children for fear of poverty. It is WE Who provide for them and for you. 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.
Muhammad Musin Khan
And kill not your children for fear of poverty. We provide for them and for you. Surely, the killing of them is a great sin.
Muhammad Pickthall
Slay not your children, fearing a fall to poverty, We shall provide for them and for you. Lo! the slaying of them is great sin.
Muhammad Sarwar
Do not kill your children for fear of poverty. We will give sustenance to all of you. To kill them is certainly a great sin.
Muhammed ali Shakir
And do not kill your children for fear of poverty; We give them sustenance and yourselves (too); surely to kill them is a great wrong.
Rashad Khalifa
You shall not kill your children due to fear of poverty. We provide for them, as well as for you. Killing them is a gross offense.
Shabbir Ahmed
Do not kill your children (nor deprive them of good rearing) for fear of poverty. We are the One Who provide for them as well as for you. Surely, killing them is a grave offense.