The Quran

سورة البَقَرَة

Surah Al-Baqarah 2:169

The Cow · Verse 169 of 286

إِنَّمَا يَأْمُرُكُمْ بِالسُّوءِ وَالْفَحْشَاءِ وَأَنْ تَقُولُوا عَلَى اللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

He (- satan) only bids you to indulge in evil and to (do) things foul and obscene and that you say against Allâh things you do not know.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

For he commands you what is evil and shameful, and that ye should say of Allah that of which ye have no knowledge.

Ahmed Ali

He will ask you to indulge in evil, indecency, and to speak lies of God you cannot even conceive.

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Ali Unal

He only commands you to evil and indecency and that you should speak against God the things about which you have no (sure) knowledge.

Daryabadi

He only commandeth you to evil and indecency, and that ye should say against Allah that which ye know not

Faridul Haque

For he will only instruct you towards the evil and the shameful, and that you fabricate matters concerning Allah, what you do not know.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

He enjoins on you only evil and indecency, and that you speak against Allah what you know not.

Maulvi Sher Ali

He enjoins upon you only what is evil and what is foul, and that you say of ALLAH what you do not know.

Muhammad Asad

and bids you only to do evil, and to commit deeds of abomination, and to attribute unto God something of which you have no knowledge.

Muhammad Musin Khan

[Shaitan (Satan)] commands you only what is evil and Fahsha (sinful), and that you should say against Allah what you know not.

Muhammad Pickthall

He enjoineth upon you only the evil and the foul, and that ye should tell concerning Allah that which ye know not.

Muhammad Sarwar

He tries to make you do evil and shameful things and speak against God without knowledge.

Muhammed ali Shakir

He only enjoins you evil and indecency, and that you may speak against Allah what you do not know.

Rashad Khalifa

He only commands you to commit evil and vice, and to say about GOD what you do not know.

Shabbir Ahmed

He teaches you to create inequities in the society, lewdness and stinginess amounting to shame, and that you should say about God what you do not know.