سورة الاٴنعَام
Surah Al-An‘âm 6:120
The Cattle · Verse 120 of 165
وَذَرُوا ظَاهِرَ الْإِثْمِ وَبَاطِنَهُ ۚ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَكْسِبُونَ الْإِثْمَ سَيُجْزَوْنَ بِمَا كَانُوا يَقْتَرِفُونَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
Refrain from sin in form and its spirit (both). Verily, those who commit sins deliberately shall be repaid according to the deeds committed by them.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Eschew all sin, open or secret: those who earn sin will get due recompense for their "earnings."
Ahmed Ali
Discard both the visible and invisible sin. For those who sin will be punished for what they have done.
12 more translations
Ali Unal
Abstain from sinning, whether done in public or secret, (and the intentions and attitudes that accompany either). Indeed, those who record sins to their account will be recompensed for what they have earned.
Daryabadi
And leave the outside of sin and the inside thereof; verily those who earn sin, anon will they be requited for that which they were wont to do.
Faridul Haque
And give up the open and hidden sins; those who earn sins will soon receive the punishment of their earnings.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And avoid open sins and secret ones. Surely they who earn sin will be rewarded for what they have earned.
Maulvi Sher Ali
And eschew open sins as well as secret ones. Surely those who earn sin will be rewarded for that which they have earned.
Muhammad Asad
But abstain from sinning, be it open or secret - for, behold, those who commit sins shall be requited for all that they have earned.
Muhammad Musin Khan
Leave (O mankind, all kinds of) sin, open and secret. Verily, those who commit sin will get due recompense for that which they used to commit.
Muhammad Pickthall
Forsake the outwardness of sin and the inwardness thereof. Lo! those who garner sin will be awarded that which they have earned.
Muhammad Sarwar
Stay away from both public and secret sins for a sinner will suffer for whatever he has committed.
Muhammed ali Shakir
And abandon open and secret sin; surely they who earn sin shall be recompensed with what they earned.
Rashad Khalifa
You shall avoid obvious sins, as well as the hidden ones. Those who have earned sins will surely pay for their transgressions.
Shabbir Ahmed
Do not commit, openly or secretly, any deed that hurts the development of your ‘self’. Those who hurt their own ‘self’ will get due recompense for what they have earned.
Commentary 6:120 “Refrain from the sin in form (open) and in spirit (secret)", that is to say, a human being is enjoined not only to guard against committing deeds that…
وَذَرُوا ظَاهِرَ الْإِثْمِ وَبَاطِنَهُ
6:120 “Refrain from the sin in form (open) and in spirit (secret)", that is to say, a human being is enjoined not only to guard against committing deeds that are explicitly and clearly sinful, but he is also to refrain from entertaining evil thoughts. Sinful deeds should be committed neither publicly nor in private. In other words, a sin remains a sin whether other people see it or not. According to this verse, sins can be divided into two categories: open sins, such as stealing other people’s property; and hidden sins, for example, arrogance, hypocrisy, holding others in contempt, or jealousy. Every sin has an external aspect and a more subtle hidden aspect. For instance, some openly do not believe in the existence of Allâh, whereas others do not deny Him, but pay no heed to Him either; others set up associates and compeers with Him, and there are still others who have secret idols that they adore without confessing it. These are the hypocrites. The aspect of deceit in the hidden idolatry of hypocrites makes them even worse than those with open disbelief.