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Sura Xvii. Bani Isra Il, Or The Children. Part 02

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"The Holy Quran", tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934],

Sra Xvii.: Ban Isr-l, Or The Children Of Israel,

Section 4

31.
Wala taqtuloo awladakum khashyata imlaqin nahnu narzuquhum wa-iyyakum inna qatlahum kana khit-an kabeeraN

31.
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.

32.
Wala taqraboo aLzzina innahu kana fahishatan wasaa sabeelaN

32. Nor come nigh to adultery:


For it is a shameful (deed)

And an evil, opening the road

(To other evils).

33.
Wala taqtuloo aLnnafsa allatee harrama Allahu illa biAlhaqqi waman qutila ma"th"looman faqad jaAAalna liwaliyyihi sultanan fala yusrif fee alqatli innahu kana mansooraN

33.
Nor take life--which God

Has made sacred--except

For just cause. And if

Anyone is slain wrongfully,

We have given his heir

Authority (to demand Qi

Or to forgive
): but let him

Not exceed bounds in the matter

Of taking life; for he

Is helped (by the Law).

34.
Wala taqraboo mala alyateemi illa biAllatee hiya ahsanu hatta yablugha ashuddahu waawfoo biAlAAahdi inna alAAahda kana mas-oolaN

34.
Come not nigh

To the orphan's property

Except to improve it,

Until he attains the age

Of full strength; and fulfil

(Every) engagement,

For (every) engagement

Will be enquired into

(On the Day of Reckoning).

35.
Waawfoo alkayla itha kiltum wazinoo biAlqistasi almustaqeemi thalika khayrun waahsanu ta/weelaN

35.
Give full measure when ye

Measure, and weigh

With a balance that is straight:


That is the most fitting

And the most advantageous

In the final determination:

36.
Wala taqfu ma laysa laka bihi AAilmun inna aLssamAAa waAlbasara waAlfu-ada kullu ola-ika kana AAanhu mas-oolaN

36.
And pursue not that

Of which thou hast

No knowledge; for

Every act of hearing,

Or of seeing

Or of (feeling in) the heart

Will be enquired into

(On the Day of Reckoning).

37.
Wala tamshi fee al-ardi marahan innaka lan takhriqa al-arda walan tablugha aljibala toolaN

37.
Nor walk on the earth

With insolence: for thou

Canst not rend the earth

Asunder, nor reach

The mountains in height.

38.
Kullu thalika kana sayyi-ohu AAinda rabbika makroohaN

38.
Of all such things

The evil is hateful

In the sight of thy Lord.

39.
Thalika mimma awha ilayka rabbuka mina alhikmati wala tajAAal maAAa Allahi ilahan akhara fatulqa fee jahannama malooman madhooraN

39.
These are among the (precepts

Of
) wisdom, which thy Lord

Has revealed to thee.

Take not, with God,

Another object of worship,

Lest thou shouldst be thrown

Into Hell, blameworthy and rejected.

40.
Afaasfakum rabbukum biAlbaneena waIttakhatha mina almala-ikati inathan innakum lataqooloona qawlan AAa"th"eemaN

40.
Has then your Lord,

(O Pagans!) preferred for you

Sons, and taken for Himself

Daughters among the angels?

Truly ye utter

A most dreadful saying!

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