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Quran 2:169

Surah Al-Baqara, Verse 169

Juz 2 · Page 25 · Ruku 22 · Medinan

إِنَّمَا يَأْمُرُكُم بِٱلسُّوٓءِ وَٱلْفَحْشَآءِ وَأَن تَقُولُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

Word by word

إِنَّمَا innamā Only يَأْمُرُكُم yamurukum he commands you بِٱلسُّوٓءِ bil-sūi to (do) the evil وَٱلْفَحْشَآءِ wal-faḥshāi and the shameful وَأَن wa-an and that تَقُولُوا۟ taqūlū you say عَلَى ʿalā about ٱللَّهِ l-lahi Allah مَا mā what لَا lā not تَعْلَمُونَ taʿlamūna you know

Transliteration

Innama ya/murukum bissoo-iwalfahsha-i waan taqooloo AAala Allahima la taAAlamoon

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali — 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.

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

وقوله : ( إنما يأمركم بالسوء والفحشاء وأن تقولوا على الله ما لا تعلمون ) أي : إنما يأمركم عدوكم الشيطان بالأفعال السيئة ، وأغلظ منها الفاحشة كالزنا ونحوه ، وأغلظ من ذلك وهو القول على الله بلا علم ، فيدخل في هذا كل كافر وكل مبتدع أيضا .

Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani 1.1 — Tanzil — non-commercial redistribution with attribution.
Translation: Pickthall by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Public domain.
Translation: Yusuf Ali by Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Public domain.
Commentary: تفسير ابن كثير — Public domain.
Word-by-word data via Quran Foundation. Linguistic annotation: the Quranic Arabic Corpus.