The Cattle
6. Al-'Anʿām
الأنعام
al-An‘ām (Cattle)
ٱلْأَنْعَام
6:137
وَكَذَلِكَ
زَيَّنَ
لِكَثِيرٍ
مِّنَ
الْمُشْرِكِينَ
قَتْلَ
أَوْلَادِهِمْ
شُرَكَاؤُهُمْ
لِيُرْدُوهُمْ
وَلِيَلْبِسُوا
عَلَيْهِمْ
دِينَهُمْ
وَلَوْ
شَاءَ
اللَّهُ
مَا
فَعَلُوهُ
فَذَرْهُمْ
وَمَا
يَفْتَرُونَ
wa-ka-dhālika zayyana li-kathīrin mina l-mushrikīna qatla ʾawlādihim shurakāʾuhum li-yurdūhum wa-li-yalbisū ʿalayhim dīnahum wa-law shāʾa llāhu mā faʿalūhu fa-dharhum wa-mā yaftarūna
To many of the pagans, the murder of their children was made to seem attractive by the idols. This led them (the pagans) to confusion in their religion and to face their own destruction. Had God wanted, they would not have murdered their children. Keep away from them and their evil gains.
