The Cattle
6. Al-'Anʿām
الأنعام
Page #145
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
Even so, in the eyes of most of the pagans, their "partners" made alluring the slaughter of their children, in order to lead them to their own destruction, and cause confusion in their religion. If Allah had willed, they would not have done so: But leave alone them and their inventions.
— Abdullah Yusufali
That is how to most of the polytheists the slaying of their children is presented as decorous by those whom they ascribe as partners [to Allah], that they may ruin them and confound their religion for them. Had Allah wished, they would not have done it. So leave them with what they fabricate.
