The Cattle
6. Al-'Anʿām
الأنعام
al-An‘ām (Cattle)
ٱلْأَنْعَام
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قَدْ
خَسِرَ
الَّذِينَ
قَتَلُوا
أَوْلَادَهُمْ
سَفَهًا
بِغَيْرِ
عِلْمٍ
وَحَرَّمُوا
مَا
رَزَقَهُمُ
اللَّهُ
افْتِرَاءً
عَلَى
اللَّهِ
قَدْ
ضَلُّوا
وَمَا
كَانُوا
مُهْتَدِينَ
qad khasira lladhīna qatalū ʾawlādahum safahan bi-ghayri ʿilmin wa-ḥarramū mā razaqahumu llāhu ftirāʾan ʿalā llāhi qad ḍallū wa-mā kānū muhtadīna
Those who foolishly and ignorantly murdered their children, ascribed falsehood to God and made unlawful what He had given to them for their sustenance, have certainly lost much. They had gone far away from the right guidance.
