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Al-An'am (The Cattle)

Verse 140of 165

قَدْ خَسِرَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَتَلُوٓا۟ أَوْلَٰدَهُمْ سَفَهًۢا بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍۢ وَحَرَّمُوا۟ مَا رَزَقَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱفْتِرَآءً عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ۚ قَدْ ضَلُّوا۟ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُهْتَدِينَ﴿١٤٠

Translation (Sahih International)

Those will have lost who killed their children in foolishness without knowledge and prohibited what Allah had provided for them, inventing untruth about Allah. They have gone astray and were not [rightly] guided.

Word-by-word meaning

قَدْqadCertainly
خَسِرَkhasira(are) lost
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
قَتَلُوٓا۟qatalūkilled
أَوْلَـٰدَهُمْawlādahumtheir children
سَفَهًۢاsafahan(in) foolishness
بِغَيْرِbighayriwithout
عِلْمٍۢʿil'minknowledge
وَحَرَّمُوا۟waḥarramūand forbid
مَاwhat
رَزَقَهُمُrazaqahumu(bas been) provided (to) them
ٱللَّهُl-lahu(by) Allah
ٱفْتِرَآءًif'tirāaninventing (lies)
عَلَىʿalāagainst
ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahiAllah
قَدْqadCertainly
ضَلُّوا۟ḍallūthey have gone astray
وَمَاwamāand not
كَانُوا۟kānūthey are
مُهْتَدِينَmuh'tadīnaguided-ones

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Allah says that those who committed these evil acts have earned the loss of this life and the Hereafter.As for this life, they lost when they killed their children and made it difficult for themselves by prohibiting some types of their wealth, as an act of innovation that they invented on their own. As for the Hereafter, they will end up in the worst dwellings, because they used to lie about Allah and invent falsehood about Him.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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