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Verse 33of 206

قُلْ إِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ رَبِّىَ ٱلْفَوَٰحِشَ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ وَٱلْإِثْمَ وَٱلْبَغْىَ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ وَأَن تُشْرِكُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ مَا لَمْ يُنَزِّلْ بِهِۦ سُلْطَٰنًۭا وَأَن تَقُولُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ﴿٣٣

Translation (Sahih International)

Say, "My Lord has only forbidden immoralities - what is apparent of them and what is concealed - and sin, and oppression without right, and that you associate with Allah that for which He has not sent down authority, and that you say about Allah that which you do not know."

Word-by-word meaning

قُلْqulSay
إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
حَرَّمَḥarrama(had) forbidden
رَبِّىَrabbiyamy Lord
ٱلْفَوَٰحِشَl-fawāḥishathe shameful deeds
مَاwhat
ظَهَرَẓahara(is) apparent
مِنْهَاmin'hāof it
وَمَاwamāand what
بَطَنَbaṭanais concealed
وَٱلْإِثْمَwal-ith'maand the sin
وَٱلْبَغْىَwal-baghyaand the oppression
بِغَيْرِbighayriwithout
ٱلْحَقِّl-ḥaqi[the] right
وَأَنwa-anand that
تُشْرِكُوا۟tush'rikūyou associate (others)
بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiwith Allah
مَاwhat
لَمْlamnot
يُنَزِّلْyunazzilHe (has) sent down
بِهِۦbihiof it
سُلْطَـٰنًۭاsul'ṭānanany authority
وَأَنwa-anand that
تَقُولُوا۟taqūlūyou say
عَلَىʿalāabout
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
مَاwhat
لَاnot
تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnayou know

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Fahishah, Sin, Transgression, Shirk and Lying about Allah are prohibitedImam Ahmad recorded that `Abdullah said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said,«لَا أَحَدَ أَغْيَرُ مِنَ اللهِ فَلِذَلِكَ حَرَّمَ الْفَوَاحِشَ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ، وَلَا أَحَدَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْهِ الْمَدْحُ مِنَ الله»(None is more jealous than Allah, and this is why He prohibited Fawahish, committed openly or in secret. And none likes praise more than Allah). This was also recorded in the Two Sahihs.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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