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Al-Isra (The Night Journey)

Verse 32of 111

وَلَا تَقْرَبُوا۟ ٱلزِّنَىٰٓ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فَٰحِشَةًۭ وَسَآءَ سَبِيلًۭا﴿٣٢

Translation (Sahih International)

And do not approach unlawful sexual intercourse. Indeed, it is ever an immorality and is evil as a way.

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
تَقْرَبُوا۟taqrabūgo near
ٱلزِّنَىٰٓ ۖl-zināadultery
إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, it
كَانَkānais
فَـٰحِشَةًۭfāḥishatanan immorality
وَسَآءَwasāaand (an) evil
سَبِيلًۭاsabīlanway

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Command to avoid Zina (Unlawful Sex) and Everything that leads to itAllah says, forbidding His servants to commit Zina or to approach it or to do anything that may lead to it:وَلاَ تَقْرَبُواْ الزِّنَى إِنَّهُ كَانَ فَاحِشَةً(And come not near to unlawful sex. Verily, it is a Fahishah (immoral sin)) meaning a major sin,وَسَآءَ سَبِيلاً(and an evil way.) meaning, a terrible way to behave.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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