Surah Al-An'am 6:140 — translation and meaning

الأنعام · Verse 140 / 165 · Page 146

ۚ قَدْ خَسِرَ الَّذِينَ قَتَلُوا أَوْلَادَهُمْ سَفَهًا بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ وَحَرَّمُوا مَا رَزَقَهُمُ اللَّهُ افْتِرَاءً عَلَى اللَّهِ قَدْ ضَلُّوا وَمَا كَانُوا مُهْتَدِينَ

Word by Word

ۚ
قَدْ
qad
Certainly
خَسِرَ
khasira
(are) lost
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
those who
قَتَلُوا
qatalu
killed
أَوْلَادَهُمْ
awladahum
their children
سَفَهًا
safahan
(in) foolishness
بِغَيْرِ
bighayri
without
عِلْمٍ
il'min
knowledge
وَحَرَّمُوا
waharramu
and forbid
مَا
ma
what
رَزَقَهُمُ
razaqahumu
(bas been) provided (to) them
اللَّهُ
al-lahu
(by) Allah
افْتِرَاءً
if'tiraan
inventing (lies)
عَلَى
ala
against
اللَّهِ
al-lahi
Allah
قَدْ
qad
Certainly
ضَلُّوا
dallu
they have gone astray
وَمَا
wama
and not
كَانُوا
kanu
they are
مُهْتَدِينَ
muh'tadina
guided-ones

Transliteration

Qad khasiral lazeena qatalooo awlaadahum safaham bighairi 'ilminw wa harramoo maa razaqahumul laahuf tiraaa'an 'alal laah; qad dalloo wa maa kaanoo muhtadeen

Translation

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.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Those who killed their children due to their foolishness and ignorance, and made unlawful the animals that Allah provided for them, falsely attributing this to Allah, are ruined. They have strayed from the straight path and are not guided to it.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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