Surah Al-A'raf 7:33 — translation and meaning

الأعراف · Verse 33 / 206 · Page 154

قُلْ إِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ رَبِّيَ الْفَوَاحِشَ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ وَالْإِثْمَ وَالْبَغْيَ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّ وَأَن تُشْرِكُوا بِاللَّهِ مَا لَمْ يُنَزِّلْ بِهِ سُلْطَانًا وَأَن تَقُولُوا عَلَى اللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

Word by Word

قُلْ
qul
Say
إِنَّمَا
innama
Only
حَرَّمَ
harrama
(had) forbidden
رَبِّيَ
rabbiya
my Lord
الْفَوَاحِشَ
al-fawahisha
the shameful deeds
مَا
ma
what
ظَهَرَ
zahara
(is) apparent
مِنْهَا
min'ha
of it
وَمَا
wama
and what
بَطَنَ
batana
is concealed
وَالْإِثْمَ
wal-ith'ma
and the sin
وَالْبَغْيَ
wal-baghya
and the oppression
بِغَيْرِ
bighayri
without
الْحَقِّ
al-haqi
[the] right
وَأَن
wa-an
and that
تُشْرِكُوا
tush'riku
you associate (others)
بِاللَّهِ
bil-lahi
with Allah
مَا
ma
what
لَمْ
lam
not
يُنَزِّلْ
yunazzil
He (has) sent down
بِهِ
bihi
of it
سُلْطَانًا
sul'tanan
any authority
وَأَن
wa-an
and that
تَقُولُوا
taqulu
you say
عَلَى
ala
about
اللَّهِ
al-lahi
Allah
مَا
ma
what
لَا
la
not
تَعْلَمُونَ
ta'lamuna
you know

Transliteration

Qul innamaa harrama Rabbiyal fawaahisha maa zahara minhaa wa maa bataa wal isma walbaghya bighairil haqqi wa an tushrikoo billaahi maa lam yunazzil bihee sultaananw wa an taqooloo 'alal laahi maa laa ta'lamoon

Translation

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."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Say O Messenger (peace be upon him) to inform the idolaters who have forbidden what Allah has allowed: 'Indeed Allah has only forbidden lewd indecent acts done openly or secretly, all forms of disobedience, and transgressing unjustly against people in terms of their selves, wealth, or honour. And He has forbidden worshipping others next to Him – for which there is no proof to do so. And He has forbidden that you say things about Him wihout knowledge, in terms of His Names, Attributes, Actions and sacred law.

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

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