Surah Al-Ma'ida 5:79 — translation and meaning
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ۚ كَانُوا لَا يَتَنَاهَوْنَ عَن مُّنكَرٍ فَعَلُوهُ لَبِئْسَ مَا كَانُوا يَفْعَلُونَ
Word by Word
ۚ
كَانُوا
kanu
They had been
لَا
la
not
يَتَنَاهَوْنَ
yatanahawna
forbidding each other
عَن
an
from
مُّنكَرٍ
munkarin
wrongdoing
فَعَلُوهُ
fa'aluhu
they did [it]
لَبِئْسَ
labi'sa
Surely, evil
مَا
ma
(was) what
كَانُوا
kanu
they were
يَفْعَلُونَ
yaf 'aluna
doing
Transliteration
Kaanoo laa yatanaahawna 'am munkarin fa'aluhoo; labi'sa maa kaanoo yafa'loon
Translation
They used not to prevent one another from wrongdoing that they did. How wretched was that which they were doing.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
They did not forbid the sinner from amongst them from committing sin. Instead, the sinners used to commit sins and evil openly because no one would disapprove of it. How evil was the action of not forbidding the evil that they used to do!
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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