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Surah Al-An'am Verse 140

Quran 6:140 · The Cattle · Meccan · Juz 8

6:140

Arabic

قَدْ خَسِرَ الَّذِيْنَ قَتَلُوْٓا اَوْلَادَهُمْ سَفَهًاۢ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ وَّحَرَّمُوْا مَا رَزَقَهُمُ اللّٰهُ افْتِرَاۤءً عَلَى اللّٰهِ ۗقَدْ ضَلُّوْا وَمَا كَانُوْا مُهْتَدِيْنَ ࣖ ۝١٤٠

Transliteration

Qod khosirol-lażīna qotalū aulādahum safaham bighoiri ‘ilmiw wa ḥarromū mā rozaqohumullāhuftirō-an ‘alallāh, qod ḍollū wa mā kānū muhtadīn

Meaning

Lost are those who kill their children foolishly, with no basis in knowledge, and forbid what Allah has provided for them—innovations about Allah. They have gone astray. They are not guided.

Surah Al-An'am verse 140 (Quran 6:140) is verse 140 of the 165 verses of Surah Al-An'am (The Cattle), a Meccan surah that is number 6 in the Quran, and it is part of juz 8.

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Arabic text: Ministry of Religious Affairs of Indonesia (Kemenag RI). Transliteration: Aplikita. English translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com (CC BY-ND 4.0).