Surah Al-Baqarah — Verse 169

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إِنَّمَا يَأْمُرُكُم بِٱلسُّوٓءِ وَٱلْفَحْشَآءِ وَأَن تَقُولُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

Innama ya'murukum bissoo-iwalfahsha-i waan taqooloo AAala Allahima la taAAlamoon

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 7

Saheeh International

He only orders you to evil and immorality and to say about Allāh what you do not know.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

He always commands you to do what is evil and indecent, and to say things about God that you do not really know.

Marmaduke Pickthall

He enjoineth upon you only the evil and the foul, and that ye should tell concerning Allah that which ye know not.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

For he commands you what is evil and shameful, and that ye should say of Allah that of which ye have no knowledge.

Mufti Taqi Usmani

He orders you only to (do) evil and immodest acts, and that you ascribe to Allah what you do not know.

Al-Hilali & Khan

He [Shaitân (Satan)] commands you only what is evil and Fahshâ (sinful), and that you should say against Allâh what you know not.

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

he only commands you to do evil and commit acts of indecency and to ascribe to Allah the things concerning which you have no knowledge (that He really is their source).