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
Translations of this verse 11
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).
Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an
and bids you only to do evil, and to commit deeds of abomination, and to attribute unto God something of which you have no knowledge.
Rowwad · source edition
He only orders you to commit evil and immoral deeds, and to say concerning Allah what you do not know[74].
Notes
[74] Falsely claiming that Allah made one thing lawful and another unlawful.
Noor International · source edition
(169) He only orders you to evil and immorality and to say about Allāh what you do not know.
Hilali and Khan · source edition
169. He [Shaitân (Satan)] commands you only what is evil and Fahshâ (sinful), and that you should say against Allâh what you know not.