Surah Al-Isra — Verse 31

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وَلَا تَقْتُلُوٓا۟ أَوْلَـٰدَكُمْ خَشْيَةَ إِمْلَـٰقٍ ۖ نَّحْنُ نَرْزُقُهُمْ وَإِيَّاكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ قَتْلَهُمْ كَانَ خِطْـًٔا كَبِيرًا

Wala taqtuloo awladakumkhashyata imlaqin nahnu narzuquhum wa-iyyakuminna qatlahum kana khit-an kabeera

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Translations of this verse 7

Saheeh International

And do not kill your children for fear of poverty. We provide for them and for you. Indeed, their killing is ever a great sin.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

Do not kill your children for fear of poverty––We shall provide for them and for you––killing them is a great sin.

Marmaduke Pickthall

Slay not your children, fearing a fall to poverty, We shall provide for them and for you. Lo! the slaying of them is great sin.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Kill not your children for fear of want: We shall provide sustenance for them as well as for you. Verily the killing of them is a great sin.

Mufti Taqi Usmani

Do not kill your children for fear of poverty. We provide sustenance to them and to you, too. Killing them is a great sin indeed.

Al-Hilali & Khan

And kill not your children for fear of poverty. We shall provide for them as well as for you. Surely, the killing of them is a great sin.

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

(vii) Do not kill your children for fear of want. We will provide for them and for you. Surely killing them is a great sin.