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
Translations of this verse 11
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.
Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an
Hence, do not kill your children for fear of poverty: it is We who shall provide sustenance for them as well as for you. Verily, killing them is a great sin.
Rowwad · source edition
Do not kill your children for fear of poverty[30], for We provide for them and for you. Indeed, killing them is a great sin.
Notes
[30] Abdullāh ibn Mas‘ūd (رضي الله عنه) reported: “I said: “O Messenger of Allah, what is the greatest sin?” He said: “That you set up rivals with Allah, when He is the One Who created you!” Then I said: “What is next?” He said: “That you kill your child because he eats with you!” [Al-Bukhāri: 6811].
Noor International · source edition
(31) 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.
Hilali and Khan · source edition
31. 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.