Surah Al-Ma'idah — Verse 62

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وَتَرَىٰ كَثِيرًا مِّنْهُمْ يُسَـٰرِعُونَ فِى ٱلْإِثْمِ وَٱلْعُدْوَٰنِ وَأَكْلِهِمُ ٱلسُّحْتَ ۚ لَبِئْسَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

Watara katheeran minhum yusariAAoonafee al-ithmi walAAudwani waaklihimu assuhtalabi'sa ma kanoo yaAAmaloon

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

And you see many of them hastening into sin and aggression and the devouring of [what is] unlawful. How wretched is what they have been doing.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

You [Prophet] see many of them rushing into sin and hostility and consuming what is unlawful. How evil their practices are!

Marmaduke Pickthall

And thou seest many of them vying one with another in sin and transgression and their devouring of illicit gain. Verily evil is what they do.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Many of them dost thou see, racing each other in sin and rancour, and their eating of things forbidden. Evil indeed are the things that they do.

Mufti Taqi Usmani

You will see many of them rushing towards sin and aggression, and (towards) devouring what is unlawful. Evil indeed is what they have been doing.

Al-Hilali & Khan

And you see many of them (Jews) hurrying towards sin and transgression, and eating illegal things [as bribes and Ribâ (usury)]. Evil indeed is that which they have been doing.

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

You will see many of them hastening towards sin and transgression and devouring unlawful earnings. Indeed what they do is evil.

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

And thou canst see many of them vie with one another in sinning and tyrannical conduct and in their swallowing of all that is evil.