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Al-Isra 31

Ayah 31 of 111 · Meccan

وَلَا تَقۡتُلُوٓاْ أَوۡلَٰدَكُمۡ خَشۡيَةَ إِمۡلَٰقٖۖ نَّحۡنُ نَرۡزُقُهُمۡ وَإِيَّاكُمۡۚ إِنَّ قَتۡلَهُمۡ كَانَ خِطۡـٔٗا كَبِيرٗا ٣١

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.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَاAnd (do) notwalā
  2. تَقۡتُلُوٓاْkilltaqtulū
  3. أَوۡلَٰدَكُمۡyour childrenawlādakum
  4. خَشۡيَةَ(for) fearkhashyata
  5. إِمۡلَٰقٖۖ(of) povertyim'lāqin
  6. نَّحۡنُWenaḥnu
  7. نَرۡزُقُهُمۡ(We) provide for themnarzuquhum
  8. وَإِيَّاكُمۡۚand for youwa-iyyākum
  9. إِنَّIndeedinna
  10. قَتۡلَهُمۡtheir killingqatlahum
  11. كَانَiskāna
  12. خِطۡـٔٗاa sinkhiṭ'an
  13. كَبِيرٗاgreatkabīran

Tafsir

Do not kill your children for fear of poverty in the future if you spend on them. I take charge of providing for them, and for you too. Killing them is a major sin, as they have done nothing wrong and there is no reason requiring them to be killed.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran