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)
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وَلَا And (do) not walā تَقۡتُلُوٓاْ kill taqtulū أَوۡلَٰدَكُمۡ your children awlādakum خَشۡيَةَ (for) fear khashyata إِمۡلَٰقٖۖ (of) poverty im'lāqin نَّحۡنُ We naḥnu نَرۡزُقُهُمۡ (We) provide for them narzuquhum وَإِيَّاكُمۡۚ and for you wa-iyyākum إِنَّ Indeed inna قَتۡلَهُمۡ their killing qatlahum كَانَ is kāna خِطۡـٔٗا a sin khiṭ'an كَبِيرٗا great kabīran 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
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