Why do the rabbis and religious scholars not forbid them from saying what is sinful and devouring what is unlawful? How wretched is what they have been practicing.
وَٱلۡأَحۡبَارُand the religious scholarswal-aḥbāru
عَنfromʿan
قَوۡلِهِمُtheir sayingqawlihimu
ٱلۡإِثۡمَthe sinfull-ith'ma
وَأَكۡلِهِمُand their eatingwa-aklihimu
ٱلسُّحۡتَۚ(of) the forbiddenl-suḥ'ta
لَبِئۡسَSurely, evillabi'sa
مَا(is) whatmā
كَانُواْthey used tokānū
يَصۡنَعُونَdoyaṣnaʿūna
Tafsir
Why do their leaders and scholars not prohibit them from the lying, false testimony and wrongful consumption of the wealth of people that they rush towards? This action of their leaders and scholars, who do not prohibit them from evil, is wrong.