كَانُواْ لَا يَتَنَاهَوۡنَ عَن مُّنكَرٖ فَعَلُوهُۚ لَبِئۡسَ مَا كَانُواْ يَفۡعَلُونَ ٧٩
They used not to prevent one another from wrongdoing that they did. How wretched was that which they were doing.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- كَانُواْThey had beenkānū
- لَاnotlā
- يَتَنَاهَوۡنَforbidding each otheryatanāhawna
- عَنfromʿan
- مُّنكَرٖwrongdoingmunkarin
- فَعَلُوهُۚthey did [it]faʿalūhu
- لَبِئۡسَSurely, evillabi'sa
- مَا(was) whatmā
- كَانُواْthey werekānū
- يَفۡعَلُونَdoingyafʿalūna
Tafsir
They did not forbid the sinner from amongst them from committing sin. Instead, the sinners used to commit sins and evil openly because no one would disapprove of it. How evil was the action of not forbidding the evil that they used to do!
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran