الْاِسْرَاۤءِ

Surah Al-Isra, ayah 31

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17:31

وَلَا تَقْتُلُٓوا اَوْلَادَكُمْ خَشْیَةَ اِمْلَاقٍؕ نَحْنُ نَرْزُقُهُمْ وَاِیَّاكُمْؕ اِنَّ قَتْلَهُمْ كَانَ خِطْــًٔا كَبٖیرًا

Wala taqtuloo awladakum khashyata imlaqin nahnu narzuquhum waiyyakum inna qatlahum kana khitan kabeeran

Translations

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

Saheeh International

Slay not your children, fearing a fall to poverty, We shall provide for them and for you. Lo! the slaying of them is great sin

Marmaduke Pickthall