Quran with British translation - Surah Al-Ma’idah ayat 63 - المَائدة - Page - Juz 6
﴿لَوۡلَا يَنۡهَىٰهُمُ ٱلرَّبَّٰنِيُّونَ وَٱلۡأَحۡبَارُ عَن قَوۡلِهِمُ ٱلۡإِثۡمَ وَأَكۡلِهِمُ ٱلسُّحۡتَۚ لَبِئۡسَ مَا كَانُواْ يَصۡنَعُونَ ﴾
[المَائدة: 63]
﴿لولا ينهاهم الربانيون والأحبار عن قولهم الإثم وأكلهم السحت لبئس ما كانوا﴾ [المَائدة: 63]
| Mohammad Habib Shakir Why do not the learned men and the doctors of law prohibit them from their speaking of what is sinful and their eating of what is unlawfully acquired? Certainly evil is that which they work |
| Mohammad Shafi Why did the Rabbis and the Priests not prohibit them from their sinful utterances and from eating unlawful things? What they are bringing about is certainly bad |
| Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall Why do not the rabbis and the priests forbid their evil-speaking and their devouring of illicit gain? Verily evil is their handiwork |
| Mufti Taqi Usmani Why do the Men of Allah and the Men of Knowledge not forbid them from saying what is sinful and devouring what is unlawful? Evil indeed is what they have been working |
| Muhammad Asad Why do not their men of God and their rabbis forbid them to make sinful assertions and to swallow all that is evil? Vile indeed is what they contrive |
| Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali If (only) the rabbis and the doctors (of the Law) had been forbidding them speaking vice and the eating (up) of illicit gains! Miserable indeed is whatever they used to work out |
| Muhammad Sarwar Why did the men of God and rabbis not forbid them from following their sinful words and their consuming of unlawful gains. Evil was their (rabbis and priests) profession |
| Muhammad Taqi Usmani Why do the Men of Allah and the Men of Knowledge not forbid them from saying what is sinful and devouring what is unlawful? Evil indeed is what they have been working |
| Mustafa Khattab Allah Edition Why do their rabbis and scholars not forbid them from saying what is sinful and consuming what is unlawful? Evil indeed is their inaction |
| Mustafa Khattab God Edition Why do their rabbis and scholars not forbid them from saying what is sinful and consuming what is unlawful? Evil indeed is their inaction |
| N J Dawood Why do their rabbis and divines not forbid them to blaspheme or to practise what is unlawful? Evil indeed are their doings |
| Safi Kaskas If only their rabbis and scholars would stop them from speaking sinfully and making illegal profits. Their deeds are so evil |