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Surah Al-Ma'idah, Ayah 63 (5:63)

ٱلْمَائِدَة

لَوْلَا يَنْهَىٰهُمُ ٱلرَّبَّٰنِيُّونَ وَٱلْأَحْبَارُ عَن قَوْلِهِمُ ٱلْإِثْمَ وَأَكْلِهِمُ ٱلسُّحْتَ ۚ …

Quran 5:63 is ayah 63 of Surah Al-Ma'idah (“The Table Spread”), a Medinan surah of 120 ayahs. It is in Juz 6, on page 118 of the Madani Mushaf.

5:63
لَوْلَايَنْهَىٰهُمُٱلرَّبَّٰنِيُّونَوَٱلْأَحْبَارُعَنقَوْلِهِمُٱلْإِثْمَوَأَكْلِهِمُٱلسُّحْتَ ۚلَبِئْسَمَاكَانُوا۟يَصْنَعُونَ٦٣
lawlā yanhāhumu l-rabāniyūna wal-aḥbāru ʿan qawlihimu l-ith'ma wa-aklihimu l-suḥ'ta labi'sa mā kānū yaṣnaʿūna

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.(63)

Word by word

  1. لَوْلَاlawlāWhy (do) not
  2. يَنْهَىٰهُمُyanhāhumuforbid them
  3. ٱلرَّبَّٰنِيُّونَl-rabāniyūnathe Rabbis
  4. وَٱلْأَحْبَارُwal-aḥbāruand the religious scholars
  5. عَنʿanfrom
  6. قَوْلِهِمُqawlihimutheir saying
  7. ٱلْإِثْمَl-ith'mathe sinful
  8. وَأَكْلِهِمُwa-aklihimuand their eating
  9. ٱلسُّحْتَ ۚl-suḥ'ta(of) the forbidden
  10. لَبِئْسَlabi'saSurely, evil
  11. مَاmā(is) what
  12. كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
  13. يَصْنَعُونَyaṣnaʿūnado

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