Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the 31st verse of chapter 17 (sūrat l-isrā). Click on the Arabic text to below to see word by word details of the verse's morphology.

Chapter (17) sūrat l-isrā (The Night Journey)

Sahih International: 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.

Pickthall: 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.

Yusuf Ali: Kill not your children for fear of want: We shall provide sustenance for them as well as for you. Verily the killing of them is a great sin.

Shakir: And do not kill your children for fear of poverty; We give them sustenance and yourselves (too); surely to kill them is a great wrong.

Muhammad Sarwar: Do not kill your children for fear of poverty. We will give sustenance to all of you. To kill them is certainly a great sin.

Mohsin Khan: And kill not your children for fear of poverty. We provide for them and for you. Surely, the killing of them is a great sin.

Arberry: And slay not your children for fear of poverty; We will provide for you and them; surely the slaying of them is a grievous sin.

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See Also

• Verse (17:31) Morphology - description of each Arabic word