Al-Israa 17:31
The Night Journey · ayah 31 of 111
وَلَا تَقْتُلُوٓا۟ أَوْلَٰدَكُمْ خَشْيَةَ إِمْلَٰقٍۢ ۖ نَّحْنُ نَرْزُقُهُمْ وَإِيَّاكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ قَتْلَهُمْ كَانَ خِطْـًۭٔا كَبِيرًۭا
Wala taqtuloo awladakumkhashyata imlaqin nahnu narzuquhum wa-iyyakuminna qatlahum kana khit-an kabeera
"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 translation
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"Do not kill your children for fear of poverty––We shall provide for them and for you––killing them is a great sin."
Pickthall (classic)+
"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 (classic)+
"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."