Surah Al-Ma'idah 5:63
سُورَةُ المَائـِدَةِ · Medinan · Verse 63 of 120
لَوْلَا يَنْهَىٰهُمُ ٱلرَّبَّٰنِيُّونَ وَٱلْأَحْبَارُ عَن قَوْلِهِمُ ٱلْإِثْمَ وَأَكْلِهِمُ ٱلسُّحْتَ ۚ لَبِئْسَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَصْنَعُونَ
Translation
Why do their rabbis and scholars not forbid them to speak sinfully and consume what is unlawful? How evil their deeds are!
English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.
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