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Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread) · Ayah 63

لَوْلَا يَنْهَىٰهُمُ ٱلرَّبَّـٰنِيُّونَ وَٱلْأَحْبَارُ عَن قَوْلِهِمُ ٱلْإِثْمَ وَأَكْلِهِمُ ٱلسُّحْتَ ۚ لَبِئْسَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَصْنَعُونَ 63

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.

لَوْلَاlawlāWhy (do) not

يَنْهَىٰهُمُyanhāhumuforbid them

نهيn-h-yverb

ٱلرَّبَّـٰنِيُّونَl-rabāniyūnathe Rabbis

رببr-b-bnoun

وَٱلْأَحْبَارُwal-aḥbāruand the religious scholars

حبرh-b-rnoun

عَنʿanfrom

قَوْلِهِمُqawlihimutheir saying

قولq-w-lnoun

ٱلْإِثْمَl-ith'mathe sinful

أثمa-th-mnoun

وَأَكْلِهِمُwa-aklihimuand their eating

أكلa-k-lnoun

ٱلسُّحْتَ ۚl-suḥ'ta(of) the forbidden

سحتs-h-tnoun

لَبِئْسَlabi'saSurely, evil

بأسb-a-sverb

مَاmā(is) what

noun

كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to

كونk-w-nverb

يَصْنَعُونَyaṣnaʿūnado

صنعs-n-'verb

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