لَوْلَا يَنْهَىٰهُمُ ٱلرَّبَّٰنِيُّونَ وَٱلْأَحْبَارُ عَن قَوْلِهِمُ ٱلْإِثْمَ وَأَكْلِهِمُ ٱلسُّحْتَ لَبِئْسَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَصْنَعُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)lawlaa yanhaahumu r-rabbaaniyyoona wal-'ahbaaru 'an qawlihimu l-'ithma wa'aklihimu s-suhta labi'sa maa kaanoo yasna'oon
DIN 31635lawlā yanhāhumu r-rabbāniyyūna wal-ʾaḥbāru ʿan qawlihimu l-ʾiṯma waʾaklihimu s-suḥta labiʾsa mā kānū yaṣnaʿūna
EditionTanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
The translators word this verse differently
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Why do the rabbis and the priests not prevent them from speaking sinfully and from consuming forbidden wealth? Evil is what they have been doing.
Talal Itani, ClearQuran ·ClearQuran, "God" edition, EPUB·Talal Itani / ClearQuran.com ·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International·retrieved 7 Sep 2026
Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com https://clearquran.com
Why do not the rabbis and the priests forbid their evil-speaking and their devouring of illicit gain? Verily evil is their handiwork
Translation Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran·Public domain — copyright term expired
Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran ·1930 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
The masters and their doctors prohibit them from speaking sin and eating unlawful things, - evil is what they have performed
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an ·1880 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
Had not their doctors and teachers forbidden their uttering wickedness, and their eating unlawful food, bad indeed would have been their doings
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an ·1861 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
Unless their doctors and priests forbid them uttering wickedness, and eating things forbidden; woe unto them for what they shall have committed
Translation George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an ·1734 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
Përse dijetarët dhe rabinët nuk i ndalojnë ata nga fjalët mëkatare dhe nga gllabërimi i pasurisë së ndaluar? Sa keq që veprojnë ata!
তাদের নেতা ও আলিমগণ কেন তাদেরকে পাপ কথা বলা ও অবৈধ খাওয়া থেকে নিষেধ করে না? এরা যা করছে, নিশ্চয়ই তা কতই না নিকৃষ্ট!
Trebalo bi da ih čestiti i učeni ljudi od lažna govora i zabranjena jela odvraćaju; ružno li je to kako postupaju.
Trebalo bi da ih čestiti i učeni ljudi od lažna govora i zabranjena jela odvraćaju; ružno li je to kako postupaju.
Ko haɗno ɓee rewooɓe [maɓɓe], e annduɓe [maɓɓe] ɓen kaɗa ɓe gah e konngol maɓɓe bakkaat ngol e ñaamgol ɓe njeenaari ndin ? Bonii kon ko ɓe laatinoo heɓe ngolla
რატომ არ აკავებენ მათ [იუდეველებს] უფლის ერთგული მსახურნი და მწიგნობრები მათი ცოდვილი სიტყვებისგან და აკრძალულის ჭამისგან? უეჭველად ცუდია ის, რასაც ისინი სჩადიან (რომ ხალხს ცოდვისგან არ აკავებენ).
Weshalb verbieten ihnen nicht die Leute des Herrn und die Gelehrten die sündhaften Worte und das Verschlingen von unrechtmäßig Erworbenem? Wie schlimm ist doch, was sie machen!
Γιατί οι ραβίνοι και οι λόγιοι τους δεν τους απαγορεύουν να λένε λόγια αμαρτίας (από ψέματα και ψευδορκία κλπ.) και να καταναλώνουν απαγορευμένα κέρδη (από τοκογλυφία και δωροδοκία κλπ.); Πράγματι, πολύ άθλιο είναι αυτό που κάνουν (οι ραβίνοι τους που δεν τους απαγορεύουν το κακό)!
उन्हें अल्लाह वाले तथा विद्वान उनके झूठ कहने तथा उनके हराम खाने से क्यों नहीं रोकते? निश्चय बुरा है, जो वे किया करते थे।
Se non fosse che i rabbini e i sacerdoti li dissuadono dal dire le menzogne e dall’accettare il denaro illecito, quanto sono infauste le loro azioni!
63. Kodėl rabinai ir religingi išmanantys žmonės neuždraudžia jiems sakyti nuodėmingų žodžių ir valgyti neleistinus dalykus. Nuodėmė iš tiesų yra tai, ką jie atlikdavo.
Sila maaliif hayyoonniifii beektonni isaan hin dhorgine? jechoota isaanii kan badiitiifi wantoota dhorgaman nyaachuu isaanii irraa. Wanti isaan dalagaa turan waa fokkate!
Отчего бы раввинам и учёным мужам не удерживать их от их греховных речей и пожирания ими запретного? Сколь же скверно то, что они совершают!
Требало би да их честити и учени људи одвраћају од лажног говора и забрањеног јела; ружно ли је то како поступају.
Mbona hao wanachuoni wa Kiyahudi na makuhani wao hawawakatazi kusema kwao dhambi, na kula kwao vya haramu? Ni maovu mno hayo wayafanyayo!
Varför förbjuder inte deras rabbiner och lärda dem att yttra syndfulla ord och att tillskansa sig andras egendom orättmätigt? Förkastligt är det de gör!
Rabbânî âlimler ve hahamların onlara günah söz söylemeyi ve haram yemeyi yasak etmeleri gerekmez miydi? Yapmakta oldukları ne kötüdür.
انہیں ان کے عابد وعالم جھوٹ باتوں کے کہنے اور حرام چیزوں کے کھانے سے کیوں نہیں روکتے، بےشک برا کام ہے جو یہ کر رہے ہیں۔[1]
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وَإِذَا جَآءُوكُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا وَقَد دَّخَلُوا۟ بِٱلْكُفْرِ وَهُمْ قَدْ خَرَجُوا۟ بِهِۦ وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْتُمُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)wa'idhaa jaa'ookum qaaloo aamannaa waqad dakhaloo bil-kufri wahum qad kharajoo bihi wallaahu a'lamu bimaa kaanoo yaktumoon
DIN 31635waʾiḏā ǧāʾūkum qālū ʾāmannā waqad daḫalū bil-kufri wahum qad ḫaraǧū bihi wallāhu ʾaʿlamu bimā kānū yaktumūna
The translators word this verse differently
When they come to you, they say, "We believe," though they have entered with disbelief, and they have departed with it. But God is well aware of what they hide.
When they come unto you (Muslims), they say: We believe; but they came in unbelief and they went out in the same; and Allah knoweth best what they were hiding
When they come to you they say, 'We believe;' but they entered in with unbelief, and they went out therewith, and God knows best what they did hide
When they presented themselves to you they said, "We believe;" but Infidels they came in unto you, and Infidels they went forth! God well knew what they concealed
When they came unto you, they said, we believe: Yet they entered into your company with infidelity, and went forth from you with the same; but God well knew what they concealed
وَتَرَىٰ كَثِيرًا مِّنْهُمْ يُسَٰرِعُونَ فِى ٱلْإِثْمِ وَٱلْعُدْوَٰنِ وَأَكْلِهِمُ ٱلسُّحْتَ لَبِئْسَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)wataraa katheeran minhum yusaari'oona fee l-'ithmi wal-'udwaani wa'aklihimu s-suhta labi'sa maa kaanoo ya'maloon
DIN 31635watarā kaṯīran minhum yusāriʿūna fī l-ʾiṯmi wal-ʿudwāni waʾaklihimu s-suḥta labiʾsa mā kānū yaʿmalūna
The translators word this verse differently
You see many of them competing with one another in sin and hostility, and their consuming of what is illicit. What they have been doing is truly evil.
And thou seest many of them vying one with another in sin and transgression and their devouring of illicit gain. Verily evil is what they do
Thou wilt see many of them vieing in sin and enmity, and in eating unlawful things, - evil is it that they have done
Many of them shalt thou see hastening together to wickedness and malice, and to eat unlawful things. Shame on them for what they have done
Thou shalt see many of them hastening unto iniquity and malice, and to eat things forbidden; and woe unto them for what they have done
5:63 — the verse above
وَقَالَتِ ٱلْيَهُودُ يَدُ ٱللَّهِ مَغْلُولَةٌ غُلَّتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَلُعِنُوا۟ بِمَا قَالُوا۟ بَلْ يَدَاهُ مَبْسُوطَتَانِ يُنفِقُ كَيْفَ يَشَآءُ وَلَيَزِيدَنَّ كَثِيرًا مِّنْهُم مَّآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ طُغْيَٰنًا وَكُفْرًا وَأَلْقَيْنَا بَيْنَهُمُ ٱلْعَدَٰوَةَ وَٱلْبَغْضَآءَ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ كُلَّمَآ أَوْقَدُوا۟ نَارًا لِّلْحَرْبِ أَطْفَأَهَا ٱللَّهُ وَيَسْعَوْنَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَسَادًا وَٱللَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ
Easy-read (simplified)waqaalati l-yahoodu yadu llaahi maghloolatun ghullat aydeehim walu'inoo bimaa qaaloo bal yadaahu mabsootataani yunfiqu kayfa yashaa'u walayazeedanna katheeran minhum maa unzila ilayka min rabbika tughyaanan wakufran wa'alqaynaa baynahumu l-'adaawata wal-baghdaa'a ilaa yawmi l-qiyaamati kullamaa awqadoo naaran lilharbi atfa'ahaa llaahu wayas'awna fee l-'ardi fasaadan wallaahu laa yuhibbu l-mufsideen
DIN 31635waqālati l-yahūdu yadu llāhi maġlūlatun ġullat ʾaydīhim waluʿinū bimā qālū bal yadāhu mabsūṭatāni yunfiqu kayfa yašāʾu walayazīdanna kaṯīran minhum mā ʾunzila ʾilayka min rabbika ṭuġyānan wakufran waʾalqaynā baynahumu l-ʿadāwata wal-baġḍāʾa ʾilā yawmi l-qiyāmati kullamā ʾawqadū nāran lilḥarbi ʾaṭfaʾahā llāhu wayasʿawna fī l-ʾarḍi fasādan wallāhu lā yuḥibbu l-mufsidīna
The Jews say, "God's hand is tied." It is their hands that are tied, and they are cursed for what they say. In fact, His hands are outstretched; He gives as He wills. Certainly, what was revealed to your from your Lord will increase many of them in defiance and blasphemy. And We placed between them enmity and hatred, until the Day of Resurrection. Whenever they kindle the fire of war, God extinguishes it. And they strive to spread corruption on earth. God does not love the corrupters.
The Jews say: Allah's hand is fettered. Their hands are fettered and they are accursed for saying so. Nay, but both His hands are spread out wide in bounty. He bestoweth as He will. That which hath been revealed unto thee from thy Lord is certain to increase the contumacy and disbelief of many of them, and We have cast among them enmity and hatred till the Day of Resurrection. As often as they light a fire for war, Allah extinguisheth it. Their effort is for corruption in the land, and Allah loveth not corrupters
The Jews say, - 'God's hand is fettered;' their hands are fettered and they are cursed for what they said; nay! His hands are outspread, He expends how He pleases! and that which has been sent down to thee from thy Lord will surely increase many of them in their rebellion and misbelief, for we have cast amongst them enmity and hatred till the resurrection day. Whenever they light a fire for war, God puts it out; they strive for corruption in the earth, but God loves not the corrupt
The hand of God," say the Jews, "is chained up." Their own hands shall be chained up - and for that which they have said shall they be cursed. Nay! outstretched are both His hands! At His own pleasure does He bestow gifts. That which hath been sent down to thee from thy Lord will surely increase the rebellion and unbelief of many of them; and we have put enmity and hatred between them that shall last till the day of the Resurrection. Oft as they kindle a beacon fire for war shall God quench it! and their aim will be to abet disorder on the earth: but God loveth not the abettors of disorder
The Jews say, the hand of God is tied up. Their hands shall be tied up, and they shall be cursed for that which they have said. Nay, his hands are both stretched forth; He bestoweth as He pleaseth: That which hath been sent down unto thee from thy Lord shall increase the transgression and infidelity of many of them; and we have put enmity and hatred between them, until the day of resurrection. So often as they shall kindle a fire for war, God shall extinguish it; and they shall set their minds to act corruptly in the earth, but God loveth not the corrupt doers
وَلَوْ أَنَّ أَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱتَّقَوْا۟ لَكَفَّرْنَا عَنْهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمْ وَلَأَدْخَلْنَٰهُمْ جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
Easy-read (simplified)walaw anna ahla l-kitaabi aamanoo waattaqaw lakaffarnaa 'anhum sayyi'aatihim wala'adkhalnaahum jannaati n-na'eem
DIN 31635walaw ʾanna ʾahla l-kitābi ʾāmanū wāttaqaw lakaffarnā ʿanhum sayyiʾātihim walaʾadḫalnāhum ǧannāti n-naʿīmi
Had the People of the Scriputure believed and been righteous, We would have remitted their sins, and admitted them into the Gardens of Bliss.
If only the People of the Scripture would believe and ward off (evil), surely We should remit their sins from them and surely We should bring them into Gardens of Delight
But did the people of the Book believe and fear, we would cover their offences, and we would make them enter into gardens of pleasure
But if the people of the Book believe and have the fear of God, we will surely put away their sins from them, and will bring them into gardens of delight
More, if they who have received the scriptures believe, and fear God, We will surely expiate their sins from them, and We will lead them into gardens of pleasure
EditionTanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) ·Uthmani, Version 1.1·Tanzil Project ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
لَوْلَا يَنْهَاهُمُ الرَّبَّانِيُّونَ وَالْأَحْبَارُ عَن قَوْلِهِمُ الْإِثْمَ وَأَكْلِهِمُ السُّحْتَ لَبِئْسَ مَا كَانُوا يَصْنَعُونَ
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