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Surah Al-An'am — 6:137

وَكَذَٰلِكَ زَيَّنَ لِكَثِيرٍ مِّنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ قَتْلَ أَوْلَـٰدِهِمْ شُرَكَآؤُهُمْ لِيُرْدُوهُمْ وَلِيَلْبِسُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ دِينَهُمْ ۖ وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَا فَعَلُوهُ ۖ فَذَرْهُمْ وَمَا يَفْتَرُونَ

Wa kazaalika zaiyana likaseerim minal mushrikeena qatla awlaadihim shurakaaa'uhum liyurdoohum wa liyalbisoo 'alaihim deenahum wa law shaaa'al laahu maa fa'aloohu fazarhum wa maa yaftaroon

Dan demikianlah pemimpin-pemimpin mereka telah menjadikan kebanyakan dari orang-orang musyrik itu memandang baik membunuh anak-anak mereka untuk membinasakan mereka dan untuk mengaburkan bagi mereka agamanya. Dan kalau Allah menghendaki, niscaya mereka tidak mengerjakannya, maka tinggalkanlah mereka dan apa yang mereka ada-adakan.

And so their so-called partners have made the killing of their children seem right to many of the idolaters, leading them to ruin and confusing them about their way. Had God willed, they would not have done so. Leave them, then, to what they invent.

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