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Surah Al-An'am — 6:151

۞ قُلْ تَعَالَوْا۟ أَتْلُ مَا حَرَّمَ رَبُّكُمْ عَلَيْكُمْ ۖ أَلَّا تُشْرِكُوا۟ بِهِۦ شَيْـًٔا ۖ وَبِٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِ إِحْسَـٰنًا ۖ وَلَا تَقْتُلُوٓا۟ أَوْلَـٰدَكُم مِّنْ إِمْلَـٰقٍ ۖ نَّحْنُ نَرْزُقُكُمْ وَإِيَّاهُمْ ۖ وَلَا تَقْرَبُوا۟ ٱلْفَوَٰحِشَ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ ۖ وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا۟ ٱلنَّفْسَ ٱلَّتِى حَرَّمَ ٱللَّهُ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚ ذَٰلِكُمْ وَصَّىٰكُم بِهِۦ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

Qul ta'aalaw atlu maa harrama Rabbukum 'alaikum allaa tushrikoo bihee shai'anw wa bilwaalidaini ihsaananw wa laa taqtulooo aw alaadakum min imlaaq; nahnu narzuqukum wa iyyaahum wa laa taqrabul fawaahisha maa zahara minhaa wa maa batana wa laa taqtulun nafsal latee harramal laahu illaa bilhaqq; zaalikum wassaakum bihee la'allakum ta'qiloon

Katakanlah, "Marilah kubacakan apa yang diharamkan atas kamu oleh Tuhan-mu, yaitu janganlah kamu mempersekutukan sesuatu dengan Dia, berbuat baiklah terhadap kedua orang ibu bapak, dan janganlah kamu membunuh anak-anak kamu karena takut kemiskinan. Kami akan memberi rezeki kepadamu dan kepada mereka; dan janganlah kamu mendekati perbuatan-perbuatan yang keji, baik yang tampak di antaranya maupun yang tersembunyi, dan janganlah kamu membunuh jiwa yang diharamkan Allah (membunuhnya) melainkan dengan sesuatu (sebab) yang benar"1. Demikian itu yang diperintahkan kepadamu supaya kamu memahami(nya).

Say: come, I will recite to you what your Lord has truly forbidden you. Associate nothing with him. Be good to your parents. Do not kill your children out of poverty — we provide for you and for them. Do not go near gross indecencies, whether open or hidden. And do not take the life God has made sacred, except by right. This he has charged you with, so that you may use your reason.

Reflection

The list runs across three verses that close the same way, each ending on a different faculty: reason, then remembrance, then mindfulness of God. Within it, the line about killing children names poverty already present, while its parallel at 17:31 names the fear of it, and the two verses reverse the order of the pronouns in their promise of provision. Readers have long tied that reversal to which household is being addressed.

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