۞ 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
"Pozwólcie! Ja wam wyrecytuję to, czego zakazał wam wasz Pan: Nie dodawajcie Jemu niczego za współtowarzyszy; bądźcie dobrzy względem swoich rodziców; nie zabijajcie swoich dzieci z biedy - My damy zaopatrzenie i wam, i im i nie przybliżajcie się do czynów szpetnych, ani do jawnych spośród nich, ani do ukrytych; nie zabijajcie nikogo - tego zakazał Bóg inaczej jak zgodnie z prawem. Oto co wam nakazał Bóg! Być może, będziecie rozumni!
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.
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.