And do not kill your children for fear of poverty. We provide for them, and for you. Killing them is a grave sin.
Al-Isra' 17:31
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وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا أَوْلَادَكُمْ خَشْيَةَ إِمْلَاقٍ ۖ نَحْنُ نَرْزُقُهُمْ وَإِيَّاكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ قَتْلَهُمْ كَانَ خِطْئًا كَبِيرًا
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And do not kill your children for fear of poverty. We provide for them, and for you. Killing them is a grave sin.
Don't kill your children because you're afraid of being poor. We give them what they need, and We give you what you need too. Killing them is a very terrible mistake.
Do not kill your children out of fear of poverty. We provide for them and for you. Killing them is truly a terrible sin.
Do not kill your children for fear of poverty. We provide for them and for you. Surely killing them is a grave sin.
And do not kill your children for fear of poverty. We provide for them, and for you. Killing them is a heinous sin.
And do not kill your children for fear of poverty. We provide for them, and for you. Killing them is a heinous sin.
And do not kill your children for fear of poverty. We provide for them and for you. Indeed, their killing is ever a great sin.
And kill not your children for fear of poverty. We shall provide for them as well as for you. Surely, the killing of them is a great sin.
Do not kill your children for fear of poverty, for We provide for them and for you. Indeed, killing them is a great sin.
Kill not your children for fear of want: We shall provide sustenance for them as well as for you. Verily the killing of them is a great sin.
Slay not your children, fearing a fall to poverty, We shall provide for them and for you. Lo! the slaying of them is great sin.
You shall not kill your offspring for fear of want. It is We who provide for them, and for you. Indeed, killing them is a great sin.
(vii) Do not kill your children for fear of want. We will provide for them and for you. Surely killing them is a great sin.
Do not kill your children for the fear of penury: We will provide for them and for you. Killing them is indeed a great iniquity.
Wala taqtuloo awladakum khashyata imlaqin nahnu narzuquhum waiyyakum inna qatlahum kana khitan kabeeran