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قَدْ خَسِرَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَتَلُوٓا۟ أَوْلَـٰدَهُمْ سَفَهًۢا بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ وَحَرَّمُوا۟ مَا رَزَقَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱفْتِرَآءً عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ۚ قَدْ ضَلُّوا۟ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُهْتَدِينَ
Text: Tanzil Project,tanzil.net · verbatim and unchanged · previous verse · next verse
They are losers who besottedly have slain their children without knowledge, and have forbidden that which Allah bestowed upon them, inventing a lie against Allah. They indeed have gone astray and are not guided.— Marmaduke Pickthall
Summary
Verse 140 of Surat al-An'am, a Meccan surah. Scholars connect its revelation to burying daughters alive (wa'd). 1
Place in the museum
Its place: verse 140 of 165 verses in the surah. The text is kept in the frozen Tanzil mushaf and is not retyped here.
Connections
- Revealed about
- Waʾd (Infant Burial)
- Part of
- Sura 6: Al-An'am
Sources
- Tanzil Project, Qur'an text v1.1
- Tanzil Project, public-domain translations
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Qur'an 6:140”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/passage/quran-6-140/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.