Quran 17, Al-Isra' (The Night Journey) ⓘ
This chapter (sura) of the Quran is thought to be written in the mid-Meccan period sometime between 618 and 620 and is made up of 111 verses or 'aya'. Current translation is Pickthall.
17:31Slay not your children, fearing a fall to poverty, We shall provide for them and for you. Lo! the slaying of them is great sin.
وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا أَوْلَادَكُمْ خَشْيَةَ إِمْلَاقٍ نَحْنُ نَرْزُقُهُمْ وَإِيَّاكُمْ إِنَّ قَتْلَهُمْ كَانَ خِطْئًا كَبِيرًا
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