سُوْرَةُ الْاَنْعَامِ

Surah Al-An'aam (6) — Ayah 140

The Cattle · Meccan · Juz 8 · Page 146

قَدْ خَسِرَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَتَلُوٓا۟ أَوْلَـٰدَهُمْ سَفَهًۢا بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ وَحَرَّمُوا۟ مَا رَزَقَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱفْتِرَآءً عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ۚ قَدْ ضَلُّوا۟ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُهْتَدِينَ ﴿140﴾
Indeed lost are they who have killed their children, foolishly, without knowledge, and have forbidden that which Allâh has provided for them, inventing a lie against Allâh. They have indeed gone astray and were not guided.
قَدْ qad Certainly
خَسِرَ khasira (are) lost
ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those who
قَتَلُوٓا۟ qatalū killed
أَوْلَـٰدَهُمْ awlādahum their children
سَفَهًۢا safahan (in) foolishness
بِغَيْرِ bighayri without
عِلْمٍۢ ʿil'min knowledge
وَحَرَّمُوا۟ waḥarramū and forbid
مَا what
رَزَقَهُمُ razaqahumu (bas been) provided (to) them
ٱللَّهُ l-lahu (by) Allah
ٱفْتِرَآءً if'tirāan inventing (lies)
عَلَى ʿalā against
ٱللَّهِ ۚ l-lahi Allah
قَدْ qad Certainly
ضَلُّوا۟ ḍallū they have gone astray
وَمَا wamā and not
كَانُوا۟ kānū they are
مُهْتَدِينَ muh'tadīna guided-ones

Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.

The exegesis of this verse has been done along with the previous verse.