سُوْرَةُ الْاَنْعَامِ
Surah Al-An'aam (6) — Ayah 120
وَذَرُوا۟ ظَـٰهِرَ ٱلْإِثْمِ وَبَاطِنَهُۥٓ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَكْسِبُونَ ٱلْإِثْمَ سَيُجْزَوْنَ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَقْتَرِفُونَ ﴿120﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Leave (O mankind, all kinds of) sin, open and secret. Verily, those who commit sin will get due recompense for that which they used to commit.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَذَرُوا۟
wadharū
Forsake
ظَـٰهِرَ
ẓāhira
open
ٱلْإِثْمِ
l-ith'mi
[the] sins
وَبَاطِنَهُۥٓ ۚ
wabāṭinahu
and the secret
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
يَكْسِبُونَ
yaksibūna
earn
ٱلْإِثْمَ
l-ith'ma
[the] sin
سَيُجْزَوْنَ
sayuj'zawna
they will be recompensed
بِمَا
bimā
for what
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they used to
يَقْتَرِفُونَ
yaqtarifūna
commit
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim — Hafiz Abdus Salam Bin Muhammad Bhutvi
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim is a 4-volume Quran commentary by Hafiz Abdus Salam bin Muhammad Bhutvi, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar and Sheikh ul-Hadith from Pakistan. Based on over 45 years of teaching and research, this tafsir follows the methodology of Tafsir bil-Ma'thur — interpreting the Quran through authentic Hadith, statements of the Companions, and the understanding of the early generations (Salaf). It is distinguished by its complete avoidance of Israeliyyat (Judeo-Christian narratives) and unverified reports. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
(Ayah 120) {وَ ذَرُوْا ظَاهِرَ الْاِثْمِ وَ بَاطِنَهٗ …… :} That is, lawful and unlawful are not limited only to food items, rather it is necessary to abstain from every apparent and hidden sin. Shah Abdul Qadir (may Allah have mercy on him) writes: "That is, do not act upon the misguidance of the disbelievers outwardly, nor harbor any doubt in your heart." (Mawdhih) The scholars have written that apparent sins are those committed with the hands and feet, such as theft, adultery, etc., and hidden sins are those which one intends in the heart, or which are related to beliefs, such as disbelief, polytheism, and hypocrisy, etc., or those sins whose harm is obvious to the general public are called apparent sins, and those whose harm is known only to a few specific people and not to others are called hidden sins. (Al-Manar)
