Study Mode · Ayah 5:79
Surah Al-Ma'idah · 5:79
كَانُوا۟ لَا يَتَنَاهَوْنَ عَن مُّنكَرٍۢ فَعَلُوهُ ۚ لَبِئْسَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ
Kaanoo laa yatanaahawna 'am munkarin fa'aluhoo; labi'sa maa kaanoo yafa'loon
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English translations
Saheeh International
They used not to prevent one another from wrongdoing that they did. How wretched was that which they were doing.
Yusuf Ali
Nor did they (usually) forbid one another the iniquities which they committed: evil indeed were the deeds which they did.
Pickthall
They restrained not one another from the wickedness they did. Verily evil was that they used to do!