Al-An'am 6:137 وكذالك زين لكثير من المشركين قتل اولادهم شركاوهم ليردوهم وليلبسوا عليهم دينهم ولو شاء الله ما فعلوه فذرهم وما يفترون ١٣٧
وَكَذَٰلِكَ
زَيَّنَ
لِكَثِيرٖ
مِّنَ
ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ
قَتۡلَ
أَوۡلَٰدِهِمۡ
شُرَكَآؤُهُمۡ
لِيُرۡدُوهُمۡ
وَلِيَلۡبِسُواْ
عَلَيۡهِمۡ
دِينَهُمۡۖ
وَلَوۡ
شَآءَ
ٱللَّهُ
مَا
فَعَلُوهُۖ
فَذَرۡهُمۡ
وَمَا
يَفۡتَرُونَ
١٣٧
And likewise, to many of the polytheists their partners1 have made [to seem] pleasing the killing of their children in order to bring about their destruction and to cover them with confusion in their religion. And if Allāh had willed, they would not have done so. So leave them and that which they invent.
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