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
Thus have their (so-called) partners (of Allah) made the killing of their children to seem fair unto many of the idolaters, that they may ruin them and make their faith obscure for them. Had Allah willed (it otherwise), they had not done so. So leave them alone with their devices.
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