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وَعَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ هَادُوا۟ حَرَّمْنَا مَا قَصَصْنَا عَلَيْكَ مِن قَبْلُ ۖ وَمَا ظَلَمْنَـٰهُمْ وَلَـٰكِن كَانُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ Qur’an An-Nahl (16:118)

WaAAal a alla th eena h a doo h arramn a m a qa s a s n a AAalayka min qablu wam a th alamn a hum wal a kin k a noo anfusahum ya th limoon a

And [only] unto those who followed the Jewish faith did We forbid all that We have mentioned to thee ere this;¹⁴² and no wrong did We do to them, but it was they who persistently wronged themselves.

- Mohammad Asad

To the Jews, We prohibited those things which We have already mentioned to you, and it was not We Who imposed the hardships on them but they imposed those hardships on themselves.

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

To the Jews, We have forbidden what We related to you before.¹ We did not wrong them, but it was they who wronged themselves.

- Mustafa Khattab

And unto those who are Jews We have forbidden that which We have already related unto thee. And We wronged them not, but they were wont to wrong themselves.

Surah 16. An-Nahl, Ayah 118

And [only] unto those who followed the Jewish faith did We forbid all that We have mentioned to thee ere this;¹⁴² and no wrong did We do to them, but it was they who persistently wronged themselves.

- Mohammad Asad

To the Jews, We prohibited those things which We have already mentioned to you, and it was not We Who imposed the hardships on them but they imposed those hardships on themselves.

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

To the Jews, We have forbidden what We related to you before.¹ We did not wrong them, but it was they who wronged themselves.

- Mustafa Khattab

And unto those who are Jews We have forbidden that which We have already related unto thee. And We wronged them not, but they were wont to wrong themselves.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

To the Jews We prohibited such things as We have mentioned to thee before: We did them no wrong but they were used to doing wrong to themselves. ²¹⁵⁴

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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Surah 16. An-Nahl, Ayah 118

And [only] unto those who followed the Jewish faith did We forbid all that We have mentioned to thee ere this;142 and no wrong did We do to them, but it was they who persistently wronged themselves.

- Mohammad Asad

To the Jews, We prohibited those things which We have already mentioned to you, and it was not We Who imposed the hardships on them but they imposed those hardships on themselves.

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

To the Jews, We have forbidden what We related to you before.1 We did not wrong them, but it was they who wronged themselves.

- Mustafa Khattab

And unto those who are Jews We have forbidden that which We have already related unto thee. And We wronged them not, but they were wont to wrong themselves.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

To the Jews We prohibited such things as We have mentioned to thee before: We did them no wrong but they were used to doing wrong to themselves. 2154

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Related Islamic Resources

And [only] unto those who followed the Jewish faith did We forbid all that We have mentioned to thee ere this;¹⁴² and no wrong did We do to them, but it was they who persistently wronged themselves.

To the Jews, We have forbidden what We related to you before.¹ We did not wrong them, but it was they who wronged themselves.

To the Jews We prohibited such things as We have mentioned to thee before: We did them no wrong but they were used to doing wrong to themselves. ²¹⁵⁴