وَلَا
تَقۡتُلُوٓاْ
أَوۡلَٰدَكُمۡ
خَشۡيَةَ
إِمۡلَٰقٖۖ
نَّحۡنُ
نَرۡزُقُهُمۡ
وَإِيَّاكُمۡۚ
إِنَّ
قَتۡلَهُمۡ
كَانَ
خِطۡـٔٗا
كَبِيرٗا
٣١

Do not kill your children for fear of poverty. We provide for them and for you. Surely killing them is a heinous sin.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

17:32

وَلَا

تَقۡرَبُواْ

ٱلزِّنَىٰٓۖ

إِنَّهُۥ

كَانَ

فَٰحِشَةٗ

وَسَآءَ

سَبِيلٗا

٣٢

Do not go near adultery. It is truly a shameful deed and an evil way.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

17:33

وَلَا

تَقۡتُلُواْ

ٱلنَّفۡسَ

ٱلَّتِي

حَرَّمَ

ٱللَّهُ

إِلَّا

بِٱلۡحَقِّۗ

وَمَن

قُتِلَ

مَظۡلُومٗا

فَقَدۡ

جَعَلۡنَا

لِوَلِيِّهِۦ

سُلۡطَٰنٗا

فَلَا

يُسۡرِف

فِّي

ٱلۡقَتۡلِۖ

إِنَّهُۥ

كَانَ

مَنصُورٗا

٣٣

Do not take a ˹human˺ life—made sacred by Allah—except with ˹legal˺ right.¹ If anyone is killed unjustly, We have given their heirs² the authority, but do not let them exceed limits in retaliation,³ for they are already supported ˹by law˺.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

17:34

وَلَا

تَقۡرَبُواْ

مَالَ

ٱلۡيَتِيمِ

إِلَّا

بِٱلَّتِي

هِيَ

أَحۡسَنُ

حَتَّىٰ

يَبۡلُغَ

أَشُدَّهُۥۚ

وَأَوۡفُواْ

بِٱلۡعَهۡدِۖ

إِنَّ

ٱلۡعَهۡدَ

كَانَ

مَسۡـُٔولٗا

٣٤

Do not come near the wealth of the orphan—unless intending to enhance it—until they attain maturity. Honour ˹your˺ pledges, for you will surely be accountable for them.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

17:35

وَأَوۡفُواْ

ٱلۡكَيۡلَ

إِذَا

كِلۡتُمۡ

وَزِنُواْ

بِٱلۡقِسۡطَاسِ

ٱلۡمُسۡتَقِيمِۚ

ذَٰلِكَ

خَيۡرٞ

وَأَحۡسَنُ

تَأۡوِيلٗا

٣٥

Give in full when you measure, and weigh with an even balance. That is fairest and best in the end.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

17:36

وَلَا

تَقۡفُ

مَا

لَيۡسَ

لَكَ

بِهِۦ

عِلۡمٌۚ

إِنَّ

ٱلسَّمۡعَ

وَٱلۡبَصَرَ

وَٱلۡفُؤَادَ

كُلُّ

أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ

كَانَ

عَنۡهُ

مَسۡـُٔولٗا

٣٦

Do not follow what you have no ˹sure˺ knowledge of. Indeed, all will be called to account for ˹their˺ hearing, sight, and intellect.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

17:37

وَلَا

تَمۡشِ

فِي

ٱلۡأَرۡضِ

مَرَحًاۖ

إِنَّكَ

لَن

تَخۡرِقَ

ٱلۡأَرۡضَ

وَلَن

تَبۡلُغَ

ٱلۡجِبَالَ

طُولٗا

٣٧

And do not walk on the earth arrogantly. Surely you can neither crack the earth nor stretch to the height of the mountains.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

17:38

كُلُّ

ذَٰلِكَ

كَانَ

سَيِّئُهُۥ

عِندَ

رَبِّكَ

مَكۡرُوهٗا

٣٨

The violation of any of these ˹commandments˺ is detestable to your Lord.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

17:39

ذَٰلِكَ

مِمَّآ

أَوۡحَىٰٓ

إِلَيۡكَ

رَبُّكَ

مِنَ

ٱلۡحِكۡمَةِۗ

وَلَا

تَجۡعَلۡ

مَعَ

ٱللَّهِ

إِلَٰهًا

ءَاخَرَ

فَتُلۡقَىٰ

فِي

جَهَنَّمَ

مَلُومٗا

مَّدۡحُورًا

٣٩

This is part of the wisdom which your Lord has revealed to you ˹O Prophet˺. And do not set up any other god with Allah ˹O humanity˺, or you will be cast into Hell, blameworthy, rejected.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

17:40