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Surah Al-Isra, Verse 32

سورة الإسراء، الآية ٣٢

17:32 Juz 15 Hizb 29 Page 285 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 17:32

وَلَا تَقْرَبُوا۟ ٱلزِّنَىٰٓ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فَٰحِشَةً وَسَآءَ سَبِيلًا ۝٣٢

Transliteration

walā taqrabū l-zinā innahu kāna fāḥishatan wasāa sabīlan

Translation

And do not approach unlawful sexual intercourse.741 Indeed, it is ever an immorality and is evil as a way.

Notes

[741] i.e., avoid all situations that might possibly lead to it.

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Verse 32 of Surah Al-Isra (17:32), a Meccan surah, is in juz 15, on page 285 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 32

Al-Mukhtasar

Be careful of fornication and avoid things that prompt it. It is extremely detestable and bad path to traverse as it leads to the mixing of lineages and punishment from Allah.

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Other translations of verse 32

Do not go near adultery31, for it is indeed a shameful act and an evil way.

Notes

[31] i.e., avoid all things that might lead to it.

And come not near to unlawful sex. Verily, it is a Fâhishah (i.e. anything that transgresses its limits: a great sin), and an evil way (that leads one to Hell unless Allâh forgives him).

And come not near unto adultery. Lo! it is an abomination and an evil way.

Nor come nigh to adultery: for it is a shameful (deed) and an evil, opening the road (to other evils).

And go not nigh to fornication; surely it is an indecency and an evil way.

And do not come near to adultery; surely it has been an obscenity and odious as a way.

Verse 32 word by word

  1. وَلَا walā And (do) not
  2. تَقْرَبُوا۟ taqrabū go near ق ر ب
  3. ٱلزِّنَىٰٓ l-zinā adultery ز ن ي
  4. إِنَّهُۥ innahu Indeed, it
  5. كَانَ kāna is ك و ن
  6. فَٰحِشَةً fāḥishatan an immorality ف ح ش
  7. وَسَآءَ wasāa and (an) evil س و أ
  8. سَبِيلًا sabīlan way س ب ل

Verses related to verse 32

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-An’am 6:151

    قُلْ تَعَالَوْا۟ أَتْلُ مَا حَرَّمَ رَبُّكُمْ عَلَيْكُمْ أَلَّا تُشْرِكُوا۟ بِهِۦ شَيْـًٔا وَبِٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِ إِحْسَٰنًا وَلَا تَقْتُلُوٓا۟ أَوْلَٰدَكُم مِّنْ إِمْلَٰقٍ نَّحْنُ نَرْزُقُكُمْ وَإِيَّاهُمْ وَلَا تَقْرَبُوا۟ ٱلْفَوَٰحِشَ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا۟ ٱلنَّفْسَ ٱلَّتِى حَرَّمَ ٱللَّهُ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ ذَٰلِكُمْ وَصَّىٰكُم بِهِۦ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

    Say, "Come, I will recite what your Lord has prohibited to you. [He commands] that you not associate anything with Him, and to parents, good treatment, and do not kill your children out of poverty; We will provide for you and them. And do not approach immoralities - what is apparent of them and what is concealed. And do not kill the soul which Allāh has forbidden [to be killed] except by [legal] right. This has He instructed you that you may use reason."

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