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qul taʿālaw ʾatlu mā ḥarrama rabbukum ʿalaykum ʾallā tushrikū bihī shayʾan wa-bi-l-wālidayni ʾiḥsānan wa-lā taqtulū ʾawlādakum min ʾimlāqin naḥnu narzuqukum wa-ʾiyyāhum wa-lā taqrabū l-fawāḥisha mā ẓahara minhā wa-mā baṭana wa-lā taqtulū n-nafsa llatī ḥarrama llāhu ʾillā bi-l-ḥaqqi dhālikum waṣṣākum bihī laʿallakum taʿqilūna
Say, ‘Come, I will recount what your Lord has forbidden you. That you shall not ascribe any partners to Him, and you shall be good to the parents, you shall not kill your children due to penury—We will provide for you and for them—you shall not approach indecencies, the outward among them and the inward ones, and you shall not kill a soul [whose life] Allah has made inviolable, except with due cause. This is what He has enjoined upon you so that you may exercise your reason.
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah Al-‘An’am, Verse 151
151. "Say: 'Come, I will recite what your Lord has forbidden you from: that you do not associate anything with Him, and show kindness to your parents, and do not kill your children for poverty -We provide for you and for them - and do not approach indecencies, the outward among them and the inward ones, and do not kill the soul that Allah has forbidden save for justice. This He has enjoined you with so that you might understand."
Ten Commandments
After nullifying the artificial ordinances of pagans, which were mentioned in the former verses, this current verse, and two verses next to it, have pointed to the principals of prohibitions in Islam. Thereby, the Qur'an refers to the first class capital sins in an expressive short and interesting statement. These sins, which are prohibited in Islam, are detailed through ten parts. At first, it says:
1. "... that you do not associate anything with Him....."
2. "... and show kindness to your parents....."
3. "... and do not kill your children for poverty. ...", because your sustenance and theirs are totally with Allah (S.w.T.) and He gives the sustenance of all.
4. "... do not approach indecencies, the outward among them and the inward, ..."
That is, not only you must avoid doing them, but also you must not approach them.
5. "... and do not kill the soul that Allah has forbidden save for justice."
This part of the verse means that you should not pollute your hands by shedding the blood of the innocent persons. And you should not slay the souls whom Allah has held in esteem and shedding their blood is not permissible, unless the allowance of slaying them has been issued according to the laws of Allah, for example, when the one is a murderer. Then, following these five items, in order to emphasize on it more, the verse says: