ٱلْمَائِدَة : ٦٣

  • لَوۡلَا Why (do) not
  • يَنۡهَىٰهُمُ forbid them
  • ٱلرَّبَّـٰنِيُّونَ the Rabbis
  • وَٱلۡأَحۡبَارُ and the religious scholars
  • عَن from
  • قَوۡلِهِمُ their saying
  • ٱلۡإِثۡمَ the sinful
  • وَأَكۡلِهِمُ and their eating
  • ٱلسُّحۡتَۚ (of) the forbidden
  • لَبِئۡسَ Surely evil
  • مَا (is) what
  • كَانُواْ they used to
  • يَصۡنَعُونَ do
Why do the rabbis and religious scholars not forbid them from saying what is sinful and devouring what is unlawful? How wretched is what they have been practicing.
Why do the rabbis and the priests, among them, not forbid them from uttering sin, calumny, and consuming unlawful gain? Evil is what they have been doing, in refraining from forbidding them.