وَكَذَٰلِكَ زَيَّنَ لِكَثِيرٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ قَتْلَ أَوْلَٰدِهِمْ شُرَكَآؤُهُمْ لِيُرْدُوهُمْ وَلِيَلْبِسُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ دِينَهُمْ ۖ وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَا فَعَلُوهُ ۖ فَذَرْهُمْ وَمَا يَفْتَرُونَ
How to read it
Wa kadhālika zayyana likathīrin mmina l-mush'rikīna qat'la 'aw'lādihim' shurakā'uhum' liyur'dūhum' waliyal'bissū ʻalay'him' dīnahum' . walaw' shā'a -llahu mā faʻalūhu . fadhar'hum' wamā yaf'tarūna
Even so, in the eyes of most of the pagans, their "partners" made alluring the slaughter of their children, in order to lead them to their own destruction, and cause confusion in their religion. If Allah had willed, they would not have done so: But leave alone them and their inventions.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
