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The Table, The Table Spread 5:63

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Arabic	English	Morphology
لَوْلَا lawlā	Why (do) not	Prep
يَنْهَىٰهُمُ yanhāhumu	forbid them	V
ٱلرَّبَّٰنِيُّونَ l-rabāniyūna	the Rabbis	Noun
وَٱلْأَحْبَارُ wal-aḥbāru	and the religious scholars	Noun
عَن ʿan	from	Prep
قَوْلِهِمُ qawlihimu	their saying	Noun
ٱلْإِثْمَ l-ith'ma	the sinful	Noun
وَأَكْلِهِمُ wa-aklihimu	and their eating	Noun
ٱلسُّحْتَ l-suḥ'ta	(of) the forbidden	Noun
لَبِئْسَ labi'sa	Surely, evil	V
مَا mā	(is) what	Noun
كَانُوا۟ kānū	they used to	V
يَصْنَعُونَ yaṣnaʿūna	do	V

Why do their rabbis and scholars not forbid them to speak sinfully and consume what is unlawful? How evil their deeds are

— Abdel Haleem

لَوۡلَا یَنۡهَىٰهُمُ ٱلرَّبَّـٰنِیُّونَ وَٱلۡأَحۡبَارُ عَن قَوۡلِهِمُ ٱلۡإِثۡمَ وَأَكۡلِهِمُ ٱلسُّحۡتَۚ لَبِئۡسَ مَا كَانُوا۟ یَصۡنَعُونَ ۝٦٣

lawlā yanhāhumu l-rabāniyūna wal-aḥbāru ʿan qawlihimu l-ith'ma wa-aklihimu l-suḥ'ta labi'sa mā kānū yaṣnaʿūn

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5:62 25%

وَتَرَىٰ كَثِيرًا مِّنْهُمْ يُسَـٰرِعُونَ فِى ٱلْإِثْمِ وَٱلْعُدْوَٰنِ وَأَكْلِهِمُ ٱلسُّحْتَ ۚ لَبِئْسَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

watarā kathīran min'hum yusāriʿūna fī l-ith'mi wal-ʿud'wāni wa-aklihimu l-suḥ'ta labi'sa mā kānū yaʿmalūn

You [Prophet] see many of them rushing into sin and hostility and consuming what is unlawful. How evil their practices are

5:79 14%

كَانُوا۟ لَا يَتَنَاهَوْنَ عَن مُّنكَرٍ فَعَلُوهُ ۚ لَبِئْسَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ

kānū lā yatanāhawna ʿan munkarin faʿalūhu labi'sa mā kānū yafʿalūn

they did not forbid each other to do wrong. How vile their deeds were