Surah 6

Surah 6:151

"Say: ‘Come! I will recite what your Lord has forbidden to you: Do not associate anything with Him, and (do) good to parents, and do not kill your children because of poverty – We shall provide for you and them – and do not go near (any) immoral deeds, neither what is obvious of them nor what is hidden, and do not kill the person whom God has forbidden (to be killed), except by right. That is what He has charged you with, so that you may understand."
Contradictions (1)Christian Footnotes (1)Islamic Commentaries (1)Manuscripts (52)

6.151 – Come! I will recite what your Lord has forbidden to you
This list of duties that the “Lord” requires is strong on justice to the disadvantaged and in the market (vv. 151–52). The practice of families killing their children, here forbidden, is mentioned earlier in the sūra at verses 137 and 140. Fulfilling these duties is called Allah’s straight path (v. 153).

- from The Quran with Christian Commentary: A Guide to Understanding the Scripture of Islam

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