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 allah has made inviolable except with due cause. this is what he has enjoined upon you so that you may exercise your reason.
قل تعالوا أتل ما حرم ربكم عليكم ألا تشركوا به شيئا وبالوالدين إحسانا ولا تقتلوا أولادكم من إملاق نحن نرزقكم وإياهم ولا تقربوا الفواحش ما ظهر منها وما بطن ولا تقتلوا النفس التي حرم الله إلا بالحق ذلكم وصاكم به لعلكم تعقلون