Al-An‘āmAyah 137 of 165· Page 145· Juz 8
وَكَذَٰلِكَ زَيَّنَ لِكَثِيرٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ قَتْلَ أَوْلَـٰدِهِمْ شُرَكَآؤُهُمْ لِيُرْدُوهُمْ وَلِيَلْبِسُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ دِينَهُمْ ۖ وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَا فَعَلُوهُ ۖ فَذَرْهُمْ وَمَا يَفْتَرُونَ
And likewise, to many of the polytheists their partners have made [to seem] pleasing the killing of their children in order to bring about their destruction and to cover them with confusion in their religion. And if Allah had willed, they would not have done so. So leave them and that which they invent.
— Al-An‘ām 6:137
Mushrikin give their deities preference over Allah and Mushrikin falsely attribute their self-imposed prohibitions to Allah
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وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd likewise
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مِّنَminaof
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عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimto them
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وَلَوْwalawAnd if
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مَاmānot
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وَمَاwamāand what
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pre-Islamic customs of slaying children
Killingالقتل
Childالطفل
Faithالإيمان
Innovationالبدعة
Murderالقتل
Parentsالوالدين
killing children for fear of poverty