(79) They used not to prevent one another from wrongdoing that they did. How wretched was that which they were doing.— الترجمة الإنجليزية - صحيح انترناشونال
79. They used not to forbid one another from Al-Munkar (wrong, evil-doing, sins, polytheism, disbelief) which they committed. Vile indeed was what they used to do.— الترجمة الإنجليزية
— Dr. Ghali - English translationكَانُواْ لَا يَتَنَاهَوۡنَ عَن مُّنكَرٖ فَعَلُوهُۚ لَبِئۡسَ مَا كَانُواْ يَفۡعَلُونَThey used not to forbid one another any malfeasance that they performed. Miserable indeed was whatever they were performing!
— Muhsin Khan - English translationكَانُواْ لَا يَتَنَاهَوۡنَ عَن مُّنكَرٖ فَعَلُوهُۚ لَبِئۡسَ مَا كَانُواْ يَفۡعَلُونَThey used not to forbid one another from the Munkar (wrong, evil-doing, sins, polytheism, disbelief, etc.) which they committed. Vile indeed was what they used to do.
— Pickthall - English translationكَانُواْ لَا يَتَنَاهَوۡنَ عَن مُّنكَرٖ فَعَلُوهُۚ لَبِئۡسَ مَا كَانُواْ يَفۡعَلُونَThey restrained not one another from the wickedness they did. Verily evil was that they used to do!
— Yusuf Ali - English translationكَانُواْ لَا يَتَنَاهَوۡنَ عَن مُّنكَرٖ فَعَلُوهُۚ لَبِئۡسَ مَا كَانُواْ يَفۡعَلُونَNor did they (usually) forbid one another the iniquities which they committed: evil indeed were the deeds which they did.
— Sahih International - English translationكَانُواْ لَا يَتَنَاهَوۡنَ عَن مُّنكَرٖ فَعَلُوهُۚ لَبِئۡسَ مَا كَانُواْ يَفۡعَلُونَThey used not to prevent one another from wrongdoing that they did. How wretched was that which they were doing.
— Abul Ala Maududi(With tafsir) - English translationكَانُواْ لَا يَتَنَاهَوۡنَ عَن مُّنكَرٖ فَعَلُوهُۚ لَبِئۡسَ مَا كَانُواْ يَفۡعَلُونَ(5:79) They did not forbid each other from committing the abominable deeds
they committed.2 Indeed what they did was evil.
— Abdul Haleem - English translationكَانُواْ لَا يَتَنَاهَوۡنَ عَن مُّنكَرٖ فَعَلُوهُۚ لَبِئۡسَ مَا كَانُواْ يَفۡعَلُونَthey did not forbid each other to do wrong. How vile their deeds were!
— Mufti Taqi Usmani - English translationكَانُواْ لَا يَتَنَاهَوۡنَ عَن مُّنكَرٖ فَعَلُوهُۚ لَبِئۡسَ مَا كَانُواْ يَفۡعَلُونَThey did not forbid each other from any evil they committed. Evil indeed is what they have been doing.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran - English translationكَانُواْ لَا يَتَنَاهَوۡنَ عَن مُّنكَرٖ فَعَلُوهُۚ لَبِئۡسَ مَا كَانُواْ يَفۡعَلُونَThey did not forbid one another from doing evil. Evil indeed was what they did!
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab - English translationكَانُواْ لَا يَتَنَاهَوۡنَ عَن مُّنكَرٖ فَعَلُوهُۚ لَبِئۡسَ مَا كَانُواْ يَفۡعَلُونَThey did not forbid one another from doing evil. Evil indeed was what they did!
They did not forbid one another from committing evil deeds. Terrible was indeed what they used to do!— الترجمة الإنجليزية - مركز رواد الترجمة
79. They did not forbid the sinner from amongst them from committing sin. Instead, the sinners used to commit sins and evil openly because no one would disapprove of it. How evil was the action of not forbidding the evil that they used to do!— الترجمة الإنجليزية للمختصر في تفسير القرآن الكريم
They would never restrain one another from wrongdoing. Vile indeed were the things they did.— ترجمة معاني القرآن الكريم - عادل صلاحي