كَانُوا۟ لَا يَتَنَاهَوْنَ عَن مُّنكَرٍ فَعَلُوهُ ۚ لَبِئْسَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ

Quran 5:79 is ayah 79 of Surah Al-Ma'idah (“The Table Spread”), a Medinan surah of 120 ayahs. It is in Juz 6, on page 121 of the Madani Mushaf.

5:79

كَانُوا۟لَايَتَنَاهَوْنَعَنمُّنكَرٍفَعَلُوهُ ۚلَبِئْسَمَاكَانُوا۟يَفْعَلُونَ٧٩

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

They used not to prevent one another from wrongdoing that they did. How wretched was that which they were doing.(79)

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This commentary explains ayahs 5:78–81 together.