Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
They would not prevent one another from doing whatever hateful things they did: vile indeed was what they were wont to do
Arthur John Arberry
They forbade not one another any dishonour that they committed; surely evil were the things they did
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Nor did they (usually) forbid one another the iniquities which they committed: evil indeed were the deeds which they did
Arabic
كَانُوا۟ لَا یَتَنَاهَوۡنَ عَن مُّنكَرࣲ فَعَلُوهُۚ لَبِئۡسَ مَا كَانُوا۟ یَفۡعَلُونَ ٧٩
Transliteration (2021)
kānū lā yatanāhawna ʿan munkarin faʿalūhu labi'sa mā kānū yafʿalūn