Translation of the meanings Ayah 33 Surah Al-A‘rāf - English Translation - Abdullah Hasan Yaqoub - The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia

Ayah: 33

قُلۡ إِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ رَبِّيَ ٱلۡفَوَٰحِشَ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنۡهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ وَٱلۡإِثۡمَ وَٱلۡبَغۡيَ بِغَيۡرِ ٱلۡحَقِّ وَأَن تُشۡرِكُواْ بِٱللَّهِ مَا لَمۡ يُنَزِّلۡ بِهِۦ سُلۡطَٰنٗا وَأَن تَقُولُواْ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ

33. Say (O Muhammad): "My Lord 'Allāh' has prohibited only indecent acts, those committed in public or private, and sin9, unjust aggression (against people’s rights), that you associate with Allāh any thing for which He sent down no Authority, and that you say against Allāh what you do not know."

9. Such as drinking alcohol or taking drugs, etc.