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Al-An'am (The Cattle)

Verse 138of 165

وَقَالُوا۟ هَٰذِهِۦٓ أَنْعَٰمٌۭ وَحَرْثٌ حِجْرٌۭ لَّا يَطْعَمُهَآ إِلَّا مَن نَّشَآءُ بِزَعْمِهِمْ وَأَنْعَٰمٌ حُرِّمَتْ ظُهُورُهَا وَأَنْعَٰمٌۭ لَّا يَذْكُرُونَ ٱسْمَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْهَا ٱفْتِرَآءً عَلَيْهِ ۚ سَيَجْزِيهِم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ﴿١٣٨﴾

Translation (Sahih International)

And they say, "These animals and crops are forbidden; no one may eat from them except whom we will," by their claim. And there are those [camels] whose backs are forbidden [by them] and those upon which the name of Allah is not mentioned - [all of this] an invention of untruth about Him. He will punish them for what they were inventing.

Word-by-word meaning

وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they say
هَـٰذِهِۦٓhādhihiThese
أَنْعَـٰمٌۭanʿāmun(are) cattle
وَحَرْثٌwaḥarthunand crops
حِجْرٌۭḥij'runforbidden
لَّاlāno (one)
يَطْعَمُهَآyaṭʿamuhācan eat them
إِلَّاillāexcept
مَنmanwhom
نَّشَآءُnashāuwe will
بِزَعْمِهِمْbizaʿmihimby their claim
وَأَنْعَـٰمٌwa-anʿāmunAnd cattle
حُرِّمَتْḥurrimatforbidden
ظُهُورُهَاẓuhūruhā(are) their backs
وَأَنْعَـٰمٌۭwa-anʿāmunand cattle
لَّاlānot
يَذْكُرُونَyadhkurūnathey mention
ٱسْمَis'ma(the) name
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
عَلَيْهَاʿalayhāon it
ٱفْتِرَآءًif'tirāan(as) an invention
عَلَيْهِ ۚʿalayhiagainst Him
سَيَجْزِيهِمsayajzīhimHe will recompense them
بِمَاbimāfor what
كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
يَفْتَرُونَyaftarūnainvent

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Idolators Forbade Certain Types of Cattle`Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that Ibn `Abbas said, "Hijr refers to what they forbade, such as the Wasilah, and the like." Similar was said by Mujahid, Ad-Dahhak, As-Suddi, Qatadah, `Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam and others.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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