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Al-An'am (The Cattle)

Verse 139of 165

وَقَالُوا۟ مَا فِى بُطُونِ هَٰذِهِ ٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ خَالِصَةٌۭ لِّذُكُورِنَا وَمُحَرَّمٌ عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِنَا ۖ وَإِن يَكُن مَّيْتَةًۭ فَهُمْ فِيهِ شُرَكَآءُ ۚ سَيَجْزِيهِمْ وَصْفَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ حَكِيمٌ عَلِيمٌۭ﴿١٣٩

Translation (Sahih International)

And they say, "What is in the bellies of these animals is exclusively for our males and forbidden to our females. But if it is [born] dead, then all of them have shares therein." He will punish them for their description. Indeed, He is Wise and Knowing.

Word-by-word meaning

وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they say
مَاWhat
فِى(is) in
بُطُونِbuṭūni(the) wombs
هَـٰذِهِhādhihi(of) these
ٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِl-anʿāmicattle
خَالِصَةٌۭkhāliṣatun(is) exclusively
لِّذُكُورِنَاlidhukūrināfor our males
وَمُحَرَّمٌwamuḥarramunand forbidden
عَلَىٰٓʿalāon
أَزْوَٰجِنَا ۖazwājināour spouses
وَإِنwa-inBut if
يَكُنyakunis
مَّيْتَةًۭmaytatan(born) dead
فَهُمْfahumthen they (all)
فِيهِfīhiin it
شُرَكَآءُ ۚshurakāu(are) partners
سَيَجْزِيهِمْsayajzīhimHe will recompense them
وَصْفَهُمْ ۚwaṣfahum(for) their attribution
إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
حَكِيمٌḥakīmun(is) All-Wise
عَلِيمٌۭʿalīmunAll-Knowing

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

وَقَالُواْ مَا فِى بُطُونِ هَـذِهِ الأَنْعَـمِ خَالِصَةٌ لِّذُكُورِنَا(And they say: "What is in the bellies of such and such cattle is for our males alone...") refers to milk. `Awfi said that Ibn `Abbas said about this Ayah, وَقَالُواْ مَا فِى بُطُونِ هَـذِهِ الأَنْعَـمِ خَالِصَةٌ لِّذُكُورِنَا(And they say: "What is in the bellies of such and such cattle is for our males alone...") "It is about milk, which they prohibited for their females and allowed only their males to drink.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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