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Al-An'am (The Cattle)

Verse 141of 165

۞ وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنشَأَ جَنَّٰتٍۢ مَّعْرُوشَٰتٍۢ وَغَيْرَ مَعْرُوشَٰتٍۢ وَٱلنَّخْلَ وَٱلزَّرْعَ مُخْتَلِفًا أُكُلُهُۥ وَٱلزَّيْتُونَ وَٱلرُّمَّانَ مُتَشَٰبِهًۭا وَغَيْرَ مُتَشَٰبِهٍۢ ۚ كُلُوا۟ مِن ثَمَرِهِۦٓ إِذَآ أَثْمَرَ وَءَاتُوا۟ حَقَّهُۥ يَوْمَ حَصَادِهِۦ ۖ وَلَا تُسْرِفُوٓا۟ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ﴿١٤١

Translation (Sahih International)

And He it is who causes gardens to grow, [both] trellised and untrellised, and palm trees and crops of different [kinds of] food and olives and pomegranates, similar and dissimilar. Eat of [each of] its fruit when it yields and give its due [zakah] on the day of its harvest. And be not excessive. Indeed, He does not like those who commit excess.

Word-by-word meaning

۞ وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
ٱلَّذِىٓalladhī(is) the One Who
أَنشَأَansha-aproduced
جَنَّـٰتٍۢjannātingardens
مَّعْرُوشَـٰتٍۢmaʿrūshātintrellised
وَغَيْرَwaghayraand other than
مَعْرُوشَـٰتٍۢmaʿrūshātintrellised
وَٱلنَّخْلَwal-nakhlaand the date-palm
وَٱلزَّرْعَwal-zarʿaand the crops
مُخْتَلِفًاmukh'talifandiverse
أُكُلُهُۥukuluhu(are) its taste
وَٱلزَّيْتُونَwal-zaytūnaand the olives
وَٱلرُّمَّانَwal-rumānaand the pomegranates
مُتَشَـٰبِهًۭاmutashābihansimilar
وَغَيْرَwaghayraand other than
مُتَشَـٰبِهٍۢ ۚmutashābihinsimilar
كُلُوا۟kulūEat
مِنminof
ثَمَرِهِۦٓthamarihiits fruit
إِذَآidhāwhen
أَثْمَرَathmarait bears fruit
وَءَاتُوا۟waātūand give
حَقَّهُۥḥaqqahuits due
يَوْمَyawma(on the) day
حَصَادِهِۦ ۖḥaṣādihi(of) its harvest
وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
تُسْرِفُوٓا۟ ۚtus'rifū(be) extravagant
إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
لَا(does) not
يُحِبُّyuḥibbulove
ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَl-mus'rifīnathe ones who are extravagant

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Allah Created the Produce, Seed Grains and CattleAllah states that He created everything, including the produce, fruits and cattle that the idolators mishandled by their misguided ideas, dividing them into various designated parts, allowing some and prohibiting some.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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