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Al-An'am (The Cattle)

Verse 142of 165

وَمِنَ ٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ حَمُولَةًۭ وَفَرْشًۭا ۚ كُلُوا۟ مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا۟ خُطُوَٰتِ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّۭ مُّبِينٌۭ﴿١٤٢

Translation (Sahih International)

And of the grazing livestock are carriers [of burdens] and those [too] small. Eat of what Allah has provided for you and do not follow the footsteps of Satan. Indeed, he is to you a clear enemy.

Word-by-word meaning

وَمِنَwaminaAnd of
ٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِl-anʿāmithe cattle
حَمُولَةًۭḥamūlatan(are some for) burden
وَفَرْشًۭا ۚwafarshanand (some for) meat
كُلُوا۟kulūEat
مِمَّاmimmāof what
رَزَقَكُمُrazaqakumu(has been) provided (to) you
ٱللَّهُl-lahu(by) Allah
وَلَاwalāand (do) not
تَتَّبِعُوا۟tattabiʿūfollow
خُطُوَٰتِkhuṭuwāti(the) footsteps
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِ ۚl-shayṭāni(of) Shaitaan
إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he
لَكُمْlakum(is) to you
عَدُوٌّۭʿaduwwunan enemy
مُّبِينٌۭmubīnunopen

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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