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Al-An'am (The Cattle)

Verse 145of 165

قُل لَّآ أَجِدُ فِى مَآ أُوحِىَ إِلَىَّ مُحَرَّمًا عَلَىٰ طَاعِمٍۢ يَطْعَمُهُۥٓ إِلَّآ أَن يَكُونَ مَيْتَةً أَوْ دَمًۭا مَّسْفُوحًا أَوْ لَحْمَ خِنزِيرٍۢ فَإِنَّهُۥ رِجْسٌ أَوْ فِسْقًا أُهِلَّ لِغَيْرِ ٱللَّهِ بِهِۦ ۚ فَمَنِ ٱضْطُرَّ غَيْرَ بَاغٍۢ وَلَا عَادٍۢ فَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ غَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭ﴿١٤٥

Translation (Sahih International)

Say, "I do not find within that which was revealed to me [anything] forbidden to one who would eat it unless it be a dead animal or blood spilled out or the flesh of swine - for indeed, it is impure - or it be [that slaughtered in] disobedience, dedicated to other than Allah. But whoever is forced [by necessity], neither desiring [it] nor transgressing [its limit], then indeed, your Lord is Forgiving and Merciful."

Word-by-word meaning

قُلqulSay
لَّآNot
أَجِدُajidu(do) I find
فِىin
مَآwhat
أُوحِىَūḥiyahas been revealed
إِلَىَّilayyato me
مُحَرَّمًاmuḥarraman(anything) forbidden
عَلَىٰʿalāto
طَاعِمٍۢṭāʿiminan eater
يَطْعَمُهُۥٓyaṭʿamuhuwho eats it
إِلَّآillāexcept
أَنanthat
يَكُونَyakūnait be
مَيْتَةًmaytatandead
أَوْawor
دَمًۭاdamanblood
مَّسْفُوحًاmasfūḥanpoured forth
أَوْawor
لَحْمَlaḥma(the) flesh
خِنزِيرٍۢkhinzīrin(of) swine
فَإِنَّهُۥfa-innahufor indeed, it
رِجْسٌrij'sun(is) filth
أَوْawor
فِسْقًاfis'qan(it be) disobedience
أُهِلَّuhilla[is] dedicated
لِغَيْرِlighayrito other than
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
بِهِۦ ۚbihi[on it]
فَمَنِfamaniBut whoever
ٱضْطُرَّuḍ'ṭurra(is) compelled
غَيْرَghayranot
بَاغٍۢbāghindesiring
وَلَاwalāand not
عَادٍۢʿādintransgressing
فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed
رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord
غَفُورٌۭghafūrun(is) Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمٌۭraḥīmunMost Merciful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Forbidden ThingsAllah commands His servant and Messenger, Muhammad ,قُلْ(Say) O Muhammad to those who prohibited what Allah has provided them, claiming this falsehood to be from Allah,لاَ أَجِدُ فِى مَآ أُوْحِىَ إِلَىَّ مُحَرَّمًا عَلَى طَاعِمٍ يَطْعَمُهُ(I find not in that which has been revealed to me anything forbidden to be eaten by one who wishes to eat it,) This Ayah means, I do not find any animals that are prohibited, except these mentioned here.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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