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Al-An'am (The Cattle)

Verse 146of 165

وَعَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ هَادُوا۟ حَرَّمْنَا كُلَّ ذِى ظُفُرٍۢ ۖ وَمِنَ ٱلْبَقَرِ وَٱلْغَنَمِ حَرَّمْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ شُحُومَهُمَآ إِلَّا مَا حَمَلَتْ ظُهُورُهُمَآ أَوِ ٱلْحَوَايَآ أَوْ مَا ٱخْتَلَطَ بِعَظْمٍۢ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ جَزَيْنَٰهُم بِبَغْيِهِمْ ۖ وَإِنَّا لَصَٰدِقُونَ﴿١٤٦

Translation (Sahih International)

And to those who are Jews We prohibited every animal of uncloven hoof; and of the cattle and the sheep We prohibited to them their fat, except what adheres to their backs or the entrails or what is joined with bone. [By] that We repaid them for their injustice. And indeed, We are truthful.

Word-by-word meaning

وَعَلَىwaʿalāAnd to
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
هَادُوا۟hādūare Jews
حَرَّمْنَاḥarramnāWe forbade
كُلَّkullaevery
ذِىdhī(animal) with
ظُفُرٍۢ ۖẓufurinclaws
وَمِنَwaminaand of
ٱلْبَقَرِl-baqarithe cows
وَٱلْغَنَمِwal-ghanamiand the sheep
حَرَّمْنَاḥarramnāWe forbade
عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimto them
شُحُومَهُمَآshuḥūmahumātheir fat
إِلَّاillāexcept
مَاwhat
حَمَلَتْḥamalatcarried
ظُهُورُهُمَآẓuhūruhumātheir backs
أَوِawior
ٱلْحَوَايَآl-ḥawāyāthe entrails
أَوْawor
مَاwhat
ٱخْتَلَطَikh'talaṭa(is) joined
بِعَظْمٍۢ ۚbiʿaẓminwith the bone
ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
جَزَيْنَـٰهُمjazaynāhum(is) their recompense
بِبَغْيِهِمْ ۖbibaghyihimfor their rebellion
وَإِنَّاwa-innāAnd indeed, We
لَصَـٰدِقُونَlaṣādiqūna[surely] are truthful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Foods that were Prohibited for the Jews Because of their TransgressionAllah says, We forbade for the Jews every bird and animal with undivided hoof, such as the camel, ostrich, duck and goose. Allah said here,وَمِنَ الْبَقَرِ وَالْغَنَمِ حَرَّمْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ شُحُومَهُمَآ(and We forbade them the fat of the ox and the sheep...) The Jews used to forbid these types of foods saying that Isra'il, or Ya`qub, used to forbid them for himself so they too forbid them. This was mentioned by As-Suddi.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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