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Al-An'am (The Cattle)

Verse 150of 165

قُلْ هَلُمَّ شُهَدَآءَكُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَشْهَدُونَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ حَرَّمَ هَٰذَا ۖ فَإِن شَهِدُوا۟ فَلَا تَشْهَدْ مَعَهُمْ ۚ وَلَا تَتَّبِعْ أَهْوَآءَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْءَاخِرَةِ وَهُم بِرَبِّهِمْ يَعْدِلُونَ﴿١٥٠

Translation (Sahih International)

Say, [O Muhammad], "Bring forward your witnesses who will testify that Allah has prohibited this." And if they testify, do not testify with them. And do not follow the desires of those who deny Our verses and those who do not believe in the Hereafter, while they equate [others] with their Lord.

Word-by-word meaning

قُلْqulSay
هَلُمَّhalummaBring forward
شُهَدَآءَكُمُshuhadāakumuyour witnesses
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
يَشْهَدُونَyashhadūnatestify
أَنَّannathat
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
حَرَّمَḥarramaprohibited
هَـٰذَا ۖhādhāthis
فَإِنfa-inThen if
شَهِدُوا۟shahidūthey testify
فَلَاfalāthen (do) not
تَشْهَدْtashhadtestify
مَعَهُمْ ۚmaʿahumwith them
وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
تَتَّبِعْtattabiʿfollow
أَهْوَآءَahwāa(the) desires
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
كَذَّبُوا۟kadhabūdenied
بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināOur Signs
وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those who
لَا(do) not
يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnabelieve
بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِbil-ākhiratiin the Hereafter
وَهُمwahumwhile they
بِرَبِّهِمْbirabbihimwith their Lord
يَعْدِلُونَyaʿdilūnaset up equals

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

A False Notion and its RebuttalHere Allah mentioned a debate with the idolators, refuting a false notion they have over their Shirk and the things that they prohibited. They said, surely, Allah has full knowledge of the Shirk we indulge in, and that we forbid some kinds of wealth. Allah is able to change this Shirk by directing us to the faith, - they claimed - and prevent us from falling into disbelief, but He did not do that.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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