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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 173of 286

إِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْمَيْتَةَ وَٱلدَّمَ وَلَحْمَ ٱلْخِنزِيرِ وَمَآ أُهِلَّ بِهِۦ لِغَيْرِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ فَمَنِ ٱضْطُرَّ غَيْرَ بَاغٍۢ وَلَا عَادٍۢ فَلَآ إِثْمَ عَلَيْهِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌ﴿١٧٣

Translation (Sahih International)

He has only forbidden to you dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to other than Allah. But whoever is forced [by necessity], neither desiring [it] nor transgressing [its limit], there is no sin upon him. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.

Word-by-word meaning

إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
حَرَّمَḥarramaHe has forbidden
عَلَيْكُمُʿalaykumuto you
ٱلْمَيْتَةَl-maytatathe dead animals
وَٱلدَّمَwal-damaand [the] blood
وَلَحْمَwalaḥmaand flesh
ٱلْخِنزِيرِl-khinzīri(of) swine
وَمَآwamāand what
أُهِلَّuhillahas been dedicated
بِهِۦbihi[with it]
لِغَيْرِlighayrito other than
ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahiAllah
فَمَنِfamaniSo whoever
ٱضْطُرَّuḍ'ṭurra(is) forced by necessity
غَيْرَghayrawithout
بَاغٍۢbāghin(being) disobedient
وَلَاwalāand not
عَادٍۢʿādintransgressor
فَلَآfalāthen no
إِثْمَith'masin
عَلَيْهِ ۚʿalayhion him
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
غَفُورٌۭghafūrun(is) Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMost Merciful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Command to eat Pure Things and the Explanation of the Prohibited ThingsAllah commands His believing servants to eat from the pure things that He has created for them and to thank Him for it, if they are truly His servants.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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