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Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread)

Verse 103of 120

مَا جَعَلَ ٱللَّهُ مِنۢ بَحِيرَةٍۢ وَلَا سَآئِبَةٍۢ وَلَا وَصِيلَةٍۢ وَلَا حَامٍۢ ۙ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلْكَذِبَ ۖ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ﴿١٠٣

Translation (Sahih International)

Allah has not appointed [such innovations as] bahirah or sa'ibah or wasilah or ham. But those who disbelieve invent falsehood about Allah, and most of them do not reason.

Word-by-word meaning

مَاNot
جَعَلَjaʿalahas (been) made
ٱللَّهُl-lahu(by) Allah
مِنۢminof
بَحِيرَةٍۢbaḥīratina Bahirah
وَلَاwalāand not
سَآئِبَةٍۢsāibatina Saibah
وَلَاwalāand not
وَصِيلَةٍۢwaṣīlatina Wasilah
وَلَاwalāand not
حَامٍۢ ۙḥāmina Hami
وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinna[And] but
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
يَفْتَرُونَyaftarūnathey invent
عَلَىʿalāagainst
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
ٱلْكَذِبَ ۖl-kadhibathe lie
وَأَكْثَرُهُمْwa-aktharuhumand most of them
لَا(do) not
يَعْقِلُونَyaʿqilūnause reason

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Meaning of Bahirah, Sa'ibah, Wasilah and HamAl-Bukhari recorded that Sa`id bin Al-Musayyib said, "The Bahirah is a female camel whose milk was spared for the idols and no one was allowed to milk it. The Sa'ibah is a female camel let loose for free pasture for the idols, and nothing was allowed to be carried on it.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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