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Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread)

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يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ مَاذَآ أُحِلَّ لَهُمْ ۖ قُلْ أُحِلَّ لَكُمُ ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتُ ۙ وَمَا عَلَّمْتُم مِّنَ ٱلْجَوَارِحِ مُكَلِّبِينَ تُعَلِّمُونَهُنَّ مِمَّا عَلَّمَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ ۖ فَكُلُوا۟ مِمَّآ أَمْسَكْنَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَٱذْكُرُوا۟ ٱسْمَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ ۖ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَرِيعُ ٱلْحِسَابِ﴿٤

Translation (Sahih International)

They ask you, [O Muhammad], what has been made lawful for them. Say, "Lawful for you are [all] good foods and [game caught by] what you have trained of hunting animals which you train as Allah has taught you. So eat of what they catch for you, and mention the name of Allah upon it, and fear Allah." Indeed, Allah is swift in account.

Word-by-word meaning

يَسْـَٔلُونَكَyasalūnakaThey ask you
مَاذَآmādhāwhat
أُحِلَّuḥilla(is) made lawful
لَهُمْ ۖlahumfor them
قُلْqulSay
أُحِلَّuḥillaAre made lawful
لَكُمُlakumufor you
ٱلطَّيِّبَـٰتُ ۙl-ṭayibātuthe good things
وَمَاwamāand what
عَلَّمْتُمʿallamtumyou have taught
مِّنَminaof
ٱلْجَوَارِحِl-jawāriḥi(your) hunting animals
مُكَلِّبِينَmukallibīnaones who train animals to hunt
تُعَلِّمُونَهُنَّtuʿallimūnahunnayou teach them
مِمَّاmimmāof what
عَلَّمَكُمُʿallamakumuhas taught you
ٱللَّهُ ۖl-lahuAllah
فَكُلُوا۟fakulūSo eat
مِمَّآmimmāof what
أَمْسَكْنَamsaknathey catch
عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumfor you
وَٱذْكُرُوا۟wa-udh'kurūbut mention
ٱسْمَis'ma(the) name
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
عَلَيْهِ ۖʿalayhion it
وَٱتَّقُوا۟wa-ittaqūand fear
ٱللَّهَ ۚl-lahaAllah
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
سَرِيعُsarīʿuis swift
ٱلْحِسَابِl-ḥisābi(in taking) account

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Clarifying the LawfulIn the previous Ayah Allah mentioned the prohibited types of food, the impure and unclean things, harmful for those who eat them, either to their bodies, religion or both, except out of necessity,وَقَدْ فَصَّلَ لَكُم مَّا حَرَّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ إِلاَّ مَا اضْطُرِرْتُمْ إِلَيْهِ(while He has explained to you in detail what is forbidden to you, except under compulsion of necessity) After that, Allah said,يَسْأَلُونَكَ مَاذَآ أُحِلَّ لَهُمْ قُلْ أُحِلَّ لَكُمُ الطَّيِّبَـتُ(They as...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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