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Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread)

Verse 87of 120

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تُحَرِّمُوا۟ طَيِّبَٰتِ مَآ أَحَلَّ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ وَلَا تَعْتَدُوٓا۟ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُعْتَدِينَ﴿٨٧

Translation (Sahih International)

O you who have believed, do not prohibit the good things which Allah has made lawful to you and do not transgress. Indeed, Allah does not like transgressors.

Word-by-word meaning

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
لَا(Do) not
تُحَرِّمُوا۟tuḥarrimūmake unlawful
طَيِّبَـٰتِṭayyibāti(the) good things
مَآ(of) what
أَحَلَّaḥallahas (been) made lawful
ٱللَّهُl-lahu(by) Allah
لَكُمْlakumfor you
وَلَاwalāand (do) not
تَعْتَدُوٓا۟ ۚtaʿtadūtransgress
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
لَا(does) not
يُحِبُّyuḥibbulove
ٱلْمُعْتَدِينَl-muʿ'tadīnathe transgressors

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

There is No Monasticism in Islam`Ali bin Abi Talhah said that Ibn `Abbas said, "This Ayah 5:87 was revealed about some of the Companions of the Prophet who said, `We should cut off our male organs, abandon the desires of this life and travel in the land, just as the Ruhban (monks) do.' When the Prophet heard of this statement, he summoned them and asked them if they made this statement and they answered `Yes.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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