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Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread)

Verse 95of 120

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَقْتُلُوا۟ ٱلصَّيْدَ وَأَنتُمْ حُرُمٌۭ ۚ وَمَن قَتَلَهُۥ مِنكُم مُّتَعَمِّدًۭا فَجَزَآءٌۭ مِّثْلُ مَا قَتَلَ مِنَ ٱلنَّعَمِ يَحْكُمُ بِهِۦ ذَوَا عَدْلٍۢ مِّنكُمْ هَدْيًۢا بَٰلِغَ ٱلْكَعْبَةِ أَوْ كَفَّٰرَةٌۭ طَعَامُ مَسَٰكِينَ أَوْ عَدْلُ ذَٰلِكَ صِيَامًۭا لِّيَذُوقَ وَبَالَ أَمْرِهِۦ ۗ عَفَا ٱللَّهُ عَمَّا سَلَفَ ۚ وَمَنْ عَادَ فَيَنتَقِمُ ٱللَّهُ مِنْهُ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَزِيزٌۭ ذُو ٱنتِقَامٍ﴿٩٥

Translation (Sahih International)

O you who have believed, do not kill game while you are in the state of ihram. And whoever of you kills it intentionally - the penalty is an equivalent from sacrificial animals to what he killed, as judged by two just men among you as an offering [to Allah] delivered to the Ka'bah, or an expiation: the feeding of needy people or the equivalent of that in fasting, that he may taste the consequence of his deed. Allah has pardoned what is past; but whoever returns [to violation], then Allah will take retribution from him. And Allah is Exalted in Might and Owner of Retribution.

Word-by-word meaning

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
لَا(Do) not
تَقْتُلُوا۟taqtulūkill
ٱلصَّيْدَl-ṣaydathe game
وَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you
حُرُمٌۭ ۚḥurumun(are in) Ihram
وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
قَتَلَهُۥqatalahukilled it
مِنكُمminkumamong you
مُّتَعَمِّدًۭاmutaʿammidanintentionally
فَجَزَآءٌۭfajazāonthen penalty
مِّثْلُmith'lu(is) similar
مَا(to) what
قَتَلَqatalahe killed
مِنَminaof
ٱلنَّعَمِl-naʿamithe cattle
يَحْكُمُyaḥkumujudging
بِهِۦbihiit
ذَوَاdhawātwo men
عَدْلٍۢʿadlinjust
مِّنكُمْminkumamong you
هَدْيًۢاhadyan(as) an offering
بَـٰلِغَbālighareaching
ٱلْكَعْبَةِl-kaʿbatithe Kabah
أَوْawor
كَفَّـٰرَةٌۭkaffāratunan expiation
طَعَامُṭaʿāmufeeding
مَسَـٰكِينَmasākīnaneedy people
أَوْawor
عَدْلُʿadluequivalent
ذَٰلِكَdhālika(of) that
صِيَامًۭاṣiyāman(in) fasting
لِّيَذُوقَliyadhūqathat he may taste
وَبَالَwabāla(the) consequence
أَمْرِهِۦ ۗamrihi(of) his deed
عَفَاʿafāPardoned
ٱللَّهُl-lahu(by) Allah
عَمَّاʿammāwhat
سَلَفَ ۚsalafa(has) passed
وَمَنْwamanbut whoever
عَادَʿādareturned
فَيَنتَقِمُfayantaqimuthen will take retribution
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
مِنْهُ ۗmin'hufrom him
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
عَزِيزٌۭʿazīzun(is) All-Mighty
ذُوdhūOwner
ٱنتِقَامٍintiqāmin(of) Retribution

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Prohibiting Hunting Game in the Sacred Area and During the State of IhramAli bin Abi Talhah Al-Walibi said that Ibn `Abbas said that Allah's statement,لَيَبْلُوَنَّكُمُ اللَّهُ بِشَىْءٍ مِّنَ الصَّيْدِ تَنَالُهُ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَرِمَـحُكُمْ(Allah will certainly make a trial for you with something in (the matter of) the game that is well within reach of your hands and your lances,)5:94, refers to, "The weak and young game.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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