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Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread)

Verse 97of 120

۞ جَعَلَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْكَعْبَةَ ٱلْبَيْتَ ٱلْحَرَامَ قِيَٰمًۭا لِّلنَّاسِ وَٱلشَّهْرَ ٱلْحَرَامَ وَٱلْهَدْىَ وَٱلْقَلَٰٓئِدَ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ لِتَعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌ﴿٩٧

Translation (Sahih International)

Allah has made the Ka'bah, the Sacred House, standing for the people and [has sanctified] the sacred months and the sacrificial animals and the garlands [by which they are identified]. That is so you may know that Allah knows what is in the heavens and what is in the earth and that Allah is Knowing of all things.

Word-by-word meaning

۞ جَعَلَjaʿalaHas (been) made
ٱللَّهُl-lahu(by) Allah
ٱلْكَعْبَةَl-kaʿbatathe Kabah
ٱلْبَيْتَl-baytathe House
ٱلْحَرَامَl-ḥarāmathe Sacred
قِيَـٰمًۭاqiyāmanan establishment
لِّلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor mankind
وَٱلشَّهْرَwal-shahraand the month(s)
ٱلْحَرَامَl-ḥarāma[the] sacred
وَٱلْهَدْىَwal-hadyaand the (animals) for offering
وَٱلْقَلَـٰٓئِدَ ۚwal-qalāidaand the garlands
ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat (is)
لِتَعْلَمُوٓا۟litaʿlamūso that you may know
أَنَّannathat
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuknows
مَاwhat
فِى(is) in
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
وَمَاwamāand what
فِى(is) in
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
وَأَنَّwa-annaand that
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
بِكُلِّbikulliof every
شَىْءٍshayinthing
عَلِيمٌʿalīmun(is) All-Knowing

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Water Game is Allowed for the MuhrimSa`id bin Al-Musayyib, Sa`id bin Jubayr and others commented on Allah's statement;أُحِلَّ لَكُمْ صَيْدُ الْبَحْرِ(Lawful to you is (the pursuit of) water game...) that it means, what one eats fresh from it, while,وَطَعَامُهُ(And its use for food) what is eaten dry and salted. Ibn `Abbas said that `water game' refers to what is taken from water while still alive, while,وَطَعَامُهُ(and its use for food) refers to what the water throws ashore dead.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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