Skip to content
MyDeenTools

Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread)

Verse 98of 120

ٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ شَدِيدُ ٱلْعِقَابِ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭ﴿٩٨

Translation (Sahih International)

Know that Allah is severe in penalty and that Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.

Word-by-word meaning

ٱعْلَمُوٓا۟iʿ'lamūKnow
أَنَّannathat
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
شَدِيدُshadīdu(is) severe
ٱلْعِقَابِl-ʿiqābi(in) punishment
وَأَنَّwa-annaand that
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
غَفُورٌۭghafūrun(is) Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمٌۭraḥīmunMost Merciful

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

Share this verse with others

WhatsAppX

These tools are free because of generous Muslims.

$10/month keeps this platform free for 50,000 people. Every visit earns you reward — Sadaqah Jariyah.

Support this project