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Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread)

Verse 99of 120

مَّا عَلَى ٱلرَّسُولِ إِلَّا ٱلْبَلَٰغُ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ مَا تُبْدُونَ وَمَا تَكْتُمُونَ﴿٩٩

Translation (Sahih International)

Not upon the Messenger is [responsibility] except [for] notification. And Allah knows whatever you reveal and whatever you conceal.

Word-by-word meaning

مَّاNot
عَلَىʿalāon
ٱلرَّسُولِl-rasūlithe Messenger
إِلَّاillāexcept
ٱلْبَلَـٰغُ ۗl-balāghuthe conveyance
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuknows
مَاwhat
تُبْدُونَtub'dūnayou reveal
وَمَاwamāand what
تَكْتُمُونَtaktumūnayou conceal

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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