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An-Nahl (The Bee)

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وَلَا تَقُولُوا۟ لِمَا تَصِفُ أَلْسِنَتُكُمُ ٱلْكَذِبَ هَٰذَا حَلَٰلٌۭ وَهَٰذَا حَرَامٌۭ لِّتَفْتَرُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلْكَذِبَ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلْكَذِبَ لَا يُفْلِحُونَ﴿١١٦

Translation (Sahih International)

And do not say about what your tongues assert of untruth, "This is lawful and this is unlawful," to invent falsehood about Allah. Indeed, those who invent falsehood about Allah will not succeed.

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
تَقُولُوا۟taqūlūsay
لِمَاlimāfor that which
تَصِفُtaṣifuassert
أَلْسِنَتُكُمُalsinatukumuyour tongues
ٱلْكَذِبَl-kadhibathe lie
هَـٰذَاhādhāThis
حَلَـٰلٌۭḥalālun(is) lawful
وَهَـٰذَاwahādhāand this
حَرَامٌۭḥarāmun(is) forbidden
لِّتَفْتَرُوا۟litaftarūso that you invent
عَلَىʿalāabout
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
ٱلْكَذِبَ ۚl-kadhibathe lie
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
يَفْتَرُونَyaftarūnainvent
عَلَىʿalāabout
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
ٱلْكَذِبَl-kadhibathe lie
لَاthey will not succeed
يُفْلِحُونَyuf'liḥūnathey will not succeed

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Command to eat Lawful Provisions and to be Thankful, and an Explanation of what is UnlawfulAllah orders His believing servants to eat the good and lawful things that He has provided, and to give thanks to Him for that, for He is the Giver and Originator of all favors, Who alone deserves to be worshipped, having no partners or associate. Then Allah mentions what He has forbidden things which harm them in both religious and worldly affairs, i.,e., dead meat, blood and the flesh of pigs.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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