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قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُم مَّآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ لَكُم مِّن رِّزْقٍۢ فَجَعَلْتُم مِّنْهُ حَرَامًۭا وَحَلَٰلًۭا قُلْ ءَآللَّهُ أَذِنَ لَكُمْ ۖ أَمْ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ تَفْتَرُونَ﴿٥٩

Translation (Sahih International)

Say, "Have you seen what Allah has sent down to you of provision of which you have made [some] lawful and [some] unlawful?" Say, "Has Allah permitted you [to do so], or do you invent [something] about Allah?"

Word-by-word meaning

قُلْqulSay
أَرَءَيْتُمara-aytumHave you seen
مَّآwhat
أَنزَلَanzala(has been) sent down
ٱللَّهُl-lahu(by) Allah
لَكُمlakumfor you
مِّنminof
رِّزْقٍۢriz'qin(the) provision
فَجَعَلْتُمfajaʿaltumand you have made
مِّنْهُmin'huof it
حَرَامًۭاḥarāmanunlawful
وَحَلَـٰلًۭاwaḥalālanand lawful
قُلْqulSay
ءَآللَّهُāllahuHas Allah
أَذِنَadhinapermitted
لَكُمْ ۖlakum[to] you
أَمْamor
عَلَىʿalāabout
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
تَفْتَرُونَtaftarūnayou invent (lies)

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

None can make Anything Lawful or Unlawful except Allah or Those Whom Allah has allowed to do soIbn `Abbas, Mujahid, Ad-Dahhak, Qatadah, `Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam and others said: "This Ayah was revealed to criticize the idolators for what they used to make lawful and unlawful. Like the Bahirah, Sa'ibah and Wasilah." As Allah said: وَجَعَلُواْ لِلَّهِ مِمَّا ذَرَأَ مِنَ الْحَرْثِ وَالاٌّنْعَامِ نَصِيباً(And they assign to Allah a share of the tilth and cattle which He has created.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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