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An-Nahl 115

Ayah 115 of 128 · Meccan

إِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ عَلَيۡكُمُ ٱلۡمَيۡتَةَ وَٱلدَّمَ وَلَحۡمَ ٱلۡخِنزِيرِ وَمَآ أُهِلَّ لِغَيۡرِ ٱللَّهِ بِهِۦۖ فَمَنِ ٱضۡطُرَّ غَيۡرَ بَاغٖ وَلَا عَادٖ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٞ ١١٥

He has only forbidden to you dead animals,1 blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to other than Allāh. But whoever is forced [by necessity], neither desiring [it] nor transgressing [its limit] - then indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Those not slaughtered or hunted expressly for food.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. إِنَّمَاOnlyinnamā
  2. حَرَّمَHe has forbiddenḥarrama
  3. عَلَيۡكُمُto youʿalaykumu
  4. ٱلۡمَيۡتَةَthe dead animall-maytata
  5. وَٱلدَّمَand the bloodwal-dama
  6. وَلَحۡمَand the fleshwalaḥma
  7. ٱلۡخِنزِيرِ(of) the swinel-khinzīri
  8. وَمَآand whatwamā
  9. أُهِلَّhas been dedicateduhilla
  10. لِغَيۡرِto other (than)lighayri
  11. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  12. بِهِۦۖ[with it]bihi
  13. فَمَنِBut (if) onefamani
  14. ٱضۡطُرَّ(is) forced uḍ'ṭurra
  15. غَيۡرَwithout (being)ghayra
  16. بَاغٖdisobedientbāghin
  17. وَلَاand notwalā
  18. عَادٖa transgressor ʿādin
  19. فَإِنَّthen indeedfa-inna
  20. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  21. غَفُورٞ(is) Oft-Forgivingghafūrun
  22. رَّحِيمٞMost Mercifulraḥīmun

Tafsir

Allah has made unlawful for you to consume that which died without being slaughtered according to the sacred law, blood that spills forth from an animal at the time of slaughter, all parts of the pig, and what was slaughtered by a person as an offering to other than Allah. This prohibition applies at the time when a person has a choice.If someone is compelled to eat any of these forbidden types, and does so without desiring the forbidden thing itself and without going beyond the limit of what is necessary, then they have done no wrong. Allah is Forgiving and will forgive them for what they consume. He is Merciful in that He permitted that when it is necessary.

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