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An-Nisa 160

Ayah 160 of 176 · Medinan

فَبِظُلۡمٖ مِّنَ ٱلَّذِينَ هَادُواْ حَرَّمۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ طَيِّبَٰتٍ أُحِلَّتۡ لَهُمۡ وَبِصَدِّهِمۡ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ كَثِيرٗا ١٦٠

For wrongdoing on the part of the Jews, We made unlawful for them [certain] good foods which had been lawful to them, and for their averting from the way of Allāh many [people],

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَبِظُلۡمٖThen for (the) wrongdoingfabiẓul'min
  2. مِّنَofmina
  3. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  4. هَادُواْwere Jewshādū
  5. حَرَّمۡنَاWe made unlawfulḥarramnā
  6. عَلَيۡهِمۡfor themʿalayhim
  7. طَيِّبَٰتٍgood thingsṭayyibātin
  8. أُحِلَّتۡwhich had been lawfuluḥillat
  9. لَهُمۡfor themlahum
  10. وَبِصَدِّهِمۡand for their hinderingwabiṣaddihim
  11. عَنfromʿan
  12. سَبِيلِ(the) waysabīli
  13. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allah l-lahi
  14. كَثِيرٗاmanykathīran

Tafsir

Because of the wrongdoings of the Jews, I prohibited them from some of the pure, edible things that used to be permitted for them, such as any hoofed animal and the fat in cows and sheep. This was also because they blocked themselves and others from Allah’s path, such that obstructing from good became a feature of theirs.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran