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Al-Ma'idah 103

Ayah 103 of 120 · Medinan

مَا جَعَلَ ٱللَّهُ مِنۢ بَحِيرَةٖ وَلَا سَآئِبَةٖ وَلَا وَصِيلَةٖ وَلَا حَامٖ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ يَفۡتَرُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡكَذِبَۖ وَأَكۡثَرُهُمۡ لَا يَعۡقِلُونَ ١٠٣

Allāh has not appointed [such innovations as] baḥīrah or sā’ibah or waṣīlah or ḥām.1 But those who disbelieve invent falsehood about Allāh, and most of them do not reason.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Categories of particular camels which were dedicated to the idols and set free to pasture, liberated from the service of man.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. مَاNotmā
  2. جَعَلَhas (been) madejaʿala
  3. ٱللَّهُ(by) Allahl-lahu
  4. مِنۢofmin
  5. بَحِيرَةٖa Bahirahbaḥīratin
  6. وَلَاand notwalā
  7. سَآئِبَةٖa Saibahsāibatin
  8. وَلَاand notwalā
  9. وَصِيلَةٖa Wasilahwaṣīlatin
  10. وَلَاand notwalā
  11. حَامٖa Hamiḥāmin
  12. وَلَٰكِنَّ[And] butwalākinna
  13. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  14. كَفَرُواْdisbelievedkafarū
  15. يَفۡتَرُونَthey inventyaftarūna
  16. عَلَىagainstʿalā
  17. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  18. ٱلۡكَذِبَۖthe liel-kadhiba
  19. وَأَكۡثَرُهُمۡand most of themwa-aktharuhum
  20. لَا(do) notlā
  21. يَعۡقِلُونَuse reasonyaʿqilūna

Tafsir

Allah has made livestock lawful for you to consume. He has not made unlawful what the idolaters declared unlawful for themselves when dedicating them to their idols, such as: baḥīrah, a she-camel whose ear is cut after it gives birth to a certain number; or sā’ibah, a she-camel that is left for the idols after it reaches a certain age; or waṣīlah, a she-camel that gives birth to one female after another; or ḥāmī, a male camel stud that mates with other camels and produces a given number of offspring. Allah did not make any of these; but the disbelievers falsely claimed that Allah had forbidden these things. Most of the disbelievers do not differentiate between truth and falsehood and between the lawful and the unlawful.

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