Prohibited to you are dead animals,1 blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to other than Allāh, and [those animals] killed by strangling or by a violent blow or by a head-long fall or by the goring of horns, and those from which a wild animal has eaten, except what you [are able to] slaughter [before its death], and those which are sacrificed on stone altars,2 and [prohibited is] that you seek decision through divining arrows. That is grave disobedience. This day those who disbelieve have despaired of [defeating] your religion; so fear them not, but fear Me. This day I have perfected for you your religion and completed My favor upon you and have approved for you Islām as religion. But whoever is forced by severe hunger with no inclination to sin - then indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.
وَٱلۡمُنۡخَنِقَةُand that which is strangled (to death)wal-mun'khaniqatu
وَٱلۡمَوۡقُوذَةُand that which is hit fatallywal-mawqūdhatu
وَٱلۡمُتَرَدِّيَةُand that which has a fatal fallwal-mutaradiyatu
وَٱلنَّطِيحَةُand that which is gored by hornswal-naṭīḥatu
وَمَآand that whichwamā
أَكَلَate (it)akala
ٱلسَّبُعُthe wild animall-sabuʿu
إِلَّاexceptillā
مَاwhatmā
ذَكَّيۡتُمۡyou slaughtereddhakkaytum
وَمَاand whatwamā
ذُبِحَis sacrificeddhubiḥa
عَلَىonʿalā
ٱلنُّصُبِthe stone altarsl-nuṣubi
وَأَنand thatwa-an
تَسۡتَقۡسِمُواْyou seek divisiontastaqsimū
بِٱلۡأَزۡلَٰمِۚby divining arrows bil-azlāmi
ذَٰلِكُمۡthatdhālikum
فِسۡقٌۗ(is) grave disobediencefis'qun
ٱلۡيَوۡمَThis dayl-yawma
يَئِسَ(have) despairedya-isa
ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
كَفَرُواْdisbelievedkafarū
مِنofmin
دِينِكُمۡyour religiondīnikum
فَلَاso (do) notfalā
تَخۡشَوۡهُمۡfear themtakhshawhum
وَٱخۡشَوۡنِۚbut fear Mewa-ikh'shawni
ٱلۡيَوۡمَThis dayl-yawma
أَكۡمَلۡتُI have perfectedakmaltu
لَكُمۡfor youlakum
دِينَكُمۡyour religiondīnakum
وَأَتۡمَمۡتُand I have completedwa-atmamtu
عَلَيۡكُمۡupon youʿalaykum
نِعۡمَتِيMy Favorniʿ'matī
وَرَضِيتُand I have approvedwaraḍītu
لَكُمُfor youlakumu
ٱلۡإِسۡلَٰمَ[the] Islaml-is'lāma
دِينٗاۚ(as) a religiondīnan
فَمَنِBut whoeverfamani
ٱضۡطُرَّ(is) forceduḍ'ṭurra
فِيbyfī
مَخۡمَصَةٍhungermakhmaṣatin
غَيۡرَ(and) notghayra
مُتَجَانِفٖincliningmutajānifin
لِّإِثۡمٖto sinli-ith'min
فَإِنَّthen indeedfa-inna
ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
غَفُورٞ(is) Oft-Forgivingghafūrun
رَّحِيمٞMost Mercifulraḥīmun
Tafsir
Allah has forbidden you from eating those animals that die without being ritually slaughtered. He has also forbidden you from spilled blood; pig’s meat; an animal on which other than the name of Allah was taken at the time of slaughter; an animal that was strangled or beaten to death, or one that fell from a high place; or an animal that was gored by another animal and an animal that was hunted by a predator, such as a lion, tiger or wolf, unless you reach any of these animals while they are alive and you slaughter them – in which case they will be lawful for you. He has forbidden you from those animals that were sacrificed for idols. He has also prohibited you from drawing lots to know whether something is destined for you or not, or to use as a means of making a decision when intending to do something or not. By doing these prohibited things a person is leaving obedience to Allah. Today the disbelievers have lost hope that you will leave the religion of Islam, because they see its strength. So do not fear them, but fear Me alone. Today I have perfected for you your religion, which is Islam. I have completed My apparent and hidden favours on you. I have selected Islam as your religion, so I will not accept any other. If anyone is forced due to hunger to eat from an animal that was not slaughtered correctly, with no inclination to sin, there is no sin on such a person to do so. Allah is Forgiving and Compassionate.