O you who have believed, Allāh will surely test you through something of the game that your hands and spears [can] reach, that Allāh may make evident those who fear Him unseen. And whoever transgresses after that - for him is a painful punishment.
لَيَبۡلُوَنَّكُمُSurely will test youlayabluwannakumu
ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
بِشَيۡءٖthrough somethingbishayin
مِّنَofmina
ٱلصَّيۡدِthe game l-ṣaydi
تَنَالُهُۥٓcan reach ittanāluhu
أَيۡدِيكُمۡyour handsaydīkum
وَرِمَاحُكُمۡand your spearswarimāḥukum
لِيَعۡلَمَthat may make evidentliyaʿlama
ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
مَنwhoman
يَخَافُهُۥfears Himyakhāfuhu
بِٱلۡغَيۡبِۚin the unseenbil-ghaybi
فَمَنِAnd whoeverfamani
ٱعۡتَدَىٰtransgressediʿ'tadā
بَعۡدَafterbaʿda
ذَٰلِكَthatdhālika
فَلَهُۥthen for himfalahu
عَذَابٌ(is) a punishmentʿadhābun
أَلِيمٞpainfulalīmun
Tafsir
O you who have faith in Allah and follow His Messenger, Allah will certainly test you by giving you land game when you are in the state of Ihram. You will be able to hold the smaller game with your hands and the bigger ones with your spears. Allah will do this to show who fears his Creator, without having seen Him. Reward and punishment in the Afterlife will be based on people’s actions. Nothing is hidden from Allah. Whoever oversteps the limits, and hunts in the state of Ihram for Hajj or Umrah, he shall receive a painful punishment on the Day of Rising because of violating Allah’s prohibition.