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Al-Ma'idah 95

Ayah 95 of 120 · Medinan

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لَا تَقۡتُلُواْ ٱلصَّيۡدَ وَأَنتُمۡ حُرُمٞۚ وَمَن قَتَلَهُۥ مِنكُم مُّتَعَمِّدٗا فَجَزَآءٞ مِّثۡلُ مَا قَتَلَ مِنَ ٱلنَّعَمِ يَحۡكُمُ بِهِۦ ذَوَا عَدۡلٖ مِّنكُمۡ هَدۡيَۢا بَٰلِغَ ٱلۡكَعۡبَةِ أَوۡ كَفَّٰرَةٞ طَعَامُ مَسَٰكِينَ أَوۡ عَدۡلُ ذَٰلِكَ صِيَامٗا لِّيَذُوقَ وَبَالَ أَمۡرِهِۦۗ عَفَا ٱللَّهُ عَمَّا سَلَفَۚ وَمَنۡ عَادَ فَيَنتَقِمُ ٱللَّهُ مِنۡهُۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَزِيزٞ ذُو ٱنتِقَامٍ ٩٥

O you who have believed, do not kill game while you are in the state of iḥrām.1 And whoever of you kills it intentionally - the penalty is an equivalent from sacrificial animals to what he killed, as judged by two just men among you as an offering [to Allāh] delivered to the Kaʿbah, or an expiation: the feeding of needy people or the equivalent of that in fasting, that he may taste the consequence of his matter [i.e., deed]. Allāh has pardoned what is past; but whoever returns [to violation], then Allāh will take retribution from him. And Allāh is Exalted in Might and Owner of Retribution.2

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 See footnote to 5:1.

2 Refer to footnote for 3:5.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. يَٰٓأَيُّهَاO youyāayyuhā
  2. ٱلَّذِينَthose who(believe)alladhīna
  3. ءَامَنُواْbelieveāmanū
  4. لَا(Do) notlā
  5. تَقۡتُلُواْkilltaqtulū
  6. ٱلصَّيۡدَthe gamel-ṣayda
  7. وَأَنتُمۡwhile youwa-antum
  8. حُرُمٞۚ(are in) Ihramḥurumun
  9. وَمَنAnd whoeverwaman
  10. قَتَلَهُۥkilled itqatalahu
  11. مِنكُمamong youminkum
  12. مُّتَعَمِّدٗاintentionallymutaʿammidan
  13. فَجَزَآءٞthen penaltyfajazāon
  14. مِّثۡلُ(is) similarmith'lu
  15. مَا(to) whatmā
  16. قَتَلَhe killedqatala
  17. مِنَofmina
  18. ٱلنَّعَمِthe cattlel-naʿami
  19. يَحۡكُمُjudgingyaḥkumu
  20. بِهِۦitbihi
  21. ذَوَاtwo mendhawā
  22. عَدۡلٖjustʿadlin
  23. مِّنكُمۡamong youminkum
  24. هَدۡيَۢا(as) an offeringhadyan
  25. بَٰلِغَreachingbāligha
  26. ٱلۡكَعۡبَةِthe Kabahl-kaʿbati
  27. أَوۡoraw
  28. كَفَّٰرَةٞan expiation kaffāratun
  29. طَعَامُfeedingṭaʿāmu
  30. مَسَٰكِينَneedy peoplemasākīna
  31. أَوۡoraw
  32. عَدۡلُequivalentʿadlu
  33. ذَٰلِكَ(of) thatdhālika
  34. صِيَامٗا(in) fastingṣiyāman
  35. لِّيَذُوقَthat he may tasteliyadhūqa
  36. وَبَالَ(the) consequencewabāla
  37. أَمۡرِهِۦۗ(of) his deedamrihi
  38. عَفَاPardonedʿafā
  39. ٱللَّهُ(by) Allahl-lahu
  40. عَمَّاwhatʿammā
  41. سَلَفَۚ(has) passedsalafa
  42. وَمَنۡbut whoeverwaman
  43. عَادَreturnedʿāda
  44. فَيَنتَقِمُthen will take retributionfayantaqimu
  45. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  46. مِنۡهُۚfrom himmin'hu
  47. وَٱللَّهُAnd Allahwal-lahu
  48. عَزِيزٞ(is) All-Mightyʿazīzun
  49. ذُوOwnerdhū
  50. ٱنتِقَامٍ(of) Retributionintiqāmin

Tafsir

O you who accept God and practise on His laws, do not kill land game when you are in the state of pilgrim sanctity for Hajj or Umra. Whoever of you does so deliberately shall be liable for a punishment equivalent to the game they killed from camels, cattle or sheep. This will be judged by two men who are known to be upright amongst the Muslims. The animal that they decide shall be treated as an offering is treated, and shall be sent to Makkah to be slaughtered in the Sanctuary. Another option for the atonement is that the equivalent value should be distributed to the poor within the Sanctuary, every poor person should receive half a sa` of grain, or the fast of one day should be kept for every half sa` of grain. God has overlooked the game of the Sanctuary which were killed in the past, and the person who hunted land game in the state of pilgrim sanctity prior to the prohibition. If anyone repeats this, after the prohibition, then God will take retribution from them by punishing them for the same. God is Mighty and Powerful. He has the ability to take retribution on the one who goes against Him if He wishes. Nothing can stop Him from doing so.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran