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Al-An'am 138

Ayah 138 of 165 · Meccan

وَقَالُواْ هَٰذِهِۦٓ أَنۡعَٰمٞ وَحَرۡثٌ حِجۡرٞ لَّا يَطۡعَمُهَآ إِلَّا مَن نَّشَآءُ بِزَعۡمِهِمۡ وَأَنۡعَٰمٌ حُرِّمَتۡ ظُهُورُهَا وَأَنۡعَٰمٞ لَّا يَذۡكُرُونَ ٱسۡمَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيۡهَا ٱفۡتِرَآءً عَلَيۡهِۚ سَيَجۡزِيهِم بِمَا كَانُواْ يَفۡتَرُونَ ١٣٨

And they say, "These animals1 and crops are forbidden; no one may eat from them except whom we will," by their claim. And there are those [camels] whose backs are forbidden [by them]2 and those upon which the name of Allāh is not mentioned3 - [all of this] an invention of untruth about Him.4 He will punish them for what they were inventing.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 The four categories of grazing livestock called "anʿām" collectively.

2 See 5:103.

3 At the time of slaughter. Rather, they are dedicated to others among their "deities."

4 i.e., false assertions that such practices are part of Allāh's religion.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَقَالُواْAnd they saywaqālū
  2. هَٰذِهِۦٓThesehādhihi
  3. أَنۡعَٰمٞ(are) cattleanʿāmun
  4. وَحَرۡثٌand cropswaḥarthun
  5. حِجۡرٞforbiddenḥij'run
  6. لَّاno (one)lā
  7. يَطۡعَمُهَآcan eat themyaṭʿamuhā
  8. إِلَّاexceptillā
  9. مَنwhomman
  10. نَّشَآءُwe willnashāu
  11. بِزَعۡمِهِمۡby their claimbizaʿmihim
  12. وَأَنۡعَٰمٌAnd cattlewa-anʿāmun
  13. حُرِّمَتۡforbiddenḥurrimat
  14. ظُهُورُهَا(are) their backsẓuhūruhā
  15. وَأَنۡعَٰمٞand cattlewa-anʿāmun
  16. لَّاnotlā
  17. يَذۡكُرُونَthey mentionyadhkurūna
  18. ٱسۡمَ(the) nameis'ma
  19. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
  20. عَلَيۡهَاon itʿalayhā
  21. ٱفۡتِرَآءً(as) an inventionif'tirāan
  22. عَلَيۡهِۚagainst Himʿalayhi
  23. سَيَجۡزِيهِمHe will recompense themsayajzīhim
  24. بِمَاfor whatbimā
  25. كَانُواْthey used tokānū
  26. يَفۡتَرُونَinventyaftarūna

Tafsir

The idolaters said that certain animals and crops were banned, and only those whom they wish may eat of them, such as those who worship the idols and others, according to their claim and fabrication. They also said that the backs of certain animals were forbidden and that no one could ride or carry a load on those animals. Then they claimed that the name of Allah must not be mentioned over certain animals at the time of slaughter and the names of idols must be taken instead. They falsely attributed all of this to Allah. Allah will repay them with His punishment because of what they made up about Him.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran