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Al-An'am 139

Ayah 139 of 165 · Meccan

وَقَالُواْ مَا فِي بُطُونِ هَٰذِهِ ٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِ خَالِصَةٞ لِّذُكُورِنَا وَمُحَرَّمٌ عَلَىٰٓ أَزۡوَٰجِنَاۖ وَإِن يَكُن مَّيۡتَةٗ فَهُمۡ فِيهِ شُرَكَآءُۚ سَيَجۡزِيهِمۡ وَصۡفَهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُۥ حَكِيمٌ عَلِيمٞ ١٣٩

And they say, "What is in the bellies of these animals1 is exclusively for our males and forbidden to our females. But if it is [born] dead, then all of them have shares therein." He will punish them for their description.2 Indeed, He is Wise and Knowing.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., their milk and offspring.

2 Of what is lawful and unlawful according to their whims.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَقَالُواْAnd they saywaqālū
  2. مَاWhatmā
  3. فِي(is) infī
  4. بُطُونِ(the) wombsbuṭūni
  5. هَٰذِهِ(of) thesehādhihi
  6. ٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِcattlel-anʿāmi
  7. خَالِصَةٞ(is) exclusivelykhāliṣatun
  8. لِّذُكُورِنَاfor our maleslidhukūrinā
  9. وَمُحَرَّمٌand forbiddenwamuḥarramun
  10. عَلَىٰٓonʿalā
  11. أَزۡوَٰجِنَاۖour spousesazwājinā
  12. وَإِنBut ifwa-in
  13. يَكُنisyakun
  14. مَّيۡتَةٗ(born) deadmaytatan
  15. فَهُمۡthen they (all)fahum
  16. فِيهِin itfīhi
  17. شُرَكَآءُۚ(are) partnersshurakāu
  18. سَيَجۡزِيهِمۡHe will recompense themsayajzīhim
  19. وَصۡفَهُمۡۚ(for) their attributionwaṣfahum
  20. إِنَّهُۥIndeed, Heinnahu
  21. حَكِيمٌ(is) All-Wiseḥakīmun
  22. عَلِيمٞAll-Knowingʿalīmun

Tafsir

They said: The foetus in the wombs of these reserved animals, if born alive, is permitted for our males and forbidden to our women. If it is stillborn, then the males and females will share in it. Allah will justly repay them for this statement. He is Wise in His sacred laws and in handling the affairs of His creation, and He knows full well about them.

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