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Al-An'am 142

Ayah 142 of 165 · Meccan

وَمِنَ ٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِ حَمُولَةٗ وَفَرۡشٗاۚ كُلُواْ مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُواْ خُطُوَٰتِ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنِۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَكُمۡ عَدُوّٞ مُّبِينٞ ١٤٢

And of the grazing livestock are carriers [of burdens] and those [too] small. Eat of what Allāh has provided for you and do not follow the footsteps of Satan.1 Indeed, he is to you a clear enemy.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 As the disbelievers have done in making their own rulings about what is permissible and what is prohibited.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَمِنَAnd ofwamina
  2. ٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِthe cattlel-anʿāmi
  3. حَمُولَةٗ(are some for) burdenḥamūlatan
  4. وَفَرۡشٗاۚand (some for) meatwafarshan
  5. كُلُواْEatkulū
  6. مِمَّاof whatmimmā
  7. رَزَقَكُمُ(has been) provided (to) yourazaqakumu
  8. ٱللَّهُ(by) Allahl-lahu
  9. وَلَاand (do) notwalā
  10. تَتَّبِعُواْfollowtattabiʿū
  11. خُطُوَٰتِ(the) footstepskhuṭuwāti
  12. ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنِۚ(of) Shaitaanl-shayṭāni
  13. إِنَّهُۥIndeed, heinnahu
  14. لَكُمۡ(is) to youlakum
  15. عَدُوّٞan enemyʿaduwwun
  16. مُّبِينٞopenmubīnun

Tafsir

He is the One Who produced for you some animals suitable for carrying loads (such as big camels) and other animals not suitable for that purpose (such as small camels, goats and sheep). Eat, O people, of the permissible things that Allah has provided for you and do not follow the footsteps of Satan by considering as lawful what Allah has forbidden and making unlawful what Allah has permitted, as the idolaters do. O people, O people, Satan is your clear enemy as He wants you to oppose Allah by doing so.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran