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Al-An'am 145

Ayah 145 of 165 · Meccan

قُل لَّآ أَجِدُ فِي مَآ أُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ مُحَرَّمًا عَلَىٰ طَاعِمٖ يَطۡعَمُهُۥٓ إِلَّآ أَن يَكُونَ مَيۡتَةً أَوۡ دَمٗا مَّسۡفُوحًا أَوۡ لَحۡمَ خِنزِيرٖ فَإِنَّهُۥ رِجۡسٌ أَوۡ فِسۡقًا أُهِلَّ لِغَيۡرِ ٱللَّهِ بِهِۦۚ فَمَنِ ٱضۡطُرَّ غَيۡرَ بَاغٖ وَلَا عَادٖ فَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ غَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٞ ١٤٥

Say, "I do not find within that which was revealed to me [anything] forbidden to one who would eat it unless it be a dead animal or blood spilled out or the flesh of swine - for indeed, it is impure - or it be [that slaughtered in] disobedience, dedicated to other than Allāh.1 But whoever is forced [by necessity], neither desiring [it] nor transgressing [its limit], then indeed, your Lord is Forgiving and Merciful."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Refer to 2:173 and 5:3.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قُلSayqul
  2. لَّآNotlā
  3. أَجِدُ(do) I findajidu
  4. فِيinfī
  5. مَآwhatmā
  6. أُوحِيَhas been revealedūḥiya
  7. إِلَيَّto meilayya
  8. مُحَرَّمًا(anything) forbiddenmuḥarraman
  9. عَلَىٰtoʿalā
  10. طَاعِمٖan eaterṭāʿimin
  11. يَطۡعَمُهُۥٓwho eats ityaṭʿamuhu
  12. إِلَّآexceptillā
  13. أَنthatan
  14. يَكُونَit beyakūna
  15. مَيۡتَةًdeadmaytatan
  16. أَوۡoraw
  17. دَمٗاblooddaman
  18. مَّسۡفُوحًاpoured forthmasfūḥan
  19. أَوۡoraw
  20. لَحۡمَ(the) fleshlaḥma
  21. خِنزِيرٖ(of) swine khinzīrin
  22. فَإِنَّهُۥfor indeed, itfa-innahu
  23. رِجۡسٌ(is) filth rij'sun
  24. أَوۡoraw
  25. فِسۡقًا(it be) disobediencefis'qan
  26. أُهِلَّ[is] dedicateduhilla
  27. لِغَيۡرِto other thanlighayri
  28. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  29. بِهِۦۚ[on it]bihi
  30. فَمَنِBut whoeverfamani
  31. ٱضۡطُرَّ(is) compelleduḍ'ṭurra
  32. غَيۡرَnotghayra
  33. بَاغٖdesiringbāghin
  34. وَلَاand notwalā
  35. عَادٖtransgressingʿādin
  36. فَإِنَّthen indeedfa-inna
  37. رَبَّكَyour Lordrabbaka
  38. غَفُورٞ(is) Oft-Forgivingghafūrun
  39. رَّحِيمٞMost Mercifulraḥīmun

Tafsir

Say, O Messenger: I do not find in what Allah has revealed to me anything forbidden except that which dies without being properly slaughtered, blood that is flowing, the meat of a pig – for that is impure and unlawful – or that which is slaughtered in the name of other than Allah (such as animals slaughtered in the name of idols). Whoever is forced by necessity to eat of these forbidden things due to extreme hunger, without looking for enjoyment by eating them and without exceeding the limit of necessity, there will be no sin on him in that. Your Lord, O Messenger, is Forgiving towards the person who is compelled to eat from that and is Compassionate towards such a person.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran