Surah Al-An'am, ayah 138
وَقَالُوا۟ هَـٰذِهِۦٓ أَنْعَـٰمٌ وَحَرْثٌ حِجْرٌ لَّا يَطْعَمُهَآ إِلَّا مَن نَّشَآءُ بِزَعْمِهِمْ وَأَنْعَـٰمٌ حُرِّمَتْ ظُهُورُهَا وَأَنْعَـٰمٌ لَّا يَذْكُرُونَ ٱسْمَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْهَا ٱفْتِرَآءً عَلَيْهِ ۚ سَيَجْزِيهِم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ
And they say, "These animals 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] and those upon which the name of Allāh is not mentioned - [all of this] an invention of untruth about Him. He will punish them for what they were inventing.
Al-An'am · 6:138
Word by word
- وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they say
- هَـٰذِهِۦٓhādhihiThese
- أَنْعَـٰمٌۭanʿāmun(are) cattle
- وَحَرْثٌwaḥarthunand crops
- حِجْرٌۭḥij'runforbidden
- لَّاlāno (one)
- يَطْعَمُهَآyaṭʿamuhācan eat them
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- مَنmanwhom
- نَّشَآءُnashāuwe will
- بِزَعْمِهِمْbizaʿmihimby their claim
- وَأَنْعَـٰمٌwa-anʿāmunAnd cattle
- حُرِّمَتْḥurrimatforbidden
- ظُهُورُهَاẓuhūruhā(are) their backs
- وَأَنْعَـٰمٌۭwa-anʿāmunand cattle
- لَّاlānot
- يَذْكُرُونَyadhkurūnathey mention
- ٱسْمَis'ma(the) name
- ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
- عَلَيْهَاʿalayhāon it
- ٱفْتِرَآءًif'tirāan(as) an invention
- عَلَيْهِ ۚʿalayhiagainst Him
- سَيَجْزِيهِمsayajzīhimHe will recompense them
- بِمَاbimāfor what
- كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
- يَفْتَرُونَyaftarūnainvent
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