Surah Al-Ma'idah, ayah 3
حُرِّمَتْ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْمَيْتَةُ وَٱلدَّمُ وَلَحْمُ ٱلْخِنزِيرِ وَمَآ أُهِلَّ لِغَيْرِ ٱللَّهِ بِهِۦ وَٱلْمُنْخَنِقَةُ وَٱلْمَوْقُوذَةُ وَٱلْمُتَرَدِّيَةُ وَٱلنَّطِيحَةُ وَمَآ أَكَلَ ٱلسَّبُعُ إِلَّا مَا ذَكَّيْتُمْ وَمَا ذُبِحَ عَلَى ٱلنُّصُبِ وَأَن تَسْتَقْسِمُوا۟ بِٱلْأَزْلَـٰمِ ۚ ذَٰلِكُمْ فِسْقٌ ۗ ٱلْيَوْمَ يَئِسَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن دِينِكُمْ فَلَا تَخْشَوْهُمْ وَٱخْشَوْنِ ۚ ٱلْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَأَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِى وَرَضِيتُ لَكُمُ ٱلْإِسْلَـٰمَ دِينًا ۚ فَمَنِ ٱضْطُرَّ فِى مَخْمَصَةٍ غَيْرَ مُتَجَانِفٍ لِّإِثْمٍ ۙ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ
Prohibited to you are dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to other than Allāh, and [those animals] killed by strangling or by a violent blow or by a head-long fall or by the goring of horns, and those from which a wild animal has eaten, except what you [are able to] slaughter [before its death], and those which are sacrificed on stone altars, and [prohibited is] that you seek decision through divining arrows. That is grave disobedience. This day those who disbelieve have despaired of [defeating] your religion; so fear them not, but fear Me. This day I have perfected for you your religion and completed My favor upon you and have approved for you Islām as religion. But whoever is forced by severe hunger with no inclination to sin - then indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.
Word by word
- حُرِّمَتْḥurrimatAre made unlawful
- عَلَيْكُمُʿalaykumuon you
- ٱلْمَيْتَةُl-maytatuthe dead animals
- وَٱلدَّمُwal-damuand the blood
- وَلَحْمُwalaḥmuand flesh
- ٱلْخِنزِيرِl-khinzīri(of) the swine
- وَمَآwamāand what
- أُهِلَّuhillahas been dedicated
- لِغَيْرِlighayrito other than
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
- بِهِۦbihi[on it]
- وَٱلْمُنْخَنِقَةُwal-mun'khaniqatuand that which is strangled (to death)
- وَٱلْمَوْقُوذَةُwal-mawqūdhatuand that which is hit fatally
- وَٱلْمُتَرَدِّيَةُwal-mutaradiyatuand that which has a fatal fall
- وَٱلنَّطِيحَةُwal-naṭīḥatuand that which is gored by horns
- وَمَآwamāand that which
- أَكَلَakalaate (it)
- ٱلسَّبُعُl-sabuʿuthe wild animal
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- مَاmāwhat
- ذَكَّيْتُمْdhakkaytumyou slaughtered
- وَمَاwamāand what
- ذُبِحَdhubiḥais sacrificed
- عَلَىʿalāon
- ٱلنُّصُبِl-nuṣubithe stone altars
- وَأَنwa-anand that
- تَسْتَقْسِمُوا۟tastaqsimūyou seek division
- بِٱلْأَزْلَـٰمِ ۚbil-azlāmiby divining arrows
- ذَٰلِكُمْdhālikumthat
- فِسْقٌ ۗfis'qun(is) grave disobedience
- ٱلْيَوْمَl-yawmaThis day
- يَئِسَya-isa(have) despaired
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
- مِنminof
- دِينِكُمْdīnikumyour religion
- فَلَاfalāso (do) not
- تَخْشَوْهُمْtakhshawhumfear them
- وَٱخْشَوْنِ ۚwa-ikh'shawnibut fear Me
- ٱلْيَوْمَl-yawmaThis day
- أَكْمَلْتُakmaltuI have perfected
- لَكُمْlakumfor you
- دِينَكُمْdīnakumyour religion
- وَأَتْمَمْتُwa-atmamtuand I have completed
- عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you
- نِعْمَتِىniʿ'matīMy Favor
- وَرَضِيتُwaraḍītuand I have approved
- لَكُمُlakumufor you
- ٱلْإِسْلَـٰمَl-is'lāma[the] Islam
- دِينًۭا ۚdīnan(as) a religion
- فَمَنِfamaniBut whoever
- ٱضْطُرَّuḍ'ṭurra(is) forced
- فِىfīby
- مَخْمَصَةٍmakhmaṣatinhunger
- غَيْرَghayra(and) not
- مُتَجَانِفٍۢmutajānifininclining
- لِّإِثْمٍۢ ۙli-ith'minto sin
- فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- غَفُورٌۭghafūrun(is) Oft-Forgiving
- رَّحِيمٌۭraḥīmunMost Merciful
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