Surah 6 Al-An'aam — Ayah 138
وَقَالُوا۟ هَٰذِهِۦٓ أَنْعَٰمٌۭ وَحَرْثٌ حِجْرٌۭ لَّا يَطْعَمُهَآ إِلَّا مَن نَّشَآءُ بِزَعْمِهِمْ وَأَنْعَٰمٌ حُرِّمَتْ ظُهُورُهَا وَأَنْعَٰمٌۭ لَّا يَذْكُرُونَ ٱسْمَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْهَا ٱفْتِرَآءً عَلَيْهِ ۚ سَيَجْزِيهِم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ
Аз рӯи пиндор гуфтанд: «Инҳо чорпоёну киштзорони мамнӯъ аст. Ҳеҷ кас ҷуз он, ки мо бихоҳем, набояд аз онҳо бихӯрад». Ва инҳо чорпоёнест, ки савор шуданашон ҳаром аст ва инҳо чорпоёнест, ки номи Худоро бар онҳо ёд накунанд, ба Худо дурӯғ мебанданд ва ба зудӣ ба ҷазои дурӯғе, ки мебастаанд, ҷазояшонро хоҳад дод!
waqālū hādhihi anʿāmun waḥarthun ḥij'run lā yaṭʿamuhā illā man nashāu bizaʿmihim wa-anʿāmun ḥurrimat ẓuhūruhā wa-anʿāmun lā yadhkurūna is'ma l-lahi ʿalayhā if'tirāan ʿalayhi sayajzīhim bimā kānū yaftarūna
Word by word
- وَقَالُوا۟ waqālū And they say
- هَـٰذِهِۦٓ hādhihi These
- أَنْعَـٰمٌۭ anʿāmun (are) cattle
- وَحَرْثٌ waḥarthun and crops
- حِجْرٌۭ ḥij'run forbidden
- لَّا lā no (one)
- يَطْعَمُهَآ yaṭʿamuhā can eat them
- إِلَّا illā except
- مَن man whom
- نَّشَآءُ nashāu we will
- بِزَعْمِهِمْ bizaʿmihim by their claim
- وَأَنْعَـٰمٌ wa-anʿāmun And cattle
- حُرِّمَتْ ḥurrimat forbidden
- ظُهُورُهَا ẓuhūruhā (are) their backs
- وَأَنْعَـٰمٌۭ wa-anʿāmun and cattle
- لَّا lā not
- يَذْكُرُونَ yadhkurūna they mention
- ٱسْمَ is'ma (the) name
- ٱللَّهِ l-lahi (of) Allah
- عَلَيْهَا ʿalayhā on it
- ٱفْتِرَآءً if'tirāan (as) an invention
- عَلَيْهِ ۚ ʿalayhi against Him
- سَيَجْزِيهِم sayajzīhim He will recompense them
- بِمَا bimā for what
- كَانُوا۟ kānū they used to
- يَفْتَرُونَ yaftarūna invent
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Idolators Forbade Certain Types of Cattle
`Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that Ibn `Abbas said, "Hijr refers to what they forbade, such as the Wasilah, and the like." Similar was said by Mujahid, Ad-Dahhak, As-Suddi, Qatadah, `Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam and others. Qatadah commented on,
(They say that such and such cattle and crops are Hijr,) "It is a prohibition that the Shayatin appointed for their wealth, and a type of exaggeration and extremism that did not come from Allah." `Abdur-Rahman Ibn Zayd bin Aslam said that, d
(Hijr,) refers to what the idolators designated for their deities. As-Suddi said that the Ayah,
(And none should eat of them except those whom we allow, they claimed...) means, "They said, only those whom we choose can eat of them., and the rest are prohibited from eating them." Similar to this honorable Ayah, Allah said,
(Say: "Tell me, what provision Allah has sent down to you! And you have made of it lawful and unlawful." Say: "Has Allah permitted you (to do so), or do you invent a lie against Allah") 10:59, and,
(Allah has not instituted things like Bahirah or a Sa'ibah or a Wasilah or a Ham. But those who disbelieve invent lies against Allah, and most of them have no understanding.) 5:103 As-Suddi said that cattle forbidden to be used for burden were the Bahirah, Sa'ibah, Wasilah and Ham, as well as cattle for which the idolators did not mention Allah's Name when slaughtering them nor when they were born. Abu Bakr bin `Ayyash said that `Asim bin Abi An-Najud said, "Abu Wa'il said to me, `Do you know the meaning of the Ayah,
(And (they say) there are cattle forbidden to be used for burden, and cattle on which the Name of Allah is not pronounced.) I said, `No.' He said, `It is the Bahirah, which they would not use to for Hajj (either by riding it or carrying things on it)."' Mujahid also said that they were some of the camels belonging to idolators on which Allah's Name was not mentioned when riding, milking, carrying things, copulation or any other action.
(lying against Him.) against Allah. The idolators indeed lied when they attributed this evil to Allah's religion and Law; He did not allow them to do that nor did He approve of it,
(He will recompense them for what they used to fabricate.) against Him, and falsely attribute to Him.