Surah 6 Al-An'aam — Ayah 139
وَقَالُوا۟ مَا فِى بُطُونِ هَٰذِهِ ٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ خَالِصَةٌۭ لِّذُكُورِنَا وَمُحَرَّمٌ عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِنَا ۖ وَإِن يَكُن مَّيْتَةًۭ فَهُمْ فِيهِ شُرَكَآءُ ۚ سَيَجْزِيهِمْ وَصْفَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ حَكِيمٌ عَلِيمٌۭ
Madje ata thonin: “çka është në barqet e këtyre kafshëve është vetëm për mashkujt tanë, e ndaluar për gratë tona. E nëse ishte e ngordhtë (fruti në bark) ata (mashkuj e femra) ishin të barabartë në të. Do të ndëshkojë Ai cilësimin ë tyre të rrejshëm. Ai është i përsosur në punët e Tij, i dijshëm për krijesat e Tij.
waqālū mā fī buṭūni hādhihi l-anʿāmi khāliṣatun lidhukūrinā wamuḥarramun ʿalā azwājinā wa-in yakun maytatan fahum fīhi shurakāu sayajzīhim waṣfahum innahu ḥakīmun ʿalīmun
Word by word
- وَقَالُوا۟ waqālū And they say
- مَا mā What
- فِى fī (is) in
- بُطُونِ buṭūni (the) wombs
- هَـٰذِهِ hādhihi (of) these
- ٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ l-anʿāmi cattle
- خَالِصَةٌۭ khāliṣatun (is) exclusively
- لِّذُكُورِنَا lidhukūrinā for our males
- وَمُحَرَّمٌ wamuḥarramun and forbidden
- عَلَىٰٓ ʿalā on
- أَزْوَٰجِنَا ۖ azwājinā our spouses
- وَإِن wa-in But if
- يَكُن yakun is
- مَّيْتَةًۭ maytatan (born) dead
- فَهُمْ fahum then they (all)
- فِيهِ fīhi in it
- شُرَكَآءُ ۚ shurakāu (are) partners
- سَيَجْزِيهِمْ sayajzīhim He will recompense them
- وَصْفَهُمْ ۚ waṣfahum (for) their attribution
- إِنَّهُۥ innahu Indeed, He
- حَكِيمٌ ḥakīmun (is) All-Wise
- عَلِيمٌۭ ʿalīmun All-Knowing
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
(And they say: "What is in the bellies of such and such cattle is for our males alone...") refers to milk. `Awfi said that Ibn `Abbas said about this Ayah,
(And they say: "What is in the bellies of such and such cattle is for our males alone...") "It is about milk, which they prohibited for their females and allowed only their males to drink. When a sheep would give birth to a male sheep, they would slaughter it and feed it to their males, but not to their females. If the newly born lamb was a female, they would not slaughter it, but if it was stillborn, they would share in it (with their females)! Allah forbade this practice." Similar was said by As-Suddi. Ash-Sha`bi said, "The Bahirah's milk was only given to the men. But if any cattle from the Bahirah died, both men and women would share in eating it." Similar was said by `Ikrimah, Qatadah and `Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam. Mujahid commented;
(And they say: "What is in the bellies of such and such cattle is for our males alone, and forbidden to our females...") "It refers to the Sa'ibah and the Bahirah." Abu Al-`Aliyah, Mujahid and Qatadah said that Allah's statement,
(He will punish them for their attribution. ) means, uttering such falsehood. This is explained by Allah's statement,
(And say not concerning that which your tongues falsely utter: "This is lawful and this is forbidden." so as to invent lies against Allah. Verily, those who invent lies against Allah will never prosper.) 16:116 Allah said,
(Verily, He is All-Wise.) in His actions, statements, Law and decree,
(All-Knower), in the actions of His servants, whether good or evil, and He will recompense them for these deeds completely.