Quran 2:173 — Al-Baqara, verse 173
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
He has only forbidden you carrion, blood, pig’s meat, and animals over which any name other than God’s has been invoked. But if anyone is forced to eat such things by hunger, rather than desire or excess, he commits no sin: God is most merciful and forgiving.
إِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَيْتَةَ وَالدَّمَ وَلَحْمَ الْخِنْزِيرِ وَمَا أُهِلَّ بِهِ لِغَيْرِ اللَّهِ ۖ فَمَنِ اضْطُرَّ غَيْرَ بَاغٍ وَلَا عَادٍ فَلَا إِثْمَ عَلَيْهِ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ
innamā ḥarrama ʿalaykumu l-maytata wal-dama walaḥma l-khinzīri wamā uhilla bihi lighayri l-lahi famani uḍ'ṭurra ghayra bāghin walā ʿādin falā ith'ma ʿalayhi inna l-laha ghafūrun raḥīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- These things only has He forbidden you: carrion, blood, the flesh of swine, what has been hollowed to other than God. Yet who so is constrained, not desiring nor transgressing, no sin shall be on him; God is All-forgiving, All-compassionate.
- Muhammad Asad
- He has forbidden to you only carrion, and blood, and the flesh of swine, and that over which any name other than God's has been invoked; but if one is driven by necessity - neither coveting it nor exceeding his immediate need -no sin shall be upon him: for, behold, God is much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace.
- Sahih International
- He has only forbidden to you dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to other than Allāh. But whoever is forced [by necessity], neither desiring [it] nor transgressing [its limit], there is no sin upon him. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنَّمَاinnamā | Only | — |
| 2 | حَرَّمَḥarrama | He has forbidden | حرم |
| 3 | عَلَيْكُمُʿalaykumu | to you | — |
| 4 | ٱلْمَيْتَةَl-maytata | the dead animals | موت |
| 5 | وَٱلدَّمَwal-dama | and [the] blood | دمو |
| 6 | وَلَحْمَwalaḥma | and flesh | لحم |
| 7 | ٱلْخِنزِيرِl-khinzīri | (of) swine | خنزر |
| 8 | وَمَآwamā | and what | — |
| 9 | أُهِلَّuhilla | has been dedicated | هلل |
| 10 | بِهِۦbihi | [with it] | — |
| 11 | لِغَيْرِlighayri | to other than | غير |
| 12 | ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 13 | فَمَنِfamani | So whoever | — |
| 14 | ٱضْطُرَّuḍ'ṭurra | (is) forced by necessity | ضرر |
| 15 | غَيْرَghayra | without | غير |
| 16 | بَاغٍۢbāghin | (being) disobedient | بغي |
| 17 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 18 | عَادٍۢʿādin | transgressor | عدو |
| 19 | فَلَآfalā | then no | — |
| 20 | إِثْمَith'ma | sin | أثم |
| 21 | عَلَيْهِ ۚʿalayhi | on him | — |
| 22 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 23 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 24 | غَفُورٌۭghafūrun | (is) Oft-Forgiving | غفر |
| 25 | رَّحِيمٌraḥīmun | Most Merciful | رحم |