Quran 3:93 — Aal-i-Imraan, verse 93
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Except for what Israel made unlawful for himself, all food was lawful to the Children of Israel before the Torah was revealed. Say, ‘Bring the Torah and read out [the relevant passage] if you are telling the truth.
كُلُّ الطَّعَامِ كَانَ حِلًّا لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَّا مَا حَرَّمَ إِسْرَائِيلُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ تُنَزَّلَ التَّوْرَاةُ ۗ قُلْ فَأْتُوا بِالتَّوْرَاةِ فَاتْلُوهَا إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ
kullu l-ṭaʿāmi kāna ḥillan libanī is'rāīla illā mā ḥarrama is'rāīlu ʿalā nafsihi min qabli an tunazzala l-tawrātu qul fatū bil-tawrāti fa-it'lūhā in kuntum ṣādiqīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- All food was lawful to the Children of Israel save what Israel forbade for himself before the Torah was sent down. Say: 'Bring you the Torah now, and recite it, if you are truthful.'
- Muhammad Asad
- ALL FOOD was lawful unto the children of Israel, save what Israel had made unlawful unto itself [by its sinning] before the Torah was bestowed from on high. Say: "Come forward, then, with the Torah and recite it, if what you say is true!"
- Sahih International
- All food was lawful to the Children of Israel except what Israel [i.e., Jacob] had made unlawful to himself before the Torah was revealed. Say, [O Muḥammad], "So bring the Torah and recite it, if you should be truthful."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ كُلُّkullu | All | كلل |
| 2 | ٱلطَّعَامِl-ṭaʿāmi | [the] food | طعم |
| 3 | كَانَkāna | was | كون |
| 4 | حِلًّۭاḥillan | lawful | حلل |
| 5 | لِّبَنِىٓlibanī | for (the) Children | بني |
| 6 | إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla | (of) Israel | — |
| 7 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 8 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 9 | حَرَّمَḥarrama | made unlawful | حرم |
| 10 | إِسْرَٰٓءِيلُis'rāīlu | Israel | — |
| 11 | عَلَىٰʿalā | upon | — |
| 12 | نَفْسِهِۦnafsihi | himself | نفس |
| 13 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 14 | قَبْلِqabli | before | قبل |
| 15 | أَنan | [that] | — |
| 16 | تُنَزَّلَtunazzala | (was) revealed | نزل |
| 17 | ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةُ ۗl-tawrātu | the Taurat | — |
| 18 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 19 | فَأْتُوا۟fatū | So bring | أتي |
| 20 | بِٱلتَّوْرَىٰةِbil-tawrāti | the Taurat | — |
| 21 | فَٱتْلُوهَآfa-it'lūhā | and recite it | تلو |
| 22 | إِنin | if | — |
| 23 | كُنتُمْkuntum | you are | كون |
| 24 | صَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīna | truthful | صدق |