Quran 5:103 — Al-Maaida, verse 103
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
God did not institute the dedication of such things as bahira, saiba, wasila, or ham to idols; but the disbelievers invent lies about God. Most of them do not use reason:
مَا جَعَلَ اللَّهُ مِنْ بَحِيرَةٍ وَلَا سَائِبَةٍ وَلَا وَصِيلَةٍ وَلَا حَامٍ ۙ وَلَـٰكِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى اللَّهِ الْكَذِبَ ۖ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ
mā jaʿala l-lahu min baḥīratin walā sāibatin walā waṣīlatin walā ḥāmin walākinna alladhīna kafarū yaftarūna ʿalā l-lahi l-kadhiba wa-aktharuhum lā yaʿqilūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- God has not appointed cattle dedicated to idols, such as Bahira, Sa'iba, Wasila, Hami; but the unbelievers forge against God falsehood, and most of them have no understanding.
- Muhammad Asad
- IT IS NOT of God's ordaining that certain kinds of cattle should be marked out by superstition and set aside from the use of man; yet those who are bent on denying the truth attribute their own lying inventions to God. And most of them never use their reason:
- Sahih International
- Allāh has not appointed [such innovations as] baḥīrah or sā’ibah or waṣīlah or ḥām. But those who disbelieve invent falsehood about Allāh, and most of them do not reason.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | مَاmā | Not | — |
| 2 | جَعَلَjaʿala | has (been) made | جعل |
| 3 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | (by) Allah | أله |
| 4 | مِنۢmin | of | — |
| 5 | بَحِيرَةٍۢbaḥīratin | a Bahirah | بحر |
| 6 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 7 | سَآئِبَةٍۢsāibatin | a Saibah | سيب |
| 8 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 9 | وَصِيلَةٍۢwaṣīlatin | a Wasilah | وصل |
| 10 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 11 | حَامٍۢ ۙḥāmin | a Hami | حمي |
| 12 | وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinna | [And] but | — |
| 13 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 14 | كَفَرُوا۟kafarū | disbelieved | كفر |
| 15 | يَفْتَرُونَyaftarūna | they invent | فري |
| 16 | عَلَىʿalā | against | — |
| 17 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 18 | ٱلْكَذِبَ ۖl-kadhiba | the lie | كذب |
| 19 | وَأَكْثَرُهُمْwa-aktharuhum | and most of them | كثر |
| 20 | لَاlā | (do) not | — |
| 21 | يَعْقِلُونَyaʿqilūna | use reason | عقل |