Quran 5:3 — Al-Maaida, verse 3
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
You are forbidden to eat carrion; blood; pig’s meat; any animal over which any name other than God’s has been invoked; any animal strangled, or victim of a violent blow or a fall, or gored or savaged by a beast of prey, unless you still slaughter it [in the correct manner]; or anything sacrificed on idolatrous altars. You are also forbidden to allot shares [of meat] by drawing marked arrows -a heinous practice- today the disbelievers have lost all hope that you will give up your religion. Do not fear them: fear Me. Today I have perfected your religion for you, completed My blessing upon you, and chosen as your religion islam: [total devotion to God]; but if any of you is forced by hunger to eat forbidden food, with no intention of doing wrong, then God is most forgiving and merciful.
حُرِّمَتْ عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَيْتَةُ وَالدَّمُ وَلَحْمُ الْخِنْزِيرِ وَمَا أُهِلَّ لِغَيْرِ اللَّهِ بِهِ وَالْمُنْخَنِقَةُ وَالْمَوْقُوذَةُ وَالْمُتَرَدِّيَةُ وَالنَّطِيحَةُ وَمَا أَكَلَ السَّبُعُ إِلَّا مَا ذَكَّيْتُمْ وَمَا ذُبِحَ عَلَى النُّصُبِ وَأَنْ تَسْتَقْسِمُوا بِالْأَزْلَامِ ۚ ذَٰلِكُمْ فِسْقٌ ۗ الْيَوْمَ يَئِسَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ دِينِكُمْ فَلَا تَخْشَوْهُمْ وَاخْشَوْنِ ۚ الْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَأَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِي وَرَضِيتُ لَكُمُ الْإِسْلَامَ دِينًا ۚ فَمَنِ اضْطُرَّ فِي مَخْمَصَةٍ غَيْرَ مُتَجَانِفٍ لِإِثْمٍ ۙ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ
ḥurrimat ʿalaykumu l-maytatu wal-damu walaḥmu l-khinzīri wamā uhilla lighayri l-lahi bihi wal-mun'khaniqatu wal-mawqūdhatu wal-mutaradiyatu wal-naṭīḥatu wamā akala l-sabuʿu illā mā dhakkaytum wamā dhubiḥa ʿalā l-nuṣubi wa-an tastaqsimū bil-azlāmi dhālikum fis'qun l-yawma ya-isa alladhīna kafarū min dīnikum falā takhshawhum wa-ikh'shawni l-yawma akmaltu lakum dīnakum wa-atmamtu ʿalaykum niʿ'matī waraḍītu lakumu l-is'lāma dīnan famani uḍ'ṭurra fī makhmaṣatin ghayra mutajānifin li-ith'min fa-inna l-laha ghafūrun raḥīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Forbidden to you are carrion, blood, the flesh of swine, what has been hallowed to other than God, the beast strangled; the beast beaten down, the beast fallen to death, the beast gored, and that devoured by beasts of prey - excepting that you have sacrificed duly -- as also things sacrificed to idols, and partition by the divining arrows; that is ungodliness. Today the unbelievers have despaired of your religion; therefore fear them not, but fear you Me. Today I have perfected your religion for you, and I have completed My blessing upon you, and I have approved Islam for your religion. But whosoever is constrained in emptiness and not inclining purposely to sin -- God is All-forgiving, All-compassionate.
- Muhammad Asad
- FORBIDDEN to you is carrion, and blood, and the flesh of swine, and that over which any name other than God's has been invoked, and the animal that has been strangled, or beaten to death, or killed by a fall, or gored to death, or savaged by a beast of prey, save that which you [yourselves] may have slaughtered while it was still alive; and [forbidden to you is] all that has been slaughtered on idolatrous altars. And [you are forbidden] to seek to learn through divination what the future may hold in store for you: this is sinful conduct. Today, those who are bent on denying the truth have lost all hope of [your ever forsaking] your religion: do not, then, hold them in awe, but stand in awe of Me! Today have I perfected your religious law for you, and have bestowed upon you the full measure of My blessings, and willed that self-surrender unto Me shall be your religion. As for him, however, who is driven [to what is forbidden] by dire necessity and not by an inclination to sinning -behold, God is much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace.
- Sahih International
- Prohibited to you are dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to other than Allāh, and [those animals] killed by strangling or by a violent blow or by a head-long fall or by the goring of horns, and those from which a wild animal has eaten, except what you [are able to] slaughter [before its death], and those which are sacrificed on stone altars, and [prohibited is] that you seek decision through divining arrows. That is grave disobedience. This day those who disbelieve have despaired of [defeating] your religion; so fear them not, but fear Me. This day I have perfected for you your religion and completed My favor upon you and have approved for you Islām as religion. But whoever is forced by severe hunger with no inclination to sin - then indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | حُرِّمَتْḥurrimat | Are made unlawful | حرم |
| 2 | عَلَيْكُمُʿalaykumu | on you | — |
| 3 | ٱلْمَيْتَةُl-maytatu | the dead animals | موت |
| 4 | وَٱلدَّمُwal-damu | and the blood | دمو |
| 5 | وَلَحْمُwalaḥmu | and flesh | لحم |
| 6 | ٱلْخِنزِيرِl-khinzīri | (of) the swine | خنزر |
| 7 | وَمَآwamā | and what | — |
| 8 | أُهِلَّuhilla | has been dedicated | هلل |
| 9 | لِغَيْرِlighayri | to other than | غير |
| 10 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 11 | بِهِۦbihi | [on it] | — |
| 12 | وَٱلْمُنْخَنِقَةُwal-mun'khaniqatu | and that which is strangled (to death) | خنق |
| 13 | وَٱلْمَوْقُوذَةُwal-mawqūdhatu | and that which is hit fatally | وقذ |
| 14 | وَٱلْمُتَرَدِّيَةُwal-mutaradiyatu | and that which has a fatal fall | ردي |
| 15 | وَٱلنَّطِيحَةُwal-naṭīḥatu | and that which is gored by horns | نطح |
| 16 | وَمَآwamā | and that which | — |
| 17 | أَكَلَakala | ate (it) | أكل |
| 18 | ٱلسَّبُعُl-sabuʿu | the wild animal | سبع |
| 19 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 20 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 21 | ذَكَّيْتُمْdhakkaytum | you slaughtered | ذكو |
| 22 | وَمَاwamā | and what | — |
| 23 | ذُبِحَdhubiḥa | is sacrificed | ذبح |
| 24 | عَلَىʿalā | on | — |
| 25 | ٱلنُّصُبِl-nuṣubi | the stone altars | نصب |
| 26 | وَأَنwa-an | and that | — |
| 27 | تَسْتَقْسِمُوا۟tastaqsimū | you seek division | قسم |
| 28 | بِٱلْأَزْلَـٰمِ ۚbil-azlāmi | by divining arrows | زلم |
| 29 | ذَٰلِكُمْdhālikum | that | — |
| 30 | فِسْقٌ ۗfis'qun | (is) grave disobedience | فسق |
| 31 | ٱلْيَوْمَl-yawma | This day | يوم |
| 32 | يَئِسَya-isa | (have) despaired | يأس |
| 33 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 34 | كَفَرُوا۟kafarū | disbelieved | كفر |
| 35 | مِنmin | of | — |
| 36 | دِينِكُمْdīnikum | your religion | دين |
| 37 | فَلَاfalā | so (do) not | — |
| 38 | تَخْشَوْهُمْtakhshawhum | fear them | خشي |
| 39 | وَٱخْشَوْنِ ۚwa-ikh'shawni | but fear Me | خشي |
| 40 | ٱلْيَوْمَl-yawma | This day | يوم |
| 41 | أَكْمَلْتُakmaltu | I have perfected | كمل |
| 42 | لَكُمْlakum | for you | — |
| 43 | دِينَكُمْdīnakum | your religion | دين |
| 44 | وَأَتْمَمْتُwa-atmamtu | and I have completed | تمم |
| 45 | عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykum | upon you | — |
| 46 | نِعْمَتِىniʿ'matī | My Favor | نعم |
| 47 | وَرَضِيتُwaraḍītu | and I have approved | رضو |
| 48 | لَكُمُlakumu | for you | — |
| 49 | ٱلْإِسْلَـٰمَl-is'lāma | [the] Islam | سلم |
| 50 | دِينًۭا ۚdīnan | (as) a religion | دين |
| 51 | فَمَنِfamani | But whoever | — |
| 52 | ٱضْطُرَّuḍ'ṭurra | (is) forced | ضرر |
| 53 | فِىfī | by | — |
| 54 | مَخْمَصَةٍmakhmaṣatin | hunger | خمص |
| 55 | غَيْرَghayra | (and) not | غير |
| 56 | مُتَجَانِفٍۢmutajānifin | inclining | جنف |
| 57 | لِّإِثْمٍۢ ۙli-ith'min | to sin | أثم |
| 58 | فَإِنَّfa-inna | then indeed | — |
| 59 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 60 | غَفُورٌۭghafūrun | (is) Oft-Forgiving | غفر |
| 61 | رَّحِيمٌۭraḥīmun | Most Merciful | رحم |