Quran 5:4 — Al-Maaida, verse 4
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They ask you, Prophet, what is lawful for them. Say, ‘All good things are lawful for you.’ [This includes] what you have taught your birds and beasts of prey to catch, teaching them as God has taught you, so eat what they catch for you, but first pronounce God’s name over it. Be mindful of God: He is swift to take account.
يَسْأَلُونَكَ مَاذَا أُحِلَّ لَهُمْ ۖ قُلْ أُحِلَّ لَكُمُ الطَّيِّبَاتُ ۙ وَمَا عَلَّمْتُمْ مِنَ الْجَوَارِحِ مُكَلِّبِينَ تُعَلِّمُونَهُنَّ مِمَّا عَلَّمَكُمُ اللَّهُ ۖ فَكُلُوا مِمَّا أَمْسَكْنَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَاذْكُرُوا اسْمَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ ۖ وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَرِيعُ الْحِسَابِ
yasalūnaka mādhā uḥilla lahum qul uḥilla lakumu l-ṭayibātu wamā ʿallamtum mina l-jawāriḥi mukallibīna tuʿallimūnahunna mimmā ʿallamakumu l-lahu fakulū mimmā amsakna ʿalaykum wa-udh'kurū is'ma l-lahi ʿalayhi wa-ittaqū l-laha inna l-laha sarīʿu l-ḥisābi
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They will question thee what is permitted them. Say: 'The good things are permitted you; and such hunting creatures as you teach, training them as hounds, and teaching them as God has taught you -- eat what they seize for you, and mention God's Name over it. Fear God; God is swift at the reckoning.'
- Muhammad Asad
- They will ask thee as to what is lawful to them. Say: "Lawful to you are all the good things of life." And as for those hunting animals which you train by imparting to them something of the knowledge that God has imparted to yourselves-eat of what they seize for you, but mention God's name over it. and remain conscious of God: verily, God is swift in reckoning.
- Sahih International
- They ask you, [O Muḥammad], what has been made lawful for them. Say, "Lawful for you are [all] good foods and [game caught by] what you have trained of hunting animals which you train as Allāh has taught you. So eat of what they catch for you, and mention the name of Allāh upon it, and fear Allāh." Indeed, Allāh is swift in account.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَسْـَٔلُونَكَyasalūnaka | They ask you | سأل |
| 2 | مَاذَآmādhā | what | — |
| 3 | أُحِلَّuḥilla | (is) made lawful | حلل |
| 4 | لَهُمْ ۖlahum | for them | — |
| 5 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 6 | أُحِلَّuḥilla | Are made lawful | حلل |
| 7 | لَكُمُlakumu | for you | — |
| 8 | ٱلطَّيِّبَـٰتُ ۙl-ṭayibātu | the good things | طيب |
| 9 | وَمَاwamā | and what | — |
| 10 | عَلَّمْتُمʿallamtum | you have taught | علم |
| 11 | مِّنَmina | of | — |
| 12 | ٱلْجَوَارِحِl-jawāriḥi | (your) hunting animals | جرح |
| 13 | مُكَلِّبِينَmukallibīna | ones who train animals to hunt | كلب |
| 14 | تُعَلِّمُونَهُنَّtuʿallimūnahunna | you teach them | علم |
| 15 | مِمَّاmimmā | of what | — |
| 16 | عَلَّمَكُمُʿallamakumu | has taught you | علم |
| 17 | ٱللَّهُ ۖl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 18 | فَكُلُوا۟fakulū | So eat | أكل |
| 19 | مِمَّآmimmā | of what | — |
| 20 | أَمْسَكْنَamsakna | they catch | مسك |
| 21 | عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykum | for you | — |
| 22 | وَٱذْكُرُوا۟wa-udh'kurū | but mention | ذكر |
| 23 | ٱسْمَis'ma | (the) name | سمو |
| 24 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 25 | عَلَيْهِ ۖʿalayhi | on it | — |
| 26 | وَٱتَّقُوا۟wa-ittaqū | and fear | وقي |
| 27 | ٱللَّهَ ۚl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 28 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 29 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 30 | سَرِيعُsarīʿu | is swift | سرع |
| 31 | ٱلْحِسَابِl-ḥisābi | (in taking) account | حسب |