Quran 6:138 — Al-An'aam, verse 138
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They also say, ‘These cattle and crops are reserved, and only those we allow may eat them’- so they claim! There are some animals they exempt from labour and some over which they do not pronounce God’s name [during slaughter], falsely attributing these [regulations] to Him: He will repay them for the falsehoods they invent.
وَقَالُوا هَـٰذِهِ أَنْعَامٌ وَحَرْثٌ حِجْرٌ لَا يَطْعَمُهَا إِلَّا مَنْ نَشَاءُ بِزَعْمِهِمْ وَأَنْعَامٌ حُرِّمَتْ ظُهُورُهَا وَأَنْعَامٌ لَا يَذْكُرُونَ اسْمَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهَا افْتِرَاءً عَلَيْهِ ۚ سَيَجْزِيهِمْ بِمَا كَانُوا يَفْتَرُونَ
waqālū hādhihi anʿāmun waḥarthun ḥij'run lā yaṭʿamuhā illā man nashāu bizaʿmihim wa-anʿāmun ḥurrimat ẓuhūruhā wa-anʿāmun lā yadhkurūna is'ma l-lahi ʿalayhā if'tirāan ʿalayhi sayajzīhim bimā kānū yaftarūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They say, 'These are cattle and tillage sacrosanct; none shall eat them, but whom we will'-- so they assert -- 'and cattle whose backs have been forbidden, and cattle over which they mention not the Name of God.' All that they say, forging against God; He will assuredly recompense them for what they were forging.
- Muhammad Asad
- And they say, "Such-and-such cattle and fruits of the field are sacred; none may eat thereof save those whom we will [to do so]" -so they [falsely] claim; and [they declare that] it is forbidden to burden the backs of certain kinds of cattle; and there are cattle over which they do not pronounce God's name - falsely attributing [the origin of these customs] to Him. [But] He will requite them for all their false imagery.
- Sahih International
- And they say, "These animals and crops are forbidden; no one may eat from them except whom we will," by their claim. And there are those [camels] whose backs are forbidden [by them] and those upon which the name of Allāh is not mentioned - [all of this] an invention of untruth about Him. He will punish them for what they were inventing.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَقَالُوا۟waqālū | And they say | قول |
| 2 | هَـٰذِهِۦٓhādhihi | These | — |
| 3 | أَنْعَـٰمٌۭanʿāmun | (are) cattle | نعم |
| 4 | وَحَرْثٌwaḥarthun | and crops | حرث |
| 5 | حِجْرٌۭḥij'run | forbidden | حجر |
| 6 | لَّاlā | no (one) | — |
| 7 | يَطْعَمُهَآyaṭʿamuhā | can eat them | طعم |
| 8 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 9 | مَنman | whom | — |
| 10 | نَّشَآءُnashāu | we will | شيأ |
| 11 | بِزَعْمِهِمْbizaʿmihim | by their claim | زعم |
| 12 | وَأَنْعَـٰمٌwa-anʿāmun | And cattle | نعم |
| 13 | حُرِّمَتْḥurrimat | forbidden | حرم |
| 14 | ظُهُورُهَاẓuhūruhā | (are) their backs | ظهر |
| 15 | وَأَنْعَـٰمٌۭwa-anʿāmun | and cattle | نعم |
| 16 | لَّاlā | not | — |
| 17 | يَذْكُرُونَyadhkurūna | they mention | ذكر |
| 18 | ٱسْمَis'ma | (the) name | سمو |
| 19 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 20 | عَلَيْهَاʿalayhā | on it | — |
| 21 | ٱفْتِرَآءًif'tirāan | (as) an invention | فري |
| 22 | عَلَيْهِ ۚʿalayhi | against Him | — |
| 23 | سَيَجْزِيهِمsayajzīhim | He will recompense them | جزي |
| 24 | بِمَاbimā | for what | — |
| 25 | كَانُوا۟kānū | they used to | كون |
| 26 | يَفْتَرُونَyaftarūna | invent | فري |