Quran 6:142 — Al-An'aam, verse 142
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
[He gave you] livestock, as beasts of burden and as food. So eat what God has provided for you and do not follow in Satan’s footsteps: he is your sworn enemy.
وَمِنَ الْأَنْعَامِ حَمُولَةً وَفَرْشًا ۚ كُلُوا مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ اللَّهُ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا خُطُوَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِ ۚ إِنَّهُ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُبِينٌ
wamina l-anʿāmi ḥamūlatan wafarshan kulū mimmā razaqakumu l-lahu walā tattabiʿū khuṭuwāti l-shayṭāni innahu lakum ʿaduwwun mubīnun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And of the cattle, for burthen and for slaughter, eat of what God has provided you; and follow not the steps of Satan; he is a manifest foe to you.
- Muhammad Asad
- And of the cattle reared for work and for the sake of their flesh, eat whatever God has provided for you as sustenance, and follow not Satan's foot-steps: behold, he is your open foe!
- Sahih International
- And of the grazing livestock are carriers [of burdens] and those [too] small. Eat of what Allāh has provided for you and do not follow the footsteps of Satan. Indeed, he is to you a clear enemy.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمِنَwamina | And of | — |
| 2 | ٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِl-anʿāmi | the cattle | نعم |
| 3 | حَمُولَةًۭḥamūlatan | (are some for) burden | حمل |
| 4 | وَفَرْشًۭا ۚwafarshan | and (some for) meat | فرش |
| 5 | كُلُوا۟kulū | Eat | أكل |
| 6 | مِمَّاmimmā | of what | — |
| 7 | رَزَقَكُمُrazaqakumu | (has been) provided (to) you | رزق |
| 8 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | (by) Allah | أله |
| 9 | وَلَاwalā | and (do) not | — |
| 10 | تَتَّبِعُوا۟tattabiʿū | follow | تبع |
| 11 | خُطُوَٰتِkhuṭuwāti | (the) footsteps | خطو |
| 12 | ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِ ۚl-shayṭāni | (of) Shaitaan | شطن |
| 13 | إِنَّهُۥinnahu | Indeed, he | — |
| 14 | لَكُمْlakum | (is) to you | — |
| 15 | عَدُوٌّۭʿaduwwun | an enemy | عدو |
| 16 | مُّبِينٌۭmubīnun | open | بين |