Quran 6:143 — Al-An'aam, verse 143
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
[God gave you] eight animals, in [four] pairs: a pair of sheep and a pair of goats- ask them [Prophet], ‘Has He forbidden the two males, the two females, or the young in the wombs of the two females? Tell me based on knowledge if you are telling the truth.’
ثَمَانِيَةَ أَزْوَاجٍ ۖ مِنَ الضَّأْنِ اثْنَيْنِ وَمِنَ الْمَعْزِ اثْنَيْنِ ۗ قُلْ آلذَّكَرَيْنِ حَرَّمَ أَمِ الْأُنْثَيَيْنِ أَمَّا اشْتَمَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ أَرْحَامُ الْأُنْثَيَيْنِ ۖ نَبِّئُونِي بِعِلْمٍ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ
thamāniyata azwājin mina l-ḍani ith'nayni wamina l-maʿzi ith'nayni qul āldhakarayni ḥarrama ami l-unthayayni ammā ish'tamalat ʿalayhi arḥāmu l-unthayayni nabbiūnī biʿil'min in kuntum ṣādiqīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Eight couples: two of sheep, of goats two. Say: 'Is it the two males He has forbidden or the two females? Or what the wombs of the two females contain? Tell me with knowledge, if you speak truly.'
- Muhammad Asad
- [His followers would have it that, in certain cases, any of these] four kinds of cattle of either sex [is unlawful to man]: either of the two sexes of sheep and of goats. Ask [them]: "Is it the two males that He has forbidden, or the two females, or that which the wombs of the two females may contain? Tell me what you know in this respect, if what you say is true."
- Sahih International
- [They are] eight mates - of the sheep, two and of the goats, two. Say, "Is it the two males He has forbidden or the two females or that which the wombs of the two females contain? Inform me with knowledge, if you should be truthful."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ثَمَـٰنِيَةَthamāniyata | Eight | ثمن |
| 2 | أَزْوَٰجٍۢ ۖazwājin | pairs | زوج |
| 3 | مِّنَmina | of | — |
| 4 | ٱلضَّأْنِl-ḍani | the sheep | ضأن |
| 5 | ٱثْنَيْنِith'nayni | two | ثني |
| 6 | وَمِنَwamina | and of | — |
| 7 | ٱلْمَعْزِl-maʿzi | the goats | معز |
| 8 | ٱثْنَيْنِ ۗith'nayni | two | ثني |
| 9 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 10 | ءَآلذَّكَرَيْنِāldhakarayni | (Are) the two males | ذكر |
| 11 | حَرَّمَḥarrama | He has forbidden | حرم |
| 12 | أَمِami | or | — |
| 13 | ٱلْأُنثَيَيْنِl-unthayayni | the two females | أنث |
| 14 | أَمَّاammā | or what | — |
| 15 | ٱشْتَمَلَتْish'tamalat | contains | شمل |
| 16 | عَلَيْهِʿalayhi | [in it] | — |
| 17 | أَرْحَامُarḥāmu | (the) wombs | رحم |
| 18 | ٱلْأُنثَيَيْنِ ۖl-unthayayni | (of) the two females | أنث |
| 19 | نَبِّـُٔونِىnabbiūnī | Inform me | نبأ |
| 20 | بِعِلْمٍbiʿil'min | with knowledge | علم |
| 21 | إِنin | if | — |
| 22 | كُنتُمْkuntum | you are | كون |
| 23 | صَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīna | truthful | صدق |