Quran 6:144 — Al-An'aam, verse 144
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
And a pair of camels and a pair of cattle- ask them [Prophet], ‘Has He forbidden the two males, the two females, or the young in the wombs of the two females? Were you present when God gave you these commands?’ So who is more wicked than he who fabricates lies against God with no basis in knowledge in order to lead people astray? God does not guide the evildoers.
وَمِنَ الْإِبِلِ اثْنَيْنِ وَمِنَ الْبَقَرِ اثْنَيْنِ ۗ قُلْ آلذَّكَرَيْنِ حَرَّمَ أَمِ الْأُنْثَيَيْنِ أَمَّا اشْتَمَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ أَرْحَامُ الْأُنْثَيَيْنِ ۖ أَمْ كُنْتُمْ شُهَدَاءَ إِذْ وَصَّاكُمُ اللَّهُ بِهَـٰذَا ۚ فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ افْتَرَىٰ عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِبًا لِيُضِلَّ النَّاسَ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ ۗ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِمِينَ
wamina l-ibili ith'nayni wamina l-baqari ith'nayni qul āldhakarayni ḥarrama ami l-unthayayni ammā ish'tamalat ʿalayhi arḥāmu l-unthayayni am kuntum shuhadāa idh waṣṣākumu l-lahu bihādhā faman aẓlamu mimmani if'tarā ʿalā l-lahi kadhiban liyuḍilla l-nāsa bighayri ʿil'min inna l-laha lā yahdī l-qawma l-ẓālimīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Of camels two, of oxen two. Say: 'Is it the two males He has forbidden or the two females? Or what the wombs of the two females contain? Or were you witnesses when God charged you with this? Then who does greater evil than he who forges against God a lie, in order that he may lead mankind astray without any knowledge? Surely God guides not the people of the evildoers.'
- Muhammad Asad
- And [likewise they declare as unlawful] either of the two sexes of camels and of bovine cattle. 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? Is it, perchance, that you [yourselves] were witnesses when God enjoined [all] this upon you?" And who could be more wicked than he who, without any [real] knowledge, attributes his own lying inventions to God, and thus leads people astray'? Behold, God does not grace [such] evildoing folk with His guidance.
- Sahih International
- And of the camels, two and of the cattle, two. Say, "Is it the two males He has forbidden or the two females or that which the wombs of the two females contain? Or were you witnesses when Allāh charged you with this? Then who is more unjust than one who invents a lie about Allāh to mislead the people by [something] other than knowledge? Indeed, Allāh does not guide the wrongdoing people."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمِنَwamina | And of | — |
| 2 | ٱلْإِبِلِl-ibili | the camels | أبل |
| 3 | ٱثْنَيْنِith'nayni | two | ثني |
| 4 | وَمِنَwamina | and of | — |
| 5 | ٱلْبَقَرِl-baqari | the cows | بقر |
| 6 | ٱثْنَيْنِ ۗith'nayni | two | ثني |
| 7 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 8 | ءَآلذَّكَرَيْنِāldhakarayni | (Is it) the two males | ذكر |
| 9 | حَرَّمَḥarrama | He (has) forbidden | حرم |
| 10 | أَمِami | or | — |
| 11 | ٱلْأُنثَيَيْنِl-unthayayni | the two females | أنث |
| 12 | أَمَّاammā | or what | — |
| 13 | ٱشْتَمَلَتْish'tamalat | contains | شمل |
| 14 | عَلَيْهِʿalayhi | [in it] | — |
| 15 | أَرْحَامُarḥāmu | (the) wombs | رحم |
| 16 | ٱلْأُنثَيَيْنِ ۖl-unthayayni | (of) the two females | أنث |
| 17 | أَمْam | Or | — |
| 18 | كُنتُمْkuntum | were you | كون |
| 19 | شُهَدَآءَshuhadāa | witnesses | شهد |
| 20 | إِذْidh | when | — |
| 21 | وَصَّىٰكُمُwaṣṣākumu | enjoined you | وصي |
| 22 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 23 | بِهَـٰذَا ۚbihādhā | with this | — |
| 24 | فَمَنْfaman | Then who | — |
| 25 | أَظْلَمُaẓlamu | (is) more unjust | ظلم |
| 26 | مِمَّنِmimmani | than (one) who | — |
| 27 | ٱفْتَرَىٰif'tarā | invents | فري |
| 28 | عَلَىʿalā | against | — |
| 29 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 30 | كَذِبًۭاkadhiban | a lie | كذب |
| 31 | لِّيُضِلَّliyuḍilla | to mislead | ضلل |
| 32 | ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsa | the people | نوس |
| 33 | بِغَيْرِbighayri | without | غير |
| 34 | عِلْمٍ ۗʿil'min | knowledge | علم |
| 35 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 36 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 37 | لَاlā | (does) not | — |
| 38 | يَهْدِىyahdī | guide | هدي |
| 39 | ٱلْقَوْمَl-qawma | the people | قوم |
| 40 | ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīna | the wrongdoing | ظلم |