Quran 6:145 — Al-An'aam, verse 145
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
[Prophet], say, ‘In all that has been revealed to me, I find nothing forbidden for people to eat, except for carrion, flowing blood, pig’s meat- it is loathsome- or a sinful offering over which any name other than God’s has been invoked.’ But if someone is forced by hunger, rather than desire or excess, then God is most forgiving and most merciful.
قُلْ لَا أَجِدُ فِي مَا أُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ مُحَرَّمًا عَلَىٰ طَاعِمٍ يَطْعَمُهُ إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ مَيْتَةً أَوْ دَمًا مَسْفُوحًا أَوْ لَحْمَ خِنْزِيرٍ فَإِنَّهُ رِجْسٌ أَوْ فِسْقًا أُهِلَّ لِغَيْرِ اللَّهِ بِهِ ۚ فَمَنِ اضْطُرَّ غَيْرَ بَاغٍ وَلَا عَادٍ فَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ
qul lā ajidu fī mā ūḥiya ilayya muḥarraman ʿalā ṭāʿimin yaṭʿamuhu illā an yakūna maytatan aw daman masfūḥan aw laḥma khinzīrin fa-innahu rij'sun aw fis'qan uhilla lighayri l-lahi bihi famani uḍ'ṭurra ghayra bāghin walā ʿādin fa-inna rabbaka ghafūrun raḥīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Say: 'I do not find, in what is revealed to me, aught forbidden to him who eats thereof except it be carrion, or blood outpoured, or the flesh of swine -- that is an abomination -- or an ungodly thing that has been hallowed to other than God; yet whoso is constrained, not desiring nor transgressing, surely thy Lord is All-forgiving, All-compassionate.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Say [O Prophet]: "In all that has been revealed unto me, I do not find anything forbidden to eat, if one wants to eat thereof, unless it be carrion, or blood poured forth, or the flesh of swine-for that, behold, is loathsome-or a sinful offering over which any name other than God's has been invoked. But if one is driven by necessity - neither coveting it nor exceeding his immediate need -then [know that], behold, thy Sustainer is much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace."
- Sahih International
- Say, "I do not find within that which was revealed to me [anything] forbidden to one who would eat it unless it be a dead animal or blood spilled out or the flesh of swine - for indeed, it is impure - or it be [that slaughtered in] disobedience, dedicated to other than Allāh. But whoever is forced [by necessity], neither desiring [it] nor transgressing [its limit], then indeed, your Lord is Forgiving and Merciful."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قُلqul | Say | قول |
| 2 | لَّآlā | Not | — |
| 3 | أَجِدُajidu | (do) I find | وجد |
| 4 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 5 | مَآmā | what | — |
| 6 | أُوحِىَūḥiya | has been revealed | وحي |
| 7 | إِلَىَّilayya | to me | — |
| 8 | مُحَرَّمًاmuḥarraman | (anything) forbidden | حرم |
| 9 | عَلَىٰʿalā | to | — |
| 10 | طَاعِمٍۢṭāʿimin | an eater | طعم |
| 11 | يَطْعَمُهُۥٓyaṭʿamuhu | who eats it | طعم |
| 12 | إِلَّآillā | except | — |
| 13 | أَنan | that | — |
| 14 | يَكُونَyakūna | it be | كون |
| 15 | مَيْتَةًmaytatan | dead | موت |
| 16 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 17 | دَمًۭاdaman | blood | دمو |
| 18 | مَّسْفُوحًاmasfūḥan | poured forth | سفح |
| 19 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 20 | لَحْمَlaḥma | (the) flesh | لحم |
| 21 | خِنزِيرٍۢkhinzīrin | (of) swine | خنزر |
| 22 | فَإِنَّهُۥfa-innahu | for indeed, it | — |
| 23 | رِجْسٌrij'sun | (is) filth | رجس |
| 24 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 25 | فِسْقًاfis'qan | (it be) disobedience | فسق |
| 26 | أُهِلَّuhilla | [is] dedicated | هلل |
| 27 | لِغَيْرِlighayri | to other than | غير |
| 28 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 29 | بِهِۦ ۚbihi | [on it] | — |
| 30 | فَمَنِfamani | But whoever | — |
| 31 | ٱضْطُرَّuḍ'ṭurra | (is) compelled | ضرر |
| 32 | غَيْرَghayra | not | غير |
| 33 | بَاغٍۢbāghin | desiring | بغي |
| 34 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 35 | عَادٍۢʿādin | transgressing | عدو |
| 36 | فَإِنَّfa-inna | then indeed | — |
| 37 | رَبَّكَrabbaka | your Lord | ربب |
| 38 | غَفُورٌۭghafūrun | (is) Oft-Forgiving | غفر |
| 39 | رَّحِيمٌۭraḥīmun | Most Merciful | رحم |