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Quran 6:146 — Al-An'aam, verse 146

M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation

We forbade for the Jews every animal with claws, and the fat of cattle and sheep, except what is on their backs and in their intestines, or that which sticks to their bones. This is how We penalized them for their disobedience: We are true to Our word.

وَعَلَى الَّذِينَ هَادُوا حَرَّمْنَا كُلَّ ذِي ظُفُرٍ ۖ وَمِنَ الْبَقَرِ وَالْغَنَمِ حَرَّمْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ شُحُومَهُمَا إِلَّا مَا حَمَلَتْ ظُهُورُهُمَا أَوِ الْحَوَايَا أَوْ مَا اخْتَلَطَ بِعَظْمٍ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ جَزَيْنَاهُمْ بِبَغْيِهِمْ ۖ وَإِنَّا لَصَادِقُونَ

waʿalā alladhīna hādū ḥarramnā kulla dhī ẓufurin wamina l-baqari wal-ghanami ḥarramnā ʿalayhim shuḥūmahumā illā mā ḥamalat ẓuhūruhumā awi l-ḥawāyā aw mā ikh'talaṭa biʿaẓmin dhālika jazaynāhum bibaghyihim wa-innā laṣādiqūna

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Word-by-word analysis of Al-An'aam verse 146
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1وَعَلَىwaʿalāAnd to—
2ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who—
3هَادُوا۟hādūare Jewsهود
4حَرَّمْنَاḥarramnāWe forbadeحرم
5كُلَّkullaeveryكلل
6ذِىdhī(animal) with—
7ظُفُرٍۢ ۖẓufurinclawsظفر
8وَمِنَwaminaand of—
9ٱلْبَقَرِl-baqarithe cowsبقر
10وَٱلْغَنَمِwal-ghanamiand the sheepغنم
11حَرَّمْنَاḥarramnāWe forbadeحرم
12عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimto them—
13شُحُومَهُمَآshuḥūmahumātheir fatشحم
14إِلَّاillāexcept—
15مَاmāwhat—
16حَمَلَتْḥamalatcarriedحمل
17ظُهُورُهُمَآẓuhūruhumātheir backsظهر
18أَوِawior—
19ٱلْحَوَايَآl-ḥawāyāthe entrailsحوي
20أَوْawor—
21مَاmāwhat—
22ٱخْتَلَطَikh'talaṭa(is) joinedخلط
23بِعَظْمٍۢ ۚbiʿaẓminwith the boneعظم
24ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat—
25جَزَيْنَـٰهُمjazaynāhum(is) their recompenseجزي
26بِبَغْيِهِمْ ۖbibaghyihimfor their rebellionبغي
27وَإِنَّاwa-innāAnd indeed, We—
28لَصَـٰدِقُونَlaṣādiqūna[surely] are truthfulصدق