Surah An-Nahl (النحل) • The Bee

Quran 16:115

16:115

إِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْمَيْتَةَ وَٱلدَّمَ وَلَحْمَ ٱلْخِنزِيرِ وَمَآ أُهِلَّ لِغَيْرِ ٱللَّهِ بِهِۦ ۖ فَمَنِ ٱضْطُرَّ غَيْرَ بَاغٍ وَلَا عَادٍ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

innamā ḥarrama ʿalaykumu l-maytata wal-dama walaḥma l-khinzīri wamā uhilla lighayri l-lahi bihi famani uḍ'ṭurra ghayra bāghin walā ʿādin fa-inna l-laha ghafūrun raḥīmun

He has only forbidden to you dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to other than Allāh. But whoever is forced [by necessity], neither desiring [it] nor transgressing [its limit] - then indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.

— Saheeh International

He has forbidden you only these things: carrion, blood, pig’s meat, and animals over which any name other than God’s has been invoked. But if anyone is forced by hunger, not desiring it nor exceeding their immediate need, God is forgiving and merciful.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

He has forbidden you only Al-Maitah (meat of a dead animal), blood, the flesh of swine, and any animal which is slaughtered as a sacrifice for others than Allâh (or has been slaughtered for idols or on which Allâh’s Name has not been mentioned while slaughtering). But if one is forced by necessity, without wilful disobedience, and not transgressing, - then, Allâh is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 14Page 280meccan

Word by Word

إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
حَرَّمَḥarramaHe has forbidden
عَلَيْكُمُʿalaykumuto you
ٱلْمَيْتَةَl-maytatathe dead animal
وَٱلدَّمَwal-damaand the blood
وَلَحْمَwalaḥmaand the flesh
ٱلْخِنزِيرِl-khinzīri(of) the swine
وَمَآwamāand what
أُهِلَّuhillahas been dedicated
لِغَيْرِlighayrito other (than)
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
بِهِۦۖbihi[with it]
فَمَنِfamaniBut (if) one
ٱضْطُرَّuḍ'ṭurra(is) forced
غَيْرَghayrawithout (being)
بَاغٍۢbāghindisobedient
وَلَاwalāand not
عَادٍۢʿādina transgressor
فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
غَفُورٌۭghafūrun(is) Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمٌۭraḥīmunMost Merciful