Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:173

2:173

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

innamā ḥarrama ʿalaykumu l-maytata wal-dama walaḥma l-khinzīri wamā uhilla bihi lighayri l-lahi famani uḍ'ṭurra ghayra bāghin walā ʿādin falā ith'ma ʿalayhi 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], there is no sin upon him. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.

— Saheeh International

He has only forbidden you carrion, blood, pig’s meat, and animals over which any name other than God’s has been invoked. But if anyone is forced to eat such things by hunger, rather than desire or excess, he commits no sin: God is most merciful and forgiving.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

He has forbidden you only the Maitah (dead animals), and blood, and the flesh of swine, and that which is slaughtered as a sacrifice for others than Allâh (or has been slaughtered for idols, on which Allâh’s Name has not been mentioned while slaughtering). But if one is forced by necessity without wilful disobedience nor transgressing due limits, then there is no sin on him. Truly, Allâh is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

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

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إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
حَرَّمَḥarramaHe has forbidden
عَلَيْكُمُʿalaykumuto you
ٱلْمَيْتَةَl-maytatathe dead animals
وَٱلدَّمَwal-damaand [the] blood
وَلَحْمَwalaḥmaand flesh
ٱلْخِنزِيرِl-khinzīri(of) swine
وَمَآwamāand what
أُهِلَّuhillahas been dedicated
بِهِۦbihi[with it]
لِغَيْرِlighayrito other than
ٱللَّهِۖl-lahiAllah
فَمَنِfamaniSo whoever
ٱضْطُرَّuḍ'ṭurra(is) forced by necessity
غَيْرَghayrawithout
بَاغٍۢbāghin(being) disobedient
وَلَاwalāand not
عَادٍۢʿādintransgressor
فَلَآfalāthen no
إِثْمَith'masin
عَلَيْهِۚʿalayhion him
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
غَفُورٌۭghafūrun(is) Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMost Merciful