Surah Al-Ma'idah (المائدة) • The Table Spread

Quran 5:103

5:103

مَا جَعَلَ ٱللَّهُ مِنۢ بَحِيرَةٍ وَلَا سَآئِبَةٍ وَلَا وَصِيلَةٍ وَلَا حَامٍ ۙ وَلَـٰكِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلْكَذِبَ ۖ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ

mā jaʿala l-lahu min baḥīratin walā sāibatin walā waṣīlatin walā ḥāmin walākinna alladhīna kafarū yaftarūna ʿalā l-lahi l-kadhiba wa-aktharuhum lā yaʿqilūna

Allāh has not appointed [such innovations as] baḥīrah or sā’ibah or waṣīlah or ḥām. But those who disbelieve invent falsehood about Allāh, and most of them do not reason.

— Saheeh International

God did not institute the dedication of such things as bahira, saiba, wasila, or ham to idols; but the disbelievers invent lies about God. Most of them do not use reason:

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Allâh has not instituted things like Bahîrah, or Sâ’ibah, or Wasîlah, or Hâm, (all these animals were liberated in honour of idols as practised by pagan Arabs in the pre-Islâmic period). But those who disbelieve invent lies against Allâh, and most of them have no understanding.

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

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مَاmāNot
جَعَلَjaʿalahas (been) made
ٱللَّهُl-lahu(by) Allah
مِنۢminof
بَحِيرَةٍۢbaḥīratina Bahirah
وَلَاwalāand not
سَآئِبَةٍۢsāibatina Saibah
وَلَاwalāand not
وَصِيلَةٍۢwaṣīlatina Wasilah
وَلَاwalāand not
حَامٍۢۙḥāmina Hami
وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinna[And] but
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
يَفْتَرُونَyaftarūnathey invent
عَلَىʿalāagainst
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
ٱلْكَذِبَۖl-kadhibathe lie
وَأَكْثَرُهُمْwa-aktharuhumand most of them
لَاlā(do) not
يَعْقِلُونَyaʿqilūnause reason