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

Quran 5:3

5:3

حُرِّمَتْ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْمَيْتَةُ وَٱلدَّمُ وَلَحْمُ ٱلْخِنزِيرِ وَمَآ أُهِلَّ لِغَيْرِ ٱللَّهِ بِهِۦ وَٱلْمُنْخَنِقَةُ وَٱلْمَوْقُوذَةُ وَٱلْمُتَرَدِّيَةُ وَٱلنَّطِيحَةُ وَمَآ أَكَلَ ٱلسَّبُعُ إِلَّا مَا ذَكَّيْتُمْ وَمَا ذُبِحَ عَلَى ٱلنُّصُبِ وَأَن تَسْتَقْسِمُوا۟ بِٱلْأَزْلَـٰمِ ۚ ذَٰلِكُمْ فِسْقٌ ۗ ٱلْيَوْمَ يَئِسَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن دِينِكُمْ فَلَا تَخْشَوْهُمْ وَٱخْشَوْنِ ۚ ٱلْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَأَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِى وَرَضِيتُ لَكُمُ ٱلْإِسْلَـٰمَ دِينًا ۚ فَمَنِ ٱضْطُرَّ فِى مَخْمَصَةٍ غَيْرَ مُتَجَانِفٍ لِّإِثْمٍ ۙ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

ḥurrimat ʿalaykumu l-maytatu wal-damu walaḥmu l-khinzīri wamā uhilla lighayri l-lahi bihi wal-mun'khaniqatu wal-mawqūdhatu wal-mutaradiyatu wal-naṭīḥatu wamā akala l-sabuʿu illā mā dhakkaytum wamā dhubiḥa ʿalā l-nuṣubi wa-an tastaqsimū bil-azlāmi dhālikum fis'qun l-yawma ya-isa alladhīna kafarū min dīnikum falā takhshawhum wa-ikh'shawni l-yawma akmaltu lakum dīnakum wa-atmamtu ʿalaykum niʿ'matī waraḍītu lakumu l-is'lāma dīnan famani uḍ'ṭurra fī makhmaṣatin ghayra mutajānifin li-ith'min fa-inna l-laha ghafūrun raḥīmun

Prohibited to you are dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to other than Allāh, and [those animals] killed by strangling or by a violent blow or by a head-long fall or by the goring of horns, and those from which a wild animal has eaten, except what you [are able to] slaughter [before its death], and those which are sacrificed on stone altars, and [prohibited is] that you seek decision through divining arrows. That is grave disobedience. This day those who disbelieve have despaired of [defeating] your religion; so fear them not, but fear Me. This day I have perfected for you your religion and completed My favor upon you and have approved for you Islām as religion. But whoever is forced by severe hunger with no inclination to sin - then indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.

— Saheeh International

You are forbidden to eat carrion; blood; pig’s meat; any animal over which any name other than God’s has been invoked; any animal strangled, or victim of a violent blow or a fall, or gored or savaged by a beast of prey, unless you still slaughter it [in the correct manner]; or anything sacrificed on idolatrous altars. You are also forbidden to allot shares [of meat] by drawing marked arrows -a heinous practice- today the disbelievers have lost all hope that you will give up your religion. Do not fear them: fear Me. Today I have perfected your religion for you, completed My blessing upon you, and chosen as your religion islam: [total devotion to God]; but if any of you is forced by hunger to eat forbidden food, with no intention of doing wrong, then God is most forgiving and merciful.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Forbidden to you (for food) are: Al-Maitah (the dead animals - cattle - beast not slaughtered), blood, the flesh of swine, and that on which Allâh’s Name has not been mentioned while slaughtering, (that which has been slaughtered as a sacrifice for others than Allâh, or has been slaughtered for idols) and that which has been killed by strangling, or by a violent blow, or by a headlong fall, or by the goring of horns - and that which has been (partly) eaten by a wild animal - unless you are able to slaughter it (before its death) - and that which is sacrificed (slaughtered) on An-Nusub (stone-altars). (Forbidden) also is to use arrows seeking luck or decision; (all) that is Fisqun (disobedience of Allâh and sin). This day, those who disbelieved have given up all hope of your religion; so fear them not, but fear Me. This day, I have perfected your religion for you, completed My Favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islâm as your religion. But as for him who is forced by severe hunger, with no inclination to sin (such can eat these above mentioned meats), then surely, Allâh is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

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

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Word by Word

حُرِّمَتْḥurrimatAre made unlawful
عَلَيْكُمُʿalaykumuon you
ٱلْمَيْتَةُl-maytatuthe dead animals
وَٱلدَّمُwal-damuand the blood
وَلَحْمُwalaḥmuand flesh
ٱلْخِنزِيرِl-khinzīri(of) the swine
وَمَآwamāand what
أُهِلَّuhillahas been dedicated
لِغَيْرِlighayrito other than
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
بِهِۦbihi[on it]
وَٱلْمُنْخَنِقَةُwal-mun'khaniqatuand that which is strangled (to death)
وَٱلْمَوْقُوذَةُwal-mawqūdhatuand that which is hit fatally
وَٱلْمُتَرَدِّيَةُwal-mutaradiyatuand that which has a fatal fall
وَٱلنَّطِيحَةُwal-naṭīḥatuand that which is gored by horns
وَمَآwamāand that which
أَكَلَakalaate (it)
ٱلسَّبُعُl-sabuʿuthe wild animal
إِلَّاillāexcept
مَاmāwhat
ذَكَّيْتُمْdhakkaytumyou slaughtered
وَمَاwamāand what
ذُبِحَdhubiḥais sacrificed
عَلَىʿalāon
ٱلنُّصُبِl-nuṣubithe stone altars
وَأَنwa-anand that
تَسْتَقْسِمُوا۟tastaqsimūyou seek division
بِٱلْأَزْلَـٰمِۚbil-azlāmiby divining arrows
ذَٰلِكُمْdhālikumthat
فِسْقٌۗfis'qun(is) grave disobedience
ٱلْيَوْمَl-yawmaThis day
يَئِسَya-isa(have) despaired
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
مِنminof
دِينِكُمْdīnikumyour religion
فَلَاfalāso (do) not
تَخْشَوْهُمْtakhshawhumfear them
وَٱخْشَوْنِۚwa-ikh'shawnibut fear Me
ٱلْيَوْمَl-yawmaThis day
أَكْمَلْتُakmaltuI have perfected
لَكُمْlakumfor you
دِينَكُمْdīnakumyour religion
وَأَتْمَمْتُwa-atmamtuand I have completed
عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you
نِعْمَتِىniʿ'matīMy Favor
وَرَضِيتُwaraḍītuand I have approved
لَكُمُlakumufor you
ٱلْإِسْلَـٰمَl-is'lāma[the] Islam
دِينًۭاۚdīnan(as) a religion
فَمَنِfamaniBut whoever
ٱضْطُرَّuḍ'ṭurra(is) forced
فِىfīby
مَخْمَصَةٍmakhmaṣatinhunger
غَيْرَghayra(and) not
مُتَجَانِفٍۢmutajānifininclining
لِّإِثْمٍۢۙli-ith'minto sin
فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
غَفُورٌۭghafūrun(is) Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمٌۭraḥīmunMost Merciful