Surah Al-An'am (الأنعام) • The Cattle

Quran 6:119

6:119

وَمَا لَكُمْ أَلَّا تَأْكُلُوا۟ مِمَّا ذُكِرَ ٱسْمُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ وَقَدْ فَصَّلَ لَكُم مَّا حَرَّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ إِلَّا مَا ٱضْطُرِرْتُمْ إِلَيْهِ ۗ وَإِنَّ كَثِيرًا لَّيُضِلُّونَ بِأَهْوَآئِهِم بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ ۗ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُعْتَدِينَ

wamā lakum allā takulū mimmā dhukira us'mu l-lahi ʿalayhi waqad faṣṣala lakum mā ḥarrama ʿalaykum illā mā uḍ'ṭurir'tum ilayhi wa-inna kathīran layuḍillūna bi-ahwāihim bighayri ʿil'min inna rabbaka huwa aʿlamu bil-muʿ'tadīna

And why should you not eat of that upon which the name of Allāh has been mentioned while He has explained in detail to you what He has forbidden you, excepting that to which you are compelled. And indeed do many lead [others] astray through their [own] inclinations without knowledge. Indeed, your Lord - He is most knowing of the transgressors.

— Saheeh International

Why should you not eat such animals when God has already fully explained what He has forbidden you, except when forced by hunger? But many lead others astray by their desires, without any true knowledge: your Lord knows best who oversteps the limit.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And why should you not eat of that (meat) on which Allâh’s Name has been pronounced (at the time of slaughtering the animal), while He has explained to you in detail what is forbidden to you, except under compulsion of necessity? And surely many do lead (mankind) astray by their own desires through lack of knowledge. Certainly your Lord knows best the transgressors.

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

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وَمَاwamāAnd what
لَكُمْlakumfor you
أَلَّاallāthat not
تَأْكُلُوا۟takulūyou eat
مِمَّاmimmāof what
ذُكِرَdhukirahas been mentioned
ٱسْمُus'mu(the) name
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
عَلَيْهِʿalayhion it
وَقَدْwaqadwhen indeed
فَصَّلَfaṣṣalaHe (has) explained in detail
لَكُمlakumto you
مَّاmāwhat
حَرَّمَḥarramaHe (has) forbidden
عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumto you
إِلَّاillāexcept
مَاmāwhat
ٱضْطُرِرْتُمْuḍ'ṭurir'tumyou are compelled
إِلَيْهِۗilayhito it
وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed
كَثِيرًۭاkathīranmany
لَّيُضِلُّونَlayuḍillūnasurely lead astray
بِأَهْوَآئِهِمbi-ahwāihimby their (vain) desires
بِغَيْرِbighayriwithout
عِلْمٍۗʿil'minknowledge
إِنَّinnaIndeed
رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord
هُوَhuwaHe
أَعْلَمُaʿlamu(is) most knowing
بِٱلْمُعْتَدِينَbil-muʿ'tadīnaof the transgressors