Surah Al-An'am (الأنعام) • The Cattle

Quran 6:143

6:143

ثَمَـٰنِيَةَ أَزْوَٰجٍ ۖ مِّنَ ٱلضَّأْنِ ٱثْنَيْنِ وَمِنَ ٱلْمَعْزِ ٱثْنَيْنِ ۗ قُلْ ءَآلذَّكَرَيْنِ حَرَّمَ أَمِ ٱلْأُنثَيَيْنِ أَمَّا ٱشْتَمَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ أَرْحَامُ ٱلْأُنثَيَيْنِ ۖ نَبِّـُٔونِى بِعِلْمٍ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ

thamāniyata azwājin mina l-ḍani ith'nayni wamina l-maʿzi ith'nayni qul āldhakarayni ḥarrama ami l-unthayayni ammā ish'tamalat ʿalayhi arḥāmu l-unthayayni nabbiūnī biʿil'min in kuntum ṣādiqīna

[They are] eight mates - of the sheep, two and of the goats, two. Say, "Is it the two males He has forbidden or the two females or that which the wombs of the two females contain? Inform me with knowledge, if you should be truthful."

— Saheeh International

[God gave you] eight animals, in [four] pairs: a pair of sheep and a pair of goats- ask them [Prophet], ‘Has He forbidden the two males, the two females, or the young in the wombs of the two females? Tell me based on knowledge if you are telling the truth.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Eight pairs: of the sheep two (male and female), and of the goats two (male and female). Say: "Has He forbidden the two males or the two females, or (the young) which the wombs of the two females enclose? Inform me with knowledge if you are truthful."

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

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ثَمَـٰنِيَةَthamāniyataEight
أَزْوَٰجٍۢۖazwājinpairs
مِّنَminaof
ٱلضَّأْنِl-ḍanithe sheep
ٱثْنَيْنِith'naynitwo
وَمِنَwaminaand of
ٱلْمَعْزِl-maʿzithe goats
ٱثْنَيْنِۗith'naynitwo
قُلْqulSay
ءَآلذَّكَرَيْنِāldhakarayni(Are) the two males
حَرَّمَḥarramaHe has forbidden
أَمِamior
ٱلْأُنثَيَيْنِl-unthayaynithe two females
أَمَّاammāor what
ٱشْتَمَلَتْish'tamalatcontains
عَلَيْهِʿalayhi[in it]
أَرْحَامُarḥāmu(the) wombs
ٱلْأُنثَيَيْنِۖl-unthayayni(of) the two females
نَبِّـُٔونِىnabbiūnīInform me
بِعِلْمٍbiʿil'minwith knowledge
إِنinif
كُنتُمْkuntumyou are
صَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīnatruthful