Surah Al-An'am (الأنعام) • The Cattle

Quran 6:144

6:144

وَمِنَ ٱلْإِبِلِ ٱثْنَيْنِ وَمِنَ ٱلْبَقَرِ ٱثْنَيْنِ ۗ قُلْ ءَآلذَّكَرَيْنِ حَرَّمَ أَمِ ٱلْأُنثَيَيْنِ أَمَّا ٱشْتَمَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ أَرْحَامُ ٱلْأُنثَيَيْنِ ۖ أَمْ كُنتُمْ شُهَدَآءَ إِذْ وَصَّىٰكُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِهَـٰذَا ۚ فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا لِّيُضِلَّ ٱلنَّاسَ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

wamina l-ibili ith'nayni wamina l-baqari ith'nayni qul āldhakarayni ḥarrama ami l-unthayayni ammā ish'tamalat ʿalayhi arḥāmu l-unthayayni am kuntum shuhadāa idh waṣṣākumu l-lahu bihādhā faman aẓlamu mimmani if'tarā ʿalā l-lahi kadhiban liyuḍilla l-nāsa bighayri ʿil'min inna l-laha lā yahdī l-qawma l-ẓālimīna

And of the camels, two and of the cattle, two. Say, "Is it the two males He has forbidden or the two females or that which the wombs of the two females contain? Or were you witnesses when Allāh charged you with this? Then who is more unjust than one who invents a lie about Allāh to mislead the people by [something] other than knowledge? Indeed, Allāh does not guide the wrongdoing people."

— Saheeh International

And a pair of camels and a pair of cattle- ask them [Prophet], ‘Has He forbidden the two males, the two females, or the young in the wombs of the two females? Were you present when God gave you these commands?’ So who is more wicked than he who fabricates lies against God with no basis in knowledge in order to lead people astray? God does not guide the evildoers.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And of the camels two (male and female), and of oxen 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? Or were you present when Allâh ordered you such a thing? Then who does more wrong than one who invents a lie against Allâh, to lead mankind astray without knowledge. Certainly Allâh guides not the people who are Zâlimûn (polytheists and wrong-doers)."

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

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وَمِنَwaminaAnd of
ٱلْإِبِلِl-ibilithe camels
ٱثْنَيْنِith'naynitwo
وَمِنَwaminaand of
ٱلْبَقَرِl-baqarithe cows
ٱثْنَيْنِۗith'naynitwo
قُلْqulSay
ءَآلذَّكَرَيْنِāldhakarayni(Is it) 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
أَمْamOr
كُنتُمْkuntumwere you
شُهَدَآءَshuhadāawitnesses
إِذْidhwhen
وَصَّىٰكُمُwaṣṣākumuenjoined you
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
بِهَـٰذَاۚbihādhāwith this
فَمَنْfamanThen who
أَظْلَمُaẓlamu(is) more unjust
مِمَّنِmimmanithan (one) who
ٱفْتَرَىٰif'tarāinvents
عَلَىʿalāagainst
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
كَذِبًۭاkadhibana lie
لِّيُضِلَّliyuḍillato mislead
ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsathe people
بِغَيْرِbighayriwithout
عِلْمٍۗʿil'minknowledge
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
لَاlā(does) not
يَهْدِىyahdīguide
ٱلْقَوْمَl-qawmathe people
ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoing