Surah Al-An'aam (6) — Ayah 144
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
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144. 2 That is, when you declare some animals unlawful, were you present when Allah gave the command of their prohibition? The meaning is that Allah has not given any command regarding their prohibition. All this is your own fabrication, and you are attributing lies to Allah.
144. 3 That is, this is the greatest wrongdoer. In the hadith, it is mentioned that the Prophet ﷺ said: I saw ‘Amr bin Luhayy dragging his intestines in Hell; he was the first to start the practice of releasing animals in the name of idols, such as Wasilah and Haam, etc. Imam Ibn Kathir states that this ‘Amr bin Luhayy was among the chiefs of the Khuza‘ah tribe, who was made the custodian of the Ka‘bah after the Jurhum tribe. He was the first to introduce changes in the religion of Ibrahim, inviting people to worship idols and establishing polytheistic customs (Ibn Kathir). In any case, the purpose of the verse is that Allah, by creating the aforementioned eight kinds of animals, has bestowed a favor upon His servants. To declare any of these animals unlawful on one’s own accord is to reject Allah’s favor and also to commit shirk.
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Rational and Scriptural Refutation of the Polytheists’ Beliefs Regarding Lawful and Unlawful Things:
That is, for the verification of anything, testimonies are necessary, and there are two types of testimony: one is testimony based on certain knowledge, and the other is eyewitness testimony. At the end of the previous verse, by saying ﴿نَبُِّٔوْنِيْ بِعِلْمٍ﴾, the testimony based on knowledge was refuted, meaning that these polytheists cannot present any such evidence from any book of Allah by which the justification for their self-invented restrictions regarding lawful and unlawful things can be known. And at the end of this verse, by saying, “Were you present when Allah gave such a command?” the eyewitness testimony was refuted. The meaning is that these superstitions and innovations of the polytheists, which have become part of their beliefs, are so baseless that they cannot in any way be proven reasonable or from Allah.
