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Surah Al-Maaida (5) — Ayah 103
مَا جَعَلَ ٱللَّهُ مِنۢ بَحِيرَةٍ وَلَا سَآئِبَةٍ وَلَا وَصِيلَةٍ وَلَا حَامٍ ۙ وَلَـٰكِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلْكَذِبَ ۖ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ ﴿103﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Allâh has not instituted things like Bahîrah, or Sâ’ibah, or Wasîlah, or Hâm, (all these animals were liberated in honour of idols as practised by pagan Arabs in the pre-Islâmic period). But those who disbelieve invent lies against Allâh, and most of them have no understanding.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
مَا
mā
Not
جَعَلَ
jaʿala
has (been) made
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
(by) Allah
مِنۢ
min
of
بَحِيرَةٍۢ
baḥīratin
a Bahirah
وَلَا
walā
and not
سَآئِبَةٍۢ
sāibatin
a Saibah
وَلَا
walā
and not
وَصِيلَةٍۢ
waṣīlatin
a Wasilah
وَلَا
walā
and not
حَامٍۢ ۙ
ḥāmin
a Hami
وَلَـٰكِنَّ
walākinna
[And] but
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
كَفَرُوا۟
kafarū
disbelieved
يَفْتَرُونَ
yaftarūna
they invent
عَلَى
ʿalā
against
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
ٱلْكَذِبَ ۖ
l-kadhiba
the lie
وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ
wa-aktharuhum
and most of them
لَا
lā
(do) not
يَعْقِلُونَ
yaʿqilūna
use reason
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
13. 1. These are the categories of animals that the Arabs used to dedicate to their idols. Various explanations have been given for them. The following explanation is narrated from Hazrat Saeed bin Musayyib ؓ in Sahih Bukhari: The animal whose milk was stopped from being milked and it was said that this is for the idols. Thus, no one would touch its udders. The animal that was set free for the idols, they would not use it for riding nor for carrying loads. The animal from which a female was born for the first time, and then again a female was born, meaning after one female, another female was born, and there was no male in between, such a she-camel was also set free for the idols. The practice of offering such dedications to idols continues even today among polytheists, and even among many so-called Muslims.
