سُوْرَةُ الْاَنْعَامِ
Surah Al-An'aam (6) — Ayah 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 ﴿119﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
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.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَمَا
wamā
And what
لَكُمْ
lakum
for you
أَلَّا
allā
that not
تَأْكُلُوا۟
takulū
you eat
مِمَّا
mimmā
of what
ذُكِرَ
dhukira
has been mentioned
ٱسْمُ
us'mu
(the) name
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
عَلَيْهِ
ʿalayhi
on it
وَقَدْ
waqad
when indeed
فَصَّلَ
faṣṣala
He (has) explained in detail
لَكُم
lakum
to you
مَّا
mā
what
حَرَّمَ
ḥarrama
He (has) forbidden
عَلَيْكُمْ
ʿalaykum
to you
إِلَّا
illā
except
مَا
mā
what
ٱضْطُرِرْتُمْ
uḍ'ṭurir'tum
you are compelled
إِلَيْهِ ۗ
ilayhi
to it
وَإِنَّ
wa-inna
And indeed
كَثِيرًۭا
kathīran
many
لَّيُضِلُّونَ
layuḍillūna
surely lead astray
بِأَهْوَآئِهِم
bi-ahwāihim
by their (vain) desires
بِغَيْرِ
bighayri
without
عِلْمٍ ۗ
ʿil'min
knowledge
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
رَبَّكَ
rabbaka
your Lord
هُوَ
huwa
He
أَعْلَمُ
aʿlamu
(is) most knowing
بِٱلْمُعْتَدِينَ
bil-muʿ'tadīna
of the transgressors
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.
119. 1. The details of which are coming ahead in this Surah itself; in addition, the details of the prohibited things have also been mentioned in other Surahs as well as in the Ahadith. Apart from these, the rest are lawful, and even prohibited animals are permissible in the case of necessity, to the extent of saving one's life.
