سُوْرَةُ الْاَنْعَامِ
Surah Al-An'aam (6) — Ayah 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 ﴿144﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
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)."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَمِنَ
wamina
And of
ٱلْإِبِلِ
l-ibili
the camels
ٱثْنَيْنِ
ith'nayni
two
وَمِنَ
wamina
and of
ٱلْبَقَرِ
l-baqari
the cows
ٱثْنَيْنِ ۗ
ith'nayni
two
قُلْ
qul
Say
ءَآلذَّكَرَيْنِ
āldhakarayni
(Is it) the two males
حَرَّمَ
ḥarrama
He (has) forbidden
أَمِ
ami
or
ٱلْأُنثَيَيْنِ
l-unthayayni
the two females
أَمَّا
ammā
or what
ٱشْتَمَلَتْ
ish'tamalat
contains
عَلَيْهِ
ʿalayhi
[in it]
أَرْحَامُ
arḥāmu
(the) wombs
ٱلْأُنثَيَيْنِ ۖ
l-unthayayni
(of) the two females
أَمْ
am
Or
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
were you
شُهَدَآءَ
shuhadāa
witnesses
إِذْ
idh
when
وَصَّىٰكُمُ
waṣṣākumu
enjoined you
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
بِهَـٰذَا ۚ
bihādhā
with this
فَمَنْ
faman
Then who
أَظْلَمُ
aẓlamu
(is) more unjust
مِمَّنِ
mimmani
than (one) who
ٱفْتَرَىٰ
if'tarā
invents
عَلَى
ʿalā
against
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
كَذِبًۭا
kadhiban
a lie
لِّيُضِلَّ
liyuḍilla
to mislead
ٱلنَّاسَ
l-nāsa
the people
بِغَيْرِ
bighayri
without
عِلْمٍ ۗ
ʿil'min
knowledge
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
لَا
lā
(does) not
يَهْدِى
yahdī
guide
ٱلْقَوْمَ
l-qawma
the people
ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
l-ẓālimīna
the wrongdoing
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144. And of camels, two (male and female), and of cattle, two (male and female). Say: "Has He forbidden the two males or the two females, or what the wombs of the two females contain? Were you witnesses when Allah enjoined this upon you [156]?" Then who is more unjust than one who invents a lie against Allah to mislead people without knowledge? Surely, Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people.
[156]
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.
[156]
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.
