Surah Al-'An`ām (The Cattle) in English

1. وقالوا هذه أنعام وحرث حجر لا يطعمها إلا من نشاء بزعمهم وأنعام حرمت ظهورها وأنعام لا يذكرون اسم الله عليها افتراء عليه سيجزيهم بما كانوا يفترون

   138

   And they say, ‘These cattle and tillage are a taboo: none may eat them except whom we please,’ so they maintain, and there are cattle whose backs are forbidden and cattle over which they do not mention Allah’s Name, fabricating a lie against Him. Soon He will requite them for what they used to fabricate.

   wa-qālū hādhihī ʾanʿāmun wa-ḥarthun ḥijrun lā yaṭʿamuhā ʾillā man nashāʾu bi-zaʿmihim wa-ʾanʿāmun ḥurrimat ẓuhūruhā wa-ʾanʿāmun lā yadhkurūna sma llāhi ʿalayhā ftirāʾan ʿalayhi sa-yajzīhim bi-mā kānū yaftarūna

2. وقالوا ما في بطون هذه الأنعام خالصة لذكورنا ومحرم على أزواجنا وإن يكن ميتة فهم فيه شركاء سيجزيهم وصفهم إنه حكيم عليم

   139

   And they say, ‘That which is in the bellies of these cattle is exclusively for our males and forbidden to our wives. But if it be still-born, they will all share it.’ Soon He will requite them for their allegations. Indeed, He is all-wise, all-knowing.

   wa-qālū mā fī buṭūni hādhihi l-ʾanʿāmi khāliṣatun li-dhukūrinā wa-muḥarramun ʿalā ʾazwājinā wa-ʾin yakun maytatan fa-hum fīhi shurakāʾu sa-yajzīhim waṣfahum ʾinnahū ḥakīmun ʿalīmun

3. قد خسر الذين قتلوا أولادهم سفها بغير علم وحرموا ما رزقهم الله افتراء على الله قد ضلوا وما كانوا مهتدين

   140

   They are certainly losers who slay their children foolishly without knowledge, and forbid what Allah has provided them, fabricating a lie against Allah. Certainly, they have gone astray and are not guided.

   qad khasira lladhīna qatalū ʾawlādahum safahan bi-ghayri ʿilmin wa-ḥarramū mā razaqahumu llāhu ftirāʾan ʿalā llāhi qad ḍallū wa-mā kānū muhtadīna

4. وهو الذي أنشأ جنات معروشات وغير معروشات والنخل والزرع مختلفا أكله والزيتون والرمان متشابها وغير متشابه كلوا من ثمره إذا أثمر وآتوا حقه يوم حصاده ولا تسرفوا إنه لا يحب المسرفين

   141

   It is He who produces gardens trellised and without trellises, and palm-trees and crops of diverse produce, olives and pomegranates, similar and dissimilar. Eat of its fruits when it fructifies, and give its due on the day of harvest, and do not be wasteful; indeed, He does not like the wasteful.

   wa-huwa lladhī ʾanshaʾa jannātin maʿrūshātin wa-ghayra maʿrūshātin wa-n-nakhla wa-z-zarʿa mukhtalifan ʾukuluhū wa-z-zaytūna wa-r-rummāna mutashābihan wa-ghayra mutashābihin kulū min thamarihī ʾidhā ʾathmara wa-ʾātū ḥaqqahū yawma ḥaṣādihī wa-lā tusrifū ʾinnahū lā yuḥibbu l-musrifīna

5. ومن الأنعام حمولة وفرشا كلوا مما رزقكم الله ولا تتبعوا خطوات الشيطان إنه لكم عدو مبين

   142

   Of the cattle [some] are for burden and [some] for slaughter. Eat of what Allah has provided you and do not follow in Satan’s footsteps; he is indeed your manifest enemy.

   wa-mina l-ʾanʿāmi ḥamūlatan wa-farshan kulū mimmā razaqakumu llāhu wa-lā tattabiʿū khuṭuwāti sh-shayṭāni ʾinnahū lakum ʿaduwwun mubīnun