Surah 6. Al-An'am, Ayah 144
| وَمِنَ الْإِبِلِ اثْنَيْنِ وَمِنَ الْبَقَرِ اثْنَيْنِ ۗ قُلْ آلذَّكَرَيْنِ حَرَّمَ أَمِ الْأُنْثَيَيْنِ أَمَّا اشْتَمَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ أَرْحَامُ الْأُنْثَيَيْنِ ۖ أَمْ كُنْتُمْ شُهَدَاءَ إِذْ وَصَّاكُمُ اللَّهُ بِهَٰذَا ۚ فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ افْتَرَىٰ عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِبًا لِيُضِلَّ النَّاسَ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ ۗ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِمِينَ |
| Transliteration | : | wa- min al- 'ibil ithnain wa- min al- baqar ithnain qul 'a- adh- dhakarain h.arrama 'am al- 'unthayain 'ammaa ishtamalat calay -hi arh.aam al- 'unthayain 'am kuntum shuhadaa' 'idh was.s.aa -kum 'allaah bi- haadhaa fa- man az.lama min man iftaraa calaa 'allaah kadhib(an) li- yud.ill an- naas bi- ghayr cilm 'inna 'allaah laa yahde al- qawm az.- z.aalimen |
| Pickthall | : | And of the camels twain and of the oxen twain. Say: Hath He forbidden the two males or the two females, or that which the wombs of the two females contain; or were ye by to witness when Allah commanded you (all) this? Then who doth greater wrong than he who deviseth a lie concerning Allah, that he may lead mankind astray without knowledge. Lo! Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk. |
| Asad | : | And [likewise they declare as unlawful] either of the two sexes of camels and of bovine cattle.132 Ask [them]: "Is it the two males that He has forbidden, or the two females, or that which the wombs of the two females may contain? Is it, perchance, that you [yourselves] were witnesses when God enjoined [all] this upon you?" And who could be more wicked than he who, without any [real] knowledge, attributes his own lying inventions to God, and thus leads people astray?133 Behold, God does not grace [such] evildoing folk with His guidance. |
| Malik | : | Likewise ask them about a pair of camels and a pair of cows, "Of these, has He forbidden you the males, females or their fetuses?" If they answer, then ask them: "Were you present when Allah gave you these commandments?" If not then Who can be more unjust than the one who forges a lie against Allah, so that he may mislead mankind without having any knowledge? Surely Allah does not guide the unjust people. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | Of camels a pair and of oxen a pair; say hath He forbidden the two males or the two females or the (the young) which the wombs of the two females enclose? Were ye present when Allah ordered you such a thing? But who doth more wrong than one who invents a lie against Allah to lead astray men without knowledge? For Allah guideth not people who do wrong. |
Note - 132Lit., "and of camels two, and of bovine cattle two" -
thus completing the enumeration of the "eight kinds
[i.e., four pairs] of cattle".
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Note - 133Lit., "[thus] to lead people astray". However, the
conjunction li prefixed to the verb yudill ("he leads
astray") does not denote here - as is usually the case -
an intent ("in order that") but, rather, a logical sequel
("and thus..."): a use which is described by the
grammarians as lam al-'aqibah, "the letter lam signifying
a causal sequence".
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Lit., "and of camels two, and of bovine cattle two" - thus completing the enumeration of the "eight kinds [i.e., four pairs] of cattle". |
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Lit., "[thus] to lead people astray". However, the conjunction li prefixed to the verb yudill ("he leads astray") does not denote here - as is usually the case - an intent ("in order that") but, rather, a logical sequel ("and thus..."): a use which is described by the grammarians as lam al-'aqibah, "the letter lam signifying a causal sequence". |
