The Table Spread
5. Al-Mā'idah
المائدة

al-Mā’idah (The Table)

ٱلْمَائِدَة

5:3

حُرِّمَتْ

عَلَيْكُمُ

الْمَيْتَةُ

وَالدَّمُ

وَلَحْمُ

الْخِنزِيرِ

وَمَا

أُهِلَّ

لِغَيْرِ

اللَّهِ

بِهِ

وَالْمُنْخَنِقَةُ

وَالْمَوْقُوذَةُ

وَالْمُتَرَدِّيَةُ

وَالنَّطِيحَةُ

وَمَا

أَكَلَ

السَّبُعُ

إِلَّا

مَا

ذَكَّيْتُمْ

وَمَا

ذُبِحَ

عَلَى

النُّصُبِ

وَأَن

تَسْتَقْسِمُوا

بِالْأَزْلَامِ

ذَلِكُمْ

فِسْقٌ

الْيَوْمَ

يَئِسَ

الَّذِينَ

كَفَرُوا

مِن

دِينِكُمْ

فَلَا

تَخْشَوْهُمْ

وَاخْشَوْنِ

الْيَوْمَ

أَكْمَلْتُ

لَكُمْ

دِينَكُمْ

وَأَتْمَمْتُ

عَلَيْكُمْ

نِعْمَتِي

وَرَضِيتُ

لَكُمُ

الْإِسْلَامَ

دِينًا

فَمَنِ

اضْطُرَّ

فِي

مَخْمَصَةٍ

غَيْرَ

مُتَجَانِفٍ

لِّإِثْمٍ

فَإِنَّ

اللَّهَ

غَفُورٌ

رَّحِيمٌ

ḥurrimat ʿalaykumu l-maytatu wa-d-damu wa-laḥmu l-khinzīri wa-mā ʾuhilla li-ghayri llāhi bihī wa-l-munkhaniqatu wa-l-mawqūdhatu wa-l-mutaraddiyatu wa-n-naṭīḥatu wa-mā ʾakala s-sabuʿu ʾillā dhakkaytum wa-mā dhubiḥa ʿalā n-nuṣubi wa-ʾan tastaqsimū bi-l-ʾazlāmi dhālikum fisqun-i l-yawma yaʾisa lladhīna kafarū min dīnikum fa-lā takhshawhum wa-khshawni l-yawma ʾakmaltu lakum dīnakum wa-ʾatmamtu ʿalaykum niʿmatī wa-raḍītu lakumu l-ʾislāma dīnan fa-mani ḍṭurra makhmaṣatin ghayra mutajānifin li-ʾithmin fa-ʾinna llāha ghafūrun raḥīmun

It is unlawful for you to consume the following as food: an animal that has not been properly slaughtered, blood, pork, an animal slaughtered and consecrated in the name of someone other than God, an animal killed by strangulation or a violent blow, an animal killed by falling down, an animal which has been gored to death, an animal partly eaten by a wild beast before being properly slaughtered, an animal which has been sacrificed on the stone blocks (which pagans worshipped), and any flesh divided by casting superstitious and gambling arrows (a pagan tradition), which is a sin. Today, the unbelievers have lost hope about your religion. Do not be afraid of them but have fear of Me. On this day I have perfected your religion, completed My favors to you, and have chosen Islam as your religion. If anyone not (normally) inclined to sin is forced by hunger to eat unlawful substances instead of proper food, he may do so to spare his life. God is All-forgiving and All-merciful.

Muhammad Sarwar