The Table Spread
5. Al-Mā'idah
المائدة
al-Mā’idah (The Table)
ٱلْمَائِدَة
5:4
يَسْأَلُونَكَ
مَاذَا
أُحِلَّ
لَهُمْ
قُلْ
أُحِلَّ
لَكُمُ
الطَّيِّبَاتُ
وَمَا
عَلَّمْتُم
مِّنَ
الْجَوَارِحِ
مُكَلِّبِينَ
تُعَلِّمُونَهُنَّ
مِمَّا
عَلَّمَكُمُ
اللَّهُ
فَكُلُوا
مِمَّا
أَمْسَكْنَ
عَلَيْكُمْ
وَاذْكُرُوا
اسْمَ
اللَّهِ
عَلَيْهِ
وَاتَّقُوا
اللَّهَ
إِنَّ
اللَّهَ
سَرِيعُ
الْحِسَابِ
yasʾalūnaka mādhā ʾuḥilla lahum qul ʾuḥilla lakumu ṭ-ṭayyibātu wa-mā ʿallamtum mina l-jawāriḥi mukallibīna tuʿallimūnahunna mimmā ʿallamakumu llāhu fa-kulū mimmā ʾamsakna ʿalaykum wa-dhkurū sma llāhi ʿalayhi wa-ttaqū llāha ʾinna llāha sarīʿu l-ḥisābi
(Muhammad), they ask you what has been made lawful for them (as food). Tell them, "All pure things are made lawful for you." If you train dogs or other beasts for hunting, you should train them according to what God has taught you. It, then, is lawful for you to eat the animals that they hunt, provided you mention the Name of God over the prey. Have fear of God. Certainly God's reckoning is swift.
