The Cattle
6. Al-'Anʿām
الأنعام

Al An‘ām (The Cattle)

ٱلْأَنْعَام

6:138
6:138

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

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.

Ali Quli Qarai