The Cattle
6. Al-'Anʿām
الأنعام
al-An‘ām (Cattle)
ٱلْأَنْعَام
6:143
ثَمَانِيَةَ
أَزْوَاجٍ
مِّنَ
الضَّأْنِ
اثْنَيْنِ
وَمِنَ
الْمَعْزِ
اثْنَيْنِ
قُلْ
آلذَّكَرَيْنِ
حَرَّمَ
أَمِ
الْأُنثَيَيْنِ
أَمَّا
اشْتَمَلَتْ
عَلَيْهِ
أَرْحَامُ
الْأُنثَيَيْنِ
نَبِّئُونِي
بِعِلْمٍ
إِن
كُنتُمْ
صَادِقِينَ
thamāniyata ʾazwājin mina ḍ-ḍaʾni thnayni wa-mina l-maʿzi thnayni qul ʾādh-dhakarayni ḥarrama ʾami l-ʾunthayayni ʾammā shtamalat ʿalayhi ʾarḥāmu l-ʾunthayayni nabbiʾūnī bi-ʿilmin ʾin kuntum ṣādiqīna
(Supposing) that there are eight pairs of cattle, two pairs of sheep, and two pairs of goats. Tell Me (which is lawful and which is not)? Are the two males unlawful (to eat) or the two females or those that are in the wombs of the females? If you are truthful, then, answer Me exactly.
