Surah Al-An'am 6:139 — translation and meaning

الأنعام · Verse 139 / 165 · Page 146

ۚ ۚ ۖ وَقَالُوا مَا فِي بُطُونِ هَذِهِ الْأَنْعَامِ خَالِصَةٌ لِّذُكُورِنَا وَمُحَرَّمٌ عَلَى أَزْوَاجِنَا وَإِن يَكُن مَّيْتَةً فَهُمْ فِيهِ شُرَكَاءُ سَيَجْزِيهِمْ وَصْفَهُمْ إِنَّهُ حَكِيمٌ عَلِيمٌ

Word by Word

ۚ
ۚ
ۖ
وَقَالُوا
waqalu
And they say
مَا
ma
What
فِي
fi
(is) in
بُطُونِ
butuni
(the) wombs
هَذِهِ
hadhihi
(of) these
الْأَنْعَامِ
al-an'ami
cattle
خَالِصَةٌ
khalisatun
(is) exclusively
لِّذُكُورِنَا
lidhukurina
for our males
وَمُحَرَّمٌ
wamuharramun
and forbidden
عَلَى
ala
on
أَزْوَاجِنَا
azwajina
our spouses
وَإِن
wa-in
But if
يَكُن
yakun
is
مَّيْتَةً
maytatan
(born) dead
فَهُمْ
fahum
then they (all)
فِيهِ
fihi
in it
شُرَكَاءُ
shurakau
(are) partners
سَيَجْزِيهِمْ
sayajzihim
He will recompense them
وَصْفَهُمْ
wasfahum
(for) their attribution
إِنَّهُ
innahu
Indeed, He
حَكِيمٌ
hakimun
(is) All-Wise
عَلِيمٌ
alimun
All-Knowing

Transliteration

Wa qaaloo maa fee butooni haazihil an'aami khaalisatul lizukoorinaa wa muharramun 'alaaa azwaajinaa wa iny yakum maitatan fahum feehi shurakaaa'; sa yajzeehim wasfahum; innahoo Hakeemun 'Aleem

Translation

And they say, "What is in the bellies of these animals is exclusively for our males and forbidden to our females. But if it is [born] dead, then all of them have shares therein." He will punish them for their description. Indeed, He is Wise and Knowing.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

They said: The foetus in the wombs of these reserved animals, if born alive, is permitted for our males and forbidden to our women. If it is stillborn, then the males and females will share in it. Allah will justly repay them for this statement. He is Wise in His sacred laws and in handling the affairs of His creation, and He knows full well about them.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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