يَٰٓأَيُّهَا
ٱلنَّبِيُّ
لِمَ
تُحَرِّمُ
مَآ
أَحَلَّ
ٱللَّهُ
لَكَۖ
تَبۡتَغِي
مَرۡضَاتَ
أَزۡوَٰجِكَۚ
وَٱللَّهُ
غَفُورٞ
رَّحِيمٞ
١
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
O Prophet! Why do you prohibit ˹yourself˺ from what Allah has made lawful to you, seeking to please your wives? And Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
حُرِّمَتۡ
عَلَيۡكُمُ
ٱلۡمَيۡتَةُ
وَٱلدَّمُ
وَلَحۡمُ
ٱلۡخِنزِيرِ
وَمَآ
أُهِلَّ
لِغَيۡرِ
ٱللَّهِ
بِهِۦ
وَٱلۡمُنۡخَنِقَةُ
وَٱلۡمَوۡقُوذَةُ
وَٱلۡمُتَرَدِّيَةُ
وَٱلنَّطِيحَةُ
وَمَآ
أَكَلَ
ٱلسَّبُعُ
إِلَّا
مَا
ذَكَّيۡتُمۡ
وَمَا
ذُبِحَ
عَلَى
ٱلنُّصُبِ
وَأَن
تَسۡتَقۡسِمُواْ
بِٱلۡأَزۡلَٰمِۚ
ذَٰلِكُمۡ
فِسۡقٌۗ
ٱلۡيَوۡمَ
يَئِسَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
كَفَرُواْ
مِن
دِينِكُمۡ
فَلَا
تَخۡشَوۡهُمۡ
وَٱخۡشَوۡنِۚ
ٱلۡيَوۡمَ
أَكۡمَلۡتُ
لَكُمۡ
دِينَكُمۡ
وَأَتۡمَمۡتُ
عَلَيۡكُمۡ
نِعۡمَتِي
وَرَضِيتُ
لَكُمُ
ٱلۡإِسۡلَٰمَ
دِينٗاۚ
فَمَنِ
ٱضۡطُرَّ
فِي
مَخۡمَصَةٍ
غَيۡرَ
مُتَجَانِفٖ
لِّإِثۡمٖ
فَإِنَّ
ٱللَّهَ
غَفُورٞ
رَّحِيمٞ
٣
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Forbidden to you are carrion, blood, and swine; what is slaughtered in the name of any other than Allah; what is killed by strangling, beating, a fall, or by being gored to death; what is partly eaten by a predator unless you slaughter it; and what is sacrificed on altars. You are also forbidden to draw lots for decisions.
1 This is all evil. Today the disbelievers have given up all hope of ˹undermining˺ your faith. So do not fear them; fear Me! Today I have perfected your faith for you, completed My favour upon you, and chosen Islam as your way. But whoever is compelled by extreme hunger—not intending to sin—then surely Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
ٱلزَّانِي
لَا
يَنكِحُ
إِلَّا
زَانِيَةً
أَوۡ
مُشۡرِكَةٗ
وَٱلزَّانِيَةُ
لَا
يَنكِحُهَآ
إِلَّا
زَانٍ
أَوۡ
مُشۡرِكٞۚ
وَحُرِّمَ
ذَٰلِكَ
عَلَى
ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ
٣
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
A male fornicator would only marry a female fornicator or idolatress. And a female fornicator would only be married to a fornicator or idolater. This is ˹all˺ forbidden to the believers.
1
58:8 - Al-Mujadila
Verse 8
أَلَمۡ
تَرَ
إِلَى
ٱلَّذِينَ
نُهُواْ
عَنِ
ٱلنَّجۡوَىٰ
ثُمَّ
يَعُودُونَ
لِمَا
نُهُواْ
عَنۡهُ
وَيَتَنَٰجَوۡنَ
بِٱلۡإِثۡمِ
وَٱلۡعُدۡوَٰنِ
وَمَعۡصِيَتِ
ٱلرَّسُولِۖ
وَإِذَا
جَآءُوكَ
حَيَّوۡكَ
بِمَا
لَمۡ
يُحَيِّكَ
بِهِ
ٱللَّهُ
وَيَقُولُونَ
فِيٓ
أَنفُسِهِمۡ
لَوۡلَا
يُعَذِّبُنَا
ٱللَّهُ
بِمَا
نَقُولُۚ
حَسۡبُهُمۡ
جَهَنَّمُ
يَصۡلَوۡنَهَاۖ
فَبِئۡسَ
ٱلۡمَصِيرُ
٨
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Have you not seen those who were forbidden from secret talks, yet they ˹always˺ return to what they were forbidden from, conspiring in sin, aggression, and disobedience to the Messenger? And when they come to you ˹O Prophet˺, they greet you not as Allah greets you,
1 and say to one another, “Why does Allah not punish us for what we say?” Hell is enough for them—they will burn in it. And what an evil destination!
فَوَسۡوَسَ
لَهُمَا
ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ
لِيُبۡدِيَ
لَهُمَا
مَا
وُۥرِيَ
عَنۡهُمَا
مِن
سَوۡءَٰتِهِمَا
وَقَالَ
مَا
نَهَىٰكُمَا
رَبُّكُمَا
عَنۡ
هَٰذِهِ
ٱلشَّجَرَةِ
إِلَّآ
أَن
تَكُونَا
مَلَكَيۡنِ
أَوۡ
تَكُونَا
مِنَ
ٱلۡخَٰلِدِينَ
٢٠
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Then Satan tempted them in order to expose what was hidden of their nakedness. He said, “Your Lord has forbidden this tree to you only to prevent you from becoming angels or immortals.”
حُرِّمَتۡ
عَلَيۡكُمۡ
أُمَّهَٰتُكُمۡ
وَبَنَاتُكُمۡ
وَأَخَوَٰتُكُمۡ
وَعَمَّٰتُكُمۡ
وَخَٰلَٰتُكُمۡ
وَبَنَاتُ
ٱلۡأَخِ
وَبَنَاتُ
ٱلۡأُخۡتِ
وَأُمَّهَٰتُكُمُ
ٱلَّٰتِيٓ
أَرۡضَعۡنَكُمۡ
وَأَخَوَٰتُكُم
مِّنَ
ٱلرَّضَٰعَةِ
وَأُمَّهَٰتُ
نِسَآئِكُمۡ
وَرَبَٰٓئِبُكُمُ
ٱلَّٰتِي
فِي
حُجُورِكُم
مِّن
نِّسَآئِكُمُ
ٱلَّٰتِي
دَخَلۡتُم
بِهِنَّ
فَإِن
لَّمۡ
تَكُونُواْ
دَخَلۡتُم
بِهِنَّ
فَلَا
جُنَاحَ
عَلَيۡكُمۡ
وَحَلَٰٓئِلُ
أَبۡنَآئِكُمُ
ٱلَّذِينَ
مِنۡ
أَصۡلَٰبِكُمۡ
وَأَن
تَجۡمَعُواْ
بَيۡنَ
ٱلۡأُخۡتَيۡنِ
إِلَّا
مَا
قَدۡ
سَلَفَۗ
إِنَّ
ٱللَّهَ
كَانَ
غَفُورٗا
رَّحِيمٗا
٢٣
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
˹Also˺ forbidden to you for marriage are your mothers, your daughters, your sisters, your paternal and maternal aunts, your brother’s daughters, your sister’s daughters, your foster-mothers, your foster-sisters, your mothers-in-law, your stepdaughters under your guardianship if you have consummated marriage with their mothers—but if you have not, then you can marry them—nor the wives of your own sons, nor two sisters together at the same time—except what was done previously. Surely Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
5:26 - Al-Ma'idah
Verse 26
قَالَ
فَإِنَّهَا
مُحَرَّمَةٌ
عَلَيۡهِمۡۛ
أَرۡبَعِينَ
سَنَةٗۛ
يَتِيهُونَ
فِي
ٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ
فَلَا
تَأۡسَ
عَلَى
ٱلۡقَوۡمِ
ٱلۡفَٰسِقِينَ
٢٦
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Allah replied, “Then this land is forbidden to them for forty years, during which they will wander through the land. So do not grieve for the rebellious people.”
بَلۡ
بَدَا
لَهُم
مَّا
كَانُواْ
يُخۡفُونَ
مِن
قَبۡلُۖ
وَلَوۡ
رُدُّواْ
لَعَادُواْ
لِمَا
نُهُواْ
عَنۡهُ
وَإِنَّهُمۡ
لَكَٰذِبُونَ
٢٨
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
But no! ˹They only say this˺ because the truth they used to hide will become all too clear to them. Even if they were to be sent back, they would certainly revert to what they were forbidden. Indeed they are liars!
9:29 - At-Tawbah
Verse 29
قَٰتِلُواْ
ٱلَّذِينَ
لَا
يُؤۡمِنُونَ
بِٱللَّهِ
وَلَا
بِٱلۡيَوۡمِ
ٱلۡأٓخِرِ
وَلَا
يُحَرِّمُونَ
مَا
حَرَّمَ
ٱللَّهُ
وَرَسُولُهُۥ
وَلَا
يَدِينُونَ
دِينَ
ٱلۡحَقِّ
مِنَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
أُوتُواْ
ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ
حَتَّىٰ
يُعۡطُواْ
ٱلۡجِزۡيَةَ
عَن
يَدٖ
وَهُمۡ
صَٰغِرُونَ
٢٩
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Fight those who do not believe in Allah and the Last Day, nor comply with what Allah and His Messenger have forbidden, nor embrace the religion of truth from among those who were given the Scripture,
1 until they pay the tax,
2 willingly submitting, fully humbled.
إِن
تَجۡتَنِبُواْ
كَبَآئِرَ
مَا
تُنۡهَوۡنَ
عَنۡهُ
نُكَفِّرۡ
عَنكُمۡ
سَيِّـَٔاتِكُمۡ
وَنُدۡخِلۡكُم
مُّدۡخَلٗا
كَرِيمٗا
٣١
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
If you avoid the major sins forbidden to you, We will absolve you of your ˹lesser˺ misdeeds and admit you into a place of honour.
1
قُلۡ
مَنۡ
حَرَّمَ
زِينَةَ
ٱللَّهِ
ٱلَّتِيٓ
أَخۡرَجَ
لِعِبَادِهِۦ
وَٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِ
مِنَ
ٱلرِّزۡقِۚ
قُلۡ
هِيَ
لِلَّذِينَ
ءَامَنُواْ
فِي
ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ
ٱلدُّنۡيَا
خَالِصَةٗ
يَوۡمَ
ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِۗ
كَذَٰلِكَ
نُفَصِّلُ
ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ
لِقَوۡمٖ
يَعۡلَمُونَ
٣٢
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Ask, ˹O Prophet,˺ “Who has forbidden the adornments and lawful provisions Allah has brought forth for His servants?” Say, “They are for the enjoyment of the believers in this worldly life, but they will be exclusively theirs on the Day of Judgment.”
1 This is how We make Our revelations clear for people of knowledge.
قُلۡ
إِنَّمَا
حَرَّمَ
رَبِّيَ
ٱلۡفَوَٰحِشَ
مَا
ظَهَرَ
مِنۡهَا
وَمَا
بَطَنَ
وَٱلۡإِثۡمَ
وَٱلۡبَغۡيَ
بِغَيۡرِ
ٱلۡحَقِّ
وَأَن
تُشۡرِكُواْ
بِٱللَّهِ
مَا
لَمۡ
يُنَزِّلۡ
بِهِۦ
سُلۡطَٰنٗا
وَأَن
تَقُولُواْ
عَلَى
ٱللَّهِ
مَا
لَا
تَعۡلَمُونَ
٣٣
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Say, “My Lord has only forbidden open and secret indecencies, sinfulness, unjust aggression, associating ˹others˺ with Allah ˹in worship˺—a practice He has never authorized—and attributing to Allah what you do not know.”
وَقَالَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
أَشۡرَكُواْ
لَوۡ
شَآءَ
ٱللَّهُ
مَا
عَبَدۡنَا
مِن
دُونِهِۦ
مِن
شَيۡءٖ
نَّحۡنُ
وَلَآ
ءَابَآؤُنَا
وَلَا
حَرَّمۡنَا
مِن
دُونِهِۦ
مِن
شَيۡءٖۚ
كَذَٰلِكَ
فَعَلَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
مِن
قَبۡلِهِمۡۚ
فَهَلۡ
عَلَى
ٱلرُّسُلِ
إِلَّا
ٱلۡبَلَٰغُ
ٱلۡمُبِينُ
٣٥
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
The polytheists argue, “Had Allah willed, neither we nor our forefathers would have worshipped anything other than Him, nor prohibited anything without His command.” So did those before them. Is not the messengers’ duty only to deliver ˹the message˺ clearly?
9:36 - At-Tawbah
Verse 36
إِنَّ
عِدَّةَ
ٱلشُّهُورِ
عِندَ
ٱللَّهِ
ٱثۡنَا
عَشَرَ
شَهۡرٗا
فِي
كِتَٰبِ
ٱللَّهِ
يَوۡمَ
خَلَقَ
ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ
وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ
مِنۡهَآ
أَرۡبَعَةٌ
حُرُمٞۚ
ذَٰلِكَ
ٱلدِّينُ
ٱلۡقَيِّمُۚ
فَلَا
تَظۡلِمُواْ
فِيهِنَّ
أَنفُسَكُمۡۚ
وَقَٰتِلُواْ
ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ
كَآفَّةٗ
كَمَا
يُقَٰتِلُونَكُمۡ
كَآفَّةٗۚ
وَٱعۡلَمُوٓاْ
أَنَّ
ٱللَّهَ
مَعَ
ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ
٣٦
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Indeed, the number of months ordained by Allah is twelve—in Allah’s Record
1 since the day He created the heavens and the earth—of which four are sacred. That is the Right Way. So do not wrong one another during these months. And fight the polytheists together as they fight together against you. And know that Allah is with those mindful ˹of Him˺.
3:50 - Ali 'Imran
Verse 50
وَمُصَدِّقٗا
لِّمَا
بَيۡنَ
يَدَيَّ
مِنَ
ٱلتَّوۡرَىٰةِ
وَلِأُحِلَّ
لَكُم
بَعۡضَ
ٱلَّذِي
حُرِّمَ
عَلَيۡكُمۡۚ
وَجِئۡتُكُم
بِـَٔايَةٖ
مِّن
رَّبِّكُمۡ
فَٱتَّقُواْ
ٱللَّهَ
وَأَطِيعُونِ
٥٠
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And I will confirm the Torah revealed before me and legalize some of what had been forbidden to you. I have come to you with a sign from your Lord, so be mindful of Allah and obey me.
وَنَادَىٰٓ
أَصۡحَٰبُ
ٱلنَّارِ
أَصۡحَٰبَ
ٱلۡجَنَّةِ
أَنۡ
أَفِيضُواْ
عَلَيۡنَا
مِنَ
ٱلۡمَآءِ
أَوۡ
مِمَّا
رَزَقَكُمُ
ٱللَّهُۚ
قَالُوٓاْ
إِنَّ
ٱللَّهَ
حَرَّمَهُمَا
عَلَى
ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ
٥٠
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
The residents of the Fire will then cry out to the residents of Paradise, “Aid us with some water or any provision Allah has granted you.” They will reply, “Allah has forbidden both to the disbelievers,
قُلۡ
إِنِّي
نُهِيتُ
أَنۡ
أَعۡبُدَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
تَدۡعُونَ
مِن
دُونِ
ٱللَّهِۚ
قُل
لَّآ
أَتَّبِعُ
أَهۡوَآءَكُمۡ
قَدۡ
ضَلَلۡتُ
إِذٗا
وَمَآ
أَنَا۠
مِنَ
ٱلۡمُهۡتَدِينَ
٥٦
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “I have been forbidden to worship those you invoke besides Allah.” Say, “I will not follow your desires, for I then would certainly be astray and not one of those ˹rightly˺ guided.”
قُلۡ
أَرَءَيۡتُم
مَّآ
أَنزَلَ
ٱللَّهُ
لَكُم
مِّن
رِّزۡقٖ
فَجَعَلۡتُم
مِّنۡهُ
حَرَامٗا
وَحَلَٰلٗا
قُلۡ
ءَآللَّهُ
أَذِنَ
لَكُمۡۖ
أَمۡ
عَلَى
ٱللَّهِ
تَفۡتَرُونَ
٥٩
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Ask ˹the pagans, O Prophet˺, “Have you seen that which Allah has sent down for you as a provision, of which you have made some lawful and some unlawful?”
1 Say, “Has Allah given you authorization, or are you fabricating lies against Allah?”
۞ قُلۡ
إِنِّي
نُهِيتُ
أَنۡ
أَعۡبُدَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
تَدۡعُونَ
مِن
دُونِ
ٱللَّهِ
لَمَّا
جَآءَنِيَ
ٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتُ
مِن
رَّبِّي
وَأُمِرۡتُ
أَنۡ
أُسۡلِمَ
لِرَبِّ
ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
٦٦
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “I have been forbidden to worship those ˹idols˺ you worship besides Allah, since clear proofs have come to me from my Lord. And I have been commanded to ˹fully˺ submit to the Lord of all worlds.”
5:72 - Al-Ma'idah
Verse 72
لَقَدۡ
كَفَرَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
قَالُوٓاْ
إِنَّ
ٱللَّهَ
هُوَ
ٱلۡمَسِيحُ
ٱبۡنُ
مَرۡيَمَۖ
وَقَالَ
ٱلۡمَسِيحُ
يَٰبَنِيٓ
إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ
ٱعۡبُدُواْ
ٱللَّهَ
رَبِّي
وَرَبَّكُمۡۖ
إِنَّهُۥ
مَن
يُشۡرِكۡ
بِٱللَّهِ
فَقَدۡ
حَرَّمَ
ٱللَّهُ
عَلَيۡهِ
ٱلۡجَنَّةَ
وَمَأۡوَىٰهُ
ٱلنَّارُۖ
وَمَا
لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ
مِنۡ
أَنصَارٖ
٧٢
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Those who say, “Allah is the Messiah, son of Mary,” have certainly fallen into disbelief. The Messiah ˹himself˺ said, “O Children of Israel! Worship Allah—my Lord and your Lord.” Whoever associates others with Allah ˹in worship˺ will surely be forbidden Paradise by Allah. Their home will be the Fire. And the wrongdoers will have no helpers.
2:85 - Al-Baqarah
Verse 85
ثُمَّ
أَنتُمۡ
هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ
تَقۡتُلُونَ
أَنفُسَكُمۡ
وَتُخۡرِجُونَ
فَرِيقٗا
مِّنكُم
مِّن
دِيَٰرِهِمۡ
تَظَٰهَرُونَ
عَلَيۡهِم
بِٱلۡإِثۡمِ
وَٱلۡعُدۡوَٰنِ
وَإِن
يَأۡتُوكُمۡ
أُسَٰرَىٰ
تُفَٰدُوهُمۡ
وَهُوَ
مُحَرَّمٌ
عَلَيۡكُمۡ
إِخۡرَاجُهُمۡۚ
أَفَتُؤۡمِنُونَ
بِبَعۡضِ
ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ
وَتَكۡفُرُونَ
بِبَعۡضٖۚ
فَمَا
جَزَآءُ
مَن
يَفۡعَلُ
ذَٰلِكَ
مِنكُمۡ
إِلَّا
خِزۡيٞ
فِي
ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ
ٱلدُّنۡيَاۖ
وَيَوۡمَ
ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ
يُرَدُّونَ
إِلَىٰٓ
أَشَدِّ
ٱلۡعَذَابِۗ
وَمَا
ٱللَّهُ
بِغَٰفِلٍ
عَمَّا
تَعۡمَلُونَ
٨٥
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
But here you are, killing each other and expelling some of your people from their homes, aiding one another in sin and aggression; and when those ˹expelled˺ come to you as captives, you still ransom them—though expelling them was unlawful for you.
1 Do you believe in some of the Scripture and reject the rest? Is there any reward for those who do so among you other than disgrace in this worldly life and being subjected to the harshest punishment on the Day of Judgment? For Allah is never unaware of what you do.
5:87 - Al-Ma'idah
Verse 87
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا
ٱلَّذِينَ
ءَامَنُواْ
لَا
تُحَرِّمُواْ
طَيِّبَٰتِ
مَآ
أَحَلَّ
ٱللَّهُ
لَكُمۡ
وَلَا
تَعۡتَدُوٓاْۚ
إِنَّ
ٱللَّهَ
لَا
يُحِبُّ
ٱلۡمُعۡتَدِينَ
٨٧
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
O believers! Do not forbid the good things which Allah has made lawful for you, and do not transgress. Indeed, Allah does not like transgressors.
قَالَ
يَٰقَوۡمِ
أَرَءَيۡتُمۡ
إِن
كُنتُ
عَلَىٰ
بَيِّنَةٖ
مِّن
رَّبِّي
وَرَزَقَنِي
مِنۡهُ
رِزۡقًا
حَسَنٗاۚ
وَمَآ
أُرِيدُ
أَنۡ
أُخَالِفَكُمۡ
إِلَىٰ
مَآ
أَنۡهَىٰكُمۡ
عَنۡهُۚ
إِنۡ
أُرِيدُ
إِلَّا
ٱلۡإِصۡلَٰحَ
مَا
ٱسۡتَطَعۡتُۚ
وَمَا
تَوۡفِيقِيٓ
إِلَّا
بِٱللَّهِۚ
عَلَيۡهِ
تَوَكَّلۡتُ
وَإِلَيۡهِ
أُنِيبُ
٨٨
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
He said, “O my people! Consider if I stand on a clear proof from my Lord and He has blessed me with a good provision from Him. I do not want to do what I am forbidding you from. I only intend reform to the best of my ability. My success comes only through Allah. In Him I trust and to Him I turn.
5:96 - Al-Ma'idah
Verse 96
أُحِلَّ
لَكُمۡ
صَيۡدُ
ٱلۡبَحۡرِ
وَطَعَامُهُۥ
مَتَٰعٗا
لَّكُمۡ
وَلِلسَّيَّارَةِۖ
وَحُرِّمَ
عَلَيۡكُمۡ
صَيۡدُ
ٱلۡبَرِّ
مَا
دُمۡتُمۡ
حُرُمٗاۗ
وَٱتَّقُواْ
ٱللَّهَ
ٱلَّذِيٓ
إِلَيۡهِ
تُحۡشَرُونَ
٩٦
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
It is lawful for you to hunt and eat seafood, as a provision for you and for travellers. But hunting on land is forbidden to you while on pilgrimage. Be mindful of Allah to Whom you all will be gathered.
16:115 - An-Nahl
Verse 115
إِنَّمَا
حَرَّمَ
عَلَيۡكُمُ
ٱلۡمَيۡتَةَ
وَٱلدَّمَ
وَلَحۡمَ
ٱلۡخِنزِيرِ
وَمَآ
أُهِلَّ
لِغَيۡرِ
ٱللَّهِ
بِهِۦۖ
فَمَنِ
ٱضۡطُرَّ
غَيۡرَ
بَاغٖ
وَلَا
عَادٖ
فَإِنَّ
ٱللَّهَ
غَفُورٞ
رَّحِيمٞ
١١٥
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
He has only forbidden you ˹to eat˺ carrion, blood, swine,
1 and what is slaughtered in the name of any other than Allah. But if someone is compelled by necessity—neither driven by desire nor exceeding immediate need—then surely Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
16:116 - An-Nahl
Verse 116
وَلَا
تَقُولُواْ
لِمَا
تَصِفُ
أَلۡسِنَتُكُمُ
ٱلۡكَذِبَ
هَٰذَا
حَلَٰلٞ
وَهَٰذَا
حَرَامٞ
لِّتَفۡتَرُواْ
عَلَى
ٱللَّهِ
ٱلۡكَذِبَۚ
إِنَّ
ٱلَّذِينَ
يَفۡتَرُونَ
عَلَى
ٱللَّهِ
ٱلۡكَذِبَ
لَا
يُفۡلِحُونَ
١١٦
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Do not falsely declare with your tongues, “This is lawful, and that is unlawful,” ˹only˺ fabricating lies against Allah. Indeed, those who fabricate lies against Allah will never succeed.
6:119 - Al-An'am
Verse 119
وَمَا
لَكُمۡ
أَلَّا
تَأۡكُلُواْ
مِمَّا
ذُكِرَ
ٱسۡمُ
ٱللَّهِ
عَلَيۡهِ
وَقَدۡ
فَصَّلَ
لَكُم
مَّا
حَرَّمَ
عَلَيۡكُمۡ
إِلَّا
مَا
ٱضۡطُرِرۡتُمۡ
إِلَيۡهِۗ
وَإِنَّ
كَثِيرٗا
لَّيُضِلُّونَ
بِأَهۡوَآئِهِم
بِغَيۡرِ
عِلۡمٍۚ
إِنَّ
رَبَّكَ
هُوَ
أَعۡلَمُ
بِٱلۡمُعۡتَدِينَ
١١٩
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Why should you not eat of what is slaughtered in Allah’s Name when He has already explained to you what He has forbidden to you—except when compelled by necessity? Many ˹deviants˺ certainly mislead others by their whims out of ignorance. Surely your Lord knows the transgressors best.
6:138 - Al-An'am
Verse 138
وَقَالُواْ
هَٰذِهِۦٓ
أَنۡعَٰمٞ
وَحَرۡثٌ
حِجۡرٞ
لَّا
يَطۡعَمُهَآ
إِلَّا
مَن
نَّشَآءُ
بِزَعۡمِهِمۡ
وَأَنۡعَٰمٌ
حُرِّمَتۡ
ظُهُورُهَا
وَأَنۡعَٰمٞ
لَّا
يَذۡكُرُونَ
ٱسۡمَ
ٱللَّهِ
عَلَيۡهَا
ٱفۡتِرَآءً
عَلَيۡهِۚ
سَيَجۡزِيهِم
بِمَا
كَانُواْ
يَفۡتَرُونَ
١٣٨
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
They say, “These cattle and crops are reserved—none may eat them except those we permit,” so they claim. Some other cattle are exempted from labour and others are not slaughtered in Allah’s Name—falsely attributing lies to Him. He will repay them for their lies.
6:140 - Al-An'am
Verse 140
قَدۡ
خَسِرَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
قَتَلُوٓاْ
أَوۡلَٰدَهُمۡ
سَفَهَۢا
بِغَيۡرِ
عِلۡمٖ
وَحَرَّمُواْ
مَا
رَزَقَهُمُ
ٱللَّهُ
ٱفۡتِرَآءً
عَلَى
ٱللَّهِۚ
قَدۡ
ضَلُّواْ
وَمَا
كَانُواْ
مُهۡتَدِينَ
١٤٠
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Lost indeed are those who have murdered their own children foolishly out of ignorance and have forbidden what Allah has provided for them—falsely attributing lies to Allah. They have certainly strayed and are not ˹rightly˺ guided.
6:143 - Al-An'am
Verse 143
ثَمَٰنِيَةَ
أَزۡوَٰجٖۖ
مِّنَ
ٱلضَّأۡنِ
ٱثۡنَيۡنِ
وَمِنَ
ٱلۡمَعۡزِ
ٱثۡنَيۡنِۗ
قُلۡ
ءَآلذَّكَرَيۡنِ
حَرَّمَ
أَمِ
ٱلۡأُنثَيَيۡنِ
أَمَّا
ٱشۡتَمَلَتۡ
عَلَيۡهِ
أَرۡحَامُ
ٱلۡأُنثَيَيۡنِۖ
نَبِّـُٔونِي
بِعِلۡمٍ
إِن
كُنتُمۡ
صَٰدِقِينَ
١٤٣
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
˹Allah has created˺ four pairs: a pair of sheep and a pair of goats—ask ˹them, O Prophet˺, “Has He forbidden ˹to you˺ the two males or the two females or what is in the wombs of the two females? Tell me with knowledge, if what you say is true.”—
6:144 - Al-An'am
Verse 144
وَمِنَ
ٱلۡإِبِلِ
ٱثۡنَيۡنِ
وَمِنَ
ٱلۡبَقَرِ
ٱثۡنَيۡنِۗ
قُلۡ
ءَآلذَّكَرَيۡنِ
حَرَّمَ
أَمِ
ٱلۡأُنثَيَيۡنِ
أَمَّا
ٱشۡتَمَلَتۡ
عَلَيۡهِ
أَرۡحَامُ
ٱلۡأُنثَيَيۡنِۖ
أَمۡ
كُنتُمۡ
شُهَدَآءَ
إِذۡ
وَصَّىٰكُمُ
ٱللَّهُ
بِهَٰذَاۚ
فَمَنۡ
أَظۡلَمُ
مِمَّنِ
ٱفۡتَرَىٰ
عَلَى
ٱللَّهِ
كَذِبٗا
لِّيُضِلَّ
ٱلنَّاسَ
بِغَيۡرِ
عِلۡمٍۚ
إِنَّ
ٱللَّهَ
لَا
يَهۡدِي
ٱلۡقَوۡمَ
ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
١٤٤
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
and a pair of camels and a pair of oxen. Ask ˹them˺, “Has He forbidden ˹to you˺ the two males or the two females or what is in the wombs of the two females? Or were you present when Allah gave you this commandment?” Who does more wrong than those who fabricate lies against Allah to mislead others without ˹any˺ knowledge? Surely Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people.
6:145 - Al-An'am
Verse 145
قُل
لَّآ
أَجِدُ
فِي
مَآ
أُوحِيَ
إِلَيَّ
مُحَرَّمًا
عَلَىٰ
طَاعِمٖ
يَطۡعَمُهُۥٓ
إِلَّآ
أَن
يَكُونَ
مَيۡتَةً
أَوۡ
دَمٗا
مَّسۡفُوحًا
أَوۡ
لَحۡمَ
خِنزِيرٖ
فَإِنَّهُۥ
رِجۡسٌ
أَوۡ
فِسۡقًا
أُهِلَّ
لِغَيۡرِ
ٱللَّهِ
بِهِۦۚ
فَمَنِ
ٱضۡطُرَّ
غَيۡرَ
بَاغٖ
وَلَا
عَادٖ
فَإِنَّ
رَبَّكَ
غَفُورٞ
رَّحِيمٞ
١٤٥
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “I do not find in what has been revealed to me anything forbidden to eat except carrion, running blood, swine—which is impure—or a sinful offering in the name of any other than Allah. But if someone is compelled by necessity—neither driven by desire nor exceeding immediate need—then surely your Lord is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.”
6:146 - Al-An'am
Verse 146
وَعَلَى
ٱلَّذِينَ
هَادُواْ
حَرَّمۡنَا
كُلَّ
ذِي
ظُفُرٖۖ
وَمِنَ
ٱلۡبَقَرِ
وَٱلۡغَنَمِ
حَرَّمۡنَا
عَلَيۡهِمۡ
شُحُومَهُمَآ
إِلَّا
مَا
حَمَلَتۡ
ظُهُورُهُمَآ
أَوِ
ٱلۡحَوَايَآ
أَوۡ
مَا
ٱخۡتَلَطَ
بِعَظۡمٖۚ
ذَٰلِكَ
جَزَيۡنَٰهُم
بِبَغۡيِهِمۡۖ
وَإِنَّا
لَصَٰدِقُونَ
١٤٦
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
For those who are Jewish, We forbade every animal with undivided hoofs and the fat of oxen and sheep except what is joined to their backs or intestines or mixed with bone. In this way We rewarded them for their violations. And We are certainly truthful.
6:148 - Al-An'am
Verse 148
سَيَقُولُ
ٱلَّذِينَ
أَشۡرَكُواْ
لَوۡ
شَآءَ
ٱللَّهُ
مَآ
أَشۡرَكۡنَا
وَلَآ
ءَابَآؤُنَا
وَلَا
حَرَّمۡنَا
مِن
شَيۡءٖۚ
كَذَٰلِكَ
كَذَّبَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
مِن
قَبۡلِهِمۡ
حَتَّىٰ
ذَاقُواْ
بَأۡسَنَاۗ
قُلۡ
هَلۡ
عِندَكُم
مِّنۡ
عِلۡمٖ
فَتُخۡرِجُوهُ
لَنَآۖ
إِن
تَتَّبِعُونَ
إِلَّا
ٱلظَّنَّ
وَإِنۡ
أَنتُمۡ
إِلَّا
تَخۡرُصُونَ
١٤٨
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
The polytheists will argue, “Had it been Allah’s Will, neither we nor our forefathers would have associated others with Him ˹in worship˺ or made anything unlawful.” Likewise, those before them rejected the truth until they tasted Our punishment. Ask ˹them, O Prophet˺, “Do you have any knowledge that you can produce for us? Surely you follow nothing but ˹false˺ assumptions and you do nothing but lie.”
6:150 - Al-An'am
Verse 150
قُلۡ
هَلُمَّ
شُهَدَآءَكُمُ
ٱلَّذِينَ
يَشۡهَدُونَ
أَنَّ
ٱللَّهَ
حَرَّمَ
هَٰذَاۖ
فَإِن
شَهِدُواْ
فَلَا
تَشۡهَدۡ
مَعَهُمۡۚ
وَلَا
تَتَّبِعۡ
أَهۡوَآءَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
كَذَّبُواْ
بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا
وَٱلَّذِينَ
لَا
يُؤۡمِنُونَ
بِٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ
وَهُم
بِرَبِّهِمۡ
يَعۡدِلُونَ
١٥٠
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “Bring your witnesses who can testify that Allah has forbidden this.” If they ˹falsely˺ testify, do not testify with them. And do not follow the desires of those who deny Our proofs, disbelieve in the Hereafter, and set up equals with their Lord.
6:151 - Al-An'am
Verse 151
۞ قُلۡ
تَعَالَوۡاْ
أَتۡلُ
مَا
حَرَّمَ
رَبُّكُمۡ
عَلَيۡكُمۡۖ
أَلَّا
تُشۡرِكُواْ
بِهِۦ
شَيۡـٔٗاۖ
وَبِٱلۡوَٰلِدَيۡنِ
إِحۡسَٰنٗاۖ
وَلَا
تَقۡتُلُوٓاْ
أَوۡلَٰدَكُم
مِّنۡ
إِمۡلَٰقٖ
نَّحۡنُ
نَرۡزُقُكُمۡ
وَإِيَّاهُمۡۖ
وَلَا
تَقۡرَبُواْ
ٱلۡفَوَٰحِشَ
مَا
ظَهَرَ
مِنۡهَا
وَمَا
بَطَنَۖ
وَلَا
تَقۡتُلُواْ
ٱلنَّفۡسَ
ٱلَّتِي
حَرَّمَ
ٱللَّهُ
إِلَّا
بِٱلۡحَقِّۚ
ذَٰلِكُمۡ
وَصَّىٰكُم
بِهِۦ
لَعَلَّكُمۡ
تَعۡقِلُونَ
١٥١
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “Come! Let me recite to you what your Lord has forbidden to you: do not associate others with Him ˹in worship˺. ˹Do not fail to˺ honour your parents. Do not kill your children for fear of poverty. We provide for you and for them. Do not come near indecencies, openly or secretly. Do not take a ˹human˺ life—made sacred by Allah—except with ˹legal˺ right.
1 This is what He has commanded you, so perhaps you will understand.
7:157 - Al-A'raf
Verse 157
ٱلَّذِينَ
يَتَّبِعُونَ
ٱلرَّسُولَ
ٱلنَّبِيَّ
ٱلۡأُمِّيَّ
ٱلَّذِي
يَجِدُونَهُۥ
مَكۡتُوبًا
عِندَهُمۡ
فِي
ٱلتَّوۡرَىٰةِ
وَٱلۡإِنجِيلِ
يَأۡمُرُهُم
بِٱلۡمَعۡرُوفِ
وَيَنۡهَىٰهُمۡ
عَنِ
ٱلۡمُنكَرِ
وَيُحِلُّ
لَهُمُ
ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِ
وَيُحَرِّمُ
عَلَيۡهِمُ
ٱلۡخَبَٰٓئِثَ
وَيَضَعُ
عَنۡهُمۡ
إِصۡرَهُمۡ
وَٱلۡأَغۡلَٰلَ
ٱلَّتِي
كَانَتۡ
عَلَيۡهِمۡۚ
فَٱلَّذِينَ
ءَامَنُواْ
بِهِۦ
وَعَزَّرُوهُ
وَنَصَرُوهُ
وَٱتَّبَعُواْ
ٱلنُّورَ
ٱلَّذِيٓ
أُنزِلَ
مَعَهُۥٓ
أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ
هُمُ
ٱلۡمُفۡلِحُونَ
١٥٧
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
“˹They are˺ the ones who follow the Messenger, the unlettered Prophet, whose description they find in their Torah and the Gospel.
1 He commands them to do good and forbids them from evil, permits for them what is lawful and forbids to them what is impure, and relieves them from their burdens and the shackles that bound them. ˹Only˺ those who believe in him, honour and support him, and follow the light sent down to him will be successful.”
4:160 - An-Nisa
Verse 160
فَبِظُلۡمٖ
مِّنَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
هَادُواْ
حَرَّمۡنَا
عَلَيۡهِمۡ
طَيِّبَٰتٍ
أُحِلَّتۡ
لَهُمۡ
وَبِصَدِّهِمۡ
عَن
سَبِيلِ
ٱللَّهِ
كَثِيرٗا
١٦٠
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
We forbade the Jews certain foods that had been lawful to them for their wrongdoing, and for hindering many from the Way of Allah,
4:161 - An-Nisa
Verse 161
وَأَخۡذِهِمُ
ٱلرِّبَوٰاْ
وَقَدۡ
نُهُواْ
عَنۡهُ
وَأَكۡلِهِمۡ
أَمۡوَٰلَ
ٱلنَّاسِ
بِٱلۡبَٰطِلِۚ
وَأَعۡتَدۡنَا
لِلۡكَٰفِرِينَ
مِنۡهُمۡ
عَذَابًا
أَلِيمٗا
١٦١
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
taking interest despite its prohibition, and consuming people’s wealth unjustly. We have prepared for the disbelievers among them a painful punishment.
7:165 - Al-A'raf
Verse 165
فَلَمَّا
نَسُواْ
مَا
ذُكِّرُواْ
بِهِۦٓ
أَنجَيۡنَا
ٱلَّذِينَ
يَنۡهَوۡنَ
عَنِ
ٱلسُّوٓءِ
وَأَخَذۡنَا
ٱلَّذِينَ
ظَلَمُواْ
بِعَذَابِۭ
بَـِٔيسِۭ
بِمَا
كَانُواْ
يَفۡسُقُونَ
١٦٥
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
When they ignored the warning they were given, We rescued those who used to warn against evil and overtook the wrongdoers with a dreadful punishment for their rebelliousness.
7:166 - Al-A'raf
Verse 166
فَلَمَّا
عَتَوۡاْ
عَن
مَّا
نُهُواْ
عَنۡهُ
قُلۡنَا
لَهُمۡ
كُونُواْ
قِرَدَةً
خَٰسِـِٔينَ
١٦٦
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
But when they stubbornly persisted in violation, We said to them, “Be disgraced apes!”
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2:173 - Al-Baqarah
Verse 173
إِنَّمَا
حَرَّمَ
عَلَيۡكُمُ
ٱلۡمَيۡتَةَ
وَٱلدَّمَ
وَلَحۡمَ
ٱلۡخِنزِيرِ
وَمَآ
أُهِلَّ
بِهِۦ
لِغَيۡرِ
ٱللَّهِۖ
فَمَنِ
ٱضۡطُرَّ
غَيۡرَ
بَاغٖ
وَلَا
عَادٖ
فَلَآ
إِثۡمَ
عَلَيۡهِۚ
إِنَّ
ٱللَّهَ
غَفُورٞ
رَّحِيمٌ
١٧٣
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
He has only forbidden you ˹to eat˺ carrion, blood, swine,
1 and what is slaughtered in the name of any other than Allah. But if someone is compelled by necessity—neither driven by desire nor exceeding immediate need—they will not be sinful. Surely Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
2:275 - Al-Baqarah
Verse 275
ٱلَّذِينَ
يَأۡكُلُونَ
ٱلرِّبَوٰاْ
لَا
يَقُومُونَ
إِلَّا
كَمَا
يَقُومُ
ٱلَّذِي
يَتَخَبَّطُهُ
ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ
مِنَ
ٱلۡمَسِّۚ
ذَٰلِكَ
بِأَنَّهُمۡ
قَالُوٓاْ
إِنَّمَا
ٱلۡبَيۡعُ
مِثۡلُ
ٱلرِّبَوٰاْۗ
وَأَحَلَّ
ٱللَّهُ
ٱلۡبَيۡعَ
وَحَرَّمَ
ٱلرِّبَوٰاْۚ
فَمَن
جَآءَهُۥ
مَوۡعِظَةٞ
مِّن
رَّبِّهِۦ
فَٱنتَهَىٰ
فَلَهُۥ
مَا
سَلَفَ
وَأَمۡرُهُۥٓ
إِلَى
ٱللَّهِۖ
وَمَنۡ
عَادَ
فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ
أَصۡحَٰبُ
ٱلنَّارِۖ
هُمۡ
فِيهَا
خَٰلِدُونَ
٢٧٥
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Those who consume interest will stand ˹on Judgment Day˺ like those driven to madness by Satan’s touch. That is because they say, “Trade is no different than interest.” But Allah has permitted trading and forbidden interest. Whoever refrains—after having received warning from their Lord—may keep their previous gains, and their case is left to Allah. As for those who persist, it is they who will be the residents of the Fire. They will be there forever.