۞ وَهُوَ

ٱلَّذِيٓ

أَنشَأَ

جَنَّٰتٖ

مَّعۡرُوشَٰتٖ

وَغَيۡرَ

مَعۡرُوشَٰتٖ

وَٱلنَّخۡلَ

وَٱلزَّرۡعَ

مُخۡتَلِفًا

أُكُلُهُۥ

وَٱلزَّيۡتُونَ

وَٱلرُّمَّانَ

مُتَشَٰبِهٗا

وَغَيۡرَ

مُتَشَٰبِهٖۚ

كُلُواْ

مِن

ثَمَرِهِۦٓ

إِذَآ

أَثۡمَرَ

وَءَاتُواْ

حَقَّهُۥ

يَوۡمَ

حَصَادِهِۦۖ

وَلَا

تُسۡرِفُوٓاْۚ

إِنَّهُۥ

لَا

يُحِبُّ

ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ

١٤١

He is the One Who produces gardens—both cultivated and wild¹—and palm trees, crops of different flavours, olives, and pomegranates—similar ˹in shape˺, but dissimilar ˹in taste˺. Eat of the fruit they bear and pay the dues at harvest, but do not waste. Surely He does not like the wasteful.

Some cattle are fit for labour, others are too small.¹ Eat of what Allah has provided for you and do not follow Satan’s footsteps. Certainly, he is your sworn enemy.

˹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.”—

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.

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.”

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.

But if they deny you ˹O Prophet˺, say, “Your Lord is infinite in mercy, yet His punishment will not be averted from the wicked people.”

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.”

Say, “Allah has the most conclusive argument. Had it been His Will, He would have easily imposed guidance upon all of you.”

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.