Surah Al Anaam Ayat 139
Livestock · English translation · Edition God
And they say, “What lies in the wombs of these animals is exclusively for our males, and prohibited to our wives.” But if it is stillborn, they can share in it. He will surely punish them for their allegations. He is Wise and Knowing.
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Surah Al Anaam Ayat 137
Likewise, their idols entice many idolaters to kill their children, in order to lead them to their ruin, and confuse them in their religion. Had God willed, they would not have done it; so leave them to their fraud.
Surah Al Anaam Ayat 138
And they say, “These animals and crops are restricted; none may eat them except those we permit,” by their claims, and animals whose backs are forbidden, and animals over which they do not pronounce the name of God—fabricating lies against Him. He will repay them for what they used to invent.
Surah Al Anaam Ayat 140
Lost are those who kill their children foolishly, with no basis in knowledge, and forbid what God has provided for them—innovations about God. They have gone astray. They are not guided.
Surah Al Anaam Ayat 141
It is He who produces gardens, both cultivated and wild, and date-palms, and crops of diverse tastes, and olives and pomegranates, similar and dissimilar. Eat of its fruit when it yields, and give its due on the day of its harvest, and do not waste. He does not love the wasteful.
About this reference
This is ayat 139 of Surah Al Anaam (Livestock), surah 6 of the Quran. This surah contains 165 ayats. The English translation is by Talal Itani, ClearQuran, Edition God.
Read all 165 ayats of Surah Al Anaam