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Surah Al-An'am, Ayah 139 (6:139)

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وَقَالُوا۟ مَا فِى بُطُونِ هَٰذِهِ ٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ خَالِصَةٌ لِّذُكُورِنَا وَمُحَرَّمٌ عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِنَا ۖ …

Quran 6:139 is ayah 139 of Surah Al-An'am (“The Cattle”), a Meccan surah of 165 ayahs. It is in Juz 8, on page 146 of the Madani Mushaf.

6:139
وَقَالُوا۟مَافِىبُطُونِهَٰذِهِٱلْأَنْعَٰمِخَالِصَةٌلِّذُكُورِنَاوَمُحَرَّمٌعَلَىٰٓأَزْوَٰجِنَا ۖوَإِنيَكُنمَّيْتَةًفَهُمْفِيهِشُرَكَآءُ ۚسَيَجْزِيهِمْوَصْفَهُمْ ۚإِنَّهُۥحَكِيمٌعَلِيمٌ١٣٩
waqālū mā fī buṭūni hādhihi l-anʿāmi khāliṣatun lidhukūrinā wamuḥarramun ʿalā azwājinā wa-in yakun maytatan fahum fīhi shurakāu sayajzīhim waṣfahum innahu ḥakīmun ʿalīmun

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.(139)

Word by word

  1. وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they say
  2. مَاmāWhat
  3. فِىfī(is) in
  4. بُطُونِbuṭūni(the) wombs
  5. هَٰذِهِhādhihi(of) these
  6. ٱلْأَنْعَٰمِl-anʿāmicattle
  7. خَالِصَةٌkhāliṣatun(is) exclusively
  8. لِّذُكُورِنَاlidhukūrināfor our males
  9. وَمُحَرَّمٌwamuḥarramunand forbidden
  10. عَلَىٰٓʿalāon
  11. أَزْوَٰجِنَا ۖazwājināour spouses
  12. وَإِنwa-inBut if
  13. يَكُنyakunis
  14. مَّيْتَةًmaytatan(born) dead
  15. فَهُمْfahumthen they (all)
  16. فِيهِfīhiin it
  17. شُرَكَآءُ ۚshurakāu(are) partners
  18. سَيَجْزِيهِمْsayajzīhimHe will recompense them
  19. وَصْفَهُمْ ۚwaṣfahum(for) their attribution
  20. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
  21. حَكِيمٌḥakīmun(is) All-Wise
  22. عَلِيمٌʿalīmunAll-Knowing

Tafsir (commentary) of 6:139

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وَقَالُواْ مَا فِى بُطُونِ هَـذِهِ الأَنْعَـمِ خَالِصَةٌ لِّذُكُورِنَا

(And they say: "What is in the bellies of such and such cattle is for our males alone...") refers to milk. `Awfi said that Ibn `Abbas said about this Ayah,

وَقَالُواْ مَا فِى بُطُونِ هَـذِهِ الأَنْعَـمِ خَالِصَةٌ لِّذُكُورِنَا

(And they say: "What is in the bellies of such and such cattle is for our males alone...") "It is about milk, which they prohibited for their females and allowed only their males to drink. When a sheep would give birth to a male sheep, they would slaughter it and feed it to their males, but not to their females. If the newly born lamb was a female, they would not slaughter it, but if it was stillborn, they would share in it (with their females)! Allah forbade this practice." Similar was said by As-Suddi. Ash-Sha`bi said, "The Bahirah's milk was only given to the men. But if any cattle from the Bahirah died, both men and women would share in eating it." Similar was said by `Ikrimah, Qatadah and `Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam. Mujahid commented;

وَقَالُواْ مَا فِى بُطُونِ هَـذِهِ الأَنْعَـمِ خَالِصَةٌ لِّذُكُورِنَا وَمُحَرَّمٌ عَلَى أَزْوَجِنَا

(And they say: "What is in the bellies of such and such cattle is for our males alone, and forbidden to our females...") "It refers to the Sa'ibah and the Bahirah." Abu Al-`Aliyah, Mujahid and Qatadah said that Allah's statement,

سَيَجْزِيهِمْ وَصْفَهُمْ

(He will punish them for their attribution. ) means, uttering such falsehood. This is explained by Allah's statement,

وَلاَ تَقُولُواْ لِمَا تَصِفُ أَلْسِنَتُكُمُ الْكَذِبَ هَـذَا حَلَـلٌ وَهَـذَا حَرَامٌ لِّتَفْتَرُواْ عَلَى اللَّهِ الْكَذِبَ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى اللَّهِ الْكَذِبَ لاَ يُفْلِحُونَ

(And say not concerning that which your tongues falsely utter: "This is lawful and this is forbidden." so as to invent lies against Allah. Verily, those who invent lies against Allah will never prosper.) 16:116 Allah said,

إِنَّهُ حَكِيمٌ

(Verily, He is All-Wise.) in His actions, statements, Law and decree,

عَلِيمٌ

(All-Knower), in the actions of His servants, whether good or evil, and He will recompense them for these deeds completely.

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