Surah Al-An'am, Ayah 144 (6:144)

ٱلْأَنْعَام

وَمِنَ ٱلْإِبِلِ ٱثْنَيْنِ وَمِنَ ٱلْبَقَرِ ٱثْنَيْنِ ۗ قُلْ ءَآلذَّكَرَيْنِ حَرَّمَ أَمِ ٱلْأُنثَيَيْنِ …

Quran 6:144 is ayah 144 of Surah Al-An'am (“The Cattle”), a Meccan surah of 165 ayahs. It is in Juz 8, on page 147 of the Madani Mushaf.

6:144
وَمِنَٱلْإِبِلِٱثْنَيْنِوَمِنَٱلْبَقَرِٱثْنَيْنِ ۗقُلْءَآلذَّكَرَيْنِحَرَّمَأَمِٱلْأُنثَيَيْنِأَمَّاٱشْتَمَلَتْعَلَيْهِأَرْحَامُٱلْأُنثَيَيْنِ ۖأَمْكُنتُمْشُهَدَآءَإِذْوَصَّىٰكُمُٱللَّهُبِهَٰذَا ۚفَمَنْأَظْلَمُمِمَّنِٱفْتَرَىٰعَلَىٱللَّهِكَذِبًالِّيُضِلَّٱلنَّاسَبِغَيْرِعِلْمٍ ۗإِنَّٱللَّهَلَايَهْدِىٱلْقَوْمَٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ١٤٤
wamina l-ibili ith'nayni wamina l-baqari ith'nayni qul āldhakarayni ḥarrama ami l-unthayayni ammā ish'tamalat ʿalayhi arḥāmu l-unthayayni am kuntum shuhadāa idh waṣṣākumu l-lahu bihādhā faman aẓlamu mimmani if'tarā ʿalā l-lahi kadhiban liyuḍilla l-nāsa bighayri ʿil'min inna l-laha lā yahdī l-qawma l-ẓālimīna

And of the camels, two and of the cattle, two. Say, "Is it the two males He has forbidden or the two females or that which the wombs of the two females contain? Or were you witnesses when Allāh charged you with this? Then who is more unjust than one who invents a lie about Allāh to mislead the people by [something] other than knowledge? Indeed, Allāh does not guide the wrongdoing people."(144)

Word by word

  1. وَمِنَwaminaAnd of
  2. ٱلْإِبِلِl-ibilithe camels
  3. ٱثْنَيْنِith'naynitwo
  4. وَمِنَwaminaand of
  5. ٱلْبَقَرِl-baqarithe cows
  6. ٱثْنَيْنِ ۗith'naynitwo
  7. قُلْqulSay
  8. ءَآلذَّكَرَيْنِāldhakarayni(Is it) the two males
  9. حَرَّمَḥarramaHe (has) forbidden
  10. أَمِamior
  11. ٱلْأُنثَيَيْنِl-unthayaynithe two females
  12. أَمَّاammāor what
  13. ٱشْتَمَلَتْish'tamalatcontains
  14. عَلَيْهِʿalayhi[in it]
  15. أَرْحَامُarḥāmu(the) wombs
  16. ٱلْأُنثَيَيْنِ ۖl-unthayayni(of) the two females
  17. أَمْamOr
  18. كُنتُمْkuntumwere you
  19. شُهَدَآءَshuhadāawitnesses
  20. إِذْidhwhen
  21. وَصَّىٰكُمُwaṣṣākumuenjoined you
  22. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  23. بِهَٰذَا ۚbihādhāwith this
  24. فَمَنْfamanThen who
  25. أَظْلَمُaẓlamu(is) more unjust
  26. مِمَّنِmimmanithan (one) who
  27. ٱفْتَرَىٰif'tarāinvents
  28. عَلَىʿalāagainst
  29. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  30. كَذِبًاkadhibana lie
  31. لِّيُضِلَّliyuḍillato mislead
  32. ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsathe people
  33. بِغَيْرِbighayriwithout
  34. عِلْمٍ ۗʿil'minknowledge
  35. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  36. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  37. لَاlā(does) not
  38. يَهْدِىyahdīguide
  39. ٱلْقَوْمَl-qawmathe people
  40. ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoing

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