Surah An-Nahl, Ayah 115 (16:115)

ٱلنَّحْل

إِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْمَيْتَةَ وَٱلدَّمَ وَلَحْمَ ٱلْخِنزِيرِ وَمَآ أُهِلَّ لِغَيْرِ ٱللَّهِ …

Quran 16:115 is ayah 115 of Surah An-Nahl (“The Bee”), a Meccan surah of 128 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 280 of the Madani Mushaf.

16:115
إِنَّمَاحَرَّمَعَلَيْكُمُٱلْمَيْتَةَوَٱلدَّمَوَلَحْمَٱلْخِنزِيرِوَمَآأُهِلَّلِغَيْرِٱللَّهِبِهِۦ ۖفَمَنِٱضْطُرَّغَيْرَبَاغٍوَلَاعَادٍفَإِنَّٱللَّهَغَفُورٌرَّحِيمٌ١١٥
innamā ḥarrama ʿalaykumu l-maytata wal-dama walaḥma l-khinzīri wamā uhilla lighayri l-lahi bihi famani uḍ'ṭurra ghayra bāghin walā ʿādin fa-inna l-laha ghafūrun raḥīmun

He has only forbidden to you dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to other than Allāh. But whoever is forced [by necessity], neither desiring [it] nor transgressing [its limit] - then indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.(115)

Word by word

  1. إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
  2. حَرَّمَḥarramaHe has forbidden
  3. عَلَيْكُمُʿalaykumuto you
  4. ٱلْمَيْتَةَl-maytatathe dead animal
  5. وَٱلدَّمَwal-damaand the blood
  6. وَلَحْمَwalaḥmaand the flesh
  7. ٱلْخِنزِيرِl-khinzīri(of) the swine
  8. وَمَآwamāand what
  9. أُهِلَّuhillahas been dedicated
  10. لِغَيْرِlighayrito other (than)
  11. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  12. بِهِۦ ۖbihi[with it]
  13. فَمَنِfamaniBut (if) one
  14. ٱضْطُرَّuḍ'ṭurra(is) forced
  15. غَيْرَghayrawithout (being)
  16. بَاغٍbāghindisobedient
  17. وَلَاwalāand not
  18. عَادٍʿādina transgressor
  19. فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed
  20. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  21. غَفُورٌghafūrun(is) Oft-Forgiving
  22. رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMost Merciful

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