Surah Anam ayat 143 Tafsir Quran 6:143

﴿ثَمَانِيَةَ أَزْوَاجٍ ۖ مِّنَ الضَّأْنِ اثْنَيْنِ وَمِنَ الْمَعْزِ اثْنَيْنِ ۗ قُلْ آلذَّكَرَيْنِ حَرَّمَ أَمِ الْأُنثَيَيْنِ أَمَّا اشْتَمَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ أَرْحَامُ الْأُنثَيَيْنِ ۖ نَبِّئُونِي بِعِلْمٍ إِن كُنتُمْ صَادِقِينَ﴾
[ الأنعام: 143]

6:143 [They are] eight mates - of the sheep, two and of the goats, two. Say, "Is it the two males He has forbidden or the two females or that which the wombs of the two females contain? Inform me with knowledge, if you should be truthful."

Eight pairs types thamāniyata azwājin substitutes for hamūlatan wa-farshan ‘some for burdens and some for light support’ two of sheep a male and a female; and of goats read ma‘az or ma‘z two. Say O Muhammad (s) to those who on one occasion deem male cattle forbidden and on another the females thereof and then ascribe such rules to God ‘Is it the two males of the sheep and goats He has forbidden you or the two females of these two types or that which the wombs of the two females contain be they male or female? Inform Me with knowledge of the details of such prohibitions if you speak truly’ in this matter meaning on what basis has the prohibition been made? If it is on the basis of maleness then all males are forbidden; if on the basis of femaleness then all females are so forbidden; if on what the womb may contain then both genders are prohibited. So on what basis are such specifications made? the interrogative is meant as a repudiation.

Another strained point upon which the whole unreasoning turns is their superstitious belief of dedicating what they consider sacred to their males denying and condemning their females. Thus they dedicate what sheep and goats, camels and oxen carry in their wombs to their males and exclude their females; a concept bringing Us to eight copulatory mates. Four of them are a pair of sheep and a pair of goats. Ask them O Muhammad: Is it the two males or the two females that Allah has forbidden or is it what both females carry in their wombs! Tell me who gave you this authority that you speak like a book if indeed you are declaring the truth

These Ayat demonstrate the ignorance of the Arabs before Islam. They used to prohibit the usage of some of their cattle and designate them as Bahirah, Sa'ibah, Wasilah and Ham etc.
These were some of the innovations they invented for cattle, fruits and produce.
Allah stated that He has created gardens, trellised and untrellised, and cattle, as animals of burden and as Farsh.
Allah next mentioned various kinds of cattle, male and female, such as sheep and goats.
He also created male and female camels and the same with cows.
Allah did not prohibit any of these cattle or their offspring.
Rather, they all were created for the sons of Adam as a source for food, transportation, work, milk, and other benefits, which are many.
Allah said, وَأَنزَلَ لَكُمْ مِّنَ الاٌّنْعَـمِ ثَمَـنِيَةَ أَزْوَجٍ ( And He has sent down for you of cattle eight pairs... ) 39:6 Allah said; أَمَّا اشْتَمَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ أَرْحَامُ الأُنثَيَيْنِ ( ...or (the young ) which the wombs of the two females enclose...) This refutes the idolators' statement, مَا فِى بُطُونِ هَـذِهِ الأَنْعَـمِ خَالِصَةٌ لِّذُكُورِنَا وَمُحَرَّمٌ عَلَى أَزْوَجِنَا ( What is in the bellies of such and such cattle is for our males alone, and forbidden to our females. ) 6:139 Allah said, نَبِّئُونِي بِعِلْمٍ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـدِقِينَ ( Inform me with knowledge if you are truthful. ) meaning, tell me with sure knowledge, how and when did Allah prohibit what you claimed is prohibited, such as the Bahirah, Sa'ibah, Wasilah and Ham etc.
Al-`Awfi said that Ibn `Abbas said, "Allah's statement, ثَمَـنِيَةَ أَزْوَجٍ مِّنَ الضَّأْنِ اثْنَيْنِ وَمِنَ الْمَعْزِ اثْنَيْنِ ( Eight pairs: of the sheep two, and of the goats two... ) these are four pairs, قُلْ ءَآلذَّكَرَيْنِ حَرَّمَ أَمِ الأُنثَيَيْنِ ( Say: "Has He forbidden the two males or the two females..." ) I ( Allah ) did not prohibit any of these. أَمَّا اشْتَمَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ أَرْحَامُ الأُنثَيَيْنِ ( or (the young ) which the wombs of the two females enclose) and does the womb produce but males and females So why do you prohibit some and allow some others نَبِّئُونِي بِعِلْمٍ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـدِقِينَ ( Inform me with knowledge if you are truthful.
) Allah is saying that all of this is allowed." Allah said, أَمْ كُنتُمْ شُهَدَآءَ إِذْ وَصَّـكُمُ اللَّهُ بِهَـذَا ( Or, were you present when Allah ordered you such a thing ) mocking the idolators' innovations, and their lies that Allah made sacred what they have prohibited. فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ افْتَرَى عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِبًا لِيُضِلَّ النَّاسَ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ ( Then who does more wrong than one who invents a lie against Allah, to lead mankind astray without knowledge. ) Therefore, no one is more unjust than the people described here and إِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ يَهْدِى الْقَوْمَ الظَّـلِمِينَ ( Certainly, Allah guides not the people who are wrongdoers. ) The person most worthy of this condemnation is `Amr bin Luhay bin Qum`ah.
He was the first person to change the religion of the Prophets and designate the Sa'ibah, Wasilah and Ham, as mentioned in the Sahih.

(6:143) These are eight couples, two of sheep, two of goats. Now ask them: 'Is it either the two males that Allah has forbidden or the two females, or what the wombs of the two females may contain? Tell me about this on the basis of sure knowledge, if you speak the truth.' *119

[They are] eight mates - of the meaning

*119).
That is, they should come forward with arguments based on sound, reliable knowledge, rather than with arguments which have no authority except that of ancestral tradition, conjecture or superstition.

 

These Ayat demonstrate the ignorance of the Arabs before Islam. They used to prohibit the usage of some of their cattle and designate them as Bahirah, Sa'ibah, Wasilah and Ham etc.
These were some of the innovations they invented for cattle, fruits and produce.
Allah stated that He has created gardens, trellised and untrellised, and cattle, as animals of burden and as Farsh.
Allah next mentioned various kinds of cattle, male and female, such as sheep and goats.
He also created male and female camels and the same with cows.
Allah did not prohibit any of these cattle or their offspring.
Rather, they all were created for the sons of Adam as a source for food, transportation, work, milk, and other benefits, which are many.
Allah said, وَأَنزَلَ لَكُمْ مِّنَ الاٌّنْعَـمِ ثَمَـنِيَةَ أَزْوَجٍ ( And He has sent down for you of cattle eight pairs... ) 39:6 Allah said; أَمَّا اشْتَمَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ أَرْحَامُ الأُنثَيَيْنِ ( ...or (the young ) which the wombs of the two females enclose...) This refutes the idolators' statement, مَا فِى بُطُونِ هَـذِهِ الأَنْعَـمِ خَالِصَةٌ لِّذُكُورِنَا وَمُحَرَّمٌ عَلَى أَزْوَجِنَا ( What is in the bellies of such and such cattle is for our males alone, and forbidden to our females. ) 6:139 Allah said, نَبِّئُونِي بِعِلْمٍ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـدِقِينَ ( Inform me with knowledge if you are truthful. ) meaning, tell me with sure knowledge, how and when did Allah prohibit what you claimed is prohibited, such as the Bahirah, Sa'ibah, Wasilah and Ham etc.
Al-`Awfi said that Ibn `Abbas said, "Allah's statement, ثَمَـنِيَةَ أَزْوَجٍ مِّنَ الضَّأْنِ اثْنَيْنِ وَمِنَ الْمَعْزِ اثْنَيْنِ ( Eight pairs: of the sheep two, and of the goats two... ) these are four pairs, قُلْ ءَآلذَّكَرَيْنِ حَرَّمَ أَمِ الأُنثَيَيْنِ ( Say: "Has He forbidden the two males or the two females..." ) I ( Allah ) did not prohibit any of these. أَمَّا اشْتَمَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ أَرْحَامُ الأُنثَيَيْنِ ( or (the young ) which the wombs of the two females enclose) and does the womb produce but males and females So why do you prohibit some and allow some others نَبِّئُونِي بِعِلْمٍ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـدِقِينَ ( Inform me with knowledge if you are truthful.
) Allah is saying that all of this is allowed." Allah said, أَمْ كُنتُمْ شُهَدَآءَ إِذْ وَصَّـكُمُ اللَّهُ بِهَـذَا ( Or, were you present when Allah ordered you such a thing ) mocking the idolators' innovations, and their lies that Allah made sacred what they have prohibited. فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ افْتَرَى عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِبًا لِيُضِلَّ النَّاسَ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ ( Then who does more wrong than one who invents a lie against Allah, to lead mankind astray without knowledge. ) Therefore, no one is more unjust than the people described here and إِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ يَهْدِى الْقَوْمَ الظَّـلِمِينَ ( Certainly, Allah guides not the people who are wrongdoers. ) The person most worthy of this condemnation is `Amr bin Luhay bin Qum`ah.
He was the first person to change the religion of the Prophets and designate the Sa'ibah, Wasilah and Ham, as mentioned in the Sahih.

( Eight pairs ) He created eight pairs: ( Of the sheep twain ) male and female, ( and of the goats twain ) male and female. ( Say ) to Malik, O Muhammad: ( Hath He forbidden the two males or the two females ) is the prohibition of the Bahirah and Wasilah because of the fluids of the two males or those of the two females, ( or that which the wombs of the two females contain ) before copulation? ( Expound to me (the case ) with knowledge, if ye are truthful) that Allah has made unlawful that which you claim.

Eight pairs; of the sheep two (male and female), and of the goats two (male and female). Say: "Has He forbidden the two males or the two females, or (the young) which the wombs of the two females enclose? Inform me with knowledge if you are truthful."

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