Surah Anam ayat 144 Tafsir Quran 6:144

﴿وَمِنَ الْإِبِلِ اثْنَيْنِ وَمِنَ الْبَقَرِ اثْنَيْنِ ۗ قُلْ آلذَّكَرَيْنِ حَرَّمَ أَمِ الْأُنثَيَيْنِ أَمَّا اشْتَمَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ أَرْحَامُ الْأُنثَيَيْنِ ۖ أَمْ كُنتُمْ شُهَدَاءَ إِذْ وَصَّاكُمُ اللَّهُ بِهَٰذَا ۚ فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ افْتَرَىٰ عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِبًا لِّيُضِلَّ النَّاسَ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ ۗ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِمِينَ﴾
[ الأنعام: 144]

6:144 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 Allah charged you with this? Then who is more unjust than one who invents a lie about Allah to mislead the people by [something] other than knowledge? Indeed, Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people."

And of the camels two and of the oxen two. Say ‘Is it the two males He has forbidden or the two females? Or what the wombs of the two females contain? Or were you witnesses present when God charged you with this? prohibition such that you use it to support your claims? Nay! You speak lies in this matter. Then who that is none does greater evil than he who invents a lie against God in this matter that he may lead mankind astray without any knowledge? Truly God does not guide evildoing folk’.

And to keep to the point-, there follow the pair of camels and those of oxen. Ask them: Is it the two males or the two females that Allah has forbidden or is it what the two females carry in their wombs! Or were you present as spectators and auditors at the execution of the alleged divine ordinance enjoined by Allah and you subscribe it in attestation thereof! Who then is more wicked indeed than he who viciously and wrongful relates to Allah falsehood and acts as a guide to people when his ignorance has reached up unto heaven! Indeed Allah does not guide to His path of righteousness the vicious and wrongful of actions

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.

(6:144) And likewise, of camels there are two, and of oxen there are two. Ask them: 'Is it either the two males that He has forbidden or the two females, or that which the wombs of the two females may contain? *120 Or were you present when Allah enjoined this commandment upon you?' Who, then, would be more unjust than he who fabricates a lie against Allah that he might lead people astray without knowledge. Surely Allah never guides such a wrong-doing folk.

And of the camels, two and of meaning

*120).
Questions as to whether the male offspring is lawful and the female is unlawful are presented in some detail to show how unreasonable their superstitions are.
That the male offspring of an animal should be considered lawful for eating while the female be prohibited, or vice versa; and that an animal should itself be considered lawful, but not its offspring, is so manifestly unreasonable that common sense simply refuses to accept it, and no intelligent man can ever conceive such absurdities to have been sanctioned by God.
Just as the superstitions in vogue among the Arabs were absurd, as the Qur'an stresses, likewise many other nations of the world follow even now irrational dietary restrictions, and believe that food and drink become polluted merely by the touch of some other people.

 

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.

( And of the camels ) and He created of the camels ( twain ) male and female ( and of the oxen twain ) male and female. ( Say ) O Muhammad, to Malik: ( 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? Another way of understanding this is as follows: is this prohibited because what is delivered is male or because it is female? ( or were ye by to witness when Allah commanded you (all ) this) all that you claim? ( Then who doth greater wrong ) who is more insolent and bolder vis--vis Allah ( than he who deviseth ) invents ( a lie concerning Allah, that he may lead mankind astray ) from Allah’s religion and obedience ( without knowledge ) from Allah. ( Lo! Allah guideth not ) does not direct to His religion and proof ( wrong-doing folk ) the idolaters, meaning: Malik Ibn ’Awf.

And of the camels two (male and female), and of oxen 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? Or were you present when Allah ordered you such a thing? Then who does more wrong than one who invents a lie against Allah, to lead mankind astray without knowledge. Certainly Allah guides not the people who are Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers, etc.)."

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