Transliteration:( Wa minal ibilis naini wa minal baqaris nain; qul 'aaazzakaraini harrama amil unsayaini ammash tamalat 'alaihi arhaamul unsayaini am kuntum shuhadaaa'a iz wassaakumul laahu bihaazaa; faman azlamu mimmanif taraa 'alal laahi kazibal liyuddillan naasa bighairi 'ilm; innal laaha laa yahdil qawmaz zaalimeen )
“And a pair of camels and a pair of cattle. Say, ‘Has He made both males unlawful, or both females, or what the wombs of the two females contain [325]? Were you present when Allah gave you this command [326]?’ Then who is more unjust than one who forges a lie against Allah to mislead people without knowledge? Surely, Allah does not guide the unjust people [327].”
This verse addresses those who, like Malik bin Auf Jashamy, claimed certain animals were unlawful based on ancestral customs. The Prophet ﷺ refuted this, asking whether the prohibition was due to the animal being male, female, or unborn, highlighting the lack of any divine basis. This verse was revealed to confirm that such claims were mere fabrications.
Allah challenges the polytheists: Were you witnesses to any divine command forbidding these animals? Since no prophet conveyed such a law, and Allah did not declare them forbidden, their claims are proven false. Making up religious rulings without revelation is equivalent to lying against Allah, which is the gravest injustice.
Those who forge lies against Allah to mislead others are not guided while they remain in their wrongdoing. Divine guidance is reserved for the sincere. Either the unjust will remain misled, or they will only be guided once they abandon falsehood and accept faith. True righteousness begins with submission to divine truth.
The tafsir of Surah Al-Anam verse 144 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Anam ayat 143 which provides the complete commentary from verse 143 through 144.
(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.
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.
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