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 )
325. Reason for its revelation:
Once Malik bin Auf Jashamy came to the Holy Prophet and said it has come to my notice that you are prohibited from doing things which our forefathers had done. In reply the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم said that Allah Almighty had created eight types of male and female species lawful for man to eat from which you have declared some to be unlawful without any proof. The Holy Prophet further asked whether the species which are regarded as unlawful is on account of their being male or female! Malik Bin Auf was taken aback as he had no reply to this question. This verse was revealed in its corroboration.(Khazainul Irfaan)
326. This means that since Allah Almighty did not give a direct command, nor has its unlawfulness been informed through any prophet, then what other proof is there by you to declare those animals as unlawful? Hence, this claim of yours is totally false and baseless, anyone who makes false accusations against Allah Almighty is the biggest tyrant, misleading innocent people. The Wahabies should take a lesson from these verses who are declaring lawful things as unlawful without any proof.
327. This means that as long as the wicked person remains wicked Allah Almighty will not guide him on the Straight Path. But when the time of his guidance would come he will no longer remain wicked. Or it could also mean an infidel does not obtain guidance to rectify his evil deeds. The path of righteousness will only come after acceptance of faith.
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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.
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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