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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

An-Nahl 16:115

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إِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْمَيْتَةَ وَٱلدَّمَ وَلَحْمَ ٱلْخِنزِيرِ وَمَآ أُهِلَّ لِغَيْرِ ٱللَّهِ بِهِۦ ۖ فَمَنِ ٱضْطُرَّ غَيْرَ بَاغٍ وَلَا عَادٍ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

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.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

إنما حرَّم الله عليكم الميتة من الحيوان، والدم المسفوح من الذبيح عند ذبحه، ولحم الخنزير، وما ذبح لغير الله، لكن مَن ألجأته ضرورة الخوف من الموت إلى أَكْلِ شيء مِن هذه المحرمات وهو غير ظالم، ولا متجاوزٍ حدَّ الضرورة، فإن الله غفور له، رحيم به، لا يعاقبه على ما فعل.

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