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Al-An'am 6:138

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وَقَالُوا۟ هَـٰذِهِۦٓ أَنْعَـٰمٌ وَحَرْثٌ حِجْرٌ لَّا يَطْعَمُهَآ إِلَّا مَن نَّشَآءُ بِزَعْمِهِمْ وَأَنْعَـٰمٌ حُرِّمَتْ ظُهُورُهَا وَأَنْعَـٰمٌ لَّا يَذْكُرُونَ ٱسْمَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْهَا ٱفْتِرَآءً عَلَيْهِ ۚ سَيَجْزِيهِم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ

And they say, "These animals and crops are forbidden; no one may eat from them except whom we will," by their claim. And there are those [camels] whose backs are forbidden [by them] and those upon which the name of Allāh is not mentioned - [all of this] an invention of untruth about Him. He will punish them for what they were inventing.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

وقال المشركون: هذه إبل وزرع حرام، لا يأكلها إلا مَن يأذنون له -حسب ادعائهم- مِن سدنة الأوثان وغيرهم. وهذه إبل حُرِّمت ظهورها، فلا يحل ركوبها والحملُ عليها بحال من الأحوال. وهذه إبل لا يَذكرون اسم الله تعالى عليها في أي شأن من شئونها. فعلوا ذلك كذبًا منهم على الله، سيجزيهم الله بسبب ما كانوا يفترون من كذبٍ عليه سبحانه.

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