قُلْ
لَّاۤ
اَجِدُ
فِیْ
مَاۤ
اُوْحِیَ
اِلَیَّ
مُحَرَّمًا
عَلٰی
طَاعِمٍ
یَّطْعَمُهٗۤ
اِلَّاۤ
اَنْ
یَّكُوْنَ
مَیْتَةً
اَوْ
دَمًا
مَّسْفُوْحًا
اَوْ
لَحْمَ
خِنْزِیْرٍ
فَاِنَّهٗ
رِجْسٌ
اَوْ
فِسْقًا
اُهِلَّ
لِغَیْرِ
اللّٰهِ
بِهٖ ۚ
فَمَنِ
اضْطُرَّ
غَیْرَ
بَاغٍ
وَّلَا
عَادٍ
فَاِنَّ
رَبَّكَ
غَفُوْرٌ
رَّحِیْمٌ
۟
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Among the animals reared by the Arabs for the sake of their meat and milk, etc., four kinds were very well known—sheep, goats, camels and cows. With reference to them, they had framed different types of prohibitory regulations. But they had no authority to back these up save their polytheistic customs. The banning of the meat of the sheep, goat, camel or cow, whether male or female, has no rationality in it. All the meat on them is the best food for man. They do not even have any dirty habits which could make them undesirable for human consumption. Even in the teachings coming down from heaven there is no mention of their being forbidden. Then, why does it happen that different types of restrictive regulations gain currency? The reason for this is satanic inducements.