الْاَنْعَامِ

Surah Al-An'am, ayah 143

The Cattle · Meccan · 165 ayahs

6:143

ثَمَانِیَةَ اَزْوَاجٍۚ مِنَ الضَّاْنِ اثْنَیْنِ وَمِنَ الْمَعْزِ اثْنَیْنِؕ قُلْ آٰلذَّكَرَیْنِ حَرَّمَ اَمِ الْاُنْثَیَیْنِ اَمَّا اشْتَمَلَتْ عَلَیْهِ اَرْحَامُ الْاُنْثَیَیْنِؕ نَبِّؤُ𐻿نٖی بِعِلْمٍ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقٖینَۙ

Thamaniyata azwajin mina alddani ithnayni wamina almaAAzi ithnayni qul alththakarayni harrama ami alonthayayni amma ishtamalat AAalayhi arhamu alonthayayni nabbioonee biAAilmin in kuntum sadiqeena

Translations

[They are] eight mates - of the sheep, two and of the goats, two. Say, "Is it the two males He has forbidden or the two females or that which the wombs of the two females contain? Inform me with knowledge, if you should be truthful

Saheeh International

Eight pairs: Of the sheep twain, and of the goats twain. Say: Hath He forbidden the two males or the two females, or that which the wombs of the two females contain? Expound to me (the case) with knowledge, if ye are truthful

Marmaduke Pickthall