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Surah Al-An’am, Verse 118

سورة الأنعام، الآية ١١٨

6:118 Juz 8 Hizb 15 Page 142 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 6:118

فَكُلُوا۟ مِمَّا ذُكِرَ ٱسْمُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ إِن كُنتُم بِـَٔايَٰتِهِۦ مُؤْمِنِينَ ۝١١٨

Transliteration

fakulū mimmā dhukira us'mu l-lahi ʿalayhi in kuntum biāyātihi mu'minīna

Translation

So eat of that [meat] upon which the name of Allāh has been mentioned,339 if you are believers in His verses [i.e., revealed law].

Notes

[339] At the time of slaughter.

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Verse 118 of Surah Al-An’am (6:118), a Meccan surah, is in juz 8, on page 142 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 118

Al-Mukhtasar

Eat, O people, from that which was slaughtered while using Allah’s name, if you truly accept His clear proofs.

Tafsir of the whole Surah Al-An’am

Other translations of verse 118

So eat of that [meat] over which the name of Allah is mentioned37 if you [truly] believe in his verses.

Notes

[37] Upon slaughtering it.

So eat of that (meat) on which Allâh’s Name has been pronounced (while slaughtering the animal), if you are believers in His Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.).

Eat of that over which the name of Allah hath been mentioned, if ye are believers in His revelations.

So eat of (meats) on which Allah's name hath been pronounced, if ye have faith in His signs.

Therefore eat of that on which Allah's name has been mentioned if you are believers in His communications.

So eat of that over which The Name of Allah has been mentioned, in case you are believers in His signs.

Verse 118 word by word

  1. فَكُلُوا۟ fakulū So eat أ ك ل
  2. مِمَّا mimmā of what
  3. ذُكِرَ dhukira (is) mentioned ذ ك ر
  4. ٱسْمُ us'mu (the) name س م و
  5. ٱللَّهِ l-lahi (of) Allah
  6. عَلَيْهِ ʿalayhi on it
  7. إِن in if
  8. كُنتُم kuntum you are ك و ن
  9. بِـَٔايَٰتِهِۦ biāyātihi in His Verses أ ي ي
  10. مُؤْمِنِينَ mu'minīna believers أ م ن

Hadiths that cite this verse

Good (hasan) Sunan Abu Dawud 2817

The verse: "So eat of (meats) on which Allah's name hath been pronounced" and the verse: "Eat not of (meats) on which Allah's name hath not been pronounced" were abrogated, meaning an exception was made therein by the verse: "The food of the people of the Book is lawful unto you and yours is lawful…

‏‏{‏ فَكُلُوا مِمَّا ذُكِرَ اسْمُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ ‏}‏ ‏‏{‏ وَلاَ تَأْكُلُوا مِمَّا لَمْ يُذْكَرِ اسْمُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ ‏}‏ فَنُسِخَ وَاسْتَثْنَى مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ ‏‏{‏ وَطَعَامُ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ حِلٌّ…

Narrated by Ibn ‘Abbās

Differing grades Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3069

"Some people came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and they said: 'O Messenger of Allah! Why is it that we can eat what we kill but we can not eat what Allah has killed?' So Allah revealed: So eat of that on which Allah's Name has been mentioned if you are indeed believers in His Ayat..." up to His saying…

أَتَى أُنَاسٌ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنَأْكُلُ مَا نَقْتُلُ وَلاَ نَأْكُلُ مَا يَقْتُلُ اللَّهُ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ ‏‏(‏ فَكُلُوا مِمَّا ذُكِرَ اسْمُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ…

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  • Al-An’am 6:119

    وَمَا لَكُمْ أَلَّا تَأْكُلُوا۟ مِمَّا ذُكِرَ ٱسْمُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ وَقَدْ فَصَّلَ لَكُم مَّا حَرَّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ إِلَّا مَا ٱضْطُرِرْتُمْ إِلَيْهِ وَإِنَّ كَثِيرًا لَّيُضِلُّونَ بِأَهْوَآئِهِم بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُعْتَدِينَ

    And why should you not eat of that upon which the name of Allāh has been mentioned while He has explained in detail to you what He has forbidden you, excepting that to which you are compelled. And indeed do many lead [others] astray through their [own] inclinations without knowledge. Indeed, your Lord - He is most knowing of the transgressors.

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