Animals spread over the earth, in all their varied colors, are signs of Allah according to these verses. They set out what may and may not be eaten, call for thanking the Benefactor for them, refute the disbelievers’ claims about livestock and compare the heedless who go astray to cattle; they also mention the beast that will speak to people near the Hour.
Verses gathered from a topical index of the Quran, in Mushaf order; every verse is quoted in full.
Say, "I do not find within that which was revealed to me [anything] forbidden to one who would eat it unless it be a dead animal or blood spilled out or the flesh of swine - for indeed, it is impure - or it be [that slaughtered in] disobedience, dedicated to other than Allāh. But whoever is forced [by necessity], neither desiring [it] nor transgressing [its limit], then indeed, your Lord is Forgiving and Merciful."
