Forbidden Foods

 

Forbidden foods (L-197) 

يا أَيُّهَا الَّذينَ آمَنوا كُلوا مِن طَيِّباتِ ما رَزَقناكُم وَاشكُروا لِلَّهِ إِن كُنتُم إِيّاهُ تَعبُدونَ171.  إِنَّما حَرَّمَ عَلَيكُمُ المَيتَةَ وَالدَّمَ وَلَحمَ الخِنزيرِ وَما أُهِلَّ بِهِ لِغَيرِ اللَّهِ ۖ 173a.

172.  Yaaa-‘ayyuhallaziina  ‘aa-manuu  kuluu min-  tayyibaati  maa  razaqNaa-kum  washkuruu  Lillaahi  in-kuntum  ‘iyyaahu  ta’- buduun. 173a.  ‘Innamaa  harrama  ‘alay-kumul-  may-tata  waddama  wa lahmal-khin-ziiri  wa  maaa ‘u-hilla  bihii  li-gayRillaah.

172.  O you who believe! Eat of the good things We have provided for you, and give thanks to God, if it is Him that you serve.   173a. He has forbidden you carrion, and blood, and the flesh of swine, and what was dedicated to other than God.

God has reminded again His blessings in this verse and commanded that He has created uncountable pure and fine things. The human being should not restrict himself from them and eat them without hesitation. It is the demand of the real worship of God that the mankind should enjoy His blessings and favors. The mankind should be grateful to God and should not ascribe any partner with Him.

Then some forbidden things are being described here:

‘Al-may-tatu – (carrion, dead animal), that is to say; the animal which dies itself or is killed, but not slaughtered according to the Divine Law. Like this, if any piece of meat has been cut from the body of a living animal; that also will be counted as unlawful. There are only two animals like, which are lawful without slaughtering them i.e. Fish and Locust.

In addition to the carrion - blood, and swine-flesh, and those animals which have been immolated to the name of any other than God are included in the forbidden things.

Lahmal-khin-ziiri – (swine-flesh), it has been mentioned clearly in Holy Qur’an that hog, pig, boar, swine-flesh and its bacon is forbidden. From the investigations, it has been proved that this is the most shameless and immodest animal and its flesh has many moral and physical bad effects. The nations, which eat the swine-flesh, are its living proof.   

 Maaa ‘u-hilla  bihii  li-gayRillaah – {which has been immolated to (the name of) any other than God}, namely the animal which is slaughtered or altered to the name of other than God. Literal meanings of ‘U-hilla is to elevate the voice and call aloud. https://youtu.be/vP8X0q6f29I