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وَقَالُوا۟ مَا فِى بُطُونِ هَـٰذِهِ ٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ خَالِصَةٌ لِّذُكُورِنَا وَمُحَرَّمٌ عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِنَا ۖ وَإِن يَكُن مَّيْتَةً فَهُمْ فِيهِ شُرَكَآءُ ۚ سَيَجْزِيهِمْ وَصْفَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ حَكِيمٌ عَلِيمٌ
Text: Tanzil Project,tanzil.net · verbatim and unchanged · previous verse · next verse
And they say: That which is in the bellies of such cattle is reserved for our males and is forbidden to our wives; but if it be born dead, then they (all) may be partakers thereof. He will reward them for their attribution (of such ordinances unto Him). Lo, He is Wise, Aware.— Marmaduke Pickthall
Summary
Verse 139 of Surat al-An'am, a Meccan surah. Scholars connect its revelation to the sacred livestock of the Jahiliyya (bahira, sa’iba, wasila, ham). 1
Place in the museum
Its place: verse 139 of 165 verses in the surah. The text is kept in the frozen Tanzil mushaf and is not retyped here.
Connections
- Revealed about
- Consecrated Livestock
- Part of
- Sura 6: Al-An'am
Sources
- Tanzil Project, Qur'an text v1.1
- Tanzil Project, public-domain translations
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Qur'an 6:139”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/passage/quran-6-139/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.