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AL-MAEDA (THE TABLE, THE TABLE SPREAD)
Verse 3

5:3 Hur-rimat 'Alaykumul maytatu wad damu wa laHmul khinziyri wa maa uhil-la li gayril-laahi bihii wal munkhaniqatu wal mawquudhatu wal mutarad-diyatu wan naTiyHatu wa maa akalas sabu'U il-laa maa dhak-kaytum wa maa dhubiHa 'Alan nuSubi wa an tastaqsimuu bil azlaam* dhaalikum fisq* alyawma yaisal-ladhiyna kafaruu min diynikum falaa takhshawhum wakhshawn* alyawma akmaltu lakum diynakum wa atmamtu 'Alaykum ni'Åmatiy wa raDiytu lakumul islaama diynaa* famaniDTur-ra fiy makhmaSatin gayra mutajaanifil li ithmin fain-nal-laaha gafuurur raHiym

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Ahmed Raza Khan: Mohammed Aqib Qadri:
Forbidden for you are carrion, and blood, and flesh of swine, and that which has been slaughtered while proclaiming the name of any other than Allah, and one killed by strangling, and one killed with blunt weapons, and one which died by falling, and that which was gored by the horns of some animal, and one eaten by a wild beast, except those whom you slaughter; and (also forbidden is) that which is slaughtered at the altar (of idols) and that which is distributed by the throwing of arrows (as an omen); this is an act of sin; this day, the disbelievers are in despair concerning your religion, so do not fear them and fear Me; this day have I perfected your religion for you * and completed My favour upon you, and have chosen Islam as your religion; so whoever is forced by intense hunger and thirst and does not incline towards sin, then indeed Allah is Oft Forgiving, Most Merciful. (*Prophet Mohammed - peace and blessings be upon him - is the Last Prophet.)

Yusuf Ali:
Forbidden to you (for food) are: dead meat, blood, the flesh of swine, and that on which hath been invoked the name of other than Allah; that which hath been killed by strangling, or by a violent blow, or by a headlong fall, or by being gored to death; that which hath been (partly) eaten by a wild animal; unless ye are able to slaughter it (in due form); that which is sacrificed on stone (altars); (forbidden) also is the division (of meat) by raffling with arrows: that is impiety. This day have those who reject faith given up all hope of your religion: yet fear them not but fear Me. This day have I perfected your religion for you, completed My favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion. But if any is forced by hunger, with no inclination to transgression, Allah is indeed Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.

Pickthal:
Forbidden unto you (for food) are carrion and blood and swineflesh, and that which hath been dedicated unto any other than Allah, and the strangled, and the dead through beating, and the dead through falling from a height, and that which hath been killed by (the goring of) horns, and the devoured of wild beasts, saving that which ye make lawful (by the death-stroke), and that which hath been immolated unto idols. And (forbidden is it) that ye swear by the divining arrows. This is an abomination. This day are those who disbelieve in despair of (ever harming) your religion; so fear them not, fear Me! This day have I perfected your religion for you and completed My favour unto you, and have chosen for you as religion al-Islam. Whoso is forced by hunger, not by will, to sin: (for him) lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.

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