6:143 thamaaniyata azwaaj* minaD Da’nithnayni wa minal ma’Åzithnayn* qul aadh-dhakarayni Har-rama amil unthayayni am-mashtamalat ‘Alayhi arHaamul unthayayn* nab-biuuniy bi ‘Ilmin in kuntum Saadiqiyn

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Ahmed Raza Khan: Mohammed Aqib Qadri:
“Eight males and females; one pair of sheep and one of goats”; say, “Has He forbidden the two males or the two females, or what the two females carry in their wombs? Answer with some knowledge, if you are truthful.”

Yusuf Ali:
(Take) eight (head of cattle) in (four) pairs: of sheep a pair, and of goats a pair; say, hath He forbidden the two males, or the two females, or (the young) which the wombs of the two females enclose? Tell me with knowledge if ye are truthful:

Pickthal:
Eight pairs: Of the sheep twain, and of the goats twain. Say: Hath He forbidden the two males or the two females, or that which the wombs of the two females contain? Expound to me (the case) with knowledge, if ye are truthful.