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Al-Ma’idah 5: 1–2

Surah 5

Al-Ma’idah

(The Table)

(Madinan Period)

In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate.

(1) Believers! Honour your bonds!1 All grazing beasts of the flock are permitted to you2 except those which are recited to you hereinafter; but you are not allowed to hunt in the state of ihram (the state of Pilgrim Sanctity). Indeed Allah decrees as He wills.

(2) Believers! Neither desecrate the symbols of (devotion to) Allah,3 nor the holy month, ▶

1 People are asked to abide by the limitations and prohibitions laid down in the Qur’an.

2 The Arabic word an[am (cattle) denotes camels, oxen, sheep and goats, whereas the word bahimah means all grazing quadrupeds. The terms in which the injunction is conveyed are bahimat al-an[am (all grazing beasts of the flock). Hence the permission is of wider import and embraces all grazing quadrupeds of the cattle type, i.e. those which do not possess canine teeth, which feed on plants rather than animals, and which resemble the cattle. This implication was elucidated by the Prophet (peace be on him) and is embodied in a tradition in which he prohibited those beasts which kill and eat animals. Likewise, the Prophet (peace be on him) also prohibited birds with claws and those that feed on carrion.

3 Whatever characteristically represents either a particular doctrine, creed, way of thought or conduct is recognized as its symbol. For example, official flags,

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