قُلۡ
أَرَءَيۡتُم
مَّآ
أَنزَلَ
ٱللَّهُ
لَكُم
مِّن
رِّزۡقٖ
فَجَعَلۡتُم
مِّنۡهُ
حَرَامٗا
وَحَلَٰلٗا
قُلۡ
ءَآللَّهُ
أَذِنَ
لَكُمۡۖ
أَمۡ
عَلَى
ٱللَّهِ
تَفۡتَرُونَ
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Say: Have ye considered what provision Allah hath sent down for you, how ye have made of it lawful and unlawful? Hath Allah permitted you, or do ye invent a lie concerning Allah?
— M. Pickthall
Say, "Have you seen what Allāh has sent down to you of provision of which you have made [some] lawful and [some] unlawful?" Say, "Has Allāh permitted you [to do so], or do you invent [something] about Allāh?"
— Saheeh International
Say: "See ye what things Allah hath sent down to you for sustenance? Yet ye hold forbidden some things thereof and (some things) lawful." Say: "Hath Allah indeed permitted you, or do ye invent (things) to attribute to Allah?"
— A. Yusuf Ali
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
None can make Anything Lawful or Unlawful except Allah or Those Whom Allah has allowed to do so
Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid, Ad-Dahhak, Qatadah, `Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam and others said: "This Ayah was revealed to criticize the idolators for what they used to make lawful and unlawful. Like the Bahira
…None can make Anything Lawful or Unlawful except Allah or Those Whom Allah has allowed to do so
Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid, Ad-Dahhak, Qatadah, `Abdur-Rahman
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