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An-Nahl 16:116 ولا تقولوا لما تصف السنتكم الكذب هاذا حلال وهاذا حرام لتفتروا على الله الكذب ان الذين يفترون على الله الكذب لا يفلحون ١١٦

16:116
وَلَا
تَقُولُواْ
لِمَا
تَصِفُ
أَلۡسِنَتُكُمُ
ٱلۡكَذِبَ
هَٰذَا
حَلَٰلٞ
وَهَٰذَا
حَرَامٞ
لِّتَفۡتَرُواْ
عَلَى
ٱللَّهِ
ٱلۡكَذِبَۚ
إِنَّ
ٱلَّذِينَ
يَفۡتَرُونَ
عَلَى
ٱللَّهِ
ٱلۡكَذِبَ
لَا
يُفۡلِحُونَ
١١٦
And do not utter falsehoods by letting your tongues declare: "This is lawful"1 and "That is unlawful," thus fabricating lies against Allah. Surely those who fabricate lies against Allah will never prosper.
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

The Command to eat Lawful Provisions and to be Thankful, and an Explanation of what is Unlawful

Allah orders His believing servants to eat the good and lawful things that He has provided, and to give thanks to Him for that, for He is the Giver and Originator of all favors, Who alone deserves to be wo

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The Command to eat Lawful Provisions and to be Thankful, and an Explanation of what is Unlawful

Allah orders His believing servants to eat the good and

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Chapter 16, Page 280, Juz 14

111. Allah's judgement will come about them all on the Day when everyone shall come pleading in his defence, and everyone shall be fully requited for his deeds and none shall be wronged in the least. 112. Allah sets forth the parable of (the people of) a town who were secure and content and whose sustenance came in abundance from every quarter. But then the people of the town showed ingratitude towards Allah for His bounties, so Allah afflicted them with hunger and fear in punishment for their evil deeds. 113. Most certainly a Messenger came to them from among them; but they rejected him, calling him a liar. Therefore chastisement seized them while they engaged in wrong-doing. 114. So eat out of the lawful and good sustenance that Allah has bestowed upon you, and thank Allah for His bounty, if it is Him that you serve. 115. Allah has forbidden you only carrion, and blood, and the flesh of swine; also any animal over which the name of any other than Allah has been pronounced. But whoever eats of them under compelling necessity - neither desiring it nor exceeding the limit of absolute necessity - surely for such action Allah is Much Forgiving, Most Merciful. 116. And do not utter falsehoods by letting your tongues declare: "This is lawful" and "That is unlawful," thus fabricating lies against Allah. Surely those who fabricate lies against Allah will never prosper. 117. Brief is their enjoyment of the world, and thereafter they shall suffer a painful chastisement. 118. We have already recounted to you what We prohibited to the Jews. In so doing We did not wrong them; it is they who wronged themselves. 119. But to those who commit evil out of ignorance and then repent and amend their ways, thereafter your Lord will be Much Forgiving, Most Merciful.

- A. Maududi (Tafhim commentary)

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