The Qur'an (Oxford World's Classics)

6: 147
Livestock 91
which they do not pronounce God’s name [during slaughter], falsely
attributing these [regulations] to Him: He will repay them for the
falsehoods they invent. 139 They also say, ‘The contents of these animals’
wombs will be reserved solely for our men and forbidden to
our women, though if the offspring is stillborn they may have a share
of it.’ He will punish them for what they attribute to Him: He is all
wise, all aware. 140 Lost indeed are those who kill their own children
out of folly, with no basis in knowledge, a forbidding what God has
provided for them, fabricating lies against Him: they have gone far
astray and have heeded no guidance.
141 It is He who produces both trellised and untrellised gardens,
date palms, crops of diverse flavours, the olive, the pomegranate,
alike yet different. So when they bear fruit, eat some of it, paying
what is due on the day of harvest, but do not be wasteful: God does
not like wasteful people. 142 [He gave you] livestock, as beasts of
burden and as food. So eat what God has provided for you and do
not follow in Satan’s footsteps: he is your sworn enemy. 143 [God gave
you] eight animals, in [four] pairs: a pair of sheep and a pair of
goats – ask them [Prophet], ‘Has He forbidden the two males, the
two females, or the young in the wombs of the two females? Tell me
based on knowledge if you are telling the truth.’ 144 And a pair of
camels and a pair of cattle – ask them [Prophet], ‘Has He forbidden
the two males, the two females, or the young in the wombs of the two
females? Were you present when God gave you these commands?’ So
who is more wicked than he who fabricates lies against God with no
basis in knowledge in order to lead people astray? God does not
guide the evildoers.
145 [Prophet], say, ‘In all that has been revealed to me, I find nothing
forbidden for people to eat, except for carrion, flowing blood,
pig’s meat – it is loathsome – or a sinful offering over which any
name other than God’s has been invoked.’ But if someone is forced
by hunger, rather than desire or excess, then God is most forgiving
and most merciful. 146 We forbade for the Jews every animal with
claws, and the fat of cattle and sheep, except what is on their backs
and in their intestines, or that which sticks to their bones. This is
how We penalized them for their disobedience: We are true to Our
word. 147 If they [the disbelievers] accuse you [Prophet] of lying, say,
a i.e. scriptural evidence, cf. verses 143, 144, and 148.