Cattle, Livestock 6:143

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Arabic English Morphology
ثَمَٰنِيَةَ thamāniyata
Eight Noun
pairs Noun
مِّنَ mina
of Prep
the sheep Noun
ٱثْنَيْنِ ith'nayni
two Noun
وَمِنَ wamina
and of Prep
the goats Noun
ٱثْنَيْنِ ith'nayni
two Noun
قُلْ qul
Say V
(Are) the two males Noun
حَرَّمَ ḥarrama
He has forbidden V
أَمِ ami
or Prep
the two females Noun
أَمَّا ammā
or what Prep
contains V
عَلَيْهِ ʿalayhi
[in it] Prep
أَرْحَامُ arḥāmu
(the) wombs Noun
(of) the two females Noun
Inform me V
بِعِلْمٍ biʿil'min
with knowledge Noun
إِن in
if Prep
you are V
صَٰدِقِينَ ṣādiqīna
truthful Noun

[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.’

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

ثَمَـٰنِیَةَ أَزۡوَ ٰجࣲۖ مِّنَ ٱلضَّأۡنِ ٱثۡنَیۡنِ وَمِنَ ٱلۡمَعۡزِ ٱثۡنَیۡنِۗ قُلۡ ءَاۤلذَّكَرَیۡنِ حَرَّمَ أَمِ ٱلۡأُنثَیَیۡنِ أَمَّا ٱشۡتَمَلَتۡ عَلَیۡهِ أَرۡحَامُ ٱلۡأُنثَیَیۡنِۖ نَبِّءُونِی بِعِلۡمٍ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَـٰدِقِینَ ۝١٤٣

thamāniyata azwājin mina l-ḍani ith'nayni wamina l-maʿzi ith'nayni qul āldhakarayni ḥarrama ami l-unthayayni ammā ish'tamalat ʿalayhi arḥāmu l-unthayayni nabbiūnī biʿil'min in kuntum ṣādiqīn