(Religious Innovations Condemned)
They said, “These are livestock and crops that are prohibited; no one shall eat them except whomever we permit,” so they claimed. They also prohibited the riding of certain livestock. Even the livestock they ate, they never pronounced God’s name as they sacrificed them. Such are innovations attributed to Him. He will surely requite them for their innovations.
وَقالوا هٰذِهِ أَنعٰمٌ وَحَرثٌ حِجرٌ لا يَطعَمُها إِلّا مَن نَشاءُ بِزَعمِهِم وَأَنعٰمٌ حُرِّمَت ظُهورُها وَأَنعٰمٌ لا يَذكُرونَ اسمَ اللَّهِ عَلَيهَا افتِراءً عَلَيهِ سَيَجزيهِم بِما كانوا يَفتَرونَ
wa qaaloo haaziheee an’aamunw wa harsun hijrun laa yat’amuhaaa illaa man nashaaa’u biza’mihim wa an’aamun hurrimat zuhooruhaa wa an’aamul laa yazkuroonas mal laahi ‘alaihaf tiraaa’an ‘alaiyyh; sa yajzeehim bimaa kaanoo yaftaroon