Islam Guidance

Verse146

(146) وَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ هادُوا حَرَّمْنا كُلَّ ذِي ظُفُرٍ وَ مِنَ الْبَقَرِ وَ الْغَنَمِ حَرَّمْنا عَلَيْهِمْ شُحُو

مَهُما إِلاَّ ما حَمَلَتْ ظُهُورُهُما أَوِ الْحَوايا أَوْ مَا اخْتَلَطَ بِعَظْمٍ ذلِكَ جَزَيْناهُمْ بِبَغْيِهِمْ وَ إِنَّا لَصادِقُونَ

146. " And to those who were Jews We forbade every (animal) having claws, and of oxen and sheep We forbade unto them the fat of both, save what is upon their backs or the entrails or what is mixed with bones. This (prohibition) We recompensed them for their rebellion, and verily We are truthful."

Commentary :
The Prohibitions and the Jews :
In this verse a part of the prohibitions of the Jews are referred to in order to make it clear that the forged and superstitious ordinances of the pagans were adapted neither with the religion of Islam nor with the creed of the Jews, (nor with the Christian creed which usually follows the creed of hte Jews). So, at first, it says :
" And to those who were Jews We forbade every (animal) having claws, ..."
Therefore, all the animals which have not 'clean hoofs', whether they are cattle or birds, have been forbidden for the Jews.
Then, it says :
"...and of oxen and sheep we forbade unto them the fat of both, ..."
Following this matter, it makes exception three instances from it. At first, it says :
"... save what is upon their backs ..."
It continues saying about the fats that are on their sides and inside their bellies.
"... or the entrails ..."
And the fats which are mixed with their bones :
"... or what is mixed with bones. ..."
Yet, at the end of the verse it announces that the prohibitions were not, in fact, decreed upon the Jews, but because of unjust and transgression they committed, by Allah's commandment, they became deprived from these kinds of meat and fat which they were interested in.
"... This (prohibition) We recompensed them for their rebellion, ..."
And, as an emphasis, the Qur'an adds that it is a fact,
"... and verily We are truthful."
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