(138) And they say, "These animals[349] and crops are forbidden; no one may eat from them except whom we will," by their claim. And there are those [camels] whose backs are forbidden [by them][350] and those upon which the name of Allāh is not mentioned[351] - [all of this] an invention of untruth about Him.[352] He will punish them for what they were inventing.
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[349]- The four categories of grazing livestock called "anʿām" collectively.
[350]- See 5:103.
[351]- At the time of slaughter. Rather, they are dedicated to others among their "deities."
[352]- i.e., false assertions that such practices are part of Allāh's religion.