In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
142. And of the cattle are some for burden and some for meat: eat of what Allah has provided for you, and follow not the footsteps of Satan. Surely he is to you an open enemy.
143. Eight in pairs: of the sheep a pair and of goats a pair. Say, "Has God forbidden the two males or which the wombs of the two females enclose? Inform me with knowledge if you are truthful."
144. And of camels a pair and of oxen a pair. Say, "Has God forbidden the two males or the two females or which the wombs of the two females enclose? Were you present when Allah ordered you such a thing?" Then who does more wrong than one who invents a lie against Allah, to lead humans astray without knowledge. Certainly Allah guides not the people who are wrongdoers.
145. Say, "I find not in that which has been revealed to me anything forbidden to be eaten by one who wishes to eat it, unless it be carrion, or blood poured forth, or the flesh of swine, for it is an abomination, or what is impious on which a name has been invoked other than Allah's. But if a person were forced by necessity without willful disobedience nor transgressing due limits, certainly your Lord is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."
146. And unto those who are Jews, We forbade them every with undivided hoof, and We forbade them the fat of the ox and the sheep, except what adheres to their backs or their entrails, or is mixed up with a bone. This in recompense for their willful disobedience, for We are True.
(The Cattle 6:142-146)
