Surah Al-Baqarah 2:172
ﱭ ﱮ ﱯ ﱰ ﱱ ﱲ ﱳ ﱴ ﱵ ﱶ ﱷ ﱸ ﱹ ﱺ
O you who have believed, eat from the good things which We have provided for you and be grateful to Allah if it is [indeed] Him that you worship.
Tafsir of Al-Baqarah 2:172
Tafsir
Al-Kashshaf
Verse range: 2:172
Al-Baqarah: 172
"From the good things We have provided for you" From its delicious things, for everything that God provides can only be lawful.
"And give thanks to God" The One who provided them for you.
"If it is Him that you worship" If it is true that you single Him out for worship and acknowledge that He is the Master of all blessings.
From the Prophet (peace be upon him): "God Almighty says: 'I, the Jinn, and Mankind are in a great matter: I create, and others are worshipped; I provide, and others are thanked.'"
Al-Baqarah: 173
"He has only forbidden to you dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to other than God. But whoever is forced [by necessity], neither desiring [it] nor transgressing [its limit], there is no sin upon him. Indeed, God is Forgiving and Merciful."