Tafheem ul Quran
Surah 6 Al-An'am, Ayat 119-119
وَمَا لَـكُمۡ اَلَّا تَاۡكُلُوۡا مِمَّا ذُكِرَ اسۡمُ اللّٰهِ عَلَيۡهِ وَقَدۡ فَصَّلَ لَـكُمۡ مَّا حَرَّمَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ اِلَّا مَا اضۡطُرِرۡتُمۡ اِلَيۡهِؕ وَاِنَّ كَثِيۡرًا لَّيُضِلُّوۡنَ بِاَهۡوَآئِهِمۡ بِغَيۡرِ عِلۡمٍؕ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ اَعۡلَمُ بِالۡمُعۡتَدِيۡنَ
﴿6:119﴾
(6:119) And how is it that you do not eat of that over which Allah's name
has been pronounced even though He has clearly spelled out to you what He has
forbidden you unless you are constrained to it?85 Many indeed say
misleading things without knowledge, driven merely by their lowly desires. But
your Lord knows well the transgressors.
Notes
85. See (Surah al-Nahl 16:15). We may observe in passing that this allusion
indirectly establishes that Surah al-Nahl was revealed before the present surah.