Say, “In what has been revealed to me, I do not find anything forbidden for someone to eat except carrion, flowing blood, the flesh of pigs, for it is impure, or something sinful over which a name other than Allah’s has been invoked. But whoever is compelled by necessity, neither desiring it nor exceeding the limit, then your Lord is Most Forgiving, Most Merciful.”

For those who are Jewish, We forbade every animal with undivided hoofs, and We forbade them the fat of cattle and sheep except what is carried on their backs or intestines, or what is attached to bone. In this way We repaid them for their defiance. We are certainly truthful.

If they accuse you of lying, say, “Your Lord is the Possessor of vast mercy, but His punishment cannot be turned away from guilty people.”

Those who associate partners with Allah will say, “Had Allah willed, neither we nor our forefathers would have associated partners with Him, nor would we have forbidden anything.” Those before them denied in the same way until they tasted Our punishment. Say, “Do you have any knowledge that you can produce for us? You follow nothing but assumptions, and you do nothing but guess.”

Say, “Allah alone has the conclusive argument. Had He willed, He could have guided you all.”

Say, “Bring your witnesses who testify that Allah has forbidden this.” If they testify, do not testify with them. Do not follow the desires of those who deny Our signs, do not believe in the Hereafter, and set up equals with their Lord.

Say, “Come, I will recite what your Lord has truly forbidden you: do not associate anything with Him; treat your parents with excellence; do not kill your children because of poverty, for We provide for you and for them; do not go near shameful acts, whether open or hidden; and do not take a life that Allah has made sacred except with legal right. This is what He has instructed you to do, so that you may understand.

Do not go near an orphan’s property except in the best way until they reach maturity. Give full measure and weight with justice. We do not burden any soul beyond its capacity. When you speak, be just, even if it concerns a close relative. And fulfill Allah’s covenant. This is what He has instructed you to do, so that you may take heed.

This is My path, straight, so follow it. Do not follow other paths, for they will separate you from His path. This is what He has instructed you to do, so that you may become mindful of Allah.”

Then We gave Moses the Scripture, completing Our favor upon those who did good, explaining everything in detail, and as guidance and mercy, so that they might believe in meeting their Lord.

And this is a blessed Scripture We have sent down, so follow it and be mindful of Allah, so that you may receive mercy.

We sent it down so that you could not say, “Scripture was sent down only to two groups before us, and we were unaware of what they studied,”

or say, “If Scripture had been sent down to us, we would have been better guided than they were.” Now clear proof, guidance, and mercy have come to you from your Lord. So who does greater wrong than someone who denies Allah’s signs and turns away from them? We will repay those who turn away from Our signs with a severe punishment because they kept turning away.

Are they waiting for anything other than the angels to come to them, or your Lord to come, or some of your Lord’s signs to come? On the Day some of your Lord’s signs come, no soul will benefit from believing then if it had not believed before or had not earned good through its faith. Say, “Wait, then. We too are waiting.”

As for those who divided their religion and became factions, you have nothing to do with them. Their case rests only with Allah, and He will inform them of what they used to do.

Whoever comes with a good deed will receive ten times its like, while whoever comes with a bad deed will be repaid only with its equivalent. They will not be wronged.

Say, “My Lord has guided me to a straight path, an upright religion, the way of Abraham, devoted purely to Allah. He was not among those who associated partners with Him.”

Say, “My prayer, my sacrifice, my life, and my death are all for Allah, Lord of all worlds.

He has no partner. This is what I have been commanded, and I am the first of those who submit to Him.”

Say, “Should I seek a lord other than Allah when He is Lord of everything? Every soul earns only against itself. No bearer of burdens will bear another’s burden. Then to your Lord is your return, and He will inform you about what you used to differ over.”

He is the One who made you successors on the earth and raised some of you above others in rank, to test you through what He has given you. Your Lord is swift in punishment, and He is certainly Most Forgiving, Most Merciful.