وَقَالُوا هَـذِهِ أَنْعَـمٌ وَحَرْثٌ حِجْرٌ لاَّیَطْعَمُهَآ إِلاَّ مَن نَّشَآءُ بِزَعْمِهِمْ وَأَنْعَـمٌ حُرِّمَتْ ظُهُورُهَا وَأَنْعَـمٌ لاَّیَذْکُرُونَ اسْمَ اللهِ عَلَیْهَا افْتِرَآءً عَلَیْهِ سَیَجْزِیهِم بِمَا کَانُوا یَفْتَرُونَ (138) وَقَالُوا مَا فِى بُطُونِ هَـذِهِ الاَْنْعَـمِ خَالِصَةٌ لِّذُکُورِنَا وَمُحَرَّمٌ عَلَى أَزْوَجِنَا وَإِن یَکُن مَّیْتَةً فَهُمْ فِیهِ شُرَکَآءُ سَیَجْزِیهِمْ وَصْفَهُمْ إِنَّهُ حَکِیمٌ عَلِیمٌ (139) 138- AND THEY SAID: `THESE ANIMALS AND TILLAGE ARE TABOO. NO ONE SHOULD EAT THEM EXCEPT THOSE WHOM WE WANT TO - SO THEY SUPPOSE - AND ANIMALS FORBIDDEN THEIR BACKS. AND ANIMALS THAT (ON SLAUGHTERING) THEM THE NAME OF ALLAH IS NOT TO BE PRONOUNCED - ALL ARE FORGING LIES AGAINST HIM - SOON SHALL HE REQUITE THEM FOR WHAT THEY WERE FORGING.'
139- AND ALSO THEY SAID: `WHAT IS IN THE WOMB OF THESE ANIMAL ARE SPECIALLY FOR OUR MALES AND FORBIDDEN TO OUR WIVES. BUT IF IT BE STILL-BORN (DEAD) THEN ALL MAY HAVE SHARES THEREIN!'
SOON WILL HE RECOMPENSE THEM FOR THEIR (SUPERSTITIOUS) EXPLANATION; THAT HE IS THE WISE, KNOWER.