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The game of the sea

صيد البحر

God made lawful the game of the sea and its food, provision for you and for travellers, while land game is forbidden to you in ihram; from the two seas come pearl and coral and fresh fish.

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Mentioned in
Qur'an 16:14· Qur'an 35:12· Qur'an 5:96

People and things also explored

The fish· The fish of al-Khidr· Hawam (creeping things: their sale, eating and killing)· Hirr (the cat: purity, sale, damage and eating)· Pearl and coral· The whale of Jonah· Achabal garden, Kashmir· Bagh-i Vafa, Kabul

Sources

  • Tanzil Project, Qur'an text v1.1
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The fish

God made lawful the game of the sea and its food, provision for you and for travellers; He tested the Sabbath town whose fish came to them openly on their Sabbath and came not the day they kept it not; and from the sea you draw ornaments and eat fresh flesh.