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 Surah Al-Baqarah 2:168-169 [21/40] ↕
  
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يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُO mankind!
كُلُواْEat
مِمَّاof what
فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ(is) in the earth -
حَلَـٰلاًlawful
طَيِّبًا(and) good.
وَلَاAnd (do) not
تَتَّبِعُواْfollow
خُطُوَٲتِ(the) footsteps (of)
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِ‌ۚthe Shaitaan.
إِنَّهُۥIndeed, he
لَكُمْ(is) to you
عَدُوٌّan enemy
مُّبِينٌclear.
﴿١٦٨﴾
إِنَّمَاOnly
يَأْمُرُكُمhe commands you
بِٱلسُّوٓءِto (do) the evil
وَٱلْفَحْشَآءِand the shameful
وَأَنand that
تَقُولُواْyou say
عَلَىabout
ٱللَّهِAllah
مَاwhat
لَاnot
تَعْلَمُونَyou know.
﴿١٦٩﴾

يٰٓاَيُّهَا النَّاسُ كُلُوۡا مِمَّا فِى الۡاَرۡضِ حَلٰلًا طَيِّبًا  ۖ وَّلَا تَتَّبِعُوۡا خُطُوٰتِ الشَّيۡطٰنِؕ اِنَّهٗ لَـكُمۡ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِيۡنٌ‏  اِنَّمَا يَاۡمُرُكُمۡ بِالسُّوۡٓءِ وَالۡفَحۡشَآءِ وَاَنۡ تَقُوۡلُوۡا عَلَى اللّٰهِ مَا لَا تَعۡلَمُوۡنَ‏ 
Translation
(2:168) O people! Eat of the lawful and pure things in the earth and follow not in the footsteps of Satan.166 For surely he is your open enemy; (2:169) he only commands you to do evil and commit acts of indecency and to ascribe to Allah the things concerning which you have no knowledge (that He really is their source).167
Commentary

166. The demand made here is that they should violate all those taboos in matters of food and drink which have their basis in superstitious beliefs or irrational usages.

167. The notion that all superstitious customs and taboos are God-given religious teachings is an example of satanic deception, pure and simple, since there is no evidence whatsoever to suggest that they are from God.