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ANIMALS MENTIONED IN THE QUR'AN

For you and for your livestock to enjoy. (Surat an-Na'ziat, 33)
And also animals for riding and for haulage and animals for slaugh-
tering and for wool. Eat what Allah has provided for you and do not
follow in the footsteps of Satan. He is an outright enemy to you. (Surat
al-An'am, 142)
And He created livestock. There is warmth for you in them, and var-
ious uses and some you eat. (Surat an-Nahl, 5)
There is instruction for you in cattle. From the contents of their bel-
lies, from between the dung and blood, We give you pure milk to
drink, easy for drinkers to swallow. (Surat an-Nahl, 66)

WILD ANIMALS

When the wild beasts are all herded together, (Surat at-Takwir, 5)

CALF
And when We allotted to Musa forty nights. Then you adopted the
Calf when he had gone and you were wrongdoers. (Surat al-Baqara, 51)
And when Musa said to his people, 'My people, You wronged your-
selves by adopting the Calf so turn towards your Maker and kill your-
selves. That is the best thing for you in your Maker's sight.' And He
turned towards you. He is the Ever-Returning, the Most Merciful.
(Surat al-Baqara, 54)
Then he produced a calf for them, a physical form which made a
lowing sound. So they said, 'This is your god – and Musa's God as
well, but he forgot.' (Surah Ta Ha, 88)
So he (Ibrahim) slipped off to his household and brought a fattened
calf. (Surat adh-Dhariyat, 26)
Musa brought you the Clear Signs; then, after he left, you adopted
the Calf and were wrongdoers. Remember when We made a covenant
with you and lifted up the Mount above your heads: 'Take hold vigor-
ously of what We have given you and listen.' They said, 'We hear and
disobey.' They were made to drink the Calf into their hearts because of