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their disbelief. Say, 'If you are believers, what an evil thing your faith
has made you do.' (Surat al-Baqara, 92-93)

LIVESTOCK
And mankind and beasts and livestock are likewise of varying
colours. Only those of His servants with knowledge have fear of Allah.
Allah is Almighty, Ever-Forgiving. (Surah Fatir, 28)
He created you from a single self, then produced its mate from it,
and sent down livestock to you – eight kinds in pairs. He creates you
stage by stage in your mothers' wombs in a threefold darkness. That is
Allah, your Lord. Sovereignty is His. There is no god but Him. So what
has made you deviate? (Surat az-Zumar, 6)
The Bringer into Being of the heavens and the earth: He has given
you mates from among yourselves, and given mates to the livestock,
in that way multiplying you. Nothing is like Him. He is the All-Hear-
ing, the All-Seeing. (Surat ash-Shura, 11)

COW
He said, 'He says it should be a cow not trained to plough or irrigate
the fields – completely sound, without a blemish on it.' They said,
'Now you have brought the truth.' So they sacrificed it – but they al-
most did not do it. (Surat al-Baqara, 71)
The King declared, 'I dreamt of seven fat cows which seven thin ones
ate and seven green ears of wheat and seven others which were dry. O
counsellors! Explain my dream to me if you are those who can inter-
pret visions!' (Surah Yusuf, 43)
And when Musa said to his people, 'Allah commands you to sacri-
fice a cow,' they said, 'What! Are you making a mockery of us?' He
said, 'I seek refuge with Allah from being one of the ignorant!' (Surat
al-Baqara, 67)

EWE
This brother of mine has ninety-nine ewes and I have only one. He
said, "Let me have charge of it," and got the better of me with his words.'
He said, 'He has wronged you by asking for your ewe to add to his