Subtitle Analysis

If we look at the subtitles and footnotes for these verses, while the ones for 2:173, 5:3, and 16:115 are more general, again we see that 6:145 states that this verse contains “The Only Dietary Prohibitions,” further reinforcing that this verse encompasses all the dietary prohibitions in our religion.

• [2:172-173] Only Four Meats Prohibited*

• [6:145] The Only Dietary Prohibitions*

• [5:3] Only Four Meats Prohibited “Animals that die of themselves” Defined

• [16:115] Only Four Foods Prohibited

Is the Context of 6:145 only Meat?

Some argue that since Sura 6 is entitled Livestock, this means that 6:145 only encompasses the “animal” dietary prohibitions as opposed to all dietary prohibitions. This contradicts not only the subtitle but also the verse when it states that these are the only dietary prohibitions that God has decreed for the followers of the Quran.

However, if we look at the preceding verses, we see that they discuss both animal and non-animal products. So, there is no reason to think 6:145 is only the “animal” dietary prohibitions as opposed to all of the dietary prohibitions.

• 6:136: Crops and livestock

• 6:138: Livestock and crops

• 6:139: Inside bellies of livestock

• 6:141: Crops with different tastes, including olives and pomegranate.

• 6:142: All foods in the form of: “Eat from GOD’s provisions to you”

• 6:143: Livestock

• 6:144: Livestock