قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُم مَّآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ لَكُم مِّن رِّزْقٍ فَجَعَلْتُم مِّنْهُ حَرَامًا وَحَلَـٰلًا قُلْ ءَآللَّهُ أَذِنَ لَكُمْ ۖ أَمْ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ تَفْتَرُونَ
Qul ara'aitum maaa anzalal laahu lakum mir rizqin faja'altum minhu haraamanw wa halaalan qul aaallaahu azina lakum am 'alal laahi taftaroon
De ki: "Allah'ın size indirdiği rızkın bir kısmını haram, bir kısmını helal kıldığınızı görmüyor musunuz?" De ki: "Size Allah mı izin verdi, yoksa Allah'a karşı yalan mı uyduruyorsunuz?"
Say: Have you considered the provision God has sent down for you, of which you have made some forbidden and some permitted? Say: Has God given you leave for this, or are you inventing lies about God?
The command to speak arrives twice inside this single verse, which stages it as a hearing: the fact is put to them first, then the warrant is demanded. What is at issue is the authority to declare, since the practice in view added prohibitions of people's own making to what had been provided. Adhina, to give leave, shares its letters with udhun, the ear, so the warrant being asked for is one that would have to be heard from the source.