يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَوْفُوا۟ بِٱلْعُقُودِ ۚ أُحِلَّتْ لَكُم بَهِيمَةُ ٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ إِلَّا مَا يُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْكُمْ غَيْرَ مُحِلِّى ٱلصَّيْدِ وَأَنتُمْ حُرُمٌ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَحْكُمُ مَا يُرِيدُ
Yaaa aiyuhal lazeena aamanoo awfoo bil'uqood; uhillat lakum baheematul an'aami illaa maa yutlaa 'alaikum ghaira muhillis saidi wa antum hurum; innal laaha yahkumu maa yureed
اے ایمان والو! اپنے اقراروں کو پورا کرو۔ تمہارے لیے چارپائے جانور (جو چرنے والے ہیں) حلال کر دیئے گئے ہیں۔ بجز ان کے جو تمہیں پڑھ کر سنائے جاتے ہیں مگر احرام (حج) میں شکار کو حلال نہ جاننا۔ خدا جیسا چاہتا ہے حکم دیتا ہے
You who believe, fulfill your covenants. The grazing livestock are made lawful to you, except those recited to you, and game is not lawful while you are in the state of consecration. God decrees what he wills.
ʿUqūd is the plural of a knot tied fast, and 5:1 is the only place the Qur'an uses it: the surah opens by asking that bonds be honoured, then moves at once from the general obligation to things people handle — herds, hunting, the state a pilgrim enters. The exceptions are announced before any of them is listed, and the verse closes by grounding them in a decision rather than an argument.