البقرة

يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ كُلُوا مِمَّا فِي الْأَرْضِ حَلَالًا طَيِّبًا وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا خُطُوَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِ ۚ إِنَّهُ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ 168

OCCASION OF REVELATION (VERSE NO. 168)

      IBN-ABBASS has said: ``Some of the tribes among the Arabs; such as the tribe of SAGHIF and KHAZAEH, had declared some kinds of farming and animals unlawful without a reason. They even foisted the prohibition on, by false as c r i p tion to divine injunctions. (An example of this was taking congealed blood and eating it fried- (TR. NOTE)

      So the verse was sent down to stop them from legislating through self-interests and fancies.

 

FOOTSTEPS OF SATAN

      In the preceding verse, polytheism was sternly attacked and admonished. One of the various kinds of polytheism is the acceptance of legislation of anyone other than God; hence the verse: ``O, People! Eat of what is in the earth and wholesome, and do not follow the foodsteps of Satan.