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Al-Ma'idah · 5:96

Lawful to you is game from the sea and its food as provision for you and the travelers, but forbidden to you is game from the land as long as you are in the state of iḥrām. And fear Allāh to whom you will be gathered.

Sahih International

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أُحِلَّ

uḥilla

Is made lawful

Word breakdown

أُحِلَّ

Fi'l · Verb

Is made lawful

RootحللHll

to be lawful/permitted, to untie, to settle/descend

51× in the Quran · Occasional

LemmaأَحَلَّVerb (form IV) - to make lawful

Grammar rules

Past tense verb

أُحِلَّ (Is made lawful) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.

We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.

Lesson 8 · Verbs — Past & Present
Passive voice

أُحِلَّ (Is made lawful) is passive — the action is happening to someone, but who is doing it is not mentioned.

We translate it as "is/was [done]" — e.g. "was created", "is known".

Lesson 11 · Passive & Participles
Verb form IV — causative

أُحِلَّ (Is made lawful) uses form IV (أَفْعَلَ) — the أ at the start makes it causative ("to make someone do something").

We translate it as "to make [someone] do" or "to cause [action]".

Lesson 12 · Verb Families II–IV