Ahmadiyyat or The True Islam — Page 221
221 injuriously affects health, reason, morals or faith, should be avoided, for such food defeats the object of nourish- ment. The Holy Quran prohibits four kinds of food, each prohibition being based on a different principle. The Holy Quran says: 'Say, I do not find in that which has been re- vealed to me any food that has been made unlaw- ful except (1) dead animals, (2) spilt blood, (3) the flesh of swine, for each of these is injurious, and (4) that which renders a man shameless and faith- less, that is to say, things that are sacrificed for winning the pleasure of some deity other than God, or things over which any name other than that of God is pronounced. But a person who is compelled by hunger may eat of these things, provided he has not voluntarily placed himself in that situation and provided he eats no more than is absolutely neces- sary. In such case God will save him from evil consequences of his act. ' 127 The first three articles mentioned in this verse are prohibited as being physically injurious and the last is prohibited as being harmful to a man’s faith. As regards dead animals and blood there can be no doubt that they contain several kinds of poison. Besides, a dead animal might have died through disease or poisoning or by the 127 Al-An‘ a m, 6:146.