Translation of the meanings Ayah 139 Surah Al-An‘ām - English Translation - Dr. Waleed Bleyhesh Omary - The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia

Ayah: 139

وَقَالُواْ مَا فِي بُطُونِ هَٰذِهِ ٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِ خَالِصَةٞ لِّذُكُورِنَا وَمُحَرَّمٌ عَلَىٰٓ أَزۡوَٰجِنَاۖ وَإِن يَكُن مَّيۡتَةٗ فَهُمۡ فِيهِ شُرَكَآءُۚ سَيَجۡزِيهِمۡ وَصۡفَهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُۥ حَكِيمٌ عَلِيمٞ

(139) They also said: “Whatever is in the bellies of these livestock ˹if alive˺ is reserved exclusively for our males and is forbidden to our ˹female˺ mates”.^[1508] But if it is ˹born˺ dead then it is shared with them; He will requite them for their designation^[1509]—verily He is Most Wise, All-Knowing.

[1508] Another of their ‘religious’ fabrications was their dedication of every live birth of their livestock to men but to the exclusion of women. This because they regarded women as impure, bad omens and this is why they allowed them to consume of the born dead because then there would be no harm done (cf. Ibn ʿĀshūr).
[1509] Calling this lawful and that forbidden (cf. al-Ṭabarī, al-Saʿdī): “And utter not lies in what your tongues designate, ˹saying˺: “This is lawful and this is forbidden”, such that you fabricate a lie against Allah. Surely those who fabricate lies against Allah will not prosper” (16: 116).