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And, He produces, of the cattle some for burden, fit to bear loads, such as the large [mature] camels, and some for light support,⁷ not fit for these [load-bearing tasks], such as young camels or sheep (such [cattle] are called farsh because they are like 'bedding [farsh] spread on the ground', on account of their [physical] closeness to it); eat of that which Allahu ta’ālā has provided you and do not follow the steps of Satan, his methods of forbidding [things] or deeming [them] lawful. Surely he is a manifest foe to you, one whose enmity is evident.