The Holy Quran 23:21 — Surah Al-Mu'minun

Arabic text

وَإِنَّ لَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ لَعِبْرَةً ۖ نُّسْقِيكُم مِّمَّا فِى بُطُونِهَا وَلَكُمْ فِيهَا مَنَـٰفِعُ كَثِيرَةٌ وَمِنْهَا تَأْكُلُونَ

Translation

There is certainly a lesson for you in the livestock animals. We give you a drink (milk) from their bellies, there are many benefits for you in them (such as using them for transport, for carrying loads, for ploughing fields, etc), and you even eat of them.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The benefits for man in the creation of livestock: after plants, animals are mentioned here: that is, by Our power We give you the milk of animals to drink, and We have placed many benefits for you in them, to the extent that We have even made the meat of some animals lawful to eat.

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