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wa-lā taʾkulū mimmā lam yudhkari smu llāhi ʿalayhi wa-ʾinnahū la-fisqun wa-ʾinna sh-shayāṭīna la-yūḥūna ʾilā ʾawliyāʾihim li-yujādilūkum wa-ʾin ʾaṭaʿtumūhum ʾinnakum la-mushrikūna
Do not eat [anything] of that over which Allah’s Name has not been mentioned, and that is indeed transgression. Indeed the satans inspire their friends to dispute with you; and if you obey them, you will indeed be polytheists.
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah Al-‘An’am, Verse 121
121. "And do not eat (anything) of that over which Allah’s name has not been mentioned (at the time of slaughter) and that is indeed transgression, and verily the Satans inspire unto their friends to dispute with you, and if you obey them, you will indeed be polytheists, (too)."
This verse emphasizes on the negative aspect of the matter and its concept of prohibition. It says:
Then, through a short sentence, it negates this action again, and implies that this work is a mischief, a sin, and going out from the path and manner of servitude of Allah and obeying His commandment. It says:
And, in order that some simple hearted Muslims would not be affected by their satanic temptations, it adds:
But, beware that if you submit to their temptations, you will be counted among pagans, too. The verse says:
This dispute and temptation may refer to that very logic that pagans inspired unto each other. They said that they ate the meat of the dead animals because the Lord had slaughtered them. That is, if they do not eat the meat of carrions, it is a kind of heedlessness to the deed of Allah. Some commentators have said that pagans of Arab had learnt it from Zoroastrians. Pagans were inattentive of the fact that the head of whatever dies naturally, besides that it often dies because of a disease, has not been cut, and, therefore, the dirty blood of its body has remained among the levels of its meat. This blood decays thereafter, and surely pollutes the meat, too.