And Allah has not enjoined this upon you. The Prophet, peace be upon him, questioned them, but they remained silent and did not answer him. They said: "O Muhammad, what is this prohibition that our forefathers and those before them prohibited?" Allah said to the Prophet: {Say, "I do not find within that which was revealed to me anything forbidden to one who would eat it unless it be a dead animal or blood spilled out"}, meaning: flowing. As for blood that is in a vein or mixed with meat, [it is not forbidden]. {Or the flesh of swine, for indeed, it is impure, or it be [slaughtered in] disobedience, dedicated to other than Allah}. This is what they slaughtered for their idols; there is an inversion in it: {or [slaughtered in] disobedience, dedicated to other than Allah}, for indeed, it is impure. {But whoever is forced [by necessity], neither desiring [it] nor transgressing [its limit]}; so he ate from these things out of necessity, {then indeed, your Lord is Forgiving and Merciful}. The interpretation of {neither desiring [it] nor transgressing [its limit]} has already passed.