Forbidden Foods Explicitly

Halal foods are foods that are allowed under Islamic dietary guidelines. According to these guidelines gathered from the Quran, Muslim followers cannot consume the following: A variety of substances are considered as haraam (harmful) for humans to consume and, therefore, forbidden as per various Quranic verses: • Pork [Quran 2:173] • Blood [Quran 2:173] • Animals slaughtered in the name of anyone other than ''Allah''. All that has been dedicated or offered in sacrifice to an idolatrous altar or saint or a person considered to be ''divine'' [Quran 2:173] and [Quran 5:3] • Carrion (carcasses of dead animals) [Quran 2:173] • An animal that has been strangled, beaten (to death), killed by a fall, gored (to death), savaged by a beast of prey (unless finished off by a human) [Quran 5:3] • Food over which Allah’s name is not pronounced [Quran 6:121] • Alcohol[Quran 5:90] • These verses also have information regarding halal foods: [Quran 2:173, 5:5, and 6:118-119, 121].