The First Gate: Entering it is lawful to eat. The Second Gate: Lawful to touch. The Third Gate: Lawful to own. The Fourth Gate: Its name is lawful, but touching it is not. The Fifth Gate: Neither looking at it nor eating it is lawful. The Sixth Gate: Seeing it is not lawful. The Seventh Gate: Woe [evil] is from it.

Interpretation [Tafsir] of that:

As for that which is lawful to eat: The example is sheep, goats, cattle, and water buffalo.

That which is lawful to touch: Such as horses, beasts of burden, mules, and camels.

That which is lawful to own: Such as dogs and cats.

That which is lawful to name but not touch: Such as wolves and gazelles.

As for that which it is not lawful to look at or eat: Such as swine, leopards, predators, hyenas, snakes, and scorpions.

That which seeing it is not lawful: [It is] as if it were scattered dust.

And likewise women, and who is lawful and who is unlawful

And that which is woe from it: it is The Lie [Al-Kadhib].