The Bee
IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE DISPENSER OF GRACE[16:118]
And [only] unto those who followed the Jewish faith did We forbid all that We have mentioned to thee ere this; and no wrong did We do to them, but it was they who persistently wronged themselves.

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* v.118 : I.e., in 6: 146, revealed shortly before the present sūrah. The conjunctive particle “And” at the beginning of this sentence establishes a connection with the precept laid down in verse 114 above, “partake of all the lawful, good things which God has provided for you as sustenance”: the implication being (as in 6:145) that none of the really good and wholesome things have been forbidden to the believer, and that the many dietary prohibitions and restrictions imposed on the Jews were imposed on them alone in punishment of their persistent sinning (cf. 3:93).