Why did Allah -azwj Prohibit the dead, and the blood and meat of the pig [5:3] ?

Why did Allah -azwj Prohibit the dead, and the blood and meat of the pig [5:3] ?’ فقال: «إن الله تبارك و تعالى لم يحرم ذلك على عباده و أحل لهم ما سواه من رغبة منه تبارك و تعالى فيما حرم عليهم، و لا زهد فيما أحل لهم، و لكنه خلق الخلق و علم ما يقوم به أبدانهم و ما يصلحهم He -asws said: ‘Allah -azwj Blessed and Exalted did not Prohibit that upon His -azwj servants, and Permit for them what is besides these due to a Desire from Him -azwj Blessed and Exalted with regards to what is Prohibited upon them, nor due to abstention regarding what He -azwj Permitted for them.

But, He -azwj Created the creatures and Knows what their bodies would be standing with and what is correct for them. فأحله و أباحه تفضلا منه عليهم لمصلحتهم، و علم ما يضرهم فنهاهم عنه و حرمه عليهم، ثم أباحه للمضطر و أحله لهم في الوقت الذي لا يقوم بدنه إلا به، فأمره أن ينال منه بقدر البلغة لا غير ذلك Thus, He -azwj Permitted it and Allowed it as a Grace from Him -azwj due to their own benefit. And He -azwj Know what would harm them, so He -azwj Forbade from it and Prohibited upon them.

Then He -azwj Allowed it for the desperate and Permitted it for them during the time which their bodies could not stand except by it. He -azwj Commanded it that he (the desperate one) can attain from it by a measurement of the need, not other than that’.

ثم قال: «أما الميتة فإنه لا يدنو منها أحد و لا يأكلها إلا ضعف بدنه، و نحل جسمه، و وهنت قوته، و انقطع نسله، و لا يموت آكل الميتة إلا فجأة Then he -asws said: ‘As for the dead , so no one would approach it nor eat from it except that it would weaken his body, and waste away his body, and his strength would decline, and his offspring would be cut off, and the consumer of the dead would not be dying except suddenly.

و أما الدم فانه يورث الكلب، و قسوة القلب، و قلة الرأفة و الرحمة، لا يؤمن أن يقتل ولده و والديه، و لا يؤمن على حميمه، و لا يؤمن على من صحبه And as for the blood , so it would inherit the rabies, and hardness of the heart, and scarcity of the compassion and the mercy. There is no safety that he would kill his children, and his parents, nor is there safety upon his intimate, nor is there safety upon the one who accompanies him.

و أما لحم الخنزير فإن الله مسخ قوما في صورة شي‏ء شبه الخنزير و القرد و الدب، و ما كان من الأمساخ، ثم نهى عن أكل مثله لكي لا ينتفع بها و لا يستخف بعقوبته And as for meat of the pig – so Allah -azwj Morphed a people to be in the image of something resembling the pig, and the monkey, and the bear, and whatever was from the Morphing.