Translation:

143. (Take) eight (head of cattle) in (four) pairs: of sheep a pair and of goats a pair; say hath He forbidden the two males or the two females or (the young) which the wombs of the two females enclose? Tell me with knowledge if ye are truthful.

Notes (Tafseer)

968. The superstitions referred to in vi. 139 and v. 106 are further ridiculed in this verse, and the next.