Overall meaning : Almighty Allah says to His Prophet, Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, that his companions ask him about what food they are allowed to eat. Say to them, He instructs him to tell them, that all good and pure things are lawful for them to eat, as well as game they have taught their birds and beasts of prey, such as dogs and falcons, to catch, as Allah has taught them. They are allowed, He states, to eat what their trained birds and beast of prey catch for them and must mention Allah’s name when they release them to catch it, exhorting them to obey what He commands and avoid what He forbids, and stating that He is swift at reckoning and calling to account.
The Almighty then makes mention of some aspects of His lavishing His favours on His servants, perfecting His religion and making His laws easy and simple. He informs the faithful that He has made all good and pure things lawful for them to enjoy, that they are allowed to eat the meat of the animals that the Jews and the Christians slaughter, that the meat of the animals they themselves slaughter is lawful for the People of the Book, that they are allowed to marry the chaste free believing women and also the chaste free women among the People of the Book (Jews and Christians), provided that they give them their bridal due (dowry) and being themselves chaste and desire chastity through marriage for themselves and their wives,  not open adulterers, nor secret lovers. Just as women must be chaste and honourable, so too men should be chaste and honourable. Then He points out that those who disbelieve in Him and in whatever ought to be believed and die unbelievers will find that their deeds will be in vain and unrewarded and threatens them with total loss in the life to come.