Surah No. 6
Total Verses: 165
Revealed At:
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
1. All praises and thanks be to Allah, Who (Alone) created
the heavens and the earth, and originated the darkness and the light, yet those
who disbelieve hold others as equal with their Lord.
2. He it is Who has created you from clay, and then has decreed a stated term
(for you to die). And there is with Him another determined term (for you to be
resurrected), yet you doubt (in the Resurrection).
3. And He is Allah (to be worshipped Alone) in the heavens and on the earth, He
knows what you conceal and what you reveal, and He knows what you earn (good or
bad).
4. And never an Ayah (sign) comes to them from the Ayat (proofs, evidences,
verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) of their Lord, but that they have
been turning away from it.
5. Indeed, they rejected the truth (the Qur'an and Muhammad (sallallaahu `alayhi
wa sallam)) when it came to them, but there will come to them the news of that
(the torment) which they used to mock at.
6. Have they not seen how many a generation before them We have destroyed whom
We had established on the earth such as We have not established you? And We
poured out on them rain from the sky in abundance, and made the rivers flow
under them. Yet We destroyed them for their sins, and created after them other
generations.
7. And even if We had sent down unto you (O Muhammad (sallallaahu `alayhi wa
sallam)) a Message written on paper so that they could touch it with their
hands, the disbelievers would have said: "This is nothing but obvious magic!"
8. And they say: "Why has not an angel been sent down to him?" Had We sent down
an angel, the matter would have been judged at once, and no respite would be
granted to them.
9. And had We appointed him an angel, We indeed would have made him a man, and
We would have certainly caused them confusion in a matter which they have
already covered with confusion (i.e. the Message of Prophet Muhammad
(sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam)).
10. And indeed (many) Messengers were mocked before you, but their scoffers were
surrounded by the very thing that they used to mock at.
11. Say (O Muhammad (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam)): "Travel in the land and
see what was the end of those who rejected truth."
12. Say (O Muhammad (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam)): "To whom belongs all that
is in the heavens and the earth?" Say: "To Allah. He has prescribed Mercy for
Himself . Indeed He will gather you together on the Day of Resurrection, about
which there is no doubt. Those who destroy themselves will not believe [in Allah
as being the only Ilah (God), and Muhammad (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam)as
being one of His Messengers, and in Resurrection, etc.].
13. And to Him belongs whatsoever exists in the night and the day, and He is the
AllHearing, the AllKnowing."
14. Say (O Muhammad (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam)): "Shall I take as a Walī
(helper, protector, etc.) any other than Allah, the Creator of the heavens and
the earth? And it is He Who feeds but is not fed." Say: "Verily, I am commanded
to be the first of those who submit themselves to Allah (as Muslims)." And be
not you (O Muhammad (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam)) of the Mushrikūn
[polytheists, pagans, idolaters and disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah].
15. Say: "I fear, if I disobey my Lord, the torment of a Mighty Day."
16. Who is averted from (such a torment) on that Day, (Allah) has surely been
Merciful to him. And that would be the obvious success.
17. And if Allah touches you with harm, none can remove it but He, and if He
touches you with good, then He is Able to do all things.
18. And He is the Irresistible, above His slaves, and He is the All-Wise,
WellAcquainted with all things.
19. Say (O Muhammad (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam)): "What thing is the most
great in witness?" Say: "Allah (the Most Great!) is Witness between me and you;
this Qur'an has been revealed to me that I may therewith warn you and whomsoever
it may reach. Can you verily bear witness that besides Allah there are other
aliha (gods)?" Say "I bear no (such) witness!" Say: "But in truth He (Allah) is
the only one Ilah (God). And truly I am innocent of what you join in worship
with Him."
20. Those to whom We have given the Scripture (Jews and Christians) recognize
him (i.e. Muhammad (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam)as a Messenger of Allah, and
they also know that there is no Ilah (God) but Allah and Islam is Allah's
Religion), as they recognize their own sons. Those who destroy themselves will
not believe . (Tafsir At-Tabarī)
21. And who does more wrong than he who invents a lie against Allah or rejects
His Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, revelations, etc.)? Verily, the
Zalimūn (polytheists and wrongdoers, etc.) shall never be successful.
22. And on the Day when We shall gather them all together, We shall say to those
who joined partners in worship (with Us): "Where are your partners (false
deities) whom you used to assert (as partners in worship with Allah)?"
23. There will then be (left) no Fitnah (excuses or statements or arguments) for
them but to say: "By Allah, our Lord, we were not those who joined others in
worship with Allah."
24. Look! How they lie against themselves! But the (lie) which they invented
will disappear from them.
25. And of them there are some who listen to you; but We have set veils on their
hearts, so they understand it not, and deafness in their ears; if they see every
one of the Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.)
they will not believe therein; to the point that when they come to you to argue
with you, the disbelievers say: "These are nothing but tales of the men of old."
26. And they prevent others from him (from following Prophet Muhammad
(sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam)) and they themselves keep away from him, and (by
doing so) they destroy not but their ownselves, yet they perceive (it) not.
27. If you could but see when they will be held over the (Hell) Fire! They will
say: "Would that we were but sent back (to the world)! Then we would not deny
the Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, revelations, etc.) of our Lord,
and we would be of the believers!"
28. Nay, it has become manifest to them what they had been concealing before.
But if they were returned (to the world), they would certainly revert to that
which they were forbidden. And indeed they are liars.
29. And they said: "There is no (other life) but our (present) life of this
world, and never shall we be resurrected (on the Day of Resurrection)."
30. If you could but see when they will be held (brought and made to stand) in
front of their Lord! He will say: "Is not this (Resurrection and the taking of
the accounts) the truth?" They will say: "Yes, by our Lord!" He will then say:
"So taste you the torment because you used not to believe."
31. They indeed are losers who denied their Meeting with Allah , until all of a
sudden, the Hour (signs of death) is on them, and they say: "Alas for us that we
gave no thought to it," while they will bear their burdens on their backs; and
evil indeed are the burdens that they will bear!
32. And the life of this world is nothing but play and amusement. But far better
is the house in the Hereafter for those who are AlMuttaqūn (the pious - see
V.2:2). Will you not then understand?
33. We know indeed the grief which their words cause you (O Muhammad
(sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam)): it is not you that they deny, but it is the
Verses (the Qur'an) of Allah that the Zalimūn (polytheists and wrongdoers)
deny.
34. Verily, (many) Messengers were denied before you (O Muhammad (sallallaahu
`alayhi wa sallam)), but with patience they bore the denial, and they were hurt,
till Our Help reached them, and none can alter the Words (Decisions) of Allah.
Surely there has reached you the information (news) about the Messengers (before
you).
35. If their aversion (from you, O Muhammad (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam)and
from that with which you have been sent) is hard on you, (and you cannot be
patient from their harm to you), then if you were able to seek a tunnel in the
ground or a ladder to the sky, so that you may bring them a sign (and you cannot
do it, so be patient). And had Allah willed, He could have gathered them
together (all) unto true guidance, so be not you one of those who are Al-Jahilūn
(the ignorant).
36. It is only those who listen (to the Message of Prophet Muhammad (sallallaahu
`alayhi wa sallam)), will respond (benefit from it), but as for the dead
(disbelievers), Allah will raise them up, then to Him they will be returned (for
their recompense).
37. And they said: "Why is not a sign sent down to him from his Lord?" Say:
"Allah is certainly Able to send down a sign, but most of them know not."
38. There is not a moving (living) creature on earth, nor a bird that flies with
its two wings, but are communities like you. We have neglected nothing in the
Book, then unto their Lord they (all) shall be gathered.
39. Those who reject Our Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs,
revelations, etc.) are deaf and dumb in darkness. Allah sends astray whom He
wills and He guides on the Straight Path whom He wills.
40. Say (O Muhammad (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam)): "Tell me if Allah's
Torment comes upon you, or the Hour comes upon you, would you then call upon any
one other than Allah? (Reply) if you are truthful!"
41. Nay! To Him Alone you call, and, if He will, He would remove that (distress)
for which you call upon Him, and you forget at that time whatever partners you
joined with Him (in worship)!
42. Verily, We sent (Messengers) to many nations before you (O Muhammad
(sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam)). And We seized them with extreme poverty (or
loss in wealth) and loss in health with calamities so that they might believe
with humility.
43. When Our Torment reached them, why then did they not believe with humility?
But their hearts became hardened, and Shaitan (Satan) made fairseeming to them
that which they used to do.
44. So, when they forgot (the warning) with which they had been reminded, We
opened to them the gates of every (pleasant) thing, until in the midst of their
enjoyment in that which they were given, all of a sudden, We took them to
punishment, and lo! They were plunged into destruction with deep regrets and
sorrows.
45. So the roots of the people who did wrong were cut off. And all the praises
and thanks be to Allah, the Lord of the 'Alamīn (mankind, jinns, and all that
exists).
46. Say (to the disbelievers): "Tell me, if Allah took away your hearing and
your sight, and sealed up your hearts, who is there - an ilah (a god) other than
Allah who could restore them to you?" See how variously We explain the Ayat
(proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), yet they turn
aside.
47. Say: "Tell me, if the punishment of Allah comes to you suddenly (during the
night), or openly (during the day), will any be destroyed except the Zalimūn
(polytheists and wrong-doing people)?"
48. And We send not the Messengers but as givers of glad tidings and as warners.
So whosoever believes and does righteous good deeds, upon such shall come no
fear, nor shall they grieve.
49. But those who reject Our Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs,
revelations, etc.), the torment will touch them for their disbelief (and for
their belying the Message of Muhammad (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam)). [Tafsir
Al-Qurtubī].
50. Say (O Muhammad (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam)): "I don't tell you that
with me are the treasures of Allah, nor (that) I know the unseen; nor I tell you
that I am an angel. I but follow what is revealed to me by inspiration." Say:
"Are the blind and the one who sees equal? will you not then take thought?"
51. And warn therewith (the Qur'an) those who fear that they will be gathered
before their Lord, when there will be neither a protector nor an intercessor for
them besides Him, so that they may fear Allah and keep their duty to Him (by
abstaining from committing sins and by doing all kinds of good deeds which He
has ordained).
52. And turn not away those who invoke their Lord, morning and afternoon seeking
His Face. You are accountable for them in nothing, and they are accountable for
you in nothing, that you may turn them away, and thus become of the Zalimūn
(unjust).
53. Thus We have tried some of them with others, that they might say: "Is it
these (poor believers) that Allah has favoured from amongst us?" Does not Allah
know best those who are grateful?
54. When those who believe in Our Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons,
signs, revelations, etc.) come to you, say: "Salamun 'Alaikum" (peace be on
you); your Lord has written Mercy for Himself, so that, if any of you does evil
in ignorance, and thereafter repents and does righteous good deeds (by obeying
Allah), then surely, He is OftForgiving, Most Merciful.
55. And thus do We explain the Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs,
revelations, etc.) in detail, that the way of the Mujrimūn (criminals,
polytheists, sinners), may become manifest.
56. Say (O Muhammad (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam)): "I have been forbidden to
worship those whom you invoke (worship) besides Allah." Say: "I will not follow
your vain desires. If I did, I would go astray, and I would not be one of the
rightly guided."
57. Say (O Muhammad (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam)): "I am on clear proof from
my Lord (Islamic Monotheism), but you deny (the truth that has come to me from
Allah). I have not gotten what you are asking for impatiently (the torment). The
decision is only for Allah, He declares the truth, and He is the Best of
judges."
58. Say: "If I had that which you are asking for impatiently (the torment), the
matter would have been settled at once between me and you, but Allah knows best
the Zalimūn (polytheists and wrongdoers, etc.)."
59. And with Him are the keys of the Ghaib (all that is hidden), none knows them
but He. And He knows whatever there is in (or on) the earth and in the sea; not
a leaf falls, but he knows it. There is not a grain in the darkness of the earth
nor anything fresh or dry, but is written in a Clear Record.
60. It is He, Who takes your souls by night (when you are asleep), and has
knowledge of all that you have done by day, then he raises (wakes) you up again
that a term appointed (your life period) be fulfilled, then in the end unto Him
will be your return. Then He will inform you what you used to do.
61. He is the Irresistible, Supreme over His slaves, and He sends guardians
(angels guarding and writing all of one's good and bad deeds) over you , until
when death approaches one of you, Our Messengers (angel of death and his
assistants) take his soul, and they never neglect their duty.
62. Then they are returned to Allah, their Maula [True Master (God), the Just
Lord (to reward them)]. Surely, His is the judgement and He is the Swiftest in
taking account.
63. Say (O Muhammad (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam)): "Who rescues you from the
darkness of the land and the sea (dangers like storms), when you call upon Him
in humility and in secret (saying): If He (Allah) only saves us from this
(danger), we shall truly be grateful."
64. Say (O Muhammad (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam)): "Allah rescues you from it
and from all (other) distresses, and yet you worship others besides Allah."
65. Say: "He has power to send torment on you from above or from under your
feet, or to cover you with confusion in party strife, and make you to taste the
violence of one another." See how variously We explain the Ayat (proofs,
evidences, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), so that they may understand.
66. But your people (O Muhammad (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam)) have denied it
(the Qur'an) though it is the truth. Say: "I am not responsible for your
affairs."
67. For every news there is a fact, i.e. for everything there is an appointed
term (and it is also said that for every deed there is a recompense) and you
will come to know.
68. And when you (Muhammad (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam)) see those who engage
in a false conversation about Our Verses (of the Qur'an) by mocking at them,
stay away from them till they turn to another topic. And if Shaitan (Satan)
causes you to forget, then after the remembrance sit not you in the company of
those people who are the Zalimūn (polytheists and wrongdoers, etc.).
69. Those who fear Allah, keep their duty to Him and avoid evil are not
responsible for them (the disbelievers) in any case, but (their duty) is to
remind them, that they may avoid that (mockery at the Qur'an). [The order of
this Verse was cancelled (abrogated) by the Verse 4:140].
70. And leave alone those who take their religion as play and amusement, and are
deceived by the life of this world. But remind (them) with it (the Qur'an) lest
a person be given up to destruction for that which he has earned, when he will
find for himself no protector or intercessor besides Allah, and even if he
offers every ransom, it will not be accepted from him. Such are they who are
given up to destruction because of that which they have earned. For them will be
a drink of boiling water and a painful torment because they used to disbelieve.
71. Say (O Muhammad (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam)): "Shall we invoke others
besides Allah (false deities), that can do us neither good nor harm, and shall
we turn on our heels after Allah has guided us (to true Monotheism)? - like one
whom the Shayatin (devils) have made to go astray, confused (wandering) through
the earth, his companions calling him to guidance (saying): 'Come to us.' " Say:
"Verily, Allah's Guidance is the only guidance, and we have been commanded to
submit (ourselves) to the Lord of the 'Alamīn (mankind, jinns and all that
exists);
72. And to perform As-Salat (Iqamat-as-Salat)", and to be obedient to Allah and
fear Him, and it is He to Whom you shall be gathered.
73. It is He Who has created the heavens and the earth in truth, and on the Day
(i.e. the Day of Resurrection) He will say: "Be!", - and it shall become. His
Word is the truth. His will be the dominion on the Day when the trumpet will be
blown. AllKnower of the unseen and the seen. He is the AllWise, Well-Aware (of
all things).
74. And (remember) when Ibrahim (Abraham) said to his father Azar: "Do you take
idols as aliha (gods)? Verily, I see you and your people in manifest error. "
75. Thus did we show Ibrahim (Abraham) the kingdom of the heavens and the earth
that he be one of those who have Faith with certainty.
76. When the night covered him over with darkness he saw a star. He said: "This
is my lord." But when it set, he said: "I like not those that set."
77. When he saw the moon rising up, he said: "This is my lord." But when it set,
he said: "Unless my Lord guides me, I shall surely be among the erring people."
78. When he saw the sun rising up, he said: "This is my lord. This is greater."
But when it set, he said: "O my people! I am indeed free from all that you join
as partners in worship with Allah.
79. Verily, I have turned my face towards Him Who has created the heavens and
the earth Hanifa (Islamic Monotheism, i.e. worshipping none but Allah Alone) and
I am not of Al-Mushrikūn (see V.2:105)".
80. His people disputed with him. He said: "Do you dispute with me concerning
Allah while He has guided me, and I fear not those whom you associate with Allah
in worship. (Nothing can happen to me) except when my Lord (Allah) wills
something. My Lord comprehends in His Knowledge all things. Will you not then
remember?
81. And how should I fear those whom you associate in worship with Allah (though
they can neither benefit nor harm), while you fear not that you have joined in
worship with Allah things for which He has not sent down to you any authority.
(So) which of the two parties has more right to be in security? If you but
know."
82. It is those who believe (in the Oneness of Allah and worship none but Him
Alone) and confuse not their belief with Zulm (wrong i.e. by worshipping others
besides Allah), for them (only) there is security and they are the guided.
83. And that was Our Proof which We gave Ibrahim (Abraham) against his people.
We raise whom We will in degrees. Certainly your Lord is AllWise, AllKnowing.
84. And We bestowed upon him Ishaque (Isaac) and Ya'qūb (Jacob), each of them We
guided, and before him, We guided Nūh (Noah), and among his progeny Dawūd
(David), Sulaiman (Solomon), Ayub (Job), Yūsuf (Joseph), Mūsa (Moses), and Harūn
(Aaron). Thus do We reward the gooddoers.
85. And Zakariya (Zachariya), and Yahya (John) and 'Iesa (Jesus) and Iliyas
(Elias), each one of them was of the righteous.
86. And Isma'il (Ishmael) and Al-Yas'a (Elisha), and Yūnus (Jonah) and Lout
(Lot), and each one of them We preferred above the 'Alamīn (mankind and jinns)
(of their times).
87. And also some of their fathers and their progeny and their brethren, We
chose them, and We guided them to a Straight Path.
88. This is the Guidance of Allah with which He guides whomsoever He will of His
slaves. But if they had joined in worship others with Allah, all that they used
to do would have been of no benefit to them.
89. They are those whom We gave the Book, AlHukm (understanding of the
religious laws), and Prophethood. But if these disbelieve therein (the Book,
AlHukm and Prophethood), then, indeed We have entrusted it to a people (such as
the Companions of Prophet Muhammad (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam)) who are not
disbelievers therein.
90. They are those whom Allah had guided. So follow their guidance. Say: "No
reward I ask of you for this (the Qur'an). It is only a reminder for the 'Alamīn
(mankind and jinns)."
91. They (the Jews, Quraish pagans, idolaters, etc.) did not estimate Allah with
an estimation due to Him when they said: "Nothing did Allah send down to any
human being (by inspiration)." Say (O Muhammad (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam)):
"Who then sent down the Book which Mūsa (Moses) brought, a light and a guidance
to mankind which you (the Jews) have made into (separate) papersheets,
disclosing (some of it) and concealing (much). And you (believers in Allah and
His Messenger Muhammad (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam)), were taught (through
the Qur'an) that which neither you nor your fathers knew." Say: "Allah (sent it
down)." Then leave them to play in their vain discussions. (Tafsir Al-Qurtubī,
Vol.7, Page 37).
92. And this (the Qur'an) is a blessed Book which We have sent down, confirming
(the revelations) which came before it, so that you may warn the Mother of Towns
(i.e. Makkah) and all those around it. Those who believe in the Hereafter
believe in (the Qur'an), and they are constant in guarding their Salat
(prayers).
93. And who can be more unjust than he who invents a lie against Allah, or says:
"I have received inspiration," whereas he is not inspired in anything; and who
says, "I will reveal the like of what Allah has revealed." And if you could but
see when the Zalimūn (polytheists and wrongdoers, etc.) are in the agonies of
death, while the angels are stretching forth their hands (saying): "Deliver your
souls! This day you shall be recompensed with the torment of degradation because
of what you used to utter against Allah other than the truth. And you used to
reject His Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.)
with disrespect! "
94. And truly you have come unto Us alone (without wealth, companions or
anything else) as We created you the first time. You have left behind you all
that which We had bestowed on you. We see not with you your intercessors whom
you claimed to be partners with Allah. Now all relations between you and them
have been cut off, and all that you used to claim has vanished from you.
95. Verily! It is Allah Who causes the seedgrain and the fruitstone (like
datestone, etc.) to split and sprout. He brings forth the living from the dead,
and it is He Who brings forth the dead from the living. Such is Allah, then how
are you deluded away from the truth?
96. (He is the) Cleaver of the daybreak. He has appointed the night for resting,
and the sun and the moon for reckoning. Such is the measuring of the AllMighty,
the AllKnowing.
97. It is He Who has set the stars for you, so that you may guide your course
with their help through the darkness of the land and the sea. We have (indeed)
explained in detail Our Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs,
Revelations, etc.) for people who know.
98. It is He Who has created you from a single person (Adam), and has given you
a place of residing (on the earth or in your mother's wombs) and a place of
storage [in the earth (in your graves) or in your father's loins]. Indeed, We
have explained in detail Our revelations (this Qur'an) for people who
understand.
99. It is He Who sends down water (rain) from the sky, and with it We bring
forth vegetation of all kinds, and out of it We bring forth green stalks, from
which We bring forth thick clustered grain. And out of the datepalm and its
spathe come forth clusters of dates hanging low and near, and gardens of grapes,
olives and pomegranates, each similar (in kind) yet different (in variety and
taste). Look at their fruits when they begin to bear, and the ripeness thereof.
Verily! In these things there are signs for people who believe.
100. Yet, they join the jinns as partners in worship with Allah, though He has
created them (the jinns), and they attribute falsely without knowledge sons and
daughters to Him. Be He Glorified and Exalted above (all) that they attribute to
Him.
101. He is the Originator of the heavens and the earth. How can He have children
when He has no wife? He created all things and He is the All-Knower of
everything .
102. Such is Allah, your Lord! La ilaha illa Huwa (none has the right to be
worshipped but He), the Creator of all things. So worship Him (Alone), and He is
the Wakīl (Trustee, Disposer of affairs, Guardian, etc.) over all things.
103. No vision can grasp Him, but His Grasp is over all vision. He is the Most
Subtle and Courteous, WellAcquainted with all things.
104. Verily, proofs have come to you from your Lord, so whosoever sees, will do
so for (the good of) his ownself, and whosoever blinds himself, will do so to
his own harm, and I (Muhammad (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam)) am not a watcher
over you.
105. Thus We explain variously the Verses so that they (the disbelievers) may
say: "You have studied (the Books of the people of the Scripture and brought
this Qur'an from that)" and that We may make the matter clear for the people who
have knowledge.
106. Follow what has been inspired to you (O Muhammad (sallallaahu `alayhi wa
sallam)) from your Lord, La ilaha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped
but He) and turn aside from Al-Mushrikūn.
107. Had Allah willed, they would not have taken others besides Him in worship.
And We have not made you a watcher over them nor are you set over them to
dispose of their affairs.
108. And insult not those whom they (disbelievers) worship besides Allah, lest
they insult Allah wrongfully without knowledge. Thus We have made fairseeming
to each people its own doings; then to their Lord is their return and He shall
then inform them of all that they used to do.
109. And they swear their strongest oaths by Allah, that if there came to them a
sign, they would surely believe therein. Say: "Signs are but with Allah and what
will make you (Muslims) perceive that (even) if it (the sign) came, they will
not believe?"
110. And We shall turn their hearts and their eyes away (from guidance), as they
refused to believe therein for the first time, and We shall leave them in their
trespass to wander blindly.
111. And even if We had sent down unto them angels, and the dead had spoken unto
them, and We had gathered together all things before their very eyes, they would
not have believed, unless Allah willed, but most of them behave ignorantly.
112. And so We have appointed for every Prophet enemies - Shayatin (devils)
among mankind and jinns, inspiring one another with adorned speech as a delusion
(or by way of deception). If your Lord had so willed, they would not have done
it, so leave them alone with their fabrications. (Tafseer Qurtubi, Vol.7, Page
67)
113. (And this is in order) that the hearts of those who disbelieve in the
Hereafter may incline to such (deceit), and that they may remain pleased with
it, and that they may commit what they are committing (all kinds of sins and
evil deeds, etc.).
114. [Say (O Muhammad (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam))] "Shall I seek a judge
other than Allah while it is He Who has sent down unto you the Book (The
Qur'an), explained in detail." Those unto whom We gave the Scripture [the Taurat
(Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel)] know that it is revealed from your Lord in
truth. So be not you of those who doubt.
115. And the Word of your Lord has been fulfilled in truth and in justice. None
can change His Words. And He is the AllHearer, the AllKnower.
116. And if you obey most of those on earth, they will mislead you far away from
Allah's Path. They follow nothing but conjectures, and they do nothing but lie.
117. Verily, your Lord! It is He Who knows best who strays from His Way, and He
knows best the rightly guided ones.
118. So eat of that (meat) on which Allah's Name has been pronounced (while
slaughtering the animal), if you are believers in His Ayat (proofs, evidences,
verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.).
119. And why should you not eat of that (meat) on which Allah's Name has been
pronounced (at the time of slaughtering the animal), while He has explained to
you in detail what is forbidden to you, except under compulsion of necessity?
And surely many do lead (mankind) astray by their own desires through lack of
knowledge. Certainly your Lord knows best the transgressors.
120. Leave (O mankind, all kinds of) sin, open and secret. Verily, those who
commit sin will get due recompense for that which they used to commit.
121. Eat not (O believers) of that (meat) on which Allah's Name has not been
pronounced (at the time of the slaughtering of the animal), for sure it is Fisq
(a sin and disobedience of Allah). And certainly, the Shayatin (devils) do
inspire their friends (from mankind) to dispute with you, and if you obey them
[by making AlMaytatah (a dead animal) legal by eating it], then you would
indeed be Mushrikūn (polytheists) [because they (devils and their friends) made
lawful to you to eat that which Allah has made unlawful to eat and you obeyed
them by considering it lawful to eat, and by doing so you worshipped them, and
to worship others besides Allah is polytheism].
122. Is he who was dead (without Faith by ignorance and disbelief) and We gave
him life (by knowledge and Faith) and set for him a light (of Belief) whereby he
can walk amongst men, like him who is in the darkness (of disbelief, polytheism
and hypocrisy) from which he can never come out? Thus it is made fairseeming to
the disbelievers that which they used to do.
123. And thus We have set up in every town great ones of its wicked people to
plot therein. But they plot not except against their ownselves, and they
perceive (it) not.
124. And when there comes to them a sign (from Allah) they say: "We shall not
believe until we receive the like of that which the Messengers of Allah had
received." Allah knows best with whom to place His Message. Humiliation and
disgrace from Allah and a severe torment will overtake the criminals
(polytheists, sinners, etc.) for that which they used to plot.
125. And whomsoever Allah wills to guide, He opens his breast to Islam, and
whomsoever He wills to send astray, He makes his breast closed and constricted,
as if he is climbing up to the sky. Thus Allah puts the wrath on those who
believe not.
126. And this is the Path of your Lord (the Qur'an and Islam) leading Straight.
We have detailed Our Revelations for a people who take heed.
127. For them will be the home of peace (Paradise) with their Lord. And He will
be their Walī (Helper and Protector) because of what they used to do.
128. And on the Day when He will gather them (all) together (and say): "O you
assembly of jinns! Many did you mislead of men," and their Auliya' (friends and
helpers, etc.) amongst men will say: "Our Lord! We benefited one from the other,
but now we have reached our appointed term which You did appoint for us." He
will say: "The Fire be your dwellingplace, you will dwell therein forever,
except as Allah may will. Certainly your Lord is AllWise, AllKnowing."
129. And thus We do make the Zalimūn (polytheists and wrongdoers, etc.) Auliya'
(supporters and helpers) one to another (in committing crimes etc.), because of
that which they used to earn.
130. O you assembly of jinns and mankind! "Did not there come to you Messengers
from amongst you, reciting unto you My Verses and warning you of the meeting of
this Day of yours?" They will say: "We bear witness against ourselves." It was
the life of this world that deceived them. And they will bear witness against
themselves that they were disbelievers.
131. This is because your Lord would not destroy the (populations of) towns for
their wrongdoing (i.e. associating others in worship along with Allah) while
their people were unaware (so the Messengers were sent).
132. For all there will be degrees (or ranks) according to what they did. And
your Lord is not unaware of what they do.
133. And your Lord is Rich (Free of all wants), full of Mercy, if He will, He
can destroy you, and in your place make whom He will as your successors, as He
raised you from the seed of other people.
134. Surely, that which you are promised will verily come to pass, and you
cannot escape (from the Punishment of Allah).
135. Say (O Muhammad (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam)): "O my people! Work
according to your way, surely, I too am working (in my way), and you will come
to know for which of us will be the (happy) end in the Hereafter. Certainly the
Zalimūn (polytheists and wrongdoers, etc.) will not be successful."
136. And they assign to Allah a share of the tilth and cattle which He has
created, and they say: "This is for Allah according to their pretending, and
this is for our (Allah's socalled) partners." But the share of their (Allah's
socalled) "partners" reaches not Allah, while the share of Allah reaches their
(Allah's socalled) "partners"! Evil is the way they judge!
137. And so to many of the Mushrikūn (polytheists - see V.2:105) their (Allah's
socalled) "partners" have made fair-seeming the killing of their children, in
order to lead them to their own destruction and cause confusion in their
religion. And if Allah had willed they would not have done so. So leave them
alone with their fabrications.
138. And according to their pretending, they say that such and such cattle and
crops are forbidden, and none should eat of them except those whom we allow. And
(they say) there are cattle forbidden to be used for burden or any other work,
and cattle on which (at slaughtering) the Name of Allah is not pronounced; lying
against Him (Allah). He will recompense them for what they used to fabricate.
139. And they say: "What is in the bellies of such and such cattle (milk or
foetus) is for our males alone, and forbidden to our females (girls and women),
but if it is born dead, then all have shares therein." He will punish them for
their attribution (of such false orders to Allah). Verily, He is AllWise,
AllKnower. (Tafsir AtTabarī, Vol. 8, Page 49).
140. Indeed lost are they who have killed their children, from folly, without
knowledge, and have forbidden that which Allah has provided for them, inventing
a lie against Allah. They have indeed gone astray and were not guided.
141. And it is He Who produces gardens trellised and untrellised, and
datepalms, and crops of different shape and taste (its fruits and its seeds)
and olives, and pomegranates, similar (in kind) and different (in taste). Eat of
their fruit when they ripen, but pay the due thereof (its Zakat, according to
Allah's Orders 1/10th or 1/20th) on the day of its harvest, and waste not by
extravagance . Verily, He likes not Al-Musrifūn (those who waste by
extravagance),
142. And of the cattle (are some) for burden (like camels etc.) and (some are)
small (unable to carry burden like sheep, goats etc. for food, meat, milk, wool
etc.). Eat of what Allah has provided for you, and follow not the footsteps of
Shaitan (Satan). Surely he is to you an open enemy.
143. Eight pairs; of the sheep two (male and female) , and of the goats two
(male and female). Say: "Has He forbidden the two males or the two females, or
(the young) which the wombs of the two females enclose? Inform me with knowledge
if you are truthful."
144. And of the camels two (male and female), and of oxen two (male and female).
Say: "Has He forbidden the two males or the two females or (the young) which the
wombs of the two females enclose? Or were you present when Allah ordered you
such a thing? Then who does more wrong than one who invents a lie against Allah,
to lead mankind astray without knowledge. Certainly Allah guides not the people
who are Zalimūn (polytheists and wrongdoers, etc.)."
145. Say (O Muhammad (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam)): "I find not in that which
has been inspired to me anything forbidden to be eaten by one who wishes to eat
it, unless it be Maytatah (a dead animal) or blood poured forth (by slaughtering
or the like), or the flesh of swine (pork, etc.) for that surely is impure, or
impious (unlawful) meat (of an animal) which is slaughtered as a sacrifice for
others than Allah (or has been slaughtered for idols, etc., or on which Allah's
Name has not been mentioned while slaughtering). But whosoever is forced by
necessity without wilful disobedience, nor transgressing due limits, (for him)
certainly, your Lord is OftForgiving, Most Merciful."
146. And unto those who are Jews, We forbade every (animal) with undivided hoof,
and We forbade them the fat of the ox and the sheep except what adheres to their
backs or their entrails, or is mixed up with a bone. Thus We recompensed them
for their rebellion [committing crimes like murdering the Prophets, eating of
Riba (usury), etc.]. And verily, We are Truthful.
147. If they (Jews) belie you (Muhammad (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam)) say
you: "Your Lord is the Owner of Vast Mercy, and never will His Wrath be turned
back from the people who are Mujrimūn (criminals, polytheists, sinners, etc.)."
148. Those who took partners (in worship) with Allah will say: "If Allah had
willed, we would not have taken partners (in worship) with Him, nor would our
fathers, and we would not have forbidden anything (against His Will)." Likewise
belied those who were before them, (they argued falsely with Allah's
Messengers), till they tasted of Our Wrath. Say: "Have you any knowledge (proof)
that you can produce before us? Verily, you follow nothing but guess and you do
nothing but lie."
149. Say: "With Allah is the perfect proof and argument, (i.e. the Oneness of
Allah, the sending of His Messengers and His Holy Books, etc. to mankind), had
He so willed, He would indeed have guided you all."
150. Say: "Bring forward your witnesses, who can testify that Allah has
forbidden this. Then if they testify, testify not you (O Muhammad (sallallaahu
`alayhi wa sallam)) with them. And you should not follow the vain desires of
such as treat Our Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations,
etc.) as falsehoods, and such as believe not in the Hereafter, and they hold
others as equal (in worship) with their Lord."
151. Say (O Muhammad (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam)): "Come, I will recite what
your Lord has prohibited you from: Join not anything in worship with Him; be
good and dutiful to your parents; kill not your children because of poverty - We
provide sustenance for you and for them; come not near to Al-Fawahish (shameful
sins, illegal sexual intercourse, etc.) whether committed openly or secretly,
and kill not anyone whom Allah has forbidden, except for a just cause (according
to Islamic law). This He has commanded you that you may understand.
152. "And come not near to the orphan's property, except to improve it, until he
(or she) attains the age of full strength; and give full measure and full weight
with justice. We burden not any person, but that which he can bear. And whenever
you give your word (i.e. judge between men or give evidence, etc.), say the
truth even if a near relative is concerned, and fulfill the Covenant of Allah,
This He commands you, that you may remember.
153. "And verily, this (i.e. Allah's Commandments mentioned in the above two
Verses 151 and 152) is my Straight Path, so follow it, and follow not (other)
paths, for they will separate you away from His Path. This He has ordained for
you that you may become Al-Muttaqūn (the pious - see V.2:2)."
154. Then, We gave Mūsa (Moses) the Book [the Taurat (Torah)], to complete (Our
Favour) upon those who would do right, and explaining all things in detail and a
guidance and a mercy that they might believe in the meeting with their Lord.
155. And this is a blessed Book (the Qur'an) which We have sent down, so follow
it and fear Allah (i.e. do not disobey His Orders), that you may receive mercy
(i.e. saved from the torment of Hell).
156. Lest you (pagan Arabs) should say: "The Book was only sent down to two
sects before us (the Jews and the Christians), and for our part, we were in fact
unaware of what they studied."
157. Or lest you (pagan Arabs) should say: "If only the Book had been sent down
to us, we would surely have been better guided than they (Jews and Christians)."
So now has come unto you a clear proof (the Qur'an) from your Lord, and a
guidance and a mercy. Who then does more wrong than one who rejects the Ayat
(proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) of Allah and
turns away therefrom? We shall requite those who turn away from Our Ayat with an
evil torment, because of their turning away (from them). [Tafsir At-Tabari, Vol.
8, Page 95]
158. Do they then wait for anything other than that the angels should come to
them, or that your Lord should come, or that some of the Signs of your Lord
should come (i.e. portents of the Hour e.g., arising of the sun from the west)!
The day that some of the Signs of your Lord do come, no good will it do to a
person to believe then, if he believed not before, nor earned good (by
performing deeds of righteousness) through his Faith. Say: "Wait you! we (too)
are waiting."
159. Verily, those who divide their religion and break up into sects (all kinds
of religious sects) , you (O Muhammad (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam)) have no
concern in them in the least. Their affair is only with Allah, Who then will
tell them what they used to do.
160. Whoever brings a good deed (Islamic Monotheism and deeds of obedience to
Allah and His Messenger ) shall have ten times the like thereof to his credit,
and whoever brings an evil deed (polytheism, disbelief, hypocrisy, and deeds of
disobedience to Allah and His Messenger ) shall have only the recompense of the
like thereof, and they will not be wronged.
161. Say (O Muhammad (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam)): "Truly, my Lord has
guided me to a Straight Path, a right religion, the religion of Ibrahim
(Abraham), Hanifa [i.e. the true Islamic Monotheism - to believe in One God
(Allah i.e. to worship none but Allah, Alone)] and he was not of Al-Mushrikūn
(see V.2:105)."
162. Say (O Muhammad (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam)): "Verily, my Salat
(prayer), my sacrifice, my living, and my dying are for Allah, the Lord of the
'Alamīn (mankind, jinns and all that exists).
163. "He has no partner. And of this I have been commanded, and I am the first
of the Muslims."
164. Say: "Shall I seek a lord other than Allah, while He is the Lord of all
things? No person earns any (sin) except against himself (only), and no bearer
of burdens shall bear the burden of another. Then unto your Lord is your return,
so He will tell you that wherein you have been differing."
165. And it is He Who has made you generations coming after generations,
replacing each other on the earth. And He has raised you in ranks, some above
others that He may try you in that which He has bestowed on you. Surely your
Lord is Swift in retribution, and certainly He is OftForgiving, Most Merciful.
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