سورة الأنعام   

Surah Name: Al-An'am Meaning:The Cattle

  • Revealed at Makkah
  • The entire Sarah was revealed at one time during the last year of the Holy Prophet-SW stay at Makkah. It, therefore, sums up the major articles of faith, the unity of Allah-SWT , life beyond life, and the Prophethood together with their practical application to human life. Simultaneously, it rejects the wrong beliefs of the Polytheists, giving answers to their objections-and comforts the Holy Prophet-SW and his Companions-RAU at this most critical juncture, against the reckless persecutions of the non-believers. It ends up with the solemn declaration chosen for the true believers: “Surely my Salaat, my devotion, my life and my death are all for Allah-SWT .

    Excellence in every aspect is attributed to the Creator of the heavens and the earth: of the light and the darkness

  • Total Number of Rukū / Sections 20
  • Total Number of Āyāt / Parts 165
  • Sūrah / Chapter number 6
  • Rukū / Section 20 contains Āyāt / Parts 11
  • Siparah/ Volume 7 & 8

bismillah

وَهَـذَا كِتَابٌ أَنزَلْنَاهُ مُبَارَكٌ فَاتَّبِعُوهُ وَاتَّقُواْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ

Wahatha kitabun anzalnahu mubarakun faittabiAAoohu wa(i)ttaqoo laAAallakum turhamoon(a)

And this is a Book We-SWT have sent down, blessed; follow it then and fear Allah-SWT , that you may be shown Mercy.

(6:155)

أَن تَقُولُواْ إِنَّمَا أُنزِلَ الْكِتَابُ عَلَى طَآئِفَتَيْنِ مِن قَبْلِنَا وَإِن كُنَّا عَن دِرَاسَتِهِمْ لَغَافِلِينَ

An taqooloo innama onzila alkitabu AAala taifatayni min qablina wain kunnaAAan dirasatihim laghafileen(a)

Lest you should say, the Book was only sent down to the two factions before us, and we were in fact unaware of their readings.

(6:156)

أَوْ تَقُولُواْ لَوْ أَنَّا أُنزِلَ عَلَيْنَا الْكِتَابُ لَكُنَّا أَهْدَى مِنْهُمْ فَقَدْ جَاءكُم بَيِّنَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةٌ فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّن كَذَّبَ بِآيَاتِ اللّهِ وَصَدَفَ عَنْهَا سَنَجْزِي الَّذِينَ يَصْدِفُونَ عَنْ آيَاتِنَا سُوءَ الْعَذَابِ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَصْدِفُونَ

Aw taqooloo law anna onzila AAalayna alkitabu lakunna ahda minhum faqad jaakum bayyinatun min rabbikum wahudan warahmatun faman athlamu mimman kaththaba biayati Allahi wasadafa AAanha sanajzee allatheena yasdifoona AAanayatina sooa alAAathabi bima kanoo yasdifoon(a)

Or lest you should say: if only the Book had been sent down to us, we should surely have been better guided than they. So now surely there has come to you evidence from your Rabb-SWT and guidance and a Mercy. Who then does a greater wrong than he who belies the Signs of Allah-SWT and shuns them? Soon We-SWT will requite those who shun Our-SWT Signs with an evil chastisement, inasmuch as they were accustomed to shun them.

(6:157)

هَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلاَّ أَن تَأْتِيهُمُ الْمَلآئِكَةُ أَوْ يَأْتِيَ رَبُّكَ أَوْ يَأْتِيَ بَعْضُ آيَاتِ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَ يَأْتِي بَعْضُ آيَاتِ رَبِّكَ لاَ يَنفَعُ نَفْسًا إِيمَانُهَا لَمْ تَكُنْ آمَنَتْ مِن قَبْلُ أَوْ كَسَبَتْ فِي إِيمَانِهَا خَيْرًا قُلِ انتَظِرُواْ إِنَّا مُنتَظِرُونَ

Hal yanthuroona illa an tatiyahumu almalaikatu aw yatiya rabbuka aw yatiya baAAdu ayati rabbika yawma yatee baAAdu ayati rabbika la yanfaAAu nafsan eemanuha lam takun amanat min qablu aw kasabat fee eemaniha khayran quli intathiroo inna muntathiroon(a)

They await indeed that the angels-AS should come to them or that your--SW Rabb-SWT should come, or that certain of the Signs of your-SW Rabb-SWT should come. On the Day when certain of the Signs of your--SW Rabb will come, belief will not avail any person who had not believed before or had not earned any good by his belief. Say you--SW : well, wait and we also are waiting.

(6:158)

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ فَرَّقُواْ دِينَهُمْ وَكَانُواْ شِيَعًا لَّسْتَ مِنْهُمْ فِي شَيْءٍ إِنَّمَا أَمْرُهُمْ إِلَى اللّهِ ثُمَّ يُنَبِّئُهُم بِمَا كَانُواْ يَفْعَلُونَ

Inna allatheena farraqoo deenahum wakanoo shiyaAAan lasta minhum fee shayin innama amruhum ila Allahi thumma yunabbiohum bima kanoo yafAAaloon(a)

Assuredly, those who have split their religion and become sects, you are not amongst them in anything: their affair is only with Allah-SWT . Then He-SWT will declare to them what they used to do.

(6:159)

مَن جَاء بِالْحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُ عَشْرُ أَمْثَالِهَا وَمَن جَاء بِالسَّيِّئَةِ فَلاَ يُجْزَى إِلاَّ مِثْلَهَا وَهُمْ لاَ يُظْلَمُونَ

Man jaa bi(a)lhasanati falahu AAashru amthaliha waman jaa bi(al)ssayyiati fala yujzailla mithlaha wahum la yuthlamoon(a)

Whoever will come with a virtue, for him there shall be ten like thereof, and whoever will come with vice shall not be requited save with the like thereof, and they shall not be wronged.

(6:160)

قُلْ إِنَّنِي هَدَانِي رَبِّي إِلَى صِرَاطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ دِينًا قِيَمًا مِّلَّةَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَنِيفًا وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ

Qul innanee hadanee rabbee ila siratin mustaqeemin deenan qiyaman millata ibraheema haneefan wama kana mina almushrikeen(a)

Say you--SW : as for me, my Rabb-SWT has guided me to a straight path, a right religion, the faith of Ibrahim--AS, the upright, and he was not of the polytheists.

(6:161)

قُلْ إِنَّ صَلاَتِي وَنُسُكِي وَمَحْيَايَ وَمَمَاتِي لِلّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

Qul inna Salāt ee wanusukee wamahyaya wamamatee lillahi rabbi alAAalameen(a)

Say you--SW : surely my Salāt and my rites and my life and my death are all for Allah-SWT , Rabb-SWT of the worlds.

(6:162)

لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَبِذَلِكَ أُمِرْتُ وَأَنَاْ أَوَّلُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ

La shareeka lahu wabithalika omirtu waana awwalu almuslimeen(a)

No associate has He-SWT . To this I am bidden, and I am the first of the Muslims.

(6:163)

قُلْ أَغَيْرَ اللّهِ أَبْغِي رَبًّا وَهُوَ رَبُّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَلاَ تَكْسِبُ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ إِلاَّ عَلَيْهَا وَلاَ تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَى ثُمَّ إِلَى رَبِّكُم مَّرْجِعُكُمْ فَيُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمْ فِيهِ تَخْتَلِفُونَ

Qul aghayra Allahi abghee rabban wahuwa rabbu kulli shayin wala taksibu kullu nafsin illa AAalayha wala taziru waziratun wizra okhra thumma ila rabbikum marjiAAukum fayunabbiokum bima kuntum feehi takhtalifoon(a)

Say you--SW : shall I seek a Rabb-SWT , other than Allah-SWT , while He-SWT is the Rabb-SWT of everything? And no person earns anything save against himself, and no bearer of burden shall bear another's burden. Thereafter, to your Rabb-SWT shall be your return and He-SWT shall declare to you that concerning which you have been disputing.

(6:164)

وَهُوَ الَّذِي جَعَلَكُمْ خَلاَئِفَ الأَرْضِ وَرَفَعَ بَعْضَكُمْ فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ دَرَجَاتٍ لِّيَبْلُوَكُمْ فِي مَا آتَاكُمْ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ سَرِيعُ الْعِقَابِ وَإِنَّهُ لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

Wahuwa allathee jaAAalakum khalaifa alardi warafaAAa baAAdakum fawqa baAAdin darajatin liyabluwakum fee ma atakum inna rabbaka sareeAAu alAAiqabi wainnahu laghafoorun raheem(un)

And He-SWT it is Who has made you vicegerents in the earth, and has raised some of you over others in degrees, that He-SWT might try you in what He-SWT has bestowed on you. Surely Swift is your Rabb-SWT in retribution, and surely He-SWT is Forgiving, Merciful.

(6:165)

In The Name of Allah-SWT the Most Gracious, The Most Merciful
SECRETS OF REVELATION:

Allah-SWT has revealed the Qurān replete with blessings. The era of all the preceding Scriptures is over. Though they are not to be denied being Divine Revelations, yet they will no longer be practised. Now the blessings can be received only by following the Qurān. The believers must appreciate the Greatness of Allaah-SWT so as to receive His-SWT Mercy and Forgiveness. Now they can not say that the Divine Books had only been revealed unto the Jews and the Christians, which were beyond their comprehension because of the language or interpolation. Nor can they say that if only they were blessed with a Divine Book they would rightfully follow it. For Allah-SWT's Revelation, full of logic and clarity, with correct answers to all possible questions of life, has been sent unto them and is a major source of attaining Allah-SWT's Favours.

 

It validates its own self and has guidance for the entire mankind through all Ages to come. And it is a treasure of Divine Mercy. Now whoever turns away from this Book is indeed the worst kind of transgressor. Beware that all those who are denying it are only planning for their own destruction and will soon be seized by a terrible doom. May Allaah-SWT protect us!

 

The Finality of Prophethood

The raising of Prophet Muhammad-SW and the Revelation of the Qurān carry so many Signs that there is no room for any new evidence. The unfortunate people who still waver may be waiting for the Day of Judgement. In other words, from the raising of the Holy Prophet-SW until the Last Day no other Prophet-AS or Divine Book shall be sent. Those who fail to believe in him-SW will either witness the angels--AS and the secrets of Barzakh at the hour of death or on the Day of Resurrection, when Paradise and Hell will be brought nigh and the Almighty Allah-SWT will manifest Himself. If the non believers decide to believe at this juncture it would be of no avail. No one can dare to refute when all the realities will be laid bare under everyone's observation. It was in this world that they, using their intellect and wisdom, should have opted for the obedience of Allah-SWT and His-SWT Prophet-SW, by placing full trust in the Message conveyed by the latter. Now that the death has lifted the veils and mankind has reached the site of Resurrection, there is no room for repudiation. We believe that Allah-SWT will reveal Himself on that Day; but how, is beyond our comprehension. Having faith in this fact is imperative while any argument in its nature is forbidden.

 

It is also clear that the time to repent is over once the Hereafter is revealed or some of its Signs are manifested in this world. Among these is the rising of the sun from the West. When the cycle of the systems of the Universe will be reversed and the door to repentance closed. The Holy Prophet-SW has recounted a number of symbolic events which will appear before the Doomsday. However, once the sun rises from the West, the door to repentance would be closed forever. Only that faith will be of any avail, which is embraced before the sun rises from the West; and only those righteous deeds will be acceptable, which are done before this event. Because if after witnessing the Signs someone accepts the faith, it is not out of his trust in the Holy Prophet-SW but because what he sees, leaves no room for denial. The same rules apply once the shadows of death overtake a person. So O' Prophet-SW! Tell the non believers to wait, while you-SW are also waiting. The magnanimity of your-SW Message and the consequences of their denial will be manifest when the Appointed Hour is struck!

 

It was revealed to the Holy Prophet-SW that people who had split into groups in the matter of Dīn were none of his-SW concern. The clearest examples are the Jews, the Christians and the polytheists who invented rituals and gave these the religious sanctity. Since these rituals were based on human choice which obviously varies from person to person, so the like minded got together to form religious groups. All such factions were far removed from the true religion, and therefore, the Holy Prophet-SW had nothing to do with them. The Qurān uses the word Shi'ah for such misguided groups. It is, therefore, not proper to assume that Hadhrat Ali-RAU had created such a group and named it Shi'an-e-'Ali.

 

The Agony of Bid'ah

This is not only true of the nations gone by but also for the Muslims, who concoct and opt to follow their own opinions concerning the fundamentals of Islam, contrary to the Sunnah of the Holy Prophet-SW and the practice of the Companions-RAU. In a lesser degree are those who practise Bid'ah in the hope of earning reward. All such Bid'atis form groups far away from guidance and as a result are deprived of the Holy Prophet-SW’s affection. It is indeed such an agony that nothing worse can even be imagined. However, in the interpretation of Divine Injunctions within the frame work of Shari'ah, a sincere difference of opinion is a blessing, because due to such discourse, an Injunction is highlighted for practical purposes. But to discard the opinion of our pious precursors for ulterior motives in order to attain fame or funds is indeed futile and amounts to deprivation. Those who do so are accursed by the Holy Prophet-SW, Allaah-SWT shall deal with such people directly when they face Him-SWT , with their sheet of conduct exposed.

 

Yet, His-SWT Mercy is so vast that for every good the reward is at least ten times greater or even more, as much as He-SWT pleases. It must be noted that every action taken in obedience to the Holy Prophet-SW is a noble act, be it a personal, domestic, social, national or an international issue. To prove its merit, it must be endorsed by the Sunnah of the Holy Prophet-SW. Only then will it earn a reward ten times greater. And the sinner will get a punishment proportionate to his crime. No one will be wronged whereby his virtue goes unrewarded or an evil is requited disproportionately.

 

O' Prophet-SW! Tell the people that Allaah-SWT has guided you to the straight path by revealing the best way of leading the life. From the beliefs to the practices of life right until death, He-SWT has imparted the most appropriate way of doing things, as expected of Him-SWT as the Rabb. Life is a combination of the physical body and the Rūh. A human being applies his mind and intellect in order to maintain his existence, but Rūh is neither visible nor discernable. Thus it is quite possible, that while fulfilling the needs of the physical body, one ends up destroying the Rūh. Allaah-SWT is not only the Creator of our physical selves but also of the Rūh. The Code of Life revealed to the Holy Prophet-SW caters for the requirements of the physical body in such a beautiful manner that it automatically provides means for spiritual uplift. This is the most comprehensive and Allah-SWT's favourite Path, which was also the path of Prophet Ibrāhīm-AS. The term Millat-e-lbrahīm does not suggest the subordination of the Shari'ah of Prophet Muhammad-SW to that of Prophet Ibrahīm's-AS but reflects that the aim of both Prophets-AS was the same. The Shari’ah of Prophet Muhammad-SW aims at the same purpose for which Prophet Ibrahīm-AS struggled all his life. The Christians, the Jews and the polytheists of Arabia, who claim to be followers of Prophet Ibrahīm-AS are all liars, because he never indulged in polytheism and was amongst those who walked straight on the path of Allah-SWT .

 

O' Prophet-SW! Tell them that your-SW physical and fiscal worship, your life and your-SW death are all for Allah-SWT , Who-SWT is the Creator and the Owner of the entire universe. He-SWT provides for everyone and is the Maintainer of all; no one can ever be His-SWT partner in any way. No one can dare to speak before Him-SWT . And that you-SW have been told to obey, and you-SW are the first of the believers. You-SW are also the first to receive the Divine Revelation. The world witnessed how on the entire face of earth a single soul ardently obeyed his Creator, and challenged the prevalent darkness of evil and disbelief, that its days had been numbered as he had been raised to enlighten the hearts of mankind with Divine Refulgence. Also in terms of spiritual states the Holy Prophet-SW the highest amongst the mankind and the level of faith he-SW enjoys is only his lot. Chronologically also he-SW is the first amongst the believers. Given this singular honour how could the Holy Prophet-SW look to anyone else for the fulfilment of his needs? Is it then possible that he may expect anything from anyone save Allah-SWT , whether out of hope or fear? Certainly not! For Allah-SWT is the Supreme Being while all the rest is His-SWT creation. He-SWT Alone is the Rabb of everyone; so how can anyone else be taken as the centre of all hopes?

 

And also remember that every sinner will be held accountable for his actions. The priests and the religious mentors, who assure people that they may do anything they like as they would intercede for them, are only beguiling them. They will never share their burden of sins nor can anyone share anyone's burden. The Jews and Christians enjoy this nonsense to date, in that their religious leaders charge fees for warding off their sins. Today this disease has even creped into the Muslims and the so called saints receive offerings from their disciples in return of approving their unlawful practices. But O' people! Do not forget that you will not be accountable before these saints in the Hereafter, but before Allah-SWT Who is so Powerful that He-SWT would bring forth your forgotten sins, as He-SWT knows everything that you have done. You will then realize what disputing in the matters of Dīn meant, whether such feuds are self fabricated or induced by your religious chieftains.

 

O' people! Don't you realise that you are not the first to inhabit this earth? There had been people before, whom you have succeeded. Allah-SWT has placed various categories in you. Some of you are lettered, others illiterate; some are servants while others are the rulers; and this classification is only a trial to see how you meet your responsibilities. Soon you too will have to leave only to be followed by another generation. This is the Master Plan of Allah-SWT , the Only Rabb-SWT , while all the rest are His-SWT creation.

 

Remember that if Allah-SWT plans to inflict punishment, it does not take him long to do so, but He-SWT is extremely Beneficent and Merciful and people must make use of the respite given to them. They must repent, so that He-SWT may overlook their sins, and obey Him-SWT so that He-SWT may shower His-SWT Mercy on them!

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