Surah 6. Al-An'am
(Cattle, Livestock)
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
1. Praise to be Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth, and made the darkness
and the light. Yet those who reject Faith hold (others) as equal,
with their Guardian-Lord.
2. He it is created you
from clay, and then decreed a stated term (for you). And there is
in His presence another determined term; yet ye doubt within yourselves!
3. And He is Allah in
the heavens and on earth. He knoweth what ye hide, and what ye reveal,
and He knoweth the (recompense) which ye earn (by your deeds).
4. But never did a single
one of the signs of their Lord reach them, but they turned away
therefrom.
5. And now they reject
the truth when it reaches them: but soon shall they learn the reality
of what they used to mock at.
6. See they not how many
of those before them We did destroy?- generations We had established
on the earth, in strength such as We have not given to you - for
whom We poured out rain from the skies in abundance, and gave (fertile)
streams flowing beneath their (feet): yet for their sins We destroyed
them, and raised in their wake fresh generations (to succeed them).
7. If We had sent unto
thee a written (message) on parchment, so that they could touch
it with their hands, the Unbelievers would have been sure to say:
"This is nothing but obvious magic!"
8. They say: "Why is
not an angel sent down to him?" If we did send down an angel, the
matter would be settled at once, and no respite would be granted
them.
9. If We had made it
an angel, We should have sent him as a man, and We should certainly
have caused them confusion in a matter which they have already covered
with confusion.
10. Mocked were (many)
apostles before thee; but their scoffers were hemmed in by the thing
that they mocked.
11. Say: "Travel through
the earth and see what was the end of those who rejected Truth."
12. Say: "To whom belongeth
all that is in the heavens and on earth?" Say: "To Allah. He hath
inscribed for Himself (the rule of) Mercy. That He will gather you
together for the Day of Judgment, there is no doubt whatever. It
is they who have lost their own souls, that will not believe.
13. To him belongeth
all that dwelleth (or lurketh) in the night and the day. For he
is the one who heareth and knoweth all things."
14. Say: "Shall I take
for my protector any other than Allah, the Maker of the heavens
and the earth? And He it is that feedeth but is not fed." Say: "Nay!
but I am commanded to be the first of those who bow to Allah (in
Islam), and be not thou of the company of those who join gods with
Allah."
15. Say: "I would, if
I disobeyed my Lord, indeed have fear of the penalty of a Mighty
Day.
16. "On that day, if
the penalty is averted from any, it is due to Allah.s mercy; And
that would be (Salvation), the obvious fulfilment of all desire.
17. "If Allah touch
thee with affliction, none can remove it but He; if He touch thee
with happiness, He hath power over all things.
18. "He is the irresistible,
(watching) from above over His worshippers; and He is the Wise,
acquainted with all things."
19. Say: "What thing
is most weighty in evidence?" Say: "(Allah) is witness between me
and you; This Qur'an hath been revealed to me by inspiration, that
I may warn you and all whom it reaches. Can ye possibly bear witness
that besides Allah there is another Allah." Say: "Nay! I cannot
bear witness!" Say: "But in truth He is the one Allah, and I truly
am innocent of (your blasphemy of) joining others with Him."
20. Those to whom We
have given the Book know this as they know their own sons. Those
who have lost their own souls refuse therefore to believe.
21. Who doth more wrong
than he who inventeth a lie against Allah or rejecteth His signs?
But verily the wrong-doers never shall prosper.
22. One day shall We
gather them all together: We shall say to those who ascribed partners
(to Us): "Where are the partners whom ye (invented and) talked about?"
23. There will then
be (left) no subterfuge for them but to say: "By Allah our Lord,
we were not those who joined gods with Allah."
24. Behold! how they
lie against their own souls! But the (lie) which they invented will
leave them in the lurch.
25. Of them there are
some who (pretend to) listen to thee; but We have thrown veils on
their hearts, So they understand it not, and deafness in their ears;
if they saw every one of the signs, not they will believe in them;
in so much that when they come to thee, they (but) dispute with
thee; the Unbelievers say: "These are nothing but tales of the ancients."
26. Others they keep
away from it, and themselves they keep away; but they only destroy
their own souls, and they perceive it not.
27. If thou couldst
but see when they are confronted with the Fire! They will say: "Would
that we were but sent back! Then would we not reject the signs of
our Lord, but would be amongst those who believe!"
28. Yea, in their own
(eyes) will become manifest what before they concealed. But if they
were returned, they would certainly relapse to the things they were
forbidden, for they are indeed liars.
29. And they (sometimes)
say: "There is nothing except our life on this earth, and never
shall we be raised up again."
30. If thou couldst
but see when they are confronted with their Lord! He will say: "Is
not this the truth?" They will say: "Yea, by our Lord!" He will
say: "Taste ye then the penalty, because ye rejected Faith."
31. Lost indeed are
they who treat it as a falsehood that they must meet Allah,- until
on a sudden the hour is on them, and they say: "Ah! woe unto us
that we took no thought of it"; for they bear their burdens on their
backs, and evil indeed are the burdens that they bear?
32. What is the life
of this world but play and amusement? But best is the home in the
hereafter, for those who are righteous. Will ye not then understand?
33. We know indeed the
grief which their words do cause thee: It is not thee they reject:
it is the signs of Allah, which the wicked contemn.
34. Rejected were the
apostles before thee: with patience and constancy they bore their
rejection and their wrongs, until Our aid did reach them: there
is none that can alter the words (and decrees) of Allah. Already
hast thou received some account of those apostles.
35. If their spurning
is hard on thy mind, yet if thou wert able to seek a tunnel in the
ground or a ladder to the skies and bring them a sign,- (what good?).
If it were Allah.s will, He could gather them together unto true
guidance: so be not thou amongst those who are swayed by ignorance
(and impatience)!
36. Those who listen
(in truth), be sure, will accept: as to the dead, Allah will raise
them up; then will they be turned unto Him.
37. They say: "Why is
not a sign sent down to him from his Lord?" Say: "(Allah) hath certainly
power to send down a sign: but most of them understand not.
38. There is not an
animal (that lives) on the earth, nor a being that flies on its
wings, but (forms part of) communities like you. Nothing have we
omitted from the Book, and they (all) shall be gathered to their
Lord in the end.
39. Those who reject
our sings are deaf and dumb,- in the midst of darkness profound:
whom Allah willeth, He leaveth to wander: whom He willeth, He placeth
on the way that is straight.
40. Say: "Think ye to
yourselves, if there come upon you the wrath of Allah, or the Hour
(that ye dread), would ye then call upon other than Allah.- (reply)
if ye are truthful!
41. "Nay,- On Him would
ye call, and if it be His will, He would remove (the distress) which
occasioned your call upon Him, and ye would forget (the false gods)
which ye join with Him!"
42. Before thee We sent
(apostles) to many nations, and We afflicted the nations with suffering
and adversity, that they might learn humility.
43. When the suffering
reached them from us, why then did they not learn humility? On the
contrary their hearts became hardened, and Satan made their (sinful)
acts seem alluring to them.
44. But when they forgot
the warning they had received, We opened to them the gates of all
(good) things, until, in the midst of their enjoyment of Our gifts,
on a sudden, We called them to account, when lo! they were plunged
in despair!
45. Of the wrong-doers
the last remnant was cut off. Praise be to Allah, the Cherisher
of the worlds.
46. Say: "Think ye,
if Allah took away your hearing and your sight, and sealed up your
hearts, who - a god other than Allah - could restore them to you?"
See how We explain the signs by various (symbols); yet they turn
aside.
47. Say: "Think ye,
if the punishment of Allah comes to you, whether suddenly or openly,
will any be destroyed except those who do wrong?
48. We send the apostles
only to give good news and to warn: so those who believe and mend
(their lives),- upon them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.
49. But those who reject
our signs,- them shall punishment touch, for that they ceased not
from transgressing.
50. Say: "I tell you
not that with me are the treasures of Allah, nor do I know what
is hidden, nor do I tell you I am an angel. I but follow what is
revealed to me." Say: "can the blind be held equal to the seeing?"
Will ye then consider not?