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SURAH-6

AL-ANAM

This Makkan Surah was revealed in a single visitation, with possible exception of few verses, in the last year of Prophet’s stay at Makkah i.e. one year before his migration to Al-Madinah. And it is reported to have been dictated by the Prophet to his scribes in the evening of the same day. The Surah derives its name from a word “Anam” in verse 136, repeated in verses 138 and 139, where cattle have been mentioned in connection with certain superstitious practices of the pagans. This Surah comprises 165 verses.

The gist of the teachings of this Surah is given as under:

Polytheism or ascribing partners to Allah is rejected. Idolatrous practices and superstitions are condemned.

Doctrine of Divine unity in all its purity is established and Oneness of God and His uniqueness of attributes is stressed.

Description of Allah is not possible as no human vision can comprehend him.

Life after death and Day of Judgement emphasized.

Answers to the objections made against the Prophet and his mission are provided.

Prophet is mortal as other human beings are and he does not possess any supernatural powers. He only follows that which is revealed to him.

Prophet has been consoled and told about the ultimate triumph of Truth when he had lost all hope about the success of his mission. Admonitions, warnings and threats are given to disbelievers to give up their opposition to the Prophet and his mission.

Commandments: Do not ascribe partners to Allah; do good to parents; slay not your children due to poverty; do not draw near to lewd things; do not kill anyone except in the course of justice; approach not the wealth of orphan; give full measure and full weight; do justice even if it be against your kinsman; fulfill the covenant of Allah, and follow His right path. (verses 151-153)

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Man has been made caliph in the earth by God (verse 165).

The ultimate purpose of the life of a Prophet and an ordinary believer is to declare: My prayer, my sacrifice, my living and my dying are all for Allah, the Lord of the worlds (verse 162).

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Lesson-79 : Attitude of Disbelievers

In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the

Most Merciful. 1. All praise is for Allah Who has created the heavens and the earth, and made the darkness and the light; yet those who disbelieve ascribe rivals to their Lord.

2. He it is Who has created you from clay, and has decreed a term (of life) for you. And there is with him another fixed term (for your resurrection), yet you doubt about it. 3. He is Allah (the One and only God) in the heavens and the earth. He knows what you hide and what you disclose, and He knows what you earn. 4. Never came there unto them a revelation from the revelations of their Lord but they did turn away from it.

5. And they indeed rejected the truth when it came to them but soon there would come to them the news of that which they used to deride.

6. Do they not see how many a nation We have destroyed before them whom We had established in the earth more firmly than We have established you? And We sent down for them abundant rain from the sky, and made the rivers flow beneath them. Yet We destroyed them for their sins, and created after them another generation.

7. Even if (O Muhammad) We had sent down to you a Book written on paper, so that they could have touched it with their own hands, still those who disbelieve would have said: This is nothing but clear magic.

8. And they say: Why has not an angel been sent down with him? Had We sent down an angel, then the matter would have been judged, and no respite would have been granted to them. 9. And had We appointed it an angel We certainly had made him a man and thus involved them in the same confusion in which they are at present.

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10. Messengers have been ridiculed before you (O Muhammad), but those who scoffed were (ultimately) surrounded by the very thing that they used to mock at. 11. Say (O Muhammad, to the disbelievers): Travel in the land, and see what was the end of those who rejected (the truth).

12. Say: To whom belongs whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth? Say: To Allah. He has prescribed mercy for Himself. He will definitely bring you all together to the Day of Resurrection about which there is no doubt. Yet those who have ruined their own souls will not believe. 13. And to Him belongs whatsoever rests in the night and the day. And He is the Hearer, the Knower.

14. Say: Should I take as my protecting friend anyone other than Allah, the Originator of the heavens and the earth, Who feeds and is never fed? Say: I have indeed been commanded to be the first to submit to Him (as Muslim). And be not you (O Muhammad) of the polytheists. 15. Say: I fear, if I rebel against my Lord, the torment of an Awful Day.

16. He from whom the torment is averted on that day, has indeed been blessed with Allah’s mercy. And that is clear success.

Lesson-80 : Polytheists on the Judgment Day 17. If Allah touches you with a harm, none can remove it save Him; and if He touches you with good (then none can impair it) for He has power over all things. 18. And He is the Supreme Authority over His slaves; and He is the Wise, the Knower.

19. Ask them (O Muhammad): Whose testimony is the most weighty? (When they say, Allah’s, then) say: Allah is witness between me and you, and this Quran has been revealed to me so that I may warn you thereby and all those whom it may reach. Do you truly bear witness that there are

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other gods besides Allah? Say: I do not bear witness. Say further: He is the Only One God and I am absolutely disgusted with all that you associate with Him. 20. Those to whom We have given the Scripture recognize him (Muhammad) as they recognize their own sons. But those who ruin their own souls will never believe.

21. And who does more wrong than he who invents a lie against Allah or rejects His revelations. Surely, the wrong-doers will never be successful. 22. And on the Day, when We shall gather them all together, We shall ask those who ascribed partners (to Allah): Where are your partners whom you used to ascribed (to Allah)? 23. They will have no contention save that they will say: By Allah, our Lord, we were not those who ascribed partners. 24. See how they lie against themselves and how the thing (the false deities) they devised has failed them.

25. And of them there are some who listen to you, but We have put veils upon their hearts and deafness in their ears so they understand it not. And if they see every sign, they will not believe therein. So much so, when they come to you, they argue with you: the disbelievers say: these are nothing but the tales of the people of old times.

26. And they prevent others from it (the Quran) and they themselves keep away from it. And they ruin none save themselves, but they perceive it not. 27. If you could but see when they will be made to stand before the Hell-fire, they will say: Oh, would that we could return (to the world); then we would not deny the revelations of our Lord, and we would be of the believers!

28. Nay, but (the fact is) that what they used to hide has been disclosed to them. And if they were sent back (to the world), they would certainly repeat that which they had been forbidden to do. And they are liars indeed. 29. And they say: There is no other life except our life of this world, and we will never be raised (to life again).

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30. Would that you could see when they will be made to stand before their Lord; He will say: Is not this the truth? They will say: Yes, by our Lord! He will say: taste now the torment for that you used to disbelieve.

Lesson-81 : Pagans will not believe 31. Those people who denied their meeting with Allah are certainly losers. When the hour (of Doomsday) will suddenly come on them, they will exclaim: Alas for us that we gave no thought to it! And they will bear their burdens upon their backs, evil indeed is that which they bear.

32. And the life of this world is nothing but a pastime and a sport, while the abode of the Hereafter is far better for those who are God-fearing. Have you then no sense? 33. We know it well that what they say grieves you (O, Muhammad); it is not you that they deny, but it is the verses of Allah that the wrongdoers in fact deny. 34. Messengers indeed were denied before you, but they patiently bore with the denial and the persecution till Our help reached them. And none can alter the words (decisions) of Allah. And the news of (what happened to) the messengers has already reached you. 35. And if their aversion is hard on you, then seek, if you can, a tunnel in the ground or a ladder to the sky that you may bring to them a sign (to convince them)! And (remember) if Allah had willed, He could have gathered them all together to guidance. So you should not be one of the ignorant ones.

36. It is only those who listen (to what you say O Muhammad), will accept. But as for the dead, Allah will raise them up (on the Day of Judgment), then to Him they will be returned.

37. They say: Why has no sign (or miracle) been sent down upon him from his Lord? Say: Surely, Allah is Able to send down a sign (if He desires), but most of them know not.

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38. There is not an animal that walks on the earth, nor a bird that flies on two wings; but they too are communities like you. We have neglected nothing in the Book (of decrees); then unto their Lord they will be gathered.

39. Those who reject our revelations are deaf and dumb in the darkness. Whom Allah wills, He sends him astray, and whom He wills, He places him on right path.

40. Say (O Muhammad to them): You see! if Allah’s punishment comes upon you or the Hour comes upon you, would you then call upon (for help) anyone other than Allah? Answer that if you are truthful.

41. Nay! To Him alone you call, and, if He pleases, He would remove that (hardship) for which you called upon Him; and you forget whatever partners you used to ascribe to Him. 42. We indeed sent messengers to many a nation before you (O Muhammad), and We afflicted them with suffering and adversity in order that they might learn humility. 43. Why did they not humble themselves when Our torment reached them? But, instead, their hearts became hardened, and the Satan made fair-seeming to them all that they used to do. 44. So, when they forgot that whereof they had been reminded, We opened to them the gates of all (luxurious) things. But just as they were enjoying what they had been given, We suddenly seized them, and lo, they were dumbfounded.

45. Thus the roots of those people were cut off who had done wrong! And all praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds.

Lesson-82 : Instructions to the Prophet 46. Say (to the disbelievers): Have you ever thought, if Allah takes away your hearing and your sight and seals your hearts, is there any god other than Allah who could restore these things to you? See how We repeat the revelations, even then they turn away?

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47. Say: Have you imagined, if the punishment of Allah comes to you suddenly or openly, would any be destroyed save the wrongdoing people?

48. And We send not the messengers save as bearers of glad tidings and warners. So whosoever believes and reforms (his conduct); there shall no fear come upon such (persons), nor shall they grieve.

49. And those who reject our revelations, torment will afflict them as they used to disobey.

50. Say (O Muhammad): I do not tell you that I possess the treasures of Allah, nor that I have the knowledge of the unseen, nor I say to you that I am an angel. I only follow that which is revealed to me. Say: Are the blind and the seer equal? Will you not then take thought?

51. And warn with this (Quran) those who fear that they will be gathered before their Lord, when there will be no protecting friend nor intercessor for them beside Him, so that they may fear Allah. 52. And do not drive away those who call upon their Lord in the morning and evening seeking His pleasure. You are not accountable for their deeds at all, nor are they accountable for your deeds. So if you drive them away, you will then become one of the wrong-doers.

53. And that is how We try some of them by others so that they should say: Are these they whom Allah has favoured among us? Does not Allah know best those who are grateful? 54. When those who believe in Our revelations come to you, say (to them): Peace be on you. Your Lord has written mercy for Himself, so that, if any of you does evil because of ignorance, and thereafter repents and amends (his conduct), then surely, He is Forgiving, Merciful.

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55. Thus do We explain the revelations in detail that the way of the criminals may become manifest. 56. Say: I have been forbidden to worship those whom you call besides Allah. Say: I will not follow your desires; for, if I do, I will go astray and I will not be of the rightly guided.

57. Say: I am on clear proof from my Lord, while you deny it. I have not that with me for which you are impatient. The decision is for Allah only. He tells the truth and He is the Best of Deciders.

58. Say: If I had that with me for which you are impatient, then the matter would have been already decided between me and you. And Allah knows best the wrongdoers. 59. And with Him are the keys of the unseen; none knows them but He. And He knows what is in the land and the sea. And not a leaf falls but He knows it, not a grain is there in the darkness of the earth, nor anything wet or dry but is written in a clear record.

60. It is He Who takes your souls in the night (during sleep) and knows that which you do in the day. Then He raises you again to life therein, that the term prescribed for you may be accomplished. And afterward to Him is your return. Then He would inform you of what you used to do.

Lesson-83 : Address to the Polytheists 61. He (Allah) is the Supreme over His slaves, and He sends guardians (angels) over you. So much so that when death comes unto one of you, Our messengers (angels of death) take his soul and they neglect not (their duty).

62. Then they are brought back to Allah, their real Master. Surely, His is the judgment, and He is the swiftest in taking account.

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63. Ask (them): Who delivers you from the darkness of the land and the sea? You call upon Him humbly and secretly (saying): If He saves us from this (danger), we truly will be of the grateful.

64. Tell (them): Allah delivers you from this and from all other affliction, and yet you attribute partners to Him.

65. Say: He is able to send punishment on you from above you or from under your feet, or to bewilder you with split into factions, and make you taste the violence of one another. See how We repeat the revelations so that they may understand.

66. But your people (O Muhammad) have rejected it (the Quran) though it is the very truth. Say: I have not been appointed caretaker over you. 67. For every news there is an appointed term and you will soon come to know. 68. When you see those who engage in nonsensical talk about Our revelations, withdraw from them till they turn to another topic. And if the Satan makes you to forget, then sit not, after the remembrance, in the company of the wrong-doers.

69. Those who are pious, they are not accountable for them (i.e. the wrongdoers) in aught, but (their duty is) to remind them that they may refrain from evil. 70. And leave aside those who take their religion as play and amusement, and whom the life of the world has deceived. But keep on reminding them with it (the Quran) lest a person be destroyed by what he has earned. He will have no friend nor intercessor for himself beside Allah, and though he offers every ransom it will not be accepted from him. They are the people who are damned because of that which they earned. For them is drink of boiling water and painful doom because they disbelieved.

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71. Say: Should we call, instead of Allah, on that which can neither profit us nor harm us? And should we turn upon our heels after Allah has guided us, like one whom the devils have misled to wander around in the earth, while his companions are calling him to guidance saying: come to us. Tell them (O Muhammad): Verily, Allah’s Guidance is the only guidance. And we are commanded to surrender to the Lord of the worlds.

72. And to establish prayer and fear Him. And that it is He unto Whom you shall be gathered.

73. And He it is Who created the heavens and the earth in truth. And on the Day (of Resurrection) He will say: ‘Be’! And it shall become. His word is the Truth, and His will be the Sovereignty on the Day when the Trumpet is blown. He is the Knower of the unseen and the seen. And He is the Wise, the Aware.

Lesson-84 : Abraham’s argument for unity of God 74. And (remember) when Abraham said unto his father Azar: Do you take idols as gods? Surely, I see you and your people in manifest error.

75. And thus did We show Abraham the kingdom of the heavens and the earth that he may be one of those who are firm believers.

76. When the night covered him with darkness, he saw a star. He said: This is my Lord. But when it set, he said: I love not those who set.

77. And when he saw the moon shining, he said: This is my Lord. But when it set, he said. If my Lord does not guide me, I shall be certainly among those people who are astray. 78. And when he saw the sun more brightly shining, he said: This is my Lord. This is greater. But when it also set, he exclaimed: O my people! I am surely free from all that you associate with Allah.

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