Al-Anaam The cattle
Chapter 6 Al-Anaam 165 verses, Mecca
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 Quran and Muhammad SAW) 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 SAW) 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 SAW).
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 SAW): "Travel in the land and see what was the end of those who rejected
truth."
12. Say (O Muhammad SAW): "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 SAW 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 SAW): "Shall I take as a Walee (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 SAW) of the Mushrikoon (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 SAW): "What thing is the most great in witness?" Say: "Allah (the Most Great!)
is Witness between me and you; this Quran 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
SAW as a Messenger of Allah, and they also know that there is no Ilah (God) but Allah and Islam is
Allahs Religion), as they recognize their own sons. Those who destroy themselves will not believe.
(Tafsir At-Tabaree)
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 Zalimoon (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 SAW) 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 AlMuttaqoon (the pious - see V.2:2). Will you not then understand?
33. We know indeed the grief which their words cause you (O Muhammad SAW): it is not you that they
deny, but it is the Verses (the Quran) of Allah that the Zalimoon (polytheists and wrongdoers) deny.
34. Verily, (many) Messengers were denied before you (O Muhammad SAW), 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 SAW 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-Jahiloon (the ignorant).
36. It is only those who listen (to the Message of Prophet Muhammad SAW), 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 SAW): "Tell me if Allahs 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 SAW). 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 Alameen (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 Zalimoon (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 SAW).
(Tafsir Al-Qurtubee).
50. Say (O Muhammad SAW): "I dont 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 Quran) 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 Zalimoon (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 Mujrimoon (criminals, polytheists, sinners), may become manifest.
56. Say (O Muhammad SAW): "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 SAW): "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 Zalimoon (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 ones 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 SAW): "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 SAW): "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 SAW) have denied it (the Quran) 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 SAW) see those who engage in a false conversation about Our Verses
(of the Quran) 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 Zalimoon (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
Quran). (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 Quran) 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 SAW): "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, Allahs Guidance is the only
guidance, and we have been commanded to submit (ourselves) to the Lord of the Alameen (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-Mushrikoon (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 Yaqoob (Jacob), each of them We guided, and
before him, We guided Nooh (Noah), and among his progeny Dawood (David), Sulaiman (Solomon),
Ayub (Job), Yoosuf (Joseph), Moosa (Moses), and Haroon (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 Ismail (Ishmael) and Al-Yasa (Elisha), and Yoonus (Jonah) and Lout (Lot), and each one of
them We preferred above the Alameen (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 SAW) 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 Quran). It is only a reminder for the Alameen (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 SAW): "Who then sent down the Book which Moosa (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 SAW), were
taught (through the Quran) that which neither you nor your fathers knew." Say: "Allah (sent it down)."
Then leave them to play in their vain discussions. (Tafsir Al-Qurtubee, Vol.7, Page 37).
92. And this (the Quran) 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 Quran), 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 Zalimoon (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 mothers wombs) and a place of storage (in the earth (in your graves) or in your
fathers loins). Indeed, We have explained in detail Our revelations (this Quran) 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 Wakeel (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 SAW) 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 Quran 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 SAW) from your Lord, La ilaha illa Huwa
(none has the right to be worshipped but He) and turn aside from Al-Mushrikoon.
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 SAW)) "Shall I seek a judge other than Allah while it is He Who has sent
down unto you the Book (The Quran), 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 Allahs 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 Allahs 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 Allahs 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 Allahs 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 Mushrikoon
(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 Quran 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 Walee (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 Zalimoon (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 SAW): "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 Zalimoon (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 (Allahs socalled) partners." But the share of
their (Allahs socalled) "partners" reaches not Allah, while the share of Allah reaches their (Allahs
socalled) "partners"! Evil is the way they judge!
137. And so to many of the Mushrikoon (polytheists - see V.2:105) their (Allahs 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 AtTabaree, 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 Allahs Orders
1/10th or 1/20th) on the day of its harvest, and waste not by extravagance. Verily, He likes not Al-
Musrifoon (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 Zalimoon (polytheists and wrongdoers, etc.)."
145. Say (O Muhammad SAW): "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 Allahs 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 SAW) say you: "Your Lord is the Owner of Vast Mercy, and
never will His Wrath be turned back from the people who are Mujrimoon (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 Allahs
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 SAW) 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 SAW): "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 orphans 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. Allahs 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-Muttaqoon (the pious - see V.2:2)."
154. Then, We gave Moosa (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 Quran) 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
Quran) 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 SAW) 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 SAW) 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 SAW) shall
have only the recompense of the like thereof, and they will not be wronged.
161. Say (O Muhammad SAW): "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-Mushrikoon (see V.2:105)."
162. Say (O Muhammad SAW): "Verily, my Salat (prayer), my sacrifice, my living, and my dying are
for Allah, the Lord of the Alameen (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 Oft-Forgiving, Most
Merciful.
Chapter 6 Al-Anaam 165 verses, Mecca
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 Quran and Muhammad SAW) 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 SAW) 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 SAW).
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 SAW): "Travel in the land and see what was the end of those who rejected
truth."
12. Say (O Muhammad SAW): "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 SAW 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 SAW): "Shall I take as a Walee (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 SAW) of the Mushrikoon (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 SAW): "What thing is the most great in witness?" Say: "Allah (the Most Great!)
is Witness between me and you; this Quran 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
SAW as a Messenger of Allah, and they also know that there is no Ilah (God) but Allah and Islam is
Allahs Religion), as they recognize their own sons. Those who destroy themselves will not believe.
(Tafsir At-Tabaree)
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 Zalimoon (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 SAW) 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 AlMuttaqoon (the pious - see V.2:2). Will you not then understand?
33. We know indeed the grief which their words cause you (O Muhammad SAW): it is not you that they
deny, but it is the Verses (the Quran) of Allah that the Zalimoon (polytheists and wrongdoers) deny.
34. Verily, (many) Messengers were denied before you (O Muhammad SAW), 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 SAW 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-Jahiloon (the ignorant).
36. It is only those who listen (to the Message of Prophet Muhammad SAW), 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 SAW): "Tell me if Allahs 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 SAW). 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 Alameen (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 Zalimoon (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 SAW).
(Tafsir Al-Qurtubee).
50. Say (O Muhammad SAW): "I dont 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 Quran) 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 Zalimoon (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 Mujrimoon (criminals, polytheists, sinners), may become manifest.
56. Say (O Muhammad SAW): "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 SAW): "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 Zalimoon (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 ones 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 SAW): "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 SAW): "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 SAW) have denied it (the Quran) 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 SAW) see those who engage in a false conversation about Our Verses
(of the Quran) 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 Zalimoon (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
Quran). (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 Quran) 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 SAW): "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, Allahs Guidance is the only
guidance, and we have been commanded to submit (ourselves) to the Lord of the Alameen (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-Mushrikoon (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 Yaqoob (Jacob), each of them We guided, and
before him, We guided Nooh (Noah), and among his progeny Dawood (David), Sulaiman (Solomon),
Ayub (Job), Yoosuf (Joseph), Moosa (Moses), and Haroon (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 Ismail (Ishmael) and Al-Yasa (Elisha), and Yoonus (Jonah) and Lout (Lot), and each one of
them We preferred above the Alameen (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 SAW) 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 Quran). It is only a reminder for the Alameen (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 SAW): "Who then sent down the Book which Moosa (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 SAW), were
taught (through the Quran) that which neither you nor your fathers knew." Say: "Allah (sent it down)."
Then leave them to play in their vain discussions. (Tafsir Al-Qurtubee, Vol.7, Page 37).
92. And this (the Quran) 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 Quran), 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 Zalimoon (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 mothers wombs) and a place of storage (in the earth (in your graves) or in your
fathers loins). Indeed, We have explained in detail Our revelations (this Quran) 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 Wakeel (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 SAW) 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 Quran 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 SAW) from your Lord, La ilaha illa Huwa
(none has the right to be worshipped but He) and turn aside from Al-Mushrikoon.
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 SAW)) "Shall I seek a judge other than Allah while it is He Who has sent
down unto you the Book (The Quran), 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 Allahs 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 Allahs 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 Allahs 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 Allahs 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 Mushrikoon
(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 Quran 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 Walee (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 Zalimoon (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 SAW): "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 Zalimoon (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 (Allahs socalled) partners." But the share of
their (Allahs socalled) "partners" reaches not Allah, while the share of Allah reaches their (Allahs
socalled) "partners"! Evil is the way they judge!
137. And so to many of the Mushrikoon (polytheists - see V.2:105) their (Allahs 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 AtTabaree, 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 Allahs Orders
1/10th or 1/20th) on the day of its harvest, and waste not by extravagance. Verily, He likes not Al-
Musrifoon (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 Zalimoon (polytheists and wrongdoers, etc.)."
145. Say (O Muhammad SAW): "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 Allahs 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 SAW) say you: "Your Lord is the Owner of Vast Mercy, and
never will His Wrath be turned back from the people who are Mujrimoon (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 Allahs
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 SAW) 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 SAW): "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 orphans 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. Allahs 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-Muttaqoon (the pious - see V.2:2)."
154. Then, We gave Moosa (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 Quran) 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
Quran) 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 SAW) 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 SAW) 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 SAW) shall
have only the recompense of the like thereof, and they will not be wronged.
161. Say (O Muhammad SAW): "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-Mushrikoon (see V.2:105)."
162. Say (O Muhammad SAW): "Verily, my Salat (prayer), my sacrifice, my living, and my dying are
for Allah, the Lord of the Alameen (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 Oft-Forgiving, Most
Merciful.