Surah Al Anam (The Cattle)

Surah Al Anam (The Cattle)

سورة الأنعام

165 Verses

In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
165 آية

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

Tafsir of the Verses

{ٱلْحَمْدُ للَّهِ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلأَرْضَ وَجَعَلَ ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ وَٱلنُّورَ ثْمَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِرَبِّهِمْ يَعْدِلُونَ}
{ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ} {ٱلظُّلُمَاتِ}

(1) – الحَمْدُ وَالشُّكْرُ للهِ الذِي خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ وَمَنْ فِيِهِنَّ، وَجَعَلَ الأَرْضَ قَراراً للنَّاسِ، فَهُوَ المُسْتَوْجِبُ لِلْحَمْدِ عَلَى أَنْعُمِهِ عَلَى عِبَادِهِ، وَهُوَ الذِي خَلَقَ ظُلْمَةَ اللَّيْلِ وَنُورَ النَّهَارِ (وَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: المُرادُ بِالظُّلْمَةِ وَالنُّورِ هُنَا الكُفْرُ والإِيْمَانُ)، وَمَعَ وُضُوحِ ذلِكَ لِكُلِّ ذِي بَصِيرَةٍ فَإِنَّ الذِينَ كَفَرُوا يَعْدِلُونَ باللهِ سِوَاهُ مِنَ الأَصْنَامِ وَالأَوْثَانِ وَالكَوَاكِبِ وَالمَخْلُوقَاتِ الأُخْرَى، وَيُسَوُّونَهُمْ بِهِ في العِبَادَةِ، مَعَ أنَّ هؤُلاءِ الأَرْبَابَ والشُّرَكَاءَ لاَ يَمْلِكُونَ لأَنْفُسِهِمْ ضَرّاً وَلا نَفْعاً.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 1
1. All praise and thanks are to Allah Almighty Who created the heavens and earth and everything they contain. He made the earth a dwelling place; it is to Him that all praise should be directed rather than to His creatures. He created the darkness of the night and the light of the day (Ibn Abbas says: “What is meant by darkness and light here are disbelief and belief respectively.”). While all this is clear to anyone with insight, the unbelievers set up statues, idols, planets and other creatures as equal to Him in worship, although these divinities and associates can neither harm nor benefit themselves.
{هُوَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ مِّن طِينٍ ثُمَّ قَضَىۤ أَجَلاً وَأَجَلٌ مُّسَمًّى عِندَهُ ثُمَّ أَنتُمْ تَمْتَرُونَ}
(2) – وَاللهُ تَعَالَى هُوَ الذِي خَلَقَ آدَمَ أَبَا البَشَرِ مِنْ طِينٍ (أَيْ مِنْ تُرَابٍ خَالَطَهُ مَاءٌ)، وَانْتَشَرَ مِنْهُ أَبْنَاؤُهُ فَهُمْ مِنْ سُلاَلَةٍ مِنْ طِينٍ، ثُمَّ قَضَى بِأَنْ يَكُونَ لِكُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَ الخَلْقِ أَجَلٌ مَحْدُودٌ، تَنْتَهِي بِهِ حَيَاتُهُ، وَجَعَلَ لِلخَلائِقِ جَمعياً أَجَلاً تَنْتَهِي بِهِ الحَيَاةُ بِتَمَامِها عَلَى وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ، فَيَبْعَثُهُمُ اللهُ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى. وَيَجْمَعُهُمْ لِلْحِسَابِ، وَقَدِ اختْصَّ اللهُ تَعَالَى نَفْسَهُ الكَرِيمَةَ بِعِلْمِ مَوْعِدِ قِيَامِ السَّاعَةِ (أَجَلٌ مُسَمَّى عِنْدَهُ)، فَلاَ يَعْلَمُهُ غَيْرُهُ، وَمَعَ ذلِكَ فَهُنَاكَ أُنَاسٌ يَشُكُّونَ فِي أَمْرِ السَّاعَةِ.

قَضَى أَجَلاً – قَدَّرَ زَمَاناً مُعَيَّناً لِلْمَوتِ.
أَجَلٌ مُسَمَّى عِنْدَهُ – زَمَنٌ مُعَيَّنٌ لِلْبَعْثِ اسْتَأْثَرَ تَعَالَى بِعِلْمِهِ.
تَمْتَرُونَ – تَشُكُّونَ فِي البَعْثِ أَوْ تُنْكِرُونَهُ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 2
2. It is Allah Almighty Who created Adam, the father of mankind, from clay (soil mixed with water). The sons of Adam who were also from clay then multiplied and spread. Allah Almighty then ordained that all creatures should have a fixed term after which their life on earth comes to an end. Allah Almighty then resurrects them again and assembles them for judgement. Allah Almighty has reserved for His noble Self the knowledge of the date of resurrection. None other knows it. However, there are people who have doubts concerning Resurrection Day.
{وَهُوَ ٱللَّهُ فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَفِي ٱلأَرْضِ يَعْلَمُ سِرَّكُمْ وَجَهْرَكُمْ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا تَكْسِبُونَ}
(3) – وَاللهُ تَعَالَى هُوَ المَعْبُودُ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأرْضِ، يُقِرُّ لَهُ بِالأُلُوهِيَّةِ، طَوْعاً وَكَرْهاً، أَهْلُهُمَا، إِلاَّ مَنْ كَفَرَ مِنَ الإِنْسِ وَالجِنِّ، وَهُوَ يَعْلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ، وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ، وَيَعْلَمُ مَا يَعْمَلُونَ مِنَ الخَيْرِ وَالشَّرِّ، فَيُحْصِيهِ عَلَيْهِمْ لِيُجَازِيَهُمْ بِهِ يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 3
3. It is Allah Almighty who is worshipped by all in heavens and on earth, and whose Divinity they profess out of love or awe. Only those humans and genies who disbelieve are excepted. He knows what His creatures hide or reveal, and He knows all the good and evil that they do. He counts their deeds to judge them accordingly on the Day of Judgement.
{وَمَا تَأْتِيهِم مِّنْ آيَةٍ مِّنْ آيَٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ إِلاَّ كَانُواْ عَنْهَا مُعْرِضِينَ}
{آيَةٍ} {آيَاتِ}

(4) – وَمَا تَنْزِلُ عَلَى المُشْرِكِينَ آيَةٌ مِنْ آيَاتِ القُرْآنِ تَلْفِتُ أَنْظَارَهُمْ إِلَى مَا أَبْدَعَهُ الخَالِقُ مِنْ صُنْعٍ فِي خَلْقِهِ هذا الكَوْنَ، مِمَّا يَدُلُّ عَلَى وَحدَانِيَّتِهِ وَتَفَرُّدِهِ بِالأُلُوهِيَّةِ، وَعَلى صِدْقِ مَا أَرْسَلَ بِهِ الأَنْبِياءَ، إلاَّ أَعْرَضَ عَنْهَا هؤُلاءِ الكَفَرَةُ المُكَذِّبُونَ، اسْتِهزاءً وَاسْتِكْبَاراً غَيْرَ مُتَدَبِّرينَ مَعْنَاها، وَلا مُتَفَكِّرِينَ فِي دَلاَلَتِها.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 4
4. Yet every time a verse from the Holy Quran is revealed to the polytheists drawing their attention to the perfect creation of Allah Almighty in this universe, which proves that He is the One and only Allah Almighty, and also proves the truth of the messages He entrusted to His Prophets to transmit, the denying unbelievers turn away from it mockingly and arrogantly without understanding the meaning or meditating on it significance.
{فَقَدْ كَذَّبُواْ بِٱلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ فَسَوْفَ يَأْتِيهِمْ أَنْبَاءُ مَا كَانُواْ بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ}
{أَنْبَاءُ} {يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ}

(5) – وَبِسَبَبِ إِعْرَاضِهِمْ عَنِ النَّظَرِ فِي الآيَاتِ، وَالتَّفْكُرِ فِيهَا، فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوا بِدِينِ اللهِ الحَقِّ، لَمَّا جَاءَهُمْ بِهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ مُحَمَّدٌ صلى الله عليه وسلم، وَلَمْ يَتَرَيَّثُوا، وَلَمْ يَتَدَبَّرُوا مَا فِيهِ مِنْ خَيْرٍ وَهُدًى، وَسَيَرَوْنَ عَاقِبَةَ التَّكْذِيبِ وَالاسْتِهْزاءِ، حِينَ تَنْزِلُ بِهِمُ العُقُوبَاتُ العَاجِلَةُ، التِي أَشَارَتْ إِلَيْهَا الآيَاتُ: مَنْ نَصْرِ الرَّسُولِ، وَإِظْهَارِ دِينِ اللهِ، وَإِعْزَازِ الإِسْلاَمِ وَأَهْلِهِ…

أَنْبَاءُ – أَخْبَارُ – وَهِيَ هُنَا مَا يَنَالُهُمْ مِنَ العُقُوبَةِ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 5
5. Having turned away from the verses and from meditating on them, they denied the true religion of Allah Almighty when His messenger Mohammad (peace be upon him) revealed it to them. They were too impatient to meditate on the good that it brought or on the instruction in it. They will experience the consequences of their denial and mockery when they are afflicted with the prompt punishment which the verses allude to, notably granting the Messenger victory, establishing Allah Almighty’s religion and strengthening Islam and its followers.
{أَلَمْ يَرَوْاْ كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن قَرْنٍ مَّكَّنَّاهُمْ فِي ٱلأَرْضِ مَا لَمْ نُمَكِّن لَّكُمْ وَأَرْسَلْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ عَلَيْهِم مِّدْرَاراً وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلأَنْهَارَ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهِمْ فَأَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ بِذُنُوبِهِمْ وَأَنْشَأْنَا مِن بَعْدِهِمْ قَرْناً آخَرِينَ}
(6) – أَلَمْ يَعْلَمْ هَؤُلاءِ المُشْرِكُونَ، مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ الذِينَ كَذَّبُوا بِرَسُولِهِمْ، أَنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى أَهْلَكَ أُمَماً كَثِيرَةً كَذَّبَتْ رُسُلَهَا قَبْلَهُمْ؟ وَقَدْ كَانَتْ تِلْكَ الأُمَمُ أَكْثَرَ أَمْوَالاً، وَأَوْلاداً، وَأَشَدَّ بَأْساً، وَأَقْوَى سُلْطَاناً، مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ. وَقَدْ أَرْسَلَ اللهُ المَطَرَ عَلَيْهِمْ مُتَوَالِياً كَثِيراً، وَفَجَّرَ لَهُمُ الأَنْهَارَ لِيَسْتَدْرِجَهُمْ وَيَخْتَبِرَهُمْ بِمَا أَنْعَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَلَمَّا عَصَوْا رَبَّهُمْ أَهْلَكَهُمْ بِسَبَبِ ذُنُوبِهِمْ وَخَطَايَاهُمْ، وَتَنَاسَاهُمُ النَّاسُ، وَخَلَقَ اللهُ أقْوَاماً غَيْرَهُمْ بَعْدَهُمْ لِيَخْتَبِرَهُمْ وَيَبْلُوَهُمْ. فَاحْذَرُوا أَيُّها المُخَاطَبُونَ أَنْ يُصِيبَكُمْ مِثْلُ مَا أَصَابَهُمْ، فَأَنْتُمْ لَسْتُمْ بِأَعَزَّ عَلَى اللهِ مِنْهُمْ، بَلْ أَنْتُمْ أَوْلَى بِالعَذَابِ وَالنَّكَالِ لَوْلاَ لُطْفُ اللهِ وَإِحْسَانُهُ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 6
6. Allah Almighty draws the attention of the unbelieving people of Quraish, who denied the signs of their Lord and His messengers, to the numerous other nations that denied their messengers before them and whom Allah Almighty consequently destroyed after He had installed them on the earth, much more firmly than He had those deniers. He provided them with wealth and children and rendered them mightier in power and established them better on earth than those others. He caused the sky to rain on them continuously and in abundance, and springs and rivers to gush forth from the earth in order to gradually attract them and test them. He then destroyed them for their sins and errors and they were forgotten. He created other peoples in the place of those who had perished to try them. However, they followed the example of their predecessors. Beware, you whom I am addressing, lest you should have the same fate as theirs! You are not dearer to Allah Almighty than they were; you are more deserving of torture and prompt punishment but for the kindness and grace of Allah Almighty.
{وَلَوْ نَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْكَ كِتَٰباً فِي قِرْطَاسٍ فَلَمَسُوهُ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ لَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلاَّ سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ}
{كِتَاباً}

(7) – يُخْبِرُ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَنْ عِنَادِ المُشْرِكِينَ وَتَعَنُّتِهِمْ وَمُكَابَرَتِهِمْ لِلْحَقِّ، فَيَقُولُ تَعَالَى: إِنَّهُ لَوْ أَنْزَلَ عَلَى نَبِيِّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كِتَاباً مَسْطُوراً فِي وَرَقٍ، وَمَا أَشْبَهَهُ مِمَّا يُكْتَبُ عَلَيْهِ (قِرْطَاسٍ)، وَعَايَنُوهُ وَرَأَوا نُزُولَهُ بِأَعْيُنِهِمْ، وَلَمَسُوهُ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ، لَقَالَ الكَافِرُونَ إنَّ هَذا لَسِحْرٌ وَاضِحٌ.

كِتَاباً فِي قِرْطَاسٍ – كِتَاباً مَكْتُوباً فِي وَرَقٍ أَوْ رَقٍّ مِمَّا يُكْتَبُ عَلَيْهِ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 7
7. Allah Almighty speaks of the obduracy of the polytheists, their arrogance and their determination to reject truth. He says that had He sent down to His Messenger a Book written on paper or on parchment and had they touched it with their own hands, or seen it descending with their own eyes, the unbelievers would still have said: “This is clearly nothing but magic.”
{وَقَالُواْ لَوْلاۤ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْهِ مَلَكٌ وَلَوْ أَنزَلْنَا مَلَكاً لَّقُضِيَ ٱلأَمْرُ ثُمَّ لاَ يُنظَرُونَ}
(8) – وَقَالُوا: هَلاَّ أَنْزَلَ اللهُ مَلَكاً عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ، لِيَكُونَ مَعَهُ نَذيراً، لِيَقْتَنِعُوا بِأَنَّ مَا أَنْزَلَ اللهُ عَلَى الرَّسُولِ هُوَ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ حَقّاً وَصِدْقاً.

وَيَرُدُّ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَى هَؤُلاءِ القَائِلِينَ قَائِلاً: إِنَّهُ لَوُ أَنْزَلَ مَلَكاً، كَمَا اقْتَرَحُوا، وَلَمْ يُؤْمِنُوا لَقُضِيَ الأَمْرُ بِإِهْلاَكِهِمْ، ثُمَّ لاَ يُؤَخَّرُونَ وَلاَ يُمْهَلُونَ لِيُؤْمِنُوا، بَلْ يَأْخُذُهُمُ العَذَابُ عَاجِلاً، كَمَا مَضَتْ بِذَلِكَ سُنَّةُ اللهِ فِيمَنْ قَبْلَهُمْ مِنَ المُكَذِّبِينَ.

هَذِهِ الآيَةُ نَزَلَتْ رَدّاً عَلَى عَدَدٍ مِنَ المُشْرِكِينَ قَالُوا لِلنَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بَعْدَ أنْ وَعَظَ النَّاسَ وَأَبْلَغَهُمْ مَا أَمَرَهُ رَبُّهُ بِإِبْلاَغِهِ إِلَيْهِمْ: (لَوْ جَعَلَ مَعَكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ مَلَكٌ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْكَ النَّاسَ، وَيُرى مَعَكَ).

لاَ يُنظَرُونَ – لا يُمْهَلُونَ لَحْظَةً بَعْدَ إِنْزَالِهِ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 8
8. They also say: “Why did not Allah Almighty send down an angel to Mohammad (peace be upon him) to act as herald with him so that we can be convinced that what has been revealed to the Messenger is truly sent by Allah Almighty?” Allah Almighty answers them saying that if He had sent an angel as they had suggested and they would still not believe, and they would have been destroyed and would not have been given a respite to believe. They would have undergone immediate punishment as Allah Almighty had decreed for the previous deniers. This verse was revealed in answer to a number of polytheists who said to the Prophet, after he had warned them and communicated to them what Allah Almighty had ordered him to: “If only Allah Almighty had appointed an angel to accompany you, speak for you to people and be seen with you!”
{وَلَوْ جَعَلْنَٰهُ مَلَكاً لَّجَعَلْنَٰهُ رَجُلاً وَلَلَبَسْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّا يَلْبِسُونَ}
{جَعَلْنَاهُ} {لَّجَعَلْنَاهُ}

(9) – وَلَوْ جَعَلَ اللهُ تَعَالَى الرَّسُولَ مَلَكاً، لَجَعَلَهُ مُتَمَثِّلاً بِصُورَةِ رَجُلٍ مِنَ البَشَرِ، لِيَتَمَكَّنُوا هُمْ مِنْ رُؤْيَتِهِ، وَلِيَتَمَكَّنَ هُوَ مِنْ مُخَاطَبَتِهِمْ وَالحَدِيثِ مَعَهُمْ، لِيُبَلِّغَهُمْ رِسالاتِ رَبِّهِ. وَلَوْ جَعَلَ اللهُ المَلَكَ الرَّسُولَ فِي صُورَةِ البَشَرِ لالْتَبَسَ الأَمْرُ عَلَيْهِم لاعْتِقَادِهِمْ أَنَّهُ بَشَرٌ، لأَِنَّهُمْ لاَ يُدْرِكُونَ مِنْهُ إِلاَّ صُورَتَهُ وَصِفَاتِهِ البَشَرِيَّةَ التِي يَتَمَثَّلُ لَهُمْ بِهَا، كَمَا يَلْتَبِسُ الأَمْرُ عَلَيهِم الآنَ فِي قَبُولِ رَسُولٍ مِنَ البَشَرِ.

لَلَبَسْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ مَا يَلْبِسُونَ – لَخَلَطْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ وَأَشْكَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حِينئِذٍ مَا يَخْلِطُونَ عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِم اليَوْمَ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 9
9. Had Allah Almighty made His messenger an angel, He would have sent him down in the form of a man so that men could see him and he could talk to them and communicate to them his Lord’s message. If Allah Almighty had given a human form to His angel, men would have been as confused as they are now in accepting a human messenger: they would think that he was human because they could only see the human form and characteristics which he appears to have.
{وَلَقَدِ ٱسْتُهْزِىءَ بِرُسُلٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَحَاقَ بِٱلَّذِينَ سَخِرُواْ مِنْهُمْ مَّا كَانُواْ بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ}
{يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ}

(10) – ويُسَلِّي اللهُ تَعَالَى رَسُولَهُ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَمَّا يُلاقِيهِ مِنْ عِنَادِ الكُفَّارِ وَتَكْذِيبِهِمْ، وَإِصْرَارِهِمْ عَلَى البَاطِلِ، فَيَقُولُ لَهُ: لَقَدِ اسْتُهْزِئَ بِرُسُلٍ جَاؤُوا قَبْلَكَ، وَسَخِرَ مِنْهُمُ الكَافِرُونَ مِنْ قَوْمِهِمْ، وَمِنَ العِقَابِ الذِي أَنْذَرُوهُمْ بِهِ، فَعَاقَبَ اللهُ الذِينَ سَخِرُوا مِنْهُمْ فَدَمَّرَهُم، وَنَصَرَ رُسُلَهُ وَالمُؤْمِنينَ، وَكَانَتِ العَاقِبَةُ لِلْمُؤْمِنينَ فِي الدُّنْيا وَالآخِرَةِ.

حَاقَ – أَحَاطَ أَوْ نَزَلَ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 10
10. Allah Almighty consoles His Messenger for the inflexibility and denial of the unbelievers which he endures and for their persistence in following falsehood. He says: “Other messengers before you were derided and mocked by the polytheists among their people who also mocked the punishment which they had warned them of. Allah Almighty punished and destroyed those who mocked them. He championed His messenger and the believers. The believers triumphed in both this life and the next.
{قُلْ سِيرُواْ فِي ٱلأَرْضِ ثُمَّ ٱنْظُرُواْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ}
{عَاقِبَةُ}

(11) – قُلْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ لأُولَئِكَ المُكَذِّبِينَ المُسْتَهْزِئِينَ الجَاحِدِينَ بِمَا جِئْتَهُمْ بِهِ: سِيرُوا فِي الأَرْضِ، وَتَتَبَّعُوا أَخْبَارَ الأُمَمِ التِي عَاشَتْ فِيهَا، ثُمَّ انْظُرُوا كَيْفَ كَانَتْ نِهَايَةُ المُكَذِّبِينَ، وَعَاقِبَةُ بَغْيِهِمْ وَتَكْذِيبِهِمْ، فَاعْتَبِرُوا بِذَلِكَ المَصِيرِ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 11
11. O Mohammad! Say to those who treat you as a liar, mock you and deny the message you brought them: “Walk the earth, trace the news of the nations who lived on it and what was the fate of those deniers and the terrible consequences of their iniquity and denial. Take warning of their fate.
{قُل لِّمَن مَّا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلأَرْضِ قُل للَّهِ كَتَبَ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِ ٱلرَّحْمَةَ لَيَجْمَعَنَّكُمْ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ لاَ رَيْبَ فِيهِ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوۤاْ أَنْفُسَهُمْ فَهُمْ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ}
{ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ} {ٱلْقِيَامَةِ}

(12) – قُلَ يَا أَيُّها الرَّسُولُ لِقَوْمِكَ المُكَذِّبِينَ الجَاحِدِينَ لِرِسَالَتِكَ، المُعْرِضِينَ عَنْ دَعْوَتِكَ: لِمَنْ هَذِهِ السَّمَاوَاتُ وَالأَرْضُ، وَمَنْ خَلَقَها؟ وَبِمَا أنَّ مُشْرِكِي العَرَبِ كَانُوا يُقِرُّونَ بِأَنَّ اللهَ هُوَ خَالِقُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ، وَأَنَّه مَالِكُهَا المُتَفَرِّدُ، وَأَنَّ الخَلْقَ كُلَّهُمْ عَبيدُهُ، فَسَيَقُولُونَ: إنَّهُ اللهُ، وَهذَا لاَ خِلاَفُ بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهُمْ فِيهِ، فَقُلْ لَهُمْ: إِنَّ اللهَ الذِي تُقِرُّونَ بِمُلْكِهِ لِلْكَوْنِ قَدْ أَوْجَبَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ الرَّحْمَةَ بِخَلْقِهِ، إِذ أَفَاضَ عَلَيْهِمْ نِعَمَهُ ظَاهِرَهَا وَبَاطِنَهَا، وَمِنْ مُقْتَضَى هَذِهِ الرَّحْمَةِ أَنْ لا يُعَجِّلَ العُقُوبَةَ لِلنَّاسِ، وَأَنْ يَقْبَلَ تَوْبَتَهُمْ، إذَا تَابُوا وَعَمِلُوا أَعْمَالاً صَالِحَةً، وَأَنَّهُ سَيَجْمَعُكُمْ يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ- وَهُوَ يَوْمٌ آتٍ قَرِيبٌ لاَ شَكَّ فِيهِ وَلاَ رَيْبَ – لِلْحِسَابِ وَالجَزَاءِ، لِيَنَالَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ الجَزَاءَ العَادِلَ عَنْ عَمَلِهِ، إِنْ خَيْراً فَخَيْراً، وَإِنْ شَرّاً فَشَرّاً.

وَمِنْ رَحْمَتِهِ تَعَالَى أَنْ بَيَّنَ لِعِبَادِهِ هَذَا، لِيَحْذَرُوا، وَليُحْسِنُوا العَمَلَ، فَلَوْلاَ خَوْفُ النَّاسِ مِنَ العِقَابِ وَالحِسَابِ لَسَادَ الفَسَادُ فِي الأَرْضِ، وَلانْتَشَرَ الظُّلْمُ.

ثُمَّ بَيَّنَ تَعَالَى أنَّ الذِينَ خَسِرُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيا بِالكُفْرِ، وَالتَّقْلِيدِ وَالتَّرَدُّدِ.. لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالآخِرَةِ، لأِنَّهُمْ لاَ يَسْتَعْمِلُونَ عُقُولَهُمْ فِيمَا خَلَقَهَا اللهُ لَهُ مِنَ التَّفَكُّرِ وَالتَّدَبُّرِ وَالاتِّعَاظِ.

كَتَبَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ الرَّحْمَةَ – قَضَى وَأَوْجَبَ، تَفَضُّلاً مِنْهُ وَإِحْسَاناً، الرَّحْمَةَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ الكَرِيمَةِ.
خَسِرُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ – أَهْلَكُوهَا وَغَبَنُوهَا بِالكُفْرِ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 12
12. O Messenger! Say to those who treat you as a liar, deny your message, and turn away from your call: “Who do the heavens and the earth belong to? Who created them?” Since the Arab polytheists admitted that Allah Almighty was the Creator of the heavens and the earth, that He was their only Master, and that all the creatures were His servants, they would answer: “It is Allah Almighty.” On this you would not differ. Say to them: “Allah Almighty, Whom you acknowledge as the only Sovereign, has bound Himself to be merciful to His creatures. He bestowed abundant favours on them whether hidden or apparent. His mercy demands that He does not chastise them immediately but that He accept their repentance if they return to him and do righteous deeds. He will gather them on the Day of Resurrection -which undoubtedly approaches- to judge them and reward them. Each will be justly recompensed according to his deeds: if he did good deeds he will be gratified and if did evil deeds he will be punished. Allah Almighty is merciful to His servants. He has indicated to them the way to salvation so that they would consider and do good deeds. If people did not fear chastisement and final judgement, corruption would reign on earth and injustice would spread. Allah Almighty says that those who have courted their own ruin in this life through disbelief, imitation and hesitation to embrace Islam do not believe in the hereafter for they do not use their mental faculties for the purposes which Allah Almighty intended like thinking, contemplating and drawing lessons.
{وَلَهُ مَا سَكَنَ فِي ٱلْلَّيْلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ وَهُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ}
{ٱلْلَّيْلِ}

(13) – واللهُ تَعَالَى هُوَ المُتَصَرِّفُ فِي الخَلْقِ كُلِّهِ دَقِيقِهِ وجَلِيلِهِ، كَمَا يَشَاءُ، كَمَا هُوَ شَأْنُ الرُّبُوبِيَّةِ الكَامِلَةِ، وَجَمِيعُ مَا فِي الوُجُودِ عِبَادٌ للهِ، وَخَلْقٌ مَنْ خَلْقِهِ، وَهُمْ تَحْتَ قَهْرِهِ وَسُلْطَانِهِ وَتَصَرُّفِهِ وَتَدْبِيرِهِ، وَقَدْ أَحَاطَ سَمْعُهُ تَعَالَى بِكُلِّ مَا مِنْ شَأْنِهِ أَنْ يُسْمَعَ، مَهْمَا يَكُنْ خَفِيّاً، كَمَا أَحَاطَ عِلْمُهُ بِكُلِّ شَيءٍ مِنْ حَرَكَاتِ العِبَادِ، وَمِمَّا يُسِرُّونَ فِي ضَمَائِرِهِمْ.

مَا سَكَنَ – مَا اسْتَقَرَّ وَحَلَّ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 13
13. Almighty Allah is the absolute Master of all his creatures, the minute and the great. He disposes of them as He chooses which is the case of the One Allah Almighty. Everything in the universe is His servant and one of His creations. All are subject to His power, sovereignty and disposition. His hearing encompasses everything that He wishes to hear however secret it is, while His knowledge encompasses all the movements of His creatures and what they hide within them.
{قُلْ أَغَيْرَ ٱللَّهِ أَتَّخِذُ وَلِيّاً فَاطِرِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلأَرْضِ وَهُوَ يُطْعِمُ وَلاَ يُطْعَمُ قُلْ إِنِّيۤ أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَسْلَمَ وَلاَ تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكَينَ}
{ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ}

(14) – قُلْ لَهُمْ: إِنَّنِي لاَ أَطْلُبُ مِنْ غَيْرِ اللهِ نَفْعاً وَلاَ ضَرّاً، وَلاَ فِعْلاً وَلاَ مَنْعاً، وَلاَ أَتَّخِذُ غَيْرَهُ تَعَالَى وَلِيّاً لِي، فَهُوَ فَاطِرُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ، وَخَالِقُهُما وَمُبْدِعُهُمَا عَلَى غَيْرِ مِثَالٍ سَبَقَ.

وَهُوَ الذِي يَرْزُقُ العِبَادَ الطَّعَامَ، وَلَيْسَ هُوَ بِحَاجَةٍ إِلَى مَنْ يَرْزُقُهُ وَيُطْعِمُهُ، لأِنَّهُ مُنَزَّهٌ عَنِ الحَاجَةِ إِلى كُلِّ مَا سِوَاهُ، وَقُلْ لَهُمْ بَعْدَ أَنِ اسْتَبَانَتْ لَهُمُ الأَدِلَّةُ عَلَى وُجُوبِ عِبَادَةِ اللهِ وَحْدَهُ: لَقَدْ أَمَرَنِي رَبِّي، جَلَّ شَأْنُهُ وَعَلاَ، أَنْ أَكُونَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَسْلَمَ وَجْهَهُ للهِ، وَانْقَادَ لأَِمْرِهِ، مِنْ تِلْكَ الأُمَّةِ التِي بُعِثْتُ فِيهَا، فَلاَ أَدْعُو إِلى شَيءٍ إِلاَّ كُنْتُ أَنَا أَوَّلَ مَنْ آمَنَ بِهِ، وَقَدْ أَمَرَنِي رَبِّي بِأَلاَّ أَكُونَ مِنَ المُشْرِكِينَ الذِينَ اتَّخَذُوا أَوْلِياءَ مِنْ دُونِهِ لِيُقَرِّبُوهُمْ إِليهِ زُلْفَى.

وَلِيّاً – مَعْبُوداً وَنَاصِراً وَمُعِيناً.
فَاطِرِ – خَالِقِ وَمُبْدِعِ.
هُوَ يُطْعِمُ – هُوَ يَزْرُقُ عِبَادَهُ.
مَنْ أَسْلَمَ – مَنْ خَضَعَ للهِ بِالعُبُودِيَّةِ وَانْقَادَ لَهُ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 14
14. Say to them: “I solicit neither benefit nor harm from anyone other than Allah Almighty nor do I ask anyone to incite or impede an action. I have no other guardian but He. He is the Creator of the heavens and the earth. He conceived and created them without a previous model. It is He Who provides His servants with sustenance whereas He is independent of all these needs because He is far exalted above all others. Now that the proof of the necessity of worshipping Allah Almighty has become clear, Allah Almighty, all glory be to Him, has commanded me to be the first among those people whom I was sent to guide to submit to Him and resign themselves to His command. I do not call to anything that I have not been the first to believe in; I have been commanded by my Lord not to be one of the polytheists who have taken for themselves protectors other than Allah Almighty to bring them nearer to Him.
{قُلْ إِنِّيۤ أَخَافُ إِنْ عَصَيْتُ رَبِّي عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ}
(15) – وَقُلْ لَهُمْ: إِنِّي لاَ أَعْصِي رَبِّي لأَِنَّنِي أَخَافُ إِنْ عَصَيْتُ أَوَامِرَهُ أَنْ يَمَسَّنِيَ العَذَابُ الأَلِيمُ فِي يَوْمِ القِيَامَةِ، وَهُوَ يَوْمٌ عَظِيمٌ لا تَنْفَعُ فِيهِ شَفَاعَةُ الشَّافِعِينَ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 15
15. Say to them: “I do not disobey my Lord because I am afraid that if I did I would suffer painful chastisement on the Day of Resurrection on which no intercession through any mediator can be of benefit.”
{مَّن يُصْرَفْ عَنْهُ يَوْمَئِذٍ فَقَدْ رَحِمَهُ وَذَلِكَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْمُبِينُ}
{يَوْمَئِذٍ}

(16) – وَمَنْ يُحَوَّلُ عَنْهُ العَذَابُ فِي ذلِكَ اليَوْمِ العَصِيبِ (يُصْرَفْ عَنْهُ)، فَيَكُونُ اللهُ تَعَالَى قَدْ رَحِمَهُ، وَأَدْخَلَهُ الجَنَّةً، وَإِنَّ النَجَاةَ فِي ذلِكَ اليَوْمِ العَظِيمِ مِنَ العَذَابِ، ثُمَّ دُخُولَ الجَنَّةِ، هُمَا الفَوْزُ الذِي لاَ فَوزَ أَعْظَمُ مِنْهُ.

صُرِفَ عَنْهُ – جُنِّبَهُ وأُبْعِدَ عَنْهُ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 16
16. Whoever has been spared chastisement on that critical Day, Allah Almighty has bestowed His mercy upon him; he will be admitted to paradise. To be spared torture on that awesome day and admitted to Paradise is the greatest of triumphs.
{وَإِن يَمْسَسْكَ ٱللَّهُ بِضُرٍّ فَلاَ كَاشِفَ لَهُ إِلاَّ هُوَ وَإِن يَمْسَسْكَ بِخَيْرٍ فَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدُيرٌ}
(17) – يُخْبِرُ اللهُ تَعَالَى أَنَّهُ مَالِكُ الضَّرِّ وَالنَّفْعِ، وَأَنَّهُ المُتَصَرِّفُ فِي خَلْقِهِ بِمَا يَشَاءُ، لا مُعَقِّبَ عَلَى حُكْمِهِ، وَلاَ رَادَّ لِقَضَائِهِ، فَإِذا أَرَادَ اللهُ أَنْ يُصِيبَكَ خَيرٌ فَهُوَ القَادِرُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيءٍ، وَلاَ يَسْتَطِيعُ أَحَدٌ أنْ يَرُدَّ مَا قَدَّرَهُ، فَعَلَى المُؤْمِنِ الصَّادِقِ أَنْ لاَ يَسْأَلَ فِي الشَّدَائِدِ غَيْرَ اللهِ، لأَِنَّ مَنْ دُونَهُ لاَ يَمْلِكُونَ لأَِنْفُسِهِمْ، وَلا لِغَيْرِهِمْ نَفْعاً وَلا ضَرّاً.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 17
17. Allah Almighty says that He alone wields harm and benefit. He disposes of His creatures as He chooses. None can criticize His judgement or gainsay His will. If Allah Almighty wishes that good should affect you, none can change what He has decreed. He is capable of everything. In times of distress, a true believer should only implore Allah Almighty. Those below Him have no power to benefit or harm themselves or others.
{وَهُوَ ٱلْقَاهِرُ فَوْقَ عِبَادِهِ وَهُوَ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ٱلْخَبِيرُ}
(18) – وَهُوَ الذِي خَضَعَتْ لَهُ رِقَابُ العِبَادِ، وَذَلَّتْ لَهُ الجَبَابِرَةُ، وَقَهَرَ كُلَّ شَيءٍ، وَدَانَتْ لَهُ الخَلاِئِقُ، وَهُوَ الحَكِيمُ فِي جَمِيعِ أَفْعَالِهِ، فَلاَ يَقَعُ فِي تَدْبِيرِهِ خَلَلٌ، وَهُوَ الخَبِيرُ بِمَوَاضِعِ الأَشْيَاءِ وَمَحَالِّهَا، فَلاَ يُعْطِي إِلاَّ مَنْ يَسْتَحِقُّ، وَلاَ يَمْنَعُ إِلاَّ عَمَّنْ يَسْتَحِقُّ المَنْعَ عَنْهُ.

القَاهِرُ فَوْقَ عِبَادِهِ – المُسَيْطِرُ عَلَيْهِمْ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 18
18. It is on Allah Almighty that the fates of men depend. The mighty humiliate themselves before Him. He is the Master of everything and all His creatures submit to Him. He is wise in all His deeds and infallible in His management. He knows the functions and places of all things. He grants His favours to those who are worthy and withholds them from those who are unworthy.
{قُلْ أَيُّ شَيْءٍ أَكْبَرُ شَهَٰدةً قُلِ ٱللَّهُ شَهِيدٌ بِيْنِي وَبَيْنَكُمْ وَأُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ هَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْآنُ لأُنذِرَكُمْ بِهِ وَمَن بَلَغَ أَئِنَّكُمْ لَتَشْهَدُونَ أَنَّ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ ءَالِهَةً أُخْرَىٰ قُل لاَّ أَشْهَدُ قُلْ إِنَّمَا هُوَ إِلَـٰهٌ وَاحِدٌ وَإِنَّنِي بَرِيءٌ مِّمَّا تُشْرِكُونَ}
{شَهَادةًْ} {ٱلْقُرْآنُ} {أَئِنَّكُمْ} {آلِهَةً} {وَاحِدٌ}

(19) – يَأْمُرُ اللهُ تَعَالَى رَسُولَهُ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِأَنْ يَسْأَلَ كُفَّارَ قٌرَيشٍ عَنْ أَيِّ شَهَادَةٍ هِيَ أَكْبَرُ وَأَعْظَمُ، وَأَجْدَرُ بِأنْ تَكُونَ أَصَحَّ الشَّهَادَاتِ وَأَصْدَقَها؟ ثُمَّ يَأْمُرُهُ بِأَنْ يُجِيبَ عَلَى هَذا السُّؤَالِ: بِأنَّ أَكْبَرَ الأَشْياءِ شَهَادَةً هُوَ مَنْ لاَ يَجُوزُ أَنْ يَقَعَ فِي شَهَادَتِهِ كَذِبٌ وَلاَ خَطَأٌ وَلاَ زُورٌ، وَهُوَ اللهُ تَعَالَى. وَهُوَ الشَّهِيدُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكُم، وَهُوَ الذِي أَوْحَى إِليَّ هذا القُرْآنَ لأُِنْذِرَكُمْ بِهِ عِقَابَهُ عَلَى تَكْذِيبِي فِيمَا جِئْتُكُمْ بِهِ، مُؤَيَّداً بِشَهَادَةِ اللهِ سُبْحَانَهُ، وَأُنْذِرَ كُلَّ مَنْ بَلَغَهُ هَذَا القُرْآنُ، لأَِنَّ كُلَّ مَنْ بَلَغَهُ فَهُوَ مَدْعُوٌّ إِلى اتِّبَاعِهِ حَتَّى تَقُومَ القِيَامَةُ. وَشَهَادَتُهُ تَعَالَى هِيَ شَهَادَةُ آياتِهِ فِي القُرْآنِ، وَآيَاتِهِ فِي الأَنْفُسِ وَالأَكْوَانِ، وَآيَاتِهِ فِي العَقْلِ وَالوِجْدَانِ.

(وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم: ” بَلِّغُوا عَنِ اللهِ فَمَنْ بَلَغَتْهُ آيَةٌ مِنْ كِتَابِ اللهِ فَقَدْ بَلَغَهُ أَمْرُ اللهِ ” ).

ثُمَّ أَمَرَ تَعَالَى رَسُولَهُ بِأَنْ يَقُولَ لِهَؤلاءِ المُشْرِكِينَ: إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَشْهَدُونَ أنَّ مَعَ اللهِ آلِهَةً أُخْرَى، فَأَنَا لاَ أَشْهَدُ بِذَلِكَ، وَإِنَّمَا هُوَ إِلهٌ وَاحِدٌ، خَلَقَ كُلَّ شَيءٍ، وَخَضَعَ لَهُ كُلُّ شَيءٍ فِي الوُجُودِ، وَإِنَّنِي بَرِيءٌ مِمَّا تُشْرِكُونَ بِهِ مِنَ الأَصْنَامِ وَالأَنْدَادِ وَالأَوْثَانِ.

مَنْ بَلَغَ – مَنْ بَلَغَهُ القُرْآنُ إلى قِيَامِ السَّاعَةِ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 19
19. Allah Almighty commands His Messenger to ask the faithful of Quraish about which testimony should be more important and should therefore deserve to be a more accurate testimonial and a more trustworthy one. Allah Almighty then orders him to answer this inquiry himself and to say that He who gives the most truthful testimony, without error or falsehood, is Almighty Allah. “Allah Almighty is Witness between you and me. He revealed to me the sacred Quran to warn you of the punishment which He will inflict on those who treat as a lie what I brought you, which supports Allah Almighty’s testimony. He revealed to me the Quran to warn those who have been informed of it. For whoever has been informed of it is called upon to follow it until the Day of Judgement.” The testimony of Allah Almighty is that of His Quranic verses as well as of the signs that are perceived in the souls and the universe, by our reason and conscience. (The Prophet says: “Transmit the message of Allah Almighty. Whoever is informed of one verse in the Divine Book is informed of the commands of Allah Almighty.”) Allah Almighty then orders His Messenger to address the polytheists and say to them: “If you indeed testify that there are other gods besides Allah Almighty, say: ‘I refuse such testimony. He is, in truth, one Allah Almighty Who has created everything and subjected all things in existence to His Will. I am innocent of the statues, idols, and peers you associate with Him.’”
{ٱلَّذِينَ آتَيْنَاهُمُ ٱلْكِتَابَ يَعْرِفُونَهُ كَمَا يَعْرِفُونَ أَبْنَآءَهُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوۤاْ أَنْفُسَهُمْ فَهُمْ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ}
{آتَيْنَاهُمُ} {ٱلْكِتَابَ}

(20) – إنَّ أَهْلَ الكِتَابِ يَعرِفُونَ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً خَاتَمُ النَّبِيِّينَ وَالرُّسُلِ، كَمَا يَعْرِفُونَ أَبنَاءَهُمْ، بِمَا عِنْدَهُمْ مِنَ الأَخْبَارِ وَالأَنْبَاءِ، عَنِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ المُتَقَدِّمِينَ، فَقَدْ بَشَّرَ الرُّسُلُ كُلُّهُمْ بِبِعْثَةِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَنَعْتِهِ، وَصِفَتِهِ وَمَكَانِ هِجْرَتِهِ، وَصِفَةِ أُمَّتِهِ… وَالذِينَ أَنْكَرُوا نُبوَّةَ مُحَمَّدٍ وَرِسَالَتَهُ مِنْ عُلَمَاءِ اليَهُودِ، عِلَّتُهُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ كَعِلَّةِ مَنْ أَنْكَرُوهَا مِنْ زُعَمَاءِ المُشْرِكِينَ، وَهِيَ الخَوْفُ مِنْ فِقْدَانِ الزَّعَامَةِ وَالرِّيَاسَةِ، لِذَلِكَ فَإِنَّ هَؤُلاءِ يُعَدُّونَ قَدْ خَسِرُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ لإِيثَارِهِمِ الجَاهَ وَالرِّيَاسَةَ عَلَى الإِيمَانِ باللهِ وَبِالرَّسُولِ، الذِي يَجِدُونَهُ مَكْتُوباً فِي كُتُبِهِمْ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 20
20. The people of the Book know that Mohammad (peace be upon him) is the last of the prophets and messengers, just as they know their children, because of the information and news that they possess. All the messengers announced the prophecy of Mohammad. They described him, defined his qualities, depicted the place to which he emigrated and the characteristics of his people. Those among the learned Jews who denied his prophecy and the truth of his message had the same motives as those among the leaders of polytheism: they feared the loss of their leaderships and positions. Thus they have lost their souls for having preferred prestige and authority over the belief in Allah Almighty and His prophets which is what they find written in their Books.
{وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِباً أَوْ كَذَّبَ بِآيَٰتِهِ إِنَّهُ لاَ يُفْلِحُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ}
{بِآيَاتِهِ} {ٱلظَّالِمُونَ}

(21) – لاَ أَحَدَ أَكْثَرُ ظُلْماً مِمَّنْ افْتَرَى عَلَى اللهِ كَذِباً، كَمَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ لَهُ وَلَداً أَوْ شَرِيكاً… أَوْ زَادَ فِي دِينِهِ مَا لَيْسَ مِنْهُ، أَوْ كَذَّبِ بِآيَاتِهِ المُنَزَّلَةِ كَالقُرْآنِ، أَوْ آيَاتِهِ الكَوْنِيَّةِ الدَّالَّةِ عَلَى وَحْدَانِيَّتِهِ، أَوْ التِي يُؤَيِّدُ بِهَا رُسُلَهُ الكِرَامَ…

وَمَن افْتَرَى عَلَى اللهِ كَذِباً، أَوْ كَذَّبَ بِآيَاتِهِ يَكُونُ أَظْلَمَ الظَّالِمِينَ، وَلاَ يُفْلِحُ الظَّالِمُونَ يَوْمَ الحِسَابِ بِالنَّجَاةِ مِنْ عَذَابِ اللهِ فِي النَّارِ، وَلا يَفُوزُونَ بِنَعِيمِ اللهِ فِي الجَنَّةِ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 21
21. None can be more wrong-doing than he who fabricates a lie against Allah Almighty, like claiming that He has a son or an associate, or adding to his religion what it is exempt from, or denying His revealed signs such as the Quran or His universal signs that point directly to His Oneness and those in which He supports His honourable prophets. Whoever invents a lie against Allah Almighty or denies His Signs is the most iniquitous and will not be able to avert His chastisement of fire on the Day of Judgment. By the same token, he will never win Allah Almighty’s grace and gain admittance to Paradise.
{وَيَوْمَ نَحْشُرُهُمْ جَمِيعاً ثُمَّ نَقُولُ لِلَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُواْ أَيْنَ شُرَكَآؤُكُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كُنتُمْ تَزْعُمُونَ}
(22) – وَاذْكُرْ لَهُمْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ مَا يَحْصَلُ يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ، يَوْمَ يَحْشُرُ اللهُ هؤُلاءِ الظَّالِمينَ جَمِيعاً ثُمَّ يَقُولُ لِلّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا مِنْهُم – وَهُمْ أَشَدُّهُمْ ظُلْماً -: أَيْنَ الشُّرَكَاءُ الذِينَ كُنْتُمْ تَزْعُمُونَ فِي الدُّنْيا أَنَّهُمْ أَوْلِيَاؤُكُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللهِ، أَوْ تَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّ لَهُمْ شَرِكَةً فِي الألُوهِيَّةِ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 22
22. O Mohammad! tell them what happens on the Day of Resurrection when Allah Almighty assembles the wrong-doers, and then addresses the polytheists among them who are the most iniquitous. He will say: “Where are the associates whom you claimed were your protectors other than Allah Almighty in this life? Or claimed that they were the partners of Allah Almighty?”
{ثُمَّ لَمْ تَكُنْ فِتْنَتُهُمْ إِلاَّ أَن قَالُواْ وَٱللَّهِ رَبِّنَا مَا كُنَّا مُشْرِكِينَ}
(23) – وَلَمْ تَكُنْ لَهُمْ يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ مَعْذِرَةٌ يَعْتَذِرُونَ بِهَا إِلَى اللهِ تَعَالَى، عَنْ كُفْرِهِمْ وَشِرْكِهِمْ وَسُوءِ عَمَلِهِمْ، إِلاَّ أَنْ أَقْسَمُوا بِاللهِ أَنَّهُمْ مَا كَانُوا مُشْرِكِينَ.

(وَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: إنَّ المُشْرِكِينَ حِينَ يَرَوْنَ، يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ، أَنَّهُ لاَ يَدْخُلُ الجَنَّةَ إِلاَّ أَهْلُ الإيمَانِ، يَقُولُ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍِ: (تَعَالُوْا نَجْحَدْ)، فَيَقُولُونَ: (وَاللهِ رَبِّنا مَا كُنَّا مُشْرِكِينَ)، فَيَخْتِمُ اللهُ عَلَى أَفْوَاهِهِمْ، وَتَشْهَدُ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَأَرْجُلُهُمْ وَلاَ يَكْتُمونَ اللهَ حَدِيثاً).

(وَقِيلَ إِنَّ المَعْنَى هُوَ: إِنَّ المُشْرِكِينَ كَانُوا فِي الحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيا مَفْتُونِينَ بِشِرْكِهِمْ، مُتَهَالِكِينَ فِي حُبِّهِ، وَالقِتَالِ دُونَهُ، وَحِينَ يَرَوْنَ العَذَابَ تَكُونُ عَاقِبَةُ هَذَا الشِّرْكِ الجُحُودَ بِهِ، وَالتَّبَرُّؤَ مِنْهُ).

فِتْنَتُهُمْ – مَعْذِرَتُهُمْ أَوْ عَاقِبَةُ شِرْكِهِمْ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 23
23. On the Day of Judgment, they will have no excuse to offer to Allah Almighty in order to justify their disbelief, polytheism and evil deeds, save to swear by Him that they had associated non with Him. Ibn Abbas says: “When the polytheists come to perceive, on the Day of Judgment, that only the true believers are admitted to Paradise, they will say to each other: ‘Let us deny our actions.’ So they falsely say: ‘O Lord! we have never associated anyone with You.’ Whereupon Allah Almighty seals their mouths; their feet and hands begin to testify against them and conceal nothing from Allah Almighty.”
It was also said that the meaning is as follows: in the worldly life, the polytheists were deeply fascinated by their polytheism, loved it passionately, and fought relentlessly to defend it. However, when they behold the torture, the reward for their polytheism will be their turning away from it and declaring themselves innocent of it.
{ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَذَبُواْ عَلَىٰ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُمْ مَّا كَانُواْ يَفْتَرُونَ}
(24) – وَيَتَعَجَّبُ اللهُ تَعَالَى مِنْ كَذِبِ هَؤُلاءِ المُشْرِكِينَ بِإِنْكَارِهِمْ صُدُورَ الإِشْرَاكِ عَنْهُمْ فِي الدُّنيا، ثُمَّ يَقُولُ لِرَسُولِهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم: انْظُرْ كَيْفَ كَذَبُوا، بِاليَمِينِ الفَاجِرَةِ التِي أَقْسَمُوهَا لِنَفْيِ شِرْكِهِمْ، وَكَيْفَ ذَهَبَ عَنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يَفْتَرُونَ مِنَ الإِشْرَاكِ، حَتَّى نَفَوْا صُدُورَهُ عَنْهُمْ.

ضَلَّ عَنْهُمْ – غَابَ عَنْهُمْ وَزَالَ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 24
24. Allah Almighty is surprised by the lies which those polytheists tell by denying their having given him associates in this life. He says to His Messenger: “Look how they have lied by taking an impertinent oath to deny their polytheism, and how they have abandoned their fabrications concerning their idolatry to such an extent that they negate it.”
{وَمِنْهُمْ مَّن يَسْتَمِعُ إِلَيْكَ وَجَعَلْنَا عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ أَكِنَّةً أَن يَفْقَهُوهُ وَفِيۤ ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَقْراً وَإِن يَرَوْاْ كُلَّ ءَايَةٍ لاَّ يُؤْمِنُواْ بِهَا حَتَّىٰ إِذَا جَآءُوكَ يُجَٰدِلُونَكَ يَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوۤاْ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلاَّ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلأَوَّلِينَ}
{ۤ آذَانِهِمْ} {آيَةٍ} {يُجَادِلُونَكَ} {أَسَاطِيرُ}

(25) – قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ:

(جَاءَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَبُو سُفْيَانَ، وَالوَلِيدُ بْنُ المُغِيرَةِ، وَالنَّضْرُ بْنُ الحَارِثِ، وَالحَارِثُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ، وَأَبُو جَهْلٍ فِي جَمْعٍ كَثيرٍ، وَاسْتَمَعُوا إِلَى الرَّسُولِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَهُوَ يَقْرَأُ القُرْآنَ. فَقَالُوا لِلنَّضْرِ بْنِ الحَارِثِ: يَا أَبَا قُتَيْلَةَ مَا يَقُولُ مُحَمَّدٌ؟ فَقَالَ وَالذِي جَعَلَ الكَعْبَةَ بَيْتَهُ مَا أَدْرِي مَا يَقُولُ، إِلاَّ أَنِي أَرَاهُ يُحَرِّكُ شَفَتَيهِ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِأَسَاطِيرِ الأَوَّلِينَ، مِثْلَ مَا كُنْتُ أُحَدِّثُكُمْ بِهِ عَنْ القُرُونِ المَاضِيَةِ.

وَقَالَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ: إِنَّي لأَرَى بَعْضَ مَا يَقُولُ حَقّاً. فَقَالَ أَبُو جَهْلٍ: كَلاَّ. فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَعَالَى هَذِهِ الآيَةَ..

وَيَقُولُ تَعَالَى: إِنَّ أُولَئِكَ الكَافِرِينَ مِنْهُمْ فَرِيقٌ يَسْتَمِعُ إِلَيْكَ وَأَنْتَ تَتْلُو القُرْآنَ دَاعِياً إِلى تَوْحِيدِ اللهِ، وَمُبَشِّراً وَمُنْذِراً، وَلَكِنَّهُ تَعَالَى جَعَلَ عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ أَغْطِيَةُ، تَحُولُ دُونَ فَهْمِهِ، وَجَعَلَ فِي آذَانِهِمْ وَقْراً وَصَمَماً وَثِقَلاً يَحُولُ دُونَ سَمَاعِهِ إِذَا أَرَادُوا تَدَبُّرَهُ، وَالوُصُولَ إِلى مَا فِيهِ مِنَ الهِدَايَةِ وَالرُّشْدِ.

وَهؤلاءِ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ وَإِنْ رَأَوْا كُلَّ آيَةً مِنَ الآيَاتِ الدَّالَّةِ عَلَى صِحَّةِ نُبُوَّتِكَ، وَصِدْقِ دَعْوَتِكَ، لأَِنَّهُمْ لاَ يَفْقَهُونَهَا وَلا يُدْرِكُونَ المُرَادَ مِنْهَا، وَإِذا جَاؤُوكَ يُجَادِلُونَكَ فِي دَعْوَتِكَ قَالُوا: مَا هذا الذِي تَتْلُوهُ إِلاَّ قَصَصُ الأَوَّلِينَ وَخُرَافَاتُهُمْ، تُسَطَّرُ وَتُكْتَبُ كَغَيْرِهَا مِنَ الأَنْبَاءِ فَلا عِلْمَ فِيهَا وَلاَ فَائِدَةَ.

أَكِنَّةً – أَغْطِيةً.
وَقْراً – صَمَماً، وَثِقْلاً فِي السَّمَعِ.
أَسَاطِيرُ الأَوَّلِينَ – قَصَصُ الأَوَّلِينَ وَخُرَافَاتُهُمْ المُسَطَّرَةُ فِي كُتُبِهِمْ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 25
25. Ibn Abbas says: “Abu Sufyan, al-Waleed bin al-Mugheerah, al-Nadhir bin al-Hareth, al-Hareth bin Amer and Abu Jahl, came to see the Messenger of Allah Almighty accompanied by a big crowd, and they listened to him while he was reciting verses from the Holy Quran. They then said to al-Nadhir bin al-Hareth: ‘O father of Kutayla, what does Mohammad (peace be upon him) say?’ He said: ‘I swear by the One Who made the Kaaba His house, I do not understand what he says. However, I see him moving his lips and evoking the legends of the ancient, just like the stories of past centuries that I used to tell you.’ Abu Sufyan said: ‘I do not see that any of what he says is true.’ Abu Jahl said: ‘No.’” Following this incident, Allah Almighty revealed this verse. Almighty Allah says: “There is a party amongst those unbelievers who will listen to you reciting the Quran, preaching the Oneness of Allah Almighty and giving glad tidings to the believers and warning the unbelievers, but We have covered their hearts with a veil to prevent them from understanding it, and We have closed their ears with a profound deafness and a heaviness, to prevent them from hearing it if they want to meditate on it and reach the straight path which it preaches. They will never believe even if they see all the signs which corroborate the truth of your prophecy and the sincerity of your message. For they do not understand it or grasp its significance. When they come to discuss with you your call, they will say: ‘That which you recite is nothing but ancient myths and legends which are composed and written like other news, providing no knowledge or benefit.’”
{وَهُمْ يَنْهَوْنَ عَنْهُ وَيَنْأَوْنَ عَنْهُ وَإِن يُهْلِكُونَ إِلاَّ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ}
{وَيَنْأَوْنَ}

(26) – وَهؤُلاَءِ المُشْرِكُونَ، المُعَانِدُونَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم، الجَاحِدُونَ لِنُبُوَّتِهِ، يَتَبَاعَدُونَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ، وَلاَ يَأْتُونَ إلَيِهِ (يَنْأَوْنَ عَنْهُ) كُرْهاً لَهُ، وَنُفُوراً مِنْهُ، وَاسْتِكْبَاراً عَلَى الحَقِّ. وَيَنْهَونَ النَّاسَ عَنْ أَنْ يَأْتُوا إِلَيْهِ مَخَافَةَ أنْ يُسْلِمُوا وَيَهْتَدُوا إِلَى الإِيمَانِ (وَيَنْهَونُ عَنْهُ)، وَهُمْ فِي الحَقِيقَةِ لاَ يُهْلِكُونَ إِلاَّ أَنْفُسَهُمْ بِهَذَا الضَّلاَلِ وَالإِضْلاَلِ، وَالصَّدِّ عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللهِ، وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ بِذَلِكَ.

يَنْأَوْنَ عَنْهُ – يُبْعَدُونَ عَنِ الرَّسُولِ بِأَنْفُسِهِمْ.
وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنْهُ – يَنْهَوْنَ النَّاسَ عَنْ أَنْ يَأْتُوا إِلَى الرَّسُولِ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 26
26. Those polytheists who obstinately oppose the Prophet and deny his prophecy, stay away from him and do not approach him because they detest him, have an aversion to him and are too arrogant to submit to the truth. They forbid people from going to see him for fear that they should convert to Islam and acquire faith. In reality, they only destroy themselves with their misguidance, their leading others astray, and turning them from the path of Allah Almighty. However, they are not conscious of this.
{وَلَوْ تَرَىٰ إِذْ وُقِفُواْ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ فَقَالُواْ يٰلَيْتَنَا نُرَدُّ وَلاَ نُكَذِّبَ بِآيَٰتِ رَبِّنَا وَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ}
{يٰلَيْتَنَا} {بِآيَاتِ}

(27) – يَذْكُرُ اللهُ تَعَالَى حَالَ هَؤُلاَءِ الضَّالِّينَ المُضِلِّينَ، يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ، حِينَ تَقِفُهُمُ المَلائِكَةُ، وَيَحْتَبِسُونَهُمْ عَلَى النَّارِ، فَيَقُولُ تَعَالَى لِرَسُولِهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم (أَوْ لِكُلِّ مُؤْمِن يَسْمَعُ هَذا القُرْآنَ): لَوْ تَرَى مَا يَحِلُّ بِهَؤُلاَءِ المُكَذِّبِينَ مِنَ الفَزَعِ وَالهَوْلِ، وَالحَسْرَةِ وَالنَّدَمِ، عَلَى مَا فَرَّطُوا فِي جَنْبِ اللهِ، لَرَأَيْتَ مَا لاَ يُحِيطُ بِهِ وَصْفٌ.

وَيَتَمَنَّى هؤُلاَءِ أنْ يُرَدُّوا إِلَى الدُّنيا لِيُؤْمِنُوا، وَليَعمَلُوا عَمَلاً صَالِحاً يُرْضِي اللهَ، وَلَكِنْ لاَ سِبيلَ إِلَى الرَّدِّ إلى الدنيا، لأَِنَّهُ مِنَ قَبِيلِ تَمَنِّي المُسْتَحِيلِ.

وُقِفُوا عَلى النَّارِ – حُبِسُوا عِنْدَهَا أَوْ عَرَفُوهَا.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 27
27. Allah Almighty evokes the state of those who have strayed and led others astray on the Day of Judgement, when the angels will stand them up and prepare them to enter hellfire. Allah Almighty says to His Messenger (as well as to all believers who listen to the Quran): “If you could but see the panic and terror that seize those deniers and the woe and repentance that they feel for having gone beyond the bounds set by Allah Almighty, you would see the indescribable.” The polytheists would on that day wish to go back to life on earth so that they could believe and do righteous deeds in order to please Allah Almighty. However, there will be no means for them to be brought back to life; it would be an impossible desire.
{بَلْ بَدَا لَهُمْ مَّا كَانُواْ يُخْفُونَ مِن قَبْلُ وَلَوْ رُدُّواْ لَعَادُواْ لِمَا نُهُواْ عَنْهُ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَكَاذِبُونَ}
{لَكَاذِبُونَ}

(28) – وَحِينَ تَقِفُهُمُ المَلائِكَةُ، وَتَحْتَبِسُهُمْ عِنْدَ النَّارِ، يَظْهَرُ لَهُمْ سُوءُ عَاقِبَةِ مَا كَانُوا يُخْفُونَهُ فِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ، مِنَ الكُفْرِ وَالتَّكْذِيبِ وَالمُعَانَدَةِ، وَإِنْ أَنْكَرُوهَا.

(وَقَدْ يَكُونُ المَعْنَى: وَظَهَرَ لَهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَهَ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ مِنْ صِدْقِ مَا جَاءَتْهُمْ بِهِ الرُّسُلُ فِي الدُّنيا، وَإِنْ كَانُوا يَكْتُمُونَهُ وَيُظْهِرُونَ لأَتْبَاعِهِمْ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ).

وَلَوُ أَنَّهُمْ أُعِيدُوا إلَى الحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيا، لَعَادُوا إِلَى مَا نُهُوا عَنْهُ مِنَ الكُفْرِ، وَالتَّكْذِيبِ وَالمُعَانَدَةِ. وَهُمْ كَاذِبُونَ فِي تَمَنِّيهِم العَوْدَةَ إِلى الدُّنْيَا لِيُؤْمِنُوا، وَلِيَعْمَلُوا صَالِحاً، وَلا يُكَذِّبُوا بِآيَاتِ رَبِّهِمْ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 28
28. When the angels stand them up and retain them by hellfire, they will see clearly the nefarious consequences of what they used to harbour within themselves, notably disbelief, dissension and obstinacy, although they deny them. (The meaning could also be as follows: the truth which they knew in themselves and which their messengers brought to them in this life, became clear to them; a truth which they concealed, however, revealing to their followers the contrary.) Even if they were brought back to life, they would relapse into what had been forbidden to them, notably disbelief, dissension and tenacity. They are lying when they express a wish to be brought back to life so as to believe, do good deeds and not treat Allah Almighty’s signs as lies.
{وَقَالُوۤاْ إِنْ هِيَ إِلاَّ حَيَاتُنَا ٱلدُّنْيَا وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَبْعُوثِينَ}
(29) – وَلَوْ رُّدوا إِلَى الدُّنْيا، لَعَادُوا إِلَى قَوْلِ مَا كَانُوا يَقُولُونَهُ مِنْ قَبْلُ، فِي الدُّنْيا: إِنْ هِيَ إِلاَّ حَيَاتُنَا الدُّنْيا، وَلاَ مَعَادَ بَعْدَهَا وَلاَ رَجْعَةَ إِلَى اللهِ، وَلا حَشْرَ بَعْدُ، وَلاَ حِسَابَ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 29
29. If they were brought back to life, they would go back to saying what they used to reiterate in their former life: “There is nothing but our earthly life; there is no other life after this, or a return to Allah Almighty. We will not be resurrected, assembled or judged.
{وَلَوْ تَرَىٰ إِذْ وُقِفُواْ عَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ قَالَ أَلَيْسَ هَـٰذَا بِٱلْحَقِّ قَالُواْ بَلَىٰ وَرَبِّنَا قَالَ فَذُوقُواْ ٱلعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْفُرُونَ}
(30) – وَلَوْ تَرَى هؤُلاءِ المُكَذِّبِينَ، حِينَ تَقِفُهُمُ المَلائِكَةُ فِي مَوْقِفِ الحِسَابِ، بَيْنَ يَدَيِ اللهِ تَعَالَى، لَهَالَكَ أَمْرُهُمْ، وَلاَسْتَبْشَعْتَ مَنْظَرَهُمْ وَلَرَأَيْتَ مَا لاَ يُحِيطُ بِهِ وَصْفٌ فَيَسْأَلُهُمُ اللهُ تَعَالَى قَائِلاً: أَلَيْسَ هذا الذِي أَنْتُمْ فِيهِ مِنَ البَعْثِ، هُوَ الحَقُّ الذِي لاَ شَكَّ فِيهِ؟ وَلَيْسَ هُوَ بِبَاطِلٍ كَمَا كُنْتُمْ تَزْعُمُونَ؟ فَيَرُدُّونَ مُقْسِمِينَ بِأَنَّهُ حَقٌّ لاَ شَكَّ فِيهِ. فَيَقُولُ تَعَالَى لَهُمْ: مَا دَامَ الأَمْرُ كَمَا اعْتَرَفْتُمْ فَذُوقُوا العَذابَ الأَلِيمَ، الذِي كُنْتُمْ تُكَذِّبُونَ بِأَنَّهُ سَيَكُونُ جَزَاءً لِلْكَافِرِينَ المُكَذِّبينَ رُسُلَ رَبِّهِمْ.

وُقِفُوا عَلَى رَبِّهِمْ – حُبِسُوا عَلَى حُكْمِ اللهِ تَعَالَى لِلسُّؤَالِ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 30
30. If you could but see those who treat the truth as falsehood, when the angels will stand them before Allah Almighty to be judged, you would be frightened by their state and would find their appearance abhorrent. You would then see the indescribable. Allah Almighty will ask them: “Is not the resurrection you are experiencing an indubitable truth? It is not a lie as you claimed.” They will swear that it is the undeniable truth. Then Allah Almighty will say to them: “Since this is the case, then taste the painful torture which you denied that it would be the deserving reward for those who treated the messengers of Allah Almighty as liars.”
{قَدْ خَسِرَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِلِقَآءِ ٱللَّهِ حَتَّىٰ إِذَا جَآءَتْهُمُ ٱلسَّاعَةُ بَغْتَةً قَالُواْ يٰحَسْرَتَنَا عَلَىٰ مَا فَرَّطْنَا فِيهَا وَهُمْ يَحْمِلُونَ أَوْزَارَهُمْ عَلَىٰ ظُهُورِهِمْ أَلاَ سَآءَ مَا يَزِرُونَ}
{يٰحَسْرَتَنَا}

(31) – لَقَدْ خَسِرَ هؤُلاءِ الكُفَّارُ، الذِينَ كَذَّبُوا بِالحَشْرِ، وَلِقَاءِ اللهِ فِي الآخِرَةِ لِلْحِسَابِ، كُلَّ مَا رَبِحَهُ المُؤْمِنُونَ، وَفَازُوا بِهِ مِنْ ثَمَرَاتِ الإِيمَانِ فِي الدُّنْيا وَالآخِرَةِ، وَيَسْتَمِرُّ هؤُلاءِ المُكَذِّبُونَ فِي ضَلاَلِهِمْ، وَكُفْرِهِمْ، وَبَاطِلِهِمْ حَتَّى تَأْتِيَهُمُ السَّاعَةُ فَجْأَةً دُونَ سَابِقِ إِنْذَارٍ، فَحِينَئِذٍ يُدْرِكُونَ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا خَاسِرِينَ. وَيَقُولُونَ: يَا حَسْرَتَنا عَلَى مَا فَرَّطْنا فِي حَيَاتِنا الدُّنْيَا فَكَذَّبْنا وَاسْتَكْبَرْنا، وَاسْتَسْلَمْنَا لِلشَّهَوَاتِ، وَنَحْنُ نَظُنُّ أَنَّهُ لاَ حَيَاةَ أُخْرَى، وَلا بَعْثَ وَلا حِسَابَ. وَيَأْتُونَ اللهَ فِي ذلِكَ اليَوْمِ العَصِيبِ وَهُمْ يَحْمِلُونَ ذُنُوبَهُمْ وَخَطَايَاهُمْ عَلى ظُهُورِهِمْ وَكَأَنَّها الأَحْمَالُ الثَّقِيلَةُ (أَوْزَارَهُمْ)، وَمَا أَسْوَأَ مَا يَحْمِلُونَ.

بَغْتَةً – فَجْأَةً.
فَرَّطْنَا فِيها – قَصَّرْنَا وَضَيَّعْنا فِي الحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيا.
أَوْزَارَهُمْ – أَحْمَالَهُمْ – وَهِيَ هُنَا ذُنُوبُهُمْ وَخَطَايَاهُمْ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 31
31. Those unbelievers who denied resurrection and meeting Allah Almighty for judgement in the hereafter, have lost all that the believers have gained in this life and in the hereafter through their faith. Those deniers persist in their straying, disbelief and error until the fatal hour surprises them and overtakes them without prior notice. Only then do they realize that they are the losers. They will say: “Woe unto us for our negligence in our life on earth, for our lies and arrogance and for submitting to our appetites. We used to think that there was no other life, no resurrection or judgement.” They come before Allah Almighty on that difficult day bearing their sins and errors on their backs as if they were heavy burdens. What an evil burden!
{وَمَا ٱلْحَيَٰوةُ ٱلدُّنْيَآ إِلاَّ لَعِبٌ وَلَهْوٌ وَلَلدَّارُ ٱلآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ لِّلَّذِينَ يَتَّقُونَ أَفَلاَ تَعْقِلُونَ}
{ٱلْحَيَاةُ}

(32) – لَيْسَتِ الحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيا، التِي قَالَ الكُفَّارُ إِنَّهَا لاَ حَيَاةَ غَيْرُهَا، إِلاّ لَهْوٌ وَلَعِبٌ، فَهِيَ دَائِرَةٌ بَيْنَ عَمَلٍ لاَ عَاقِبَةَ لَهُ، وَلاَ فَائِدَةَ، وَبَيْنَ عَمَلٍ فَائِدَتُهُ عَاجِلَةٌ غَايَتُها دَفْعُ الهُمُومِ وَالآلامِ. وَمَتَاعُ هَذِهِ الدُّنْيا مَتَاعٌ قَصِيرُ الأَجَلِ، لا يَنْبَغِي لِعَاقِلٍ أَنْ يَغْتَرَّ بِهِ. وَالدَّارُ الآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدَّارِ الدُّنْيا، لِمَنْ يَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُمْ، وَيَتَّقُونَ عَوَاقِبَ الكُفْرِ وَالمَعَاصِي، فَكَيْفَ يَفُوتُكُمْ ذلِكَ، وَلا تَعْقِلُونَهُ، وَأَنْتُمْ تَرَوْنَ بِأَعْيُنِكُمْ مَا يحِلُّ بِالنَّاسِ مِنْ مَوْتٍ وَفَوَاجِعَ؟
Surah Al Anam: Verse 32
32. Earthly life, which the unbelievers said was the only life there was, is nothing but fun and games. It centres around doing useless and insignificant deeds and undertaking actions whose benefits are immediate and the aim of which is to push back worries and sorrows. The pleasures of this life are ephemeral and should not deceive the wise. The final dwelling place is a better place than life on earth for those who fear Allah Almighty and dread the consequences of disbelief and disobedience. How could this reality escape you, and how could you not understand when you see with your own eyes what happens to people, such as death and calamities?
{قَدْ نَعْلَمُ إِنَّهُ لَيَحْزُنُكَ ٱلَّذِي يَقُولُونَ فَإِنَّهُمْ لاَ يُكَذِّبُونَكَ وَلَـٰكِنَّ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ بِآيَاتِ ٱللَّهِ يَجْحَدُونَ}
{ٱلظَّالِمِينَ} {بِآيَاتِ}

(33) – يُسَلِّي اللهُ تَعَالَى نَبِيَّهُ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَيَقُولُ لَهُ: إِنَّنَا نَعْلَمُ تَكْذِيبَ قَوْمِكَ لَكَ، وَنَعْلَمُ حُزْنَكَ وَأَسَفَكَ لِمَا يَقُولُونَ.

وَلَكِنَّ الظَالِمِينَ الكَافِرِينَ يُعَانِدُونَ الحَقَّ، وَيَدْفَعُونَهُ بِصُدُورِهِمْ، وَلَيْسَتْ غَايَتُهُمْ تَكْذِيبَكَ أَنْتَ، وَلَكِنَّهُمْ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِآيَاتِ اللهِ. (كَمَا قَالَ أَبُو جَهْلٍ لِلنَّبِيِّ، عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ: إِنَّنَا لا نُكَذِّبُكَ، وَلَكِنْ نُكَذِّبُ مَا جِئْتَ بِهِ).

وَيَوْمَ بَدْرٍ جَاءَ الأَخْنَسُ بْنُ شُرَيقٍ إِلَى أَبِي جَهْلٍ وَاخْتَلَى بِهِ، وَقَالَ لَهُ: لَيْسَ بَيْنَنَا أَحَدٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ، أَخْبِرْنِي يَا أَبَا الحَكَم ِعَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ أَصَادِقٌ هُوَ أَمْ كَاذِبٌ؟ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو جَهْلٍ: وَيْحَكَ وَاللهِ إِنَّ مُحَمَّداً لَصَادِقٌ، وَمَا كَذَبَ مُحَمَّدٌ قَطُّ، وَلكِنْ إِذَا ذَهَبَتْ بَنُو قُصَيٍّ بِاللِّوَاءِ وَالسِّقَايَةِ وَالحِجَابَةِ وَالنُّبُوَّةِ فَمَاذَا يَبْقَى لِسَائِرِ قُرَيْشٍ؟
Surah Al Anam: Verse 33
33. Almighty Allah consoles His Prophet and says: “We know that your people deny you, and We know your sadness and sorrow over what they say. However, the iniquitous unbelievers oppose truth, and push it back with all their hearts. Their aim is not to deny you, but rather to deny the signs of Allah Almighty.” (Abu Jahl once said to the Prophet: “We do not deny you but deny your message.”) On the day of the Battle of Badr, al-Akhnas bin Shurayq asked Abu Jahl when they were alone: “There is no one from Quraish among us. Tell me, O father of al-Hakam, about Mohammad. Does he tell the truth or does he lie?” Abu Jahl replied: “By Allah Almighty, he speaks the truth. Mohammad (peace be upon him) has never lied. However, if the sons of Kussay monopolize decision making, providing drinking water for the pilgrims, guarding the Sacred Oratory (the Kaaba), and prophecy, what remains for the rest of the tribe of Quraish?”
{وَلَقَدْ كُذِّبَتْ رُسُلٌ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَصَبَرُواْ عَلَىٰ مَا كُذِّبُواْ وَأُوذُواْ حَتَّىٰ أَتَاهُمْ نَصْرُنَا وَلاَ مُبَدِّلَ لِكَلِمَاتِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَقدْ جَآءَكَ مِن نَّبَإِ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ}
{أَتَاهُمْ} {لِكَلِمَاتِ} {نَّبَإِ}

(34) – يَلْفِتُ اللهُ تَعَالَى نَظَرَ رَسُولِهِ إِلَى مَا لاَقَاهُ الرُّسُلُ قَبْلَهُ مِنْ تَكْذِيبِ أَقْوَامِهِمْ لَهُمْ، فَصَبَرُوا عَلَى الإِيذَاءِ وَالتَّكْذِيبِ، حَتَّى جَاءَ نَصْرُ اللهِ. ثُمَّ يَقُولُ لَهُ: فَعَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا الرَّسُولُ أَنْ تَتَأَسَّى بِهِمْ، وَتَصْبِرَ، فَكَما جَاءَ نَصْرُ اللهِ مَنْ سَبَقَكَ مِنَ الرُّسُلِ، كَذَلِكَ سَيَنْصُرُكَ اللهُ عَلَى أَعْدَائِكَ الكَافِرِينَ، وَلاَ مُبَدِّلَ لَكَلِمَاتِ اللهِ التِي قَضَى فِيهَا أنَّ النَّصْرَ وَالعَاقِبَةَ سَتَكُونَانِ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِي الدُّنْيا وَالآخِرَةِ. وَلَقَدْ جَاءَكَ أَيُّهَا الرَّسُولُ نَبَأُ نَصْرِ اللهِ رُسُلَهُ عَلَى مَنْ كَذَّبَهُمْ وَعَادَاهُمْ مِنْ أَقْوَامِهِمْ، فِيمَا قَصَّهُ عَلَيْكَ رَبُّكَ مِنْ نَبَأِ المُرْسَلِينَ قَبْلَكَ، وَفِي ذَلِكَ تَسْلِيَةٌ لَكَ، وَتَثْبِيتٌ.

(وَيُرْوَى أنَّ سُورَةَ الأَنْعَامِ نَزَلَتْ بَيْنَ سُورَةِ الشُّعَرَاءِ وَالنَّمْلِ وُهُودٍ وَالقَصَصِ وَالحِجْرِ، المُشْتَمِلَةِ عَلَى أَنْبَاءِ المُرْسَلِينَ بِالتَّفْصِيلِ).

لاَ مُبَدِّلَ لِكَلِمَاتِ اللهِ – لا مُغَيِّرَ لِمَا وَعَدَ اللهُ بِهِ رُسُلَهَ مِنَ النَّصْرِ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 34
34. Almighty Allah draws His Messenger’s attention to the rejection which the previous messengers were subjected to by their people. They suffered patiently the harm and denial until Allah Almighty championed them. Allah Almighty says: “O Messenger, you should follow their example and be patient. Just as Allah Almighty granted your predecessors victory, He will champion you against your enemies the unbelievers. None can alter Allah Almighty’s words: He decrees that victory and a happy end will be the portion of the believers both in this here life and in the hereafter. O Messenger! You have now heard the news of the victory Allah Almighty granted His messengers over those who denied and opposed them in the stories Allah Almighty has told you of the messengers before you. This should console and strengthen you.” (It is said that the chapter of al-Ana’am (The Cattle) was revealed with the chapters of ash-Shu’ara (The Poets), an-Naml (The Ants), Hud (The Prophet Hud), al-Qasas (The Narration) and al-Hijr (The Rocky Tract) which contain detailed information about the messengers.)
{وَإِن كَانَ كَبُرَ عَلَيْكَ إِعْرَاضُهُمْ فَإِن ٱسْتَطَعْتَ أَن تَبْتَغِيَ نَفَقاً فِي ٱلأَرْضِ أَوْ سُلَّماً فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَتَأْتِيَهُمْ بِآيَةٍ وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَجَمَعَهُمْ عَلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰ فَلاَ تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْجَٰهِلِينَ}
{بِآيَةٍ} {ٱلْجَاهِلِينَ}

(35) – كَانَ مُشْرِكُو قُرَيْشٍ يَقْتَرِحُونَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنْ يَأْتِيَهُمْ بَآيَاتٍ لِيُؤْمِنُوا لَهُ، وَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ يَتَمَنَّى لَوْ آتَاهُ اللهُ بَعْضَ مَا طَلَبُوا، حِرْصاً مِنْهُ عَلَى هِدَايَتِهِمْ، وَأَسَفاً وَحُزْناً مِنْهُ عَلَى إِصْرَارِهِمْ عَلَى الكُفْرِ وَالاسْتِكْبَارِ، وَلَكِنَّهُ تَعَالَى يَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هَؤُلاءِ الجَاحِدِينَ لا يؤمِنُونَ وَإِنْ أتَاهُمُ الرَّسُولُ بِمَا يَطْلُبُونَ مِنَ الآيَاتِ. لِذَلِكَ قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى مُخَاطِباً رَسُولَهُ صلى الله عليه وسلم: إِنْ كَانَ قَدْ شَقَّ عَلَيْكَ إِعْرَاضهُمْ عَنْكَ، فَإِنْ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ تَبْحَثَ عَنْ نَفَقٍ فِي الأَرْضِ فَتَذْهَبَ فِيهِ فَتَأْتِيَهُمْ بَآيَةٍ، أَوْ أَنْ تَجْعَلَ لَكَ سُلَّماً تَرْتَقِي فِيهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ لِتَأْتِيَهُمْ بِآيَةٍ أَفْضَلَ مِمَّا أَتَيْتَهُمْ بِهِ فَافْعَلْ، فَالآيَاتُ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ، وَإِنَّكَ لاَ تَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ تَأْتِيَ بِمُعْجِزَةٍ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ. وَلَوْ شَاءَ اللهُ هِدَايَتَهُمْ جَمِيعاً لَهَدَاهُمْ، وَلَجَمَعَهُمْ عَلَى الحَقِّ، فَلاَ تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الجَاهِلِينَ سُنَنَ اللهِ فِي خَلْقِهِ، فَتَتَمَنَّى مَا تَرَاهُ حُسْناً نَافِعاً، وَإِنْ كَانَ حُصُولُهُ مُمْتَنِعاً.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 35
35. The polytheists of Quraish repeatedly asked the Prophet to bring them signs so that they could believe in his prophecy. The Prophet wished that Allah Almighty would grant him some of what they demanded because he was eager to bring them to guidance on the one hand, and because he was sad and grieved for their persistence in disbelief and arrogance, on the other. Allah Almighty knows, however, that those deniers would not believe even if the Messenger brought them the signs they asked for. Thus Allah Almighty says to His messenger: “If their opposition troubles you, and you are able to find a tunnel in the earth which you can penetrate to bring them a sign, or find a ladder to raise you to heaven to bring forth a better miracle than the ones We brought them, then do so! The signs are from Allah Almighty. You cannot produce a miracle on your own. If Allah Almighty had chosen to guide them, He would have done so. He would have regrouped them on the right path. Do not be one of those who ignore Allah Almighty’s laws concerning His creatures by wishing for what you consider good and useful, knowing that it is inaccessible.”
{إِنَّمَا يَسْتَجِيبُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَسْمَعُونَ وَٱلْمَوْتَىٰ يَبْعَثُهُمُ ٱللَّهُ ثُمَّ إِلَيْهِ يُرْجَعُونَ}
(36) – الذِينَ يَسْتَجِيبُونَ، للهِ وَلِلرَّسُولِ، هُمُ الذِينَ يَسْمَعُونَ كَلاَمَ اللهِ، وَيَعُونَهُ، وَيَتَدَبَّرُونَهُ، فَيَعْقِلُونَ الآَيَاتِ، وَيُذْعِنُونَ لِمَا عَرَفُوا بِهَا مِنَ الحَقِّ، لِسَلاَمَةِ فِطْرَتِهِمْ، وَصَفَاءِ نُفُوسِهِمْ، وَطَهَارَةِ قُلُوبِهِمْ. أمَّا الذِينَ لاَ تُرْجَى اسْتِجَابَتُهُمْ، لأَِنَّهُمْ كَالمَوْتَى، لا يَسْمَعُونَ السَّمَاعَ النَّافِعَ، وَلا يَتَدَبَّرُونَ، فَيُتْرَكُ أَمْرُهُمْ إِلَى اللهِ، فَهُوَ الذِي يَبْعَثُهُمْ، بَعْدَ مَوْتِهِمْ، لِيُحَاسِبَهُمْ عَلَى أَعْمَالِهِمْ، فَلاَ تُهْلِكْ نَفسَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَسَراتٍ، فَلَيْسَ فِي اسْتِطَاعَتِكَ هِدَايَتُهُمْ، وَلا إِرْجَاعُهُمْ إِلى جَادَّةِ الصَّوَابِ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 36
36. Those people who respond to the call of Allah Almighty and His Messenger are those who can hear Allah Almighty’s words, assimilate them, consider them with care, understand the signs, and then submit to the truth which they recognize because they have a sound intuition, limpid souls and pure hearts. As for those whose favourable response cannot be expected because they are like the dead, they cannot hear what is useful to them nor can they understand. Allah Almighty will deal with them. He will raise them after death and bring them to account for their deeds. Do not weary yourself with regret over them because you can neither guide them nor bring them back to the straight path.
{وَقَالُواْ لَوْلاَ نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ آيَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِ قُلْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَادِرٌ عَلَىٰ أَن يُنَزِّلٍ آيَةً وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ}
{آيَةٌ} {آيَةً}
(37) – كَانَ المُشْرِكُونَ يَقُولُونَ: لَوْلا نُزِّلَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ آيةٌ مِنْ رَبِّهِ خَارِقَةٌ لِلْعَادَةِ وَالمَأْلُوفِ. وَيَرُدُّ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِمْ قَائِلاً: إِنَّ اللهَ قَادِرٌ عَلَى أَنْ يُنْزِّلَ آيةً، وَلَكِنَّ حِكْمَتَهُ اقْتَضَتْ تَأْخِيرَ ذَلِكَ، لأَِنَّهُ لَوْ أَنْزَلَ آيَةً، وَفْقَ طَلَبِهِمْ، ثُمَّ لَمْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِهَا، لَعَاجَلَهُمْ بِالعُقُوبَةِ، كَمَا فَعَلَ بِالأُمَمِ السَّالِفَةِ، وَلَكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ هؤُلاءِ لا يَعْلَمُونَ حِكَمَ اللهِ، وَسُنَنَهُ فِي خَلْقِهِ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 37
37. The polytheists used to say: “Why has no extraordinary sign been sent down to Mohammad?” Allah Almighty retorts saying that Allah Almighty is able to reveal a sign, but that His wisdom demands that it be delayed. If He did send down a sign, as they requested, and they still did not believe, He would then hasten His punishment, just as He did with the people who preceded them. However, most of those people do not know Allah Almighty’s wisdom and the laws He imposes on His creatures.
{وَمَا مِن دَآبَّةٍ فِي ٱلأَرْضِ وَلاَ طَائِرٍ يَطِيرُ بِجَنَاحَيْهِ إِلاَّ أُمَمٌ أَمْثَالُكُمْ مَّا فَرَّطْنَا فِي ٱلكِتَٰبِ مِن شَيْءٍ ثُمَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يُحْشَرُونَ}
{طَائِرٍ} {ٱلكِتَابِ}
(38) – بَعْدَ أَنْ بَيَّنَ اللهُ سُبْحَانَهُ أَنَّهُ قَادِرٌ عَلَى أَنْ يُنْزِلَ الآيَاتِ إذَا رَأَى مِنَ الحِكْمَةِ وَالمَصْلَحَةِ إِنْزَالَها، ذَكَرَ مَا يُعَدُّ مِنَ الأَدِلَّةِ عَلَى تِلْكَ القُدْرَةِ فَقَالَ: إِنَّهُ لاَ يُوْجَدُ نَوْعٌ مِنْ أنواع الأَحْيَاءِ، التِي تَدُبُّ عَلَى الأَرْضِ، وَلاَ نَوْعٌ مِنْ أَنْوَاعِ الطُّيُورِ التِي تَطِيرُ فِي الهَوَاءِ، إِلاَّ وَهِيَ أُمَمٌ مُمَاثِلَةٌ لَكُمْ، أيُّهَا النَّاسُ، لَهَا نِظَامُهَا، وَخَصَائِصُها، وَطَرِيقَةُ حَيَاتِها، وَمَعَاشُها. وَجَميعُ المَخْلُوقَاتِ عِلْمُهَا عِنْدَ اللهِ، وَقَدْ أَثْبَتَهَا عِنْدَهُ فِي أُمِّ الكِتَابِ، لاَ يَنْسَى وَاحِداً مِنْهَا مِنْ رِزْقِهِ وَتَدْبِيرِهِ. وَجَميعُ الخَلاَئِقِ تُحْشَرُ إِلى رَبِّها يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ.
أُمَمٌ أَمْثَالُكُمْ – فِي خَلْقِنَا لَهَا وَتَدْبِيرِنا أُمُورَها.
مَا فَرَّطْنا – مَا أَغْفَلْنَا وَمَا تَرَكْنَا.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 38
38. When Allah Almighty has shown that He is capable of sending down signs if He judged it wise and beneficial to do so, He evokes arguments which demonstrate this ability. He says: “There is no beast living on the earth nor bird flying in the air but have their own communities which are similar to yours. They have their own order, their characteristics, a system of life and a means of existence. Allah Almighty knows all the creatures and has identified them in His Book of Creation. He provides for their needs and does not forget any of them. All creatures will appear before Allah Almighty on Judgement Day.”
{وَٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِآيَاتِنَا صُمٌّ وَبُكْمٌ فِي ٱلظُّلُمَاتِ مَن يَشَإِ ٱللَّهُ يُضْلِلْهُ وَمَن يَشَأْ يَجْعَلْهُ عَلَىٰ صِرَاطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ}
{بِآيَاتِنَا} {ٱلظُّلُمَاتِ} {صِرَاطٍ}
(39) – وَالذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِرَبِّهِمْ، وَكَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِهِ الدَّالَّةِ عَلَى وَحْدَانِيَّتِهِ، وَصِدْقِ مَا جَاءَ بِهِ رَسُولُهُ مَثَلُهُمْ، فِي جَهْلِهِمْ، كَمَثَلِ الصُّمِّ الذِينَ لا يَسْمَعُونَ، البُكْمِ الذِينَ لاَ يَنْطِقُونَ، وَهُمْ فَوْقَ ذَلِكَ فِي ظُلُمَاتٍ لا يُبْصِرُونَ، فَكَيْفَ يَهْتَدِي أَمْثَالُ هَؤُلاَءِ إِلَى طَرِيقِ الهُدَى، وَيَخْرُجُونَ مِمَّا هُمْ فِيهِ؟ وَاللهُ هُوَ المُتَصَرِّفُ فِي خَلقِهِ فَإِنْ أَرَادَ إِضْلاَلَ إِنْسَانٍ، لفَسَادِ قَصْدِهِ، تَرَكَهُ وَشَأنَهُ، وَإِذَا أَرَادَ هِدَايَتَهُ، لِسَلامَةِ قَصْدِهِ، يَسَّرَ لَهُ السَّيْرَ فِي طَريقِ الإِيمَانِ الوَاضِحِ المُسْتَقِيمِ.
فِي الظُّلُمَاتِ – ظُلُمَاتِ الجَهْلِ وَالعِنَادِ وَالكُفْرِ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 39
39. Those who have disbelieved in their Lord and denied the signs which indicate His Oneness and the truth of the message of His prophet, resemble in their ignorance the deaf who cannot hear, and the dumb who cannot speak. Moreover, they are engulfed in darkness and cannot see. How can such people be guided to the path of truth and come out from the state they are in? Allah Almighty alone disposes of His creatures: If He wished to mislead someone because of his evil intentions, He would leave him alone. If He wished to guide him because of his good intentions, He would help him to follow the clear straight path of faith.
{قُلْ أَرَءَيْتَكُمْ إِنْ أَتَـٰكُمْ عَذَابُ ٱللَّهِ أَوْ أَتَتْكُمُ ٱلسَّاعَةُ أَغَيْرَ ٱللَّهِ تَدْعُونَ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ}
{أَرَأَيْتُكُم} {أَتَاكُمْ} {أَتَتْكُمْ} {صَادِقِينَ}
(40) – قُلْ أيُّهَا الرَّسُولُ لِهؤلاءِ المُشْرِكِينَ المُكَذِّبِينَ: أَخْبِرُونِي إِنْ أَتَاكُمْ عَذَابٌ مِنَ اللهِ، كَالذِي نَزَلَ بِمَنْ قَبْلَكُمْ مِنَ الأُمَمِ الذِينَ كَذَّبُوا رُسُلَهُمْ، أَوْ جَاءَتْكُمُ السَّاعَةُ بِأَهْوَالِهَا وَخِزْيِها وَنَكَالِها، وَبُعِثْتم لِمَوْقِفِ الحِسَابِ، مَنْ تَدْعُونَ غَيْرَ اللهِ، فِي هَذِهِ الأَحْوَالِ، لِيَكْشِفَ عَنْكُمْ مَا نَزَلَ بِكُمْ مِنَ البَلاَءِ؟ وَهَلْ تَفْزَعُونَ إِلَى الآلِهَةِ التِي تَزْعُمُونَ شِرْكَتَهَا مَعَ اللهِ لِكَشْفِ البَلاءِ النَّازِلِ بِكُمْ، هذا إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ فِي دَعْوَاكُمْ ألُوهِيَّةَ هؤُلاءِ الشُّرَكَاءِ؟
أَرَأَيْتَكُمْ – أَخْبِرُونِي عَنْ عَجيب أَمْرِكُمْ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 40
40. O Messenger! Say to those denying polytheists: “Tell me, if Allah Almighty’s punishment befalls you as it befell preceding nations that denied their messengers; or if the hour of judgement overtakes you with its horrors, humiliation and exemplary punishment, and you are then resuscitated to be judged; who do you invoke in such cases but Allah Almighty to save you from the calamity that befalls you? Will you invoke the divinities that you claim to be associates of Allah Almighty to dissipate this misfortune which has befallen you? This question is justified only if you truly believed in your attribution of divine qualities to those associates.”
{بَلْ إِيَّاهُ تَدْعُونَ فَيَكْشِفُ مَا تَدْعُونَ إِلَيْهِ إِنْ شَآءَ وَتَنسَوْنَ مَا تُشْرِكُونَ}
(41) – إِنَّكُمْ أَيُّهَا المُشْرِكُونَ لاَ تَدْعُونَ فِي سَاعَةِ الهَوْلِ وَالشِّدَّةِ صَنَماً وَلا وَثَناً، وَإِنَّمَا تَدْعُونَ اللهَ وَحْدَهُ، لِعِلْمِكُمْ أَنَّهُ لاَ يَقْدِرُ أَحَدٌ عَلَى كَشْفِ مَا نَزَلَ بِكُمْ مِنْ بَلاءٍ وَعَذَابٍ، وَتَنْسَوْنَ غَيْرَهُ مِنَ الشُّرَكَاءِ وَالأَنْدَادِ. وَإِذَا شَاءَ اللهُ أنْ يَكْشِفَ مَا بِكُمْ مِنْ ضُرٍ وَبَلاءٍ كَشَفَهُ عَنْكُمْ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 41
41. In times of fear and duress, you polytheists do not invoke a statue or an idol but invoke Allah Almighty alone because you know that only He can push back the disaster and suffering. You forget then other associates and rivals. If Allah Almighty wished to dissipate the harm and misfortune which have befallen you, He would do so.
{وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلنَآ إِلَىٰ أُمَمٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَأَخَذْنَٰهُمْ بِٱلْبَأْسَآءِ وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَضَرَّعُونَ}
{فَأَخَذْنَاهُمْ}
(42) – يَقُولُ تَعَالَى: إنَّهُ أَرْسَلَ إِلَى الأُمَمِ السَّالِفَةِ رُسُلاً يَدْعُونَهُمْ إِلى عِبَادَةِ اللهِ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ، فَكَذَّبُوا الرُّسُلَ، وَعَتَوْا عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ، فَابْتَلاَهُمُ اللهُ بِالفَقْرِ، وَالضِّيقِ، فِي العَيْشِ (فَأَخَذْنَاهُمْ بِالبَأْسَاءِ)، وَسَلَّطَ عَلَيْهِم الأَمْرَاضَ وَالأَسْقَامَ وَالآلامَ (وَالضَّرَّاءِ)، لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَضَرَّعُونَ إِلَى اللهِ، وَيَخْشَعُونَ إِليهِ، وَيَدْعُونَهُ لِيَكْشِفَ عَنْهُمْ مَا نَزَلَ بِهِمْ، فَقَدْ أَوْدَعَ اللهُ تَعَالَى فِي فِطْرَةِ البَشَرِ أَنْ يَضْرَعُوا إِلى اللهِ وَحْدَهُ عِنْدَ الشَّدَائِدِ.
البَأْسَاءِ – البُؤْسِ وَالفَقْرِ.
الضَّرَّاءِ – المَرَضِ وَالسَّقَمِ وَالزَّمَانَةِ.
يَتَضَرَّعُونَ – يَتَذَلَّلُونَ وَيَتَخَشَّعُونَ وَيَتُوبُونَ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 42
42. Allah Almighty says that He sent Messengers to the previous nations calling them to the worship of Allah Almighty alone without associate. They treated His messengers as liars and disobeyed their Lord’s command. Thus Allah Almighty afflicted them with indigence and exposed them to pain and disease, perhaps they might pray to Him, humble themselves before Him and implore Him to dissipate what had befallen them. Allah Almighty has sowed in men a natural tendency to implore Him alone in misfortunes.
{فَلَوْلاۤ إِذْ جَآءَهُمْ بَأْسُنَا تَضَرَّعُواْ وَلَـٰكِن قَسَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَانُ مَا كَانُواّ يَعْمَلُونَ}
{ٱلشَّيْطَانُ}
(43) – فَهَلاّ، إِذ ابْتَلاَهُمُ اللهُ بِذَلِكَ البَلاءِ، تَضَرَّعُوا إِلَيْهِ وَتَوَسَّلُوا، حِينَ جَاءَتْهُمْ مُقَدِّمَاتُ العَذَابِ، لِيَكْشِفَهُ عَنْهُمْ، وَلَكِنَّ قُلُوبَهُمْ قَسَتْ فَلَمْ تَرِقَّ وَلَمْ تَخْشَعْ، وَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ مِنَ الشِّرْكِ وَالمَعَاصِي وَالمُعاَنَدَةِ، وَحَسَّنَهُ فِي أَعْيُنِهِمْ لِيَثْبُتُوا عَلَى مَا وَجَدُوا آبَاءَهُمْ عَلَيْهِ.
جَاءَهُمْ بَأْسُنا – أَتَاهُمْ عَذَابُنَا.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 43
43. Ah! If, when Allah Almighty afflicted them with misfortunes, they had submitted themselves to Him and implored Him at the very moment when they were visited by suffering so that He would spare them! However, their hearts have become hard; they will not soften or yield. Satan adorned polytheism, turpitude, and disobedience for them and made them more beautiful in their eyes so that they could persist in the errors of their fathers.
{فَلَمَّا نَسُواْ مَا ذُكِّرُواْ بِهِ فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ أَبْوَابَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ حَتَّىٰ إِذَا فَرِحُواْ بِمَآ أُوتُوۤاْ أَخَذْنَاهُمْ بَغْتَةً فَإِذَا هُمْ مُّبْلِسُونَ}
{أَبْوَابَ} {أَخَذْنَاهُمْ}
(44) – فَلَمَّا أَعْرَضُوا عَمَّا أَنْذَرَهُمْ بِهِ رُسُلُهُمْ، وَتَرَكُوا الاهْتِدَاءَ بِهِ، وَتَنَاسُوْهُ وَجَعَلُوهُ وَرَاءَ ظُهُورِهِمْ، اسْتَدْرَجَهُمُ اللهُ تَعَالَى بِأَنْ فَتَحَ عَلَيْهِمْ أَبْوَابَ الرِّزْقِ، وَأَعْطَاهُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ مَا يُحِبُّونَ وَيَخْتَارُونَ، وَزَادَهُمْ سِعَةً فِي الأَمْوَالِ وَالأَوْلاَدِ، فَلَمْ تُرَبِّهِم النِّعْمَةُ، وَلا شَكَرُوا اللهِ عَلَى نِعَمِهِ وَآلائِهِ، بَلْ دَفَعَتْهُمْ تِلْكَ النِّعْمَةُ إِلى البَطَرِ وَالأَشَرِ، فَفَرِحُوا بِذَلِكَ وَسُرُّوا، إِذْ ظَنُّوا أنَّ الذِي أُوتُوا إِنَّمَا هُوَ بِاسْتِحْقَاقِهِمْ، وَحِينَئِذٍ أَخَذَهُمُ اللهُ بِالعَذَابِ بَغْتَةً، وَعَلَى حِينِ غِرَّةٍ مِنْهُمْ، فَإِذَا هُمْ يَائِسُونَ مِنْ كُلِّ خَيْرٍ.
(وَقَالَ قَتَادَةُ: مَا أَخَذَ اللهُ قَوْماً قَطُّ إِلاَّ عِنْدَ سَكْرَتِهِمْ، وَغِرَّتِهِمْ، وَنِعْمَتِهِمْ فَلا تَغْتَرُّوا).
مُبْلِسُونَ – يَائِسُونَ مِنَ الرَّحْمَةِ – أَوْ مُكَتَئِبُونَ.
أَبْوابَ كُلِّ شَيءٍ – أَغْدَقْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ النِّعَمَ الكَثِيرَةَ اسْتِدرَاجاً لَهُمْ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 44
44. When they had renounced the warning of their messengers and turned away from being guided by it, pretended to forget it and turned their backs to it, Allah Almighty led them progressively by opening to them the doors of fortune, and by giving them all that they loved and chose. He lavished on them more wealth and children. However, all these favours did not teach them a lesson and they did not thank Allah Almighty for His blessing and grace. On the contrary, these blessings drove them to ingratitude and evil. They were overjoyed thinking that they had merited these gifts. It was then that Allah Almighty took them by surprise and inflicted His punishment on them and they were plunged into utter despair. (Qatadah said: “Allah Almighty never seized any people but in a state of intoxication and infatuation, and when they had been showered with favours. Do not be deluded therefore.”)
{فَقُطِعَ دَابِرُ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ وَٱلْحَمْدُ للَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَالَمِينَ}
{ٱلْعَالَمِينَ}
(45) – فَدَمَّرَ اللهُ تَعَالَى القَوْمَ الكَافِرِينَ جَمِيعاً، أَوَّلَهُمْ وَآخِرَهُمْ، وَلَمْ يُبْقِ مِنْهُمْ أَحَداً. وَإِذَا قَطَعَ اللهُ دَابِرَ القَوْمِ (آخِرَهُمْ) فَقَدْ قَطَعَ أَوَّلَهُمْ، وَالحَمْدُ للهِ فِي الأُولى وَالآخِرَةِ عَلَى مَا أَنْعَمَهُ عَلى رُسُلِهِ، وَأَهْلِ طَاعَتِهِ، بِإِظْهَارِ حُجَجِهِمْ عَلى مَنْ خَالَفَهُمْ مِنْ أَهْلِ الكُفْرِ.
دَابِرُ القَوْمِ – آخِرُهُمْ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 45
45. Allah Almighty destroyed all the unbelieving people, from beginning to end. None remained. When Allah Almighty cuts off the last generations of renegades, He has cut off those who preceded them. Praise be to Allah Almighty at the beginning and the end for the favours which he accorded to His prophets and to the submissive believers, by corroborating their arguments and making them prevail over the unbelievers who opposed them.
{قُلْ أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَخَذَ ٱللَّهُ سَمْعَكُمْ وَأَبْصَارَكُمْ وَخَتَمَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِكُمْ مَّنْ إِلَـٰهٌ غَيْرُ ٱللَّهِ يَأْتِيكُمْ بِهِ ٱنْظُرْ كَيْفَ نُصَرِّفُ ٱلآيَاتِ ثُمَّ هُمْ يَصْدِفُونَ}
{أَرَأَيْتُمْ} {وَأَبْصَارَكُمْ} {ٱلآيَاتِ}
(46) – قُلْ لِهؤُلاءِ المُكَذِّبينَ: أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ سَلَبَكُمُ اللهُ قُدْرَتَكُمْ عَلَى السَّمْعِ وَالإِبْصَارِ، كَمَا مَنَحَكمُوهَا، وَخَتَمَ عَلَى قُلُوبِكُمْ، فَلَمْ يَعُدْ يَصِلُ إِلَيْهَا شَيءٌ، وَلَمْ تَعُدْ تَعِي شَيْئاً، فَهَلْ هُنَاكَ أَحَدٌ غَيْرُ اللهِ يَقْدِرُ عَلَى رَدِّ ذَلِكَ إِلَيْكُم، إِذَا سَلَبَكُمُ اللهُ إيَّاهُ؟ بِلاَ شَكٍّ لاَ يَقْدِرُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ أَحَدٌ غَيْرُهُ. فَانْظُرْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ كَيْفَ نُبَيِّنُ الآيَاتِ وَالحُجَجَ لِهؤلاءِ عَلَى أَنَّ اللهَ وَاحِدٌ، وَأَنَّهُ لاَ مَعْبُودَ غَيْرُهُ، وَأَنَّ مَا يَعْبُدُونَ مِنْ دُونِهِ ضَلالٌ وَبَاطِلٌ، ثُمَّ إنَّهُمْ، مَعْ هَذا البَيَانِ، يُعْرِضُونَ عَنِ الحَقِّ، وَيَصْرِفُونَ وُجُوهَهُمْ عَنِ الآيَاتِ، وَيَصُدُّونَ النَّاسَ عَنِ اتِّبَاعِهَا.
أَرَأَيْتُمُ – أَخْبِرُونِي مَا يَكُونُ حَالُكُمْ.
نُصَرِّفُ الآيَاتِ – نُكَرِّرُ الآيَاتِ بِطُرُقٍ مُخْتَلِفَةٍ.
يَصْدِفُونَ – يُعْرِضُونَ عَنِ الآيَاتِ وَيَعْدِلُونَ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 46
46. Say to those who treat truth as a lie: “What if Allah Almighty bereft you of your aptitude to hear and to see just as He granted them to you; and sealed your heart rendering it inaccessible and depriving it of feeling; is there anyone other than Allah Almighty Who could restore them to you if Allah Almighty were to deprive you of them? Undoubtedly, none but He can do this. Behold, O Mohammad! how We disclose Our signs and advance Our arguments to show those that Allah Almighty is One, and that He is alone to be worshipped. They are perverse and evil in worshipping other deities than Him. In spite of this elucidation, they still turn away from truth, dismiss His signs, and prevent people from following them.
{قُلْ أَرَءَيْتَكُمْ إِنْ أَتَـٰكُمْ عَذَابُ ٱللَّهِ بَغْتَةً أَوْ جَهْرَةً هَلْ يُهْلَكُ إِلاَّ ٱلْقَوْمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ}
{أَرَأَيْتَكُمْ} {أَتَاكُمْ} {ٱلظَّالِمُونَ}
(47) – قُلْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ لِهؤلاءِ المُكَذِّبِينَ: أَخْبِرُونِي عَنْ حَالِكُمْ إِنْ أَتَاكُمْ عَذَابُ اللهِ – الذِي قَضَتْ بِهِ سُنَّتُهُ فِي الأَوَّلِينَ أَنْ يُنْزِلَهُ بِالكُفَّارِ وَالمُكَذِّبينَ – مُبَاغِتاً، وَمُفَاجِئاً لَكُمْ، فَأَخَذَكُمْ عَلَى غِرَّةٍ مِنْكُمْ، وَلَمْ تَسْبِقْهُ مُقَدِّمَاتٌ، وَلاَ أَمَارَاتٌ تُشْعِرُكُمْ بِقُرْبِ نُزُولِهِ بِكُمْ، أَوْ أَتَاكُمْ وَأَنْتُمْ تُعَايِنُونَهُ وَتَنْظُرونَ إِلَيهِ، فَهَلْ يُهْلِكُ اللهُ إِلاَّ القَوْمَ الظَّالِمِينَ الذِينَ أَصَرُّوا عَلَى الشِّرْكِ وَالجُحُودِ؟ وَلَقَدْ مَضَتْ سُنَّتُهُ تَعَالَى، فِي مِثْلِ هذا العَذَابِ، أَنْ يُنْجِيَ مِنْهُ رُسُلَهُ وَمَنِ اتَّبَعَهُمْ مِنَ المُؤْمِنِينَ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 47
47. Say, O Mohammad! to those deniers: “Tell me what would happen to you if the punishment of Allah Almighty were to befall you suddenly (His laws dictated that punishment should be inflicted on the previous unbelievers and deniers), without pervious warning and without any sign to announce it or an indication to allow you to feel its close approach; or if it arrived while you viewed and observed it. Will Allah Almighty destroy any but the iniquitous people who persisted in their idolatry and ingratitude? Allah Almighty’s laws demand that His messengers and those who followed them should be spared this punishment.
{وَمَا نُرْسِلُ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ إِلاَّ مُبَشِّرِينَ وَمُنذِرِينَ فَمَنْ ءَامَنَ وَأَصْلَحَ فَلاَ خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلاَ هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ}
{آمَنَ}
(48) – إنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى يُرْسِلُ الرُّسُلَ لِيُبَشِّرُوا، مَنْ آمَنَ، بِالجَنَّةِ، وَحُسْنِ الثَّوَابِ، وَلِيُنْذِرُوا، مَنْ كَفَرَ وَعَتَا عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِ، بِالعُقُوبَةِ وَالعَذَابِ، فَالذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ، فَهَؤُلاَءِ لاَ خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ، مِمَّا يَسْتَقْبِلُونَهُ مِنْ أَمْرِهِمْ، وَلاَ يَحْزَنُونَ عَلى مَا خَلَّفُوهُ وَرَاءَهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيا.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 48
48. Allah Almighty sends messengers to give the believers glad tidings of paradise and of a pleasing reward, and to warn those who disbelieved and insolently defied Allah Almighty’s commands of punishment and suffering. Those who believed and did good deeds need have no fear of what awaits them nor grieve over what they left behind them in this life.
{وَٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِآيَاتِنَا يَمَسُّهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَفْسُقُونَ}
{بِآيَاتِنَا}
(49) – أمَّا الذِينَ كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِ رَبِّهِمِ، فَإنَّهُمْ سَيُصِيبُهُمُ العَذَابُ، بِمَا كَفَرُوا بِمَا جَاءَتْهُمْ بِهِ الرُّسُلُ، وَخَرَجُوا عَنْ أَوَامِرِ رَبِّهِمْ، وَلَمْ يَنْتَهُوا عَمَّا نَهَى عَنْهُ وَزَجَرَ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 49
49. As for those who denied the signs of their Lord, they will undergo punishment for their disbelief in the messages of the prophets, transgressing His orders, and failing to abide by what He has forbidden.
{قُل لاَّ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ عِندِي خَزَآئِنُ ٱللَّهِ وَلاۤ أَعْلَمُ ٱلْغَيْبَ وَلاۤ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ إِنِّي مَلَكٌ إِنْ أَتَّبِعُ إِلاَّ مَا يُوحَىٰ إِلَيَّ قُلْ هَلْ يَسْتَوِي ٱلأَعْمَىٰ وَٱلْبَصِيرُ أَفَلاَ تَتَفَكَّرُونَ}
{خَزَآئِنُ}
(50) – قُلْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ لِهَؤُلاَءِ المُكَذِّبينَ، الذِينَ يَقْتَرِحُونَ عَلَيْكَ الآيَاتِ تَعْجِيزاً لِجَهْلِهْم بِحَقِيقَةِ النُّبُوّةِ، وَلِظَنِّهِمْ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ لاَ يَكُونُ نَبِيّاً إِلاّ إِذَا أَصْبَحَ قَادِراً عَلَى مَا لاَ يَقْدِرُ البَشَرُ عَلَيْهِ: إِنِّي لاَ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ إِني أَمْلِكُ خَزَائِنَ اللهِ، وَلا أَتَصَرَّفُ بِهَا، وَلا أَقُولُ لَكُمْ إِنِّي أَعْلَمُ غَيْبَ اللهِ، فَعِلْمُ الغَيْبِ عِنْدَ اللهِ وَحْدَهُ وَلا أَطَّلِعُ مِنْهُ إِلاَّ عَلَى مَا أَطْلَعَنِي عَلَيْهِ رَبِّي، سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى، وَلا أَدَّعِي أني مَلَكٌ، إِنَّما أَنَا بَشَرٌ يُوحِي إِليهِ اللهُ، وَقَدْ شَرَّفَنِي سُبْحَانَهُ بِذلِكَ، وَأَنْعَمَ بِهِ عَلَيَّ، وَإِنَّنِي أَتَّبِعُ مَا يُوحِيهِ اللهُ إِلَيَّ، وَلاَ أَخْرُجُ عَنْهُ مُطْلَقاً. قُلْ لَهُمْ: هَلْ يَسْتَوي مَنِ اتَّبَعَ الحَقَّ وَهُدِي إلَيهِ، مَعَ مَنْ ضَلَّ عَنْهُ، فَلَمْ يَأْخُذْ بِهِ، وَلَمْ يَنْقَدْ إِلَيهِ؟ أَفَلاَ تَتَفَكَّرُونَ فِي أنَّهُمَا لاَ يَسْتَوِيَانِ؟
خَزَائِنُ اللهِ – مَرْزُوقَاتُ اللهِ وَمَقْدُورَاتُهُ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 50
50. O Mohammad! Say to those deniers who ask you for miracles aiming to frustrate you because they are ignorant of the reality of prophecy, and because they believe that one can only be a prophet if he can do what others cannot: “I do not say to you that I have Allah Almighty’s treasure, nor that I dispose of it; and I do not say to you that I have the knowledge of the unseen for Allah Almighty alone knows that. I only know what Allah Almighty has informed me of. I do not claim that I am an angel. I am only a human being whom Allah Almighty has honoured and blessed with His revelation. I follow what He reveals to me and do not deviate from it in the least.” Say to them: “Are those who follow truth and are guided to it equal to those who stray from it, do not adopt or follow it? Will you not reflect and understand that they are not alike?”
{وَأَنذِرْ بِهِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ أَن يُحْشَرُوۤاْ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ لَيْسَ لَهُمْ مِّن دُونِهِ وَلِيٌّ وَلاَ شَفِيعٌ لَّعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ}
(51) – وَأَنْذِر بِهذا القُرْآنِ المُؤْمِنينَ، الذِينَ يَخَافُونَ أَهْوَالَ الحَشْرِ، وَشِدَّةَ الحِسَابِ، لأَِنَّهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُمْ سَيُحْشَرونَ إِلَى رَبِّهِمْ يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ، وَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ لاَ شَفِيعَ لَهُمْ عِنْدَهُ، وَلاَ وَلِيَّ لَهُمْ مِنْ دُونِهِ إِنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُعَذِّبَهُمْ. وَذكِّرْهُمْ بِذلِكَ اليَوْمِ الذِي لاَ حَاكِمَ فِيهِ إِلاّ اللهُ، لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ اللهَ، وَيَعْلَمُونَ فِي هذِهِ الدَّارِ عَمَلاً يُنْجِيهِمْ بِهِ مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِ القِيَامَةِ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 51
51. Through this Quran, warn the believers who fear the horrors of resurrection and the severity of judgement. They know that they will be mustered before their Lord on the Day of Judgement, and that none can intercede in their favour with Him nor protect them except for Him should He wish to torment them. Remind them of that day when Allah Almighty alone will act as judge. Perhaps then they will fear Him and do deeds in this life which will spare them the torment of the hereafter.
{وَأَنذِرْ بِهِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ أَن يُحْشَرُوۤاْ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ لَيْسَ لَهُمْ مِّن دُونِهِ وَلِيٌّ وَلاَ شَفِيعٌ لَّعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ}
(51) – وَأَنْذِر بِهذا القُرْآنِ المُؤْمِنينَ، الذِينَ يَخَافُونَ أَهْوَالَ الحَشْرِ، وَشِدَّةَ الحِسَابِ، لأَِنَّهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُمْ سَيُحْشَرونَ إِلَى رَبِّهِمْ يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ، وَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ لاَ شَفِيعَ لَهُمْ عِنْدَهُ، وَلاَ وَلِيَّ لَهُمْ مِنْ دُونِهِ إِنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُعَذِّبَهُمْ. وَذكِّرْهُمْ بِذلِكَ اليَوْمِ الذِي لاَ حَاكِمَ فِيهِ إِلاّ اللهُ، لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ اللهَ، وَيَعْلَمُونَ فِي هذِهِ الدَّارِ عَمَلاً يُنْجِيهِمْ بِهِ مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِ القِيَامَةِ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 52
52. O Messenger! Do not alienate the believers who fear their Lord, pray to Him day and night and invoke Him, seeking by this nothing but His satisfaction and forgiveness. It is not incumbent on you to account for them, they are accountable to Allah Almighty. If you drive them away and expel them from your gatherings you will be among the unjust. (It is said that the reason for the revelation of this verse is as follows: “A group of the dignitaries of the tribe of Quraish passed by the prophet who was seated with a host of poor and weak Muslims, notably Suhayb, Ammar, Bilal and Khabbab. They said: “O Mohammad, do you accept that those should be among your people? Are those the ones among us whom Allah Almighty has favoured? Should we follow them? Drive them away, perhaps then we will follow you.” Allah Almighty then revealed this verse.
{وَكَذٰلِكَ فَتَنَّا بَعْضَهُمْ بِبَعْضٍ لِّيَقُولوۤاْ أَهَـٰؤُلاۤءِ مَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِم مِّن بَيْنِنَآ أَلَيْسَ ٱللَّهُ بِأَعْلَمَ بِٱلشَّٰكِرِينَ}
{بِٱلشَّاكِرِينَ}
(53) – وَكَذَلِكَ اخْتَبَرْنَا المُتَكَبِّرِينَ بِسَبْقِ الضُّعَفَاءِ إِلَى الإِسْلاَمِ، لِيَقُولَ الكُبَرَاءُ عَن المُسْتَضْعَفِينَ مِنَ المُؤْمِنينَ سَاخِرينَ: أَهؤلاءِ الذِينَ مَنَّ اللهُ عَلَيهِمْ مِنْ بَيْنِنا بِالهِدَايَةِ وَالرِّضْوَانِ، وَاتِّبَاعِ الحَقِّ؟ (وَهُمْ يَقْصِدُونَ بِذَلِكَ أَنَّ اللهَ مَا كَانَ لِيَهْدِيَ هَؤُلاَءِ المُسْتَضْعَفِينَ إِلى الخَيْرِ وَيَدَعَ كُبَرَاءَ قُرَيْشٍ). وَيَرُدُّ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِمْ مُسْتَنْكِراً هذا القَوْلَ وَهذا الاعْتِقَادَ: أَلَيْسَ اللهُ هُوَ الأَعْلَمُ بِالشَّاكِرِينَ لَهُ بِأَقْوَالِهِمْ وَأَفْعَالِهِمْ وَضَمَائِرِهِمْ فَيُوَفِّقُهُمْ، وَيَهْدِيهِمْ سَبِيلَ السَّلاَمِ، وَيُخْرِجُهُمْ مِنَ الظُّلُمَاتِ إِلى النُّورِ بِإِذْنِهِ وَيَهْدِيهِمْ إِلى صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ؟.
فَتَنّا – ابْتَلَيْنَا وَامْتَحَنَّا، وَنَحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِهِمْ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 53
53. Thus We put to the test the arrogant by enabling the weak to precede them in embracing Islam. The dignitaries then ridiculed those believers whom they considered weak, saying: “Are those from among us whom Allah Almighty has favoured with His guidance, satisfaction and the observation of truth?” (They meant by this that Allah Almighty should not have guided the weak to the truth and left out the affluent dignitaries of Quraish from this privilege). Allah Almighty answers, denouncing their words and beliefs: “Does not Allah Almighty know best those who are grateful to Him by their words, acts and conscience, and thus favours them with success, guides them to the path of safety, brings them out from the darkness to the light, by His permission, and leads them to the straight path?”
{وَإِذَا جَآءَكَ ٱلَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِآيَاتِنَا فَقُلْ سَلَٰمٌ عَلَيْكُمْ كَتَبَ رَبُّكُمْ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِ ٱلرَّحْمَةَ أَنَّهُ مَن عَمِلَ مِنكُمْ سُوۤءًا بِجَهَٰلَةٍ ثُمَّ تَابَ مِن بَعْدِهِ وَأَصْلَحَ فَأَنَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ}
{بِآيَاتِنَا} {سَلاَمٌ} {بِجَهَالَةٍ}
(54) – يَأْمُرُ اللهُ تَعَالَى نَبِيَّهُ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِأَنْ يُكْرِمَ الذِينَ يَأْتُونَ إلَيهِ مِنَ المُؤْمِنِينَ، وَبِأَنْ يَرُدَّ السَّلاَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ، وَبِأَنْ يُبَشِّرَهُمْ بِرَحْمَةِ اللهِ الوَاسِعَةِ، الشَّامِلَةِ لَهُمْ، التِي أَوْجَبَهَا اللهُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ الكَرِيمَةِ تَفَضّلاً وَإحْسَاناً وَامْتِنَاناً وَأنَّهُ مَنْ عَمِلَ مِنْهُمْ سُوْءاً وَهُوَ جَاهِلٌ (وَقَالَ بَعْضُ السَّلَفِ كُلُّ مَنْ عَصَى اللهَ فَهُوَ جَاهِلٌ. وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمُ الدُّنيا كُلُّهَا جَهَالَةٌ)، ثُمَّ تَابَ وَرَجَعَ عَمَّا كَانَ عَلَيهِ، وَأَقْلَعَ عَنِ المَعَاصِي، وَعَزَمَ عَلَى أَنْ لاَ يَعُودَ إِليها، وَأَصْلَحَ العَمَلَ فِي المُسْتَقْبَلِ، فَإِنَّ اللهَ يَعِدُهُ بِالمَغْفِرَةِ.
(وَلَعَلَّ أَقرَبَ تَفْسِيرٍ لِقَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى – مَنْ عَمِلَ مِنْكُمْ سُوءاً بِجَهَالَةٍ – هُوَ أَنْ نَقُولَ: إِنَّ الذِي يَعْمَلُ السُّوءَ بِجَهَالَةٍ هُوَ الَّذِي يَرْتَكِبُ الذَّنْبَ فِي لَحْظَةٍ مِنْ لَحَظَاتِ الطَّيْشِ أَوِ الانْفِعَالِ، أَوِ الضَّعْفِ الإِنْسَانِيِّ، أَوِ الهَوَى الجَامِحِ أو ثَوْرَةِ الغَضَبَ… وَمَا مَاثَلَ تِلْكَ الأَحْوَالِ، وَهُوَ يَعْلَمُ أنَّهُ إِنَّمَا يَرْتَكِبُ إِثْماً وَذَنْباً، وَيُقْدِمُ عَلَى الذَّنْبِ وَهُوَ يَسْتَشْعِرُ فِي نَفْسِهِ النَّدَامَةَ، ثُمَّ حِينَمَا يَثُوبُ إِلَى نَفْسِهِ يَنْدَمُ عَلَى مَا فَعَلَ، وَيَتُوبُ إِلى رَبِّهِ، وَيَسْتَغْفِرُهُ، وَهُوَ يَشْعُرُ بِثِقَلِ الذَّنْبِ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ. وَهَذا غَيْرُ حَالِ مَنْ أَقْدَمَ عَلَى اقْتِرَافِ الذَّنْبِ وَهُوَ مُسْتَخِفٌّ بِالدِّينِ وَبِحُرُمَاتِ اللهِ، غَيْرُ عَابِىءٍ بِهَا وَغَيْرُ مُسْتَشْعِرِ نَدَماً عَلَى فِعْلِهِ).
كَتَبَ رَبُّكُمْ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ الرَّحْمَةَ – قَضَى رَبُّكُمْ وَأَوْجَبَ الرَّحْمَةَ تَفَضُّلاً مِنْهُ وَإِحْسَاناً.
بِجَهَالَةٍ – بِسَفَاهَةٍ – وَكُلّ عَاصٍ مُسِيءٍ جَاهِلٌ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 54
54. Allah Almighty then commands His prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him) to honour the believers who come to him, by returning their greetings and giving them glad tidings, namely that the mercy of Allah Almighty is vast and all-embracing, that Allah Almighty has made mercy incumbent upon Himself through His grace, generosity and kindness, and that if anyone among them commits an evil deed out of ignorance (some of the ascendants said that whoever disobeyed Allah Almighty was ignorant; some others said that life is ignorance) and thereafter repents, makes amends, gives up disobedience, and resolves not to revert to sin but to mend his ways after that, Allah Almighty promises him forgiveness. (The most adequate interpretation of Allah Almighty’s words “whoever among you does an evil deed in ignorance” is as follows: he who does an evil deed in ignorance is he who sins in a moment of rashness, emotion, human weakness, wildness, anger, etc., but engages in sin and error with a feeling of contrition all the while. When he returns to himself, he regrets what he has done, repents and asks the forgiveness of His Lord because his sin weighs heavily on his soul. This is not the case of he who commits a wrong with a sense of disparagement toward religion and Allah Almighty’s laws, and of indifference to them and without any feeling of remorse for what he has done.)
{وَكَذَلِكَ نفَصِّلُ ٱلآيَاتِ وَلِتَسْتَبِينَ سَبِيلُ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ}
{ٱلآيَاتِ}
(55) – وَبِمِثْلِ ذَلِكَ البَيَانِ الوَاضِحِ نُوَضِّحُ الدَّلائِلَ المُتَنَوِّعَةَ لِيَظْهَرَ طَريقُ الحَقِّ الذِي يَسْلُكُهُ المُؤْمِنُونَ، وَيَبِيِنَ طَرِيقُ الضَّلالِ الذِي يَسْلُكُهُ الكَافِرُونَ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 55
55. It is by such clear indications that We show the different signs so that the path of truth which the believers follow becomes apparent as well as the path of straying which the unbelievers follow.
{قُلْ إِنِّي نُهِيتُ أَنْ أَعْبُدَ ٱلَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ قُلْ لاَّ أَتَّبِعُ أَهْوَآءَكُمْ قَدْ ضَلَلْتُ إِذاً وَمَآ أَنَاْ مِنَ ٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ}
(56) – يَأْمُرُ اللهُ تَعَالَى رَسُولَهُ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِأَنْ يَرُدَّ عَلَى المُشْرِكِينَ، بِأنَّهُ مَنْهِيٌّ عَنْ عِبَادَةِ الأَصْنَامِ وَالأَوْثَانِ، وَمَا يَعْبُدُهُ المُشْرِكُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللهِ، وَأنَّهُ لَنْ يَتَّبعَ مَا يَدْعُونَهُ إلَيهِ مِنْ عِبَادَاتٍ مَبْنِيَّةٍ عَلَى الهَوَى، وَلَيْسَتْ عَلَى شَيءٍ مِنَ الحَقِّ وَالهُدَى، وَأنَّهُ سَيَكُونُ مِنَ الضَّالِينَ غَيْرِ المُهْتَدِينَ إِنِ اتَّبَعَ أَهْوَاءَهُمْ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 56
56. Allah Almighty commands His Messenger to reply to the polytheists by saying to them that he is forbidden the worship of idols, statues or whatever the polytheists worship other than Allah Almighty and that he would not follow what they called him to worship, which is based on the passions and not on truth and guidance, otherwise he would be among those who strayed and were lost.
{قُلْ إِنِّي عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّي وَكَذَّبْتُم بِهِ مَا عِندِي مَا تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ بِهِ إِنِ ٱلْحُكْمُ إِلاَّ للَّهِ يَقُصُّ ٱلْحَقَّ وَهُوَ خَيْرُ ٱلْفَٰصِلِينَ}
{ٱلْفَاصِلِينَ}
(57) – قُلْ لَهُمْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ: إِنِّي، فِيمَا أُخَالِفُكُمْ فِيهِ، عَلَى بَصِيرَةٍ مِنْ شَرِيعَةِ رَبِّي، التِي أَوْحَاهَا إِلَيَّ، وَقَدْ كَذَّبْتُمْ أَنْتُمْ بِالقُرْآنِ، وَهُوَ بَيِّنَتِي عَلَى صِدْقِ نُبُوّتِي، وَعَلى صِدْقِ مَا دَعَوْتُكُمْ إِليهِ، ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمْ تَطمَعُونَ فِي أَنْ أَتَّبِعَكُمْ عَلى ضَلالٍ أَنْتُمْ مُقِيمُونَ عَليهِ، وَلا بَيِّنَةَ لَكُمْ عَلَيْهِ غَيرُ التَّقْلِيدِ لِلآبَاءِ، وَالأَجْدَادِ، وَالخُضُوعِ لِهَوى النَّفْسِ، وَإِنَّكُمْ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ بِالعَذَابِ الذُي أَنْذَرَكُمْ بِهِ اللهُ، إِنْ أَصْرَرْتُمْ أَنْتُمْ عَلَى كُفْرِكُمْ، وَأَنَا لاَ أَمْلِكُ أَنْ آتِيْكُمْ بِالعَذَابِ الذِي تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ بِهِ، فَالحُكْمُ فِي هذا، وَفِي غَيْرِهِ للهِ الوَاحِدِ القَهَّارِ، وَهُوَ وَحْدَهُ القَادِرُ عَلَى أَنْ يَأْتِيَكُمْ بِهِ إِنْ شَاءَ. وَهُوَ تَعَالَى يَقُصُّ الحَقَّ فِي وَعْدِهِ وَوَعِيدِهِ، وَجَمِيعِ أَخْبَارِهِ، وَهُوَ خَيرُ الحَاكِمِينَ فِي كُلِّ أَمْرٍ، وَلاَ يَقَعُ فِي قَضَائِهِ حَيْفٌ وَلاَ جَوْرٌ.
يَقُصُّ الحَقَّ – يَتْبَعُهُ فِيمَا حَكَمَ، أَوْ يُبَيِّنُهُ بَياناً شَامِلاً.
خَيْرُ الفَاصِلِينَ – خَيْرُ الحَاكِمينَ حُكْماً فَصْلاً بَيْنَ الحَقِّ وَالبَاطِلِ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 57
57. O Mohammad! Say to them: “In opposing you, I rely on Allah Almighty’s Divine laws which He revealed to me while you denied the Quran which is the proof of the truth of my prophecy and of my message. You hope that I will follow you in the error which you persist in and for which you have no proof save the imitation of your ancestors and the submission to your passions. You are thus hastening the punishment which Allah Almighty has warned you of if you persist in your disbelief. It is not in my power to inflict on you the punishment you precipitate. The decision in this affair and in others rests with Allah Almighty, the Invincible. He is the only One Who can inflict punishment on you if He so wishes. He tells the truth in promising you recompense and threatening you with punishment. Everything He says is true. He is always the best judge in all matters. He commits no injustice nor does he injure anyone.
{قُل لَّوْ أَنَّ عِندِي مَا تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ بِهِ لَقُضِيَ ٱلأَمْرُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكُمْ وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلظَّالِمِينَ}
{ٱلظَّالِمِينَ}
(58) – قُلْ لَهُمْ: لَوْ كَانَ مَرْجِعُ الأَمْرِ إِلَيَّ لاسْتَجَبْتُ لِطَلَبِكُمْ، وَلأَوْقَعْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ مَا تَسْتَعْجِلُونَهُ مِنَ العَذَابِ، وَلانْتَهَى الأمْرُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكُمْ، وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ بِالظَّالِمينَ الذِينِ يَسْتَحِقُّونَ العَذَابَ وَالعُقُوبَةَ، وَقَدْ جَعَلَ لِعَذَابِهِمْ مَوْعِداً حَدَّدَهُ لا يَعْلَمُهُ إلاّ هُوَ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 58
58. Say to them: “If it were in my power I would have acceded to your demand and inflicted on you the chastisement that you hasten, and the matter between you and me would have long been decided. However, Allah Almighty knows best the wrong-doers who deserve torture and punishment. He has already fixed a date, known only by Him, to chastise them.”
{وَعِندَهُ مَفَاتِحُ ٱلْغَيْبِ لاَ يَعْلَمُهَآ إِلاَّ هُوَ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِي ٱلْبَرِّ وَٱلْبَحْرِ وَمَا تَسْقُطُ مِن وَرَقَةٍ إِلاَّ يَعْلَمُهَا وَلاَ حَبَّةٍ فِي ظُلُمَٰتِ ٱلأَرْضِ وَلاَ رَطْبٍ وَلاَ يَابِسٍ إِلاَّ فِي كِتَٰبٍ مُّبِينٍ}
{ظُلُمَاتِ} {كِتَابٍ}
(59) – قَالَ البُخَارِيُّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ: إِنَّ مَفَاتِحَ الغَيْبِ (أَيْ خَزَائِنهُ) خَمْسٌ لاَ يَعْلَمُهُنَّ إِلاّ اللهُ وَهُوَ المُتَصَرِّفُ فِيهِنَّ وَحْدَهُ:
1 – إِنَّ اللهَ عِنْدَهُ عِلْمُ السَّاعَةِ.
2 – وَيُنْزِلُ الغَيْثَ.
3 – وَمَا تَدْرِي نَفْسٌ مَاذَا تَكْسَبُ غداً.
4 – وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِي الأَرْحَامِ.
5 – وَمَا تَدْرِي نَفْسٌ بِأَيِّ أَرْضٍ تَمُوتُ.
وَاللهُ تَعَالَى يَعْلَمُ مَا فِي البَرِّ وَالبَحْرِ مِنْ جَمِيعِ المَوْجُودَاتِ، لاَ يَخْفَى عَلَيْهِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ شَيءٌ، وَيَعْلَمُ كُلَّ حَرَكَةٍ فًلاَ تَسْقُطُ وَرَقَةٌ، وَلاَ تُوْجَدُ حَبَّةٌ فِي ظُلُمَاتِ الأَرْضِ إِلاَّ يَعْلَمُهَا اللهُ، وَمَا مِنْ شَجَرَةٍ إِلاّ يَعْلَمُهَا، وَيَعْلَمُ رُطُوبَتَها وَيُبُوسَتَهَا.
وَقَدْ أَحْصَى كُلَّ ذَلِكَ فِي كِتَابٍ لاَ يُهْمِلُ شَيْئاً مِنْ عَمَلِ جَميعِ خَلْقِهِ وَحَالاَتِهِمْ.
كِتَابٍ مُبِينٍ – اللَّوحِ المَحْفُوظِ أَوْ أُمِّ الكِتَابِ.
مَفْتَحُ – بِفَتْحِ المِيمِ – هُوَ المَخْزَنُ.
وَمِفْتَحُ – بِكَسْرِ المِيمِ – هُوَ المِفْتَاحُ الذِي يَفْتَحُ القِفْل.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 59
59. Al-Bukhari says citing Salem who in turn cites his father: “The keys of the unknown are five. Allah Almighty alone knows them and disposes of them:
1. Allah Almighty knows the hour of Last Judgement,
2. He sends down rain,
3. He knows what is in the wombs,
4. He knows what each soul will gain on the morrow,
5. He knows in which place each soul will die.”

Allah Almighty knows everything which is concealed on the land and in the sea, and nothing is hidden from Him. He knows all the movements and there is not a leaf that falls or a grain hidden in the depths of the earth but He knows about them. There is not a tree but He knows if it is humid or dry. Allah Almighty has written all this in a Book. He neglects nothing of the works of all His creatures and their conditions.
{وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي يَتَوَفَّٰكُم بِٱلَّيلِ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا جَرَحْتُم بِٱلنَّهَارِ ثُمَّ يَبْعَثُكُمْ فِيهِ لِيُقْضَىٰ أَجَلٌ مُّسَمًّى ثُمَّ إِلَيْهِ مَرْجِعُكُمْ ثُمَّ يُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ}
{يَتَوَفَّاكُم} {بِٱللَّيْلِ}
(60) – يَقُولُ تَعَالَى إنهُ يَتَوَفَّى أَنْفُسَ العِبَادِ فِي حَالِ نَوْمِهِمْ فِي اللَّيلِ، فَيُزِيلُ إِحْسَاسَها، وَيَمْنَعُها مِنَ التَّصَرُّفِ في الأَبْدَانِ (وَهُوَ التَّوَفِّي الأَصْغَرُ)، وَيَعْلَمُ مَا يَكْسِبُهُ العِبَادُ مِنَ الأَعْمَالِ فِي النَّهَارِ، وَهذا دَليلٌ عَلَى عِلْمِهِ تَعَالَى بِكُلِّ شيءٍ، ثُمَّ يَبْعَثُهُمْ فِي النَّهَارِ لِكَسْبِ أَقْوَاتِهِمْ، وَتَأْمِينِ مَعَاشِهِمْ، وَلِيَسْتَوفِيَ كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ أَجَلَهُ كَامِلاً، (لِيَقْضَى أَجَلٌ مُسَمَّى)، ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ الخَلْقُ إِلى اللهِ حِينَمَا تَنْتَهِي آجَالُهُمْ، ثُمَّ يَبْعَثُهُمْ يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ فَيَجْزِيهِمْ عَنْ أَعْمَالِهِم الجَزَاءَ الذِي يَسْتَحِقُّونَهُ.
الجَرْح – هُوَ الكَسْبُ وَالعَمَلُ بِالجَوارِحِ – أَيِ الحَوَاسِّ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 60
60. Allah Almighty recalls the souls of His servants during their sleep at night and He removes their senses and prevents them from acting on the body (this is the small recall). He knows what His servants gain from their work during the day which proves that He knows everything. He then raises them in the day to earn their living and provide for their needs so that each man accomplishes his term. Once their life comes to term, all creatures return to Allah Almighty to be resurrected on the Last Judgement and given the recompense they have merited.
{وَهُوَ ٱلْقَاهِرُ فَوْقَ عِبَادِهِ وَيُرْسِلُ عَلَيْكُم حَفَظَةً حَتَّىٰ إِذَا جَآءَ أَحَدَكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتُ تَوَفَّتْهُ رُسُلُنَا وَهُمْ لاَ يُفَرِّطُونَ}
(61) – وَاللهُ تَعَالَى هُوَ الغَالِبُ القَاهِرُ فَوْقَ عِبَادِهِ، وَيُرْسِلُ حَفَظَةً مِنَ المَلائِكَةِ عَلَى العِبَادِ، يَتَعَاقَبُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ ليْلاً وَنَهَاراً، يَحْفَظُونَ أَعْمَالَهُمْ، وَيُحْصُونَها، مَا دَامُوا عَلَى قَيْدِ الحَيَاةِ، وَلا يُفَرِّطُونَ فِي شَيءٍ مِنْهَا، حَتَّى إِذَا جَاءَ أَحَدَهُمْ أَجَلُهُ، تَوَفَّتْهُ مَلاَئِكَةُ المَوْتِ المُوكَلُونَ بِذَلِكَ بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهِمْ، وَهُمْ لاَ يُقَصِّرُونَ فِيمَا يُوَكَّلُ إِلَيْهِمْ.
لاَ يُفَرِّطُونَ – لاَ يَتَوَانَوْنَ وَلاَ يُقَصِّرُونَ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 61
61. Allah Almighty is the invincible sovereign, Master of His creatures. He sends them guardian angels to visit them in succession day and night in order to keep and count their deeds while they are alive; they neglect none. Thus, when some one’s life comes to term, the angels cause him to die by their Lord’s leave. They do not neglect the mission which He entrusts them with.
{ثُمَّ رُدُّوۤاْ إِلَىٰ ٱللَّهِ مَوْلاَهُمُ ٱلْحَقِّ أَلاَ لَهُ ٱلْحُكْمُ وَهُوَ أَسْرَعُ ٱلْحَاسِبِينَ}
{مَوْلاَهُمُ} {ٱلْحَاسِبِينَ}
(62) – ثُمَّ يُرَدُّ العِبَادُ، الذِينَ تَتَوَفَّاهُمُ المَلائِكَةُ، إِلَى اللهِ جَمِيعاً، يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ، وَهُوَ تَعَالَى مَوْلاَهُمُ الحَقُّ، فَيَحْكُمُ فِيهِمْ بِعَدْلِهِ، وَهُوَ يَومْئَذٍ صَاحِبُ الحُكْمِ وَالقَوْلِ الفَصْلِ، وَهُوَ تَعَالَى أَسْرَعُ الحَاسِبِينَ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 62
62. All the servants whom the angels cause to die are then returned to Allah Almighty, their true Protector, on the Day of Resurrection. He will judge them justly. On that day He is the author of every judgement, decisive word and settlement. He is the swiftest to bring to account.
{قُلْ مَن يُنَجِّيكُمْ مِّن ظُلُمَاتِ ٱلْبَرِّ وَٱلْبَحْرِ تَدْعُونَهُ تَضَرُّعاً وَخُفْيَةً لَّئِنْ أَنجَانَا مِنْ هَـٰذِهِ لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلشَّاكِرِينَ}
{ظُلُمَاتِ} {لَّئِنْ} {أَنْجَانَا} {ٱلشَّاكِرِينَ}
(63) – قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الرَّسُولُ لِهؤلاءِ المُشْرِكِينَ الغَافِلِينَ عَنْ آيَاتِ اللهِ، التِي نَصَبَهَا فِي الأَنْفُسِ وَالآفَاقِ: مِنْ غَيْرُ اللهِ يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يُنْجِيَكُمْ مِنْ ظُلُمَاتِ البَرِّ إِذا ضَلَلْتُمْ فَتَحَيَّرْتُمْ، وَأَظْلَمَتْ عَلَيْكُمُ الطُّرُقُ؟ وَمَنْ يُنْجِيكُمْ مِنْ ظُلُمَاتِ البَحْرِ، إِذا رَكِبْتُمُوهُ فَأَظْلَمَتْ عَلَيْكُمْ فِيهِ السُّبُلُ فَلَمْ تَهْتَدُوا؟ وَهَلْ هُنَاكَ غَيْرُ اللهِ مَنْ تَضْرَعُونَ إِليهِ، وَتَفْزَعُونَ فِي السِّرِّ وَالعَلَنِ، وَتَقْولُونَ لَئِنْ أَنْجَانَا مِنْ هذِهِ المَخَاطِرِ الشَّدِيدَةِ التِي نَحْنُ فِيهَا، لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الشَّاكِرِينَ المُخْلِصِينَ فِي العِبَادَةِ.
تَضَرُّعاً – مُعْلِنينَ الضَّرَاعَةَ وَالتَّذَلُّلَ.
خُفْيَةً – مُسِرِّينَ بِالدُّعَاءِ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 63
63. Say, O Prophet, to those polytheists who have been oblivious of Allah Almighty’s signs which He placed in the souls and the universe: “Who other than Allah Almighty can deliver you from the gloom of the earth if you are lost and perplexed and the roads become dark ahead of you? Who can deliver you from the gloom of the sea if you embark on it and lose your way in the darkness? Is there anyone whom you can implore but Allah Almighty, whom you can invoke in secret or in public and say: “If He saves us from these terrible dangers we are in, we shall thank Him and worship Him sincerely”?
{قُلِ ٱللَّهُ يُنَجِّيكُمْ مِّنْهَا وَمِن كُلِّ كَرْبٍ ثُمَّ أَنتُمْ تُشْرِكُونَ}
(64) – قُلْ لَهُمْ: إنَّ اللهَ هُوَ وَحْدَهُ الذِي يُنْجِيكُمْ مِنْ تِلْكَ الظُّلُمَاتِ، وَمِنْ كُلِّ كَرْبٍ يَعْرِضُ لَكُمْ بَعْدَ أَنْ تَدْعُوهُ، وَلَكِنَّكُمْ بَعْدَ أَنْ يُنْجيكُمْ إِذا بِكُمْ تَعُودُونَ إِلَى الشِّرْكِ بِهِ، وَتَدْعُونَ مَعَهُ فِي حَالاتِ الرَّخَاءِ آلِهَةً أُخْرَى.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 64
64. Say to them: “Allah Almighty alone can deliver you from that darkness and from every distress that befalls you when you invoke Him. And yet after He has saved you, you still return to giving Him associates and worshipping other gods with Him in times of prosperity.”
{قُلْ هُوَ ٱلْقَادِرُ عَلَىٰ أَن يَبْعَثَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَاباً مِّن فَوْقِكُمْ أَوْ مِن تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِكُمْ أَوْ يَلْبِسَكُمْ شِيَعاً وَيُذِيقَ بَعْضَكُمْ بَأْسَ بَعْضٍ ٱنْظُرْ كَيْفَ نُصَرِّفُ ٱلآيَاتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَفْقَهُونَ}
{ٱلآيَاتِ}
(65) – قُلْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ لِقَوْمِكَ، الذِينَ يُشْرِكُونَ مَعَ اللهِ سِواهُ، وَلاَ يَشْكُرُونَهُ عَلَى النِّعَمِ الوَفِيرَةِ التِي أَسْدَاهَا إِلَيْهِمْ: إِنَّ اللهَ هُوَ القِادِرُ عَلَى أنْ يَصُبَّ عَلَيْكُمُ العَذَابَ مِنْ فَوْقِكُمْ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ، أَوْ أَنْ يَبْعَثَ عَلَيْكُمُ العَذَابَ مِنْ تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِكُمْ، فَيَخْسِفَ بِكُمُ الأَرْضَ، أَوْ يُزَلْزِلَهَا تَحْتَ أَقْدَامِكُمْ، أَوْ يَخْلِطَ الأَمْرَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنَ الالْتِبَاسِ، وَيَجْعَلَكُمْ مُلْتَبِسِينَ شِيَعاً وَفِرَقاً، مُتَخَالِفينَ فِي الأَهْوَاءِ وَالمَشَارِبِ، وَيُسَلِّطَ بَعْضَكُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ بِالعَذَابِ وَالقَتْلِ. انْظُرْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ كَيْفَ نُبَيِّنُ الآيَاتِ وَنُوَضِّحُها لَعَلَّ هَؤُلاَءِ يَفْهَمُونَهَا وَيَتَدَبَّرُونَهَا.
(وَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: إِنَّ المُرَادَ بِقَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: (مِنْ فَوْقِكُمْ) أَيْ مِنْ حُكَّامِكُمْ وَأُمَرَائِكُمْ، وَإِنَّ المُرَادَ بِقَوْلِهِ: (مِنْ تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِكُمْ) أَيْ مِنْ عَبِيدِكُمْ وَسِفْلَتِكُمْ).
نُصَرِّفُ الآيَاتِ – نُكَرِّرُهَا بِأَسَالِيبَ مُخْتَلِفَةٍ.
يَلْبِسَكُمْ – يَخْلِطَكُمْ فِي مَلاَحِمِ القِتَالِ.
شِيَعاً – فِرَقاً مُخْتَلِفَةَ الأَهْوَاءِ.
بَأْسَ بَعْضٍ – شِدَّةَ بَعْضٍ فِي القِتَالِ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 65
65. O Mohammad! Say to your people who associate other divinities with Him and do not thank Him for His generous gifts to them: “Allah Almighty alone has the power to pour torment over your heads from heaven, or send forth punishment from below your feet by causing the earth to collapse beneath you, or by shaking it violently. Moreover, He can throw you into perplexity, or into the confusion of groups and sects, differing in taste and desire, or deliver some into the absolute power of others who will torture and kill you. O Mohammad! Behold how We indicate and clarify Our Signs so that those people can understand and consider them.” (Ibn Abbas said: “What is meant by Allah Almighty’s words ‘from above you’ is ‘from your rulers and princes’; while ‘from below you’ suggests ‘from your slaves and inferiors’.”
{وَكَذَّبَ بِهِ قَوْمُكَ وَهُوَ ٱلْحَقُّ قُل لَّسْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ بِوَكِيلٍ}
(66) – وَكَذَّبَ قَوْمُكَ بِالقُرْآنِ الذِي جِئْتَهُمْ بِهِ، وَهُوَ حَقٌ ثَابِتٌ لاَ يَأْتِيهِ البَاطِلُ مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَلا مِنْ خَلْفِهِ، فَقُلْ لَهُمْ: إِنَّمَا أَنَا رَسُولٌ أُبْلِغُكُمْ مَا جَاءَنِي مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ، وَلَسْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ بِحَافِظٍ، وَلا بِمُوَكَّلٍ بِكُمْ.
بِوَكِيلٍ – بِحَفِيظٍ، وُكِّلَ إِلَيَّ أَمْرُكُمْ فَأُجَازِيكُمْ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 66
66. Your people have denied the Quran which you brought to them. It is the uncontested truth that no evil can stain. Say to them: “I am just a messenger entrusted with a mission to communicate to you. I am not in charge of you nor am I your guardian.”
{لِّكُلِّ نَبَإٍ مُّسْتَقَرٌّ وَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ}
{نَبَإٍ}
(67) – وَلِكُلِّ خَبَرٍ جَاءَ فِي القُرْآنِ وَقْتٌ يَتَحَقَّقُ فِيهِ، وَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ صِدْقَ هَذِهِ الأَخْبَارِ عِنْدَ وُقُوعِهَا.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 67
67. Every piece of news announced in the Quran will take place at the appointed time. You will know the truth of these announcements when they happen.
{وَإِذَا رَأَيْتَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخُوضُونَ فِيۤ ءَايَاتِنَا فَأَعْرِضْ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ يَخُوضُواْ فِي حَدِيثٍ غَيْرِهِ وَإِمَّا يُنسِيَنَّكَ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ فَلاَ تَقْعُدْ بَعْدَ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ مَعَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ}
{ۤ آيَاتِنَا} {ٱلشَّيْطَانُ} {ٱلظَّالِمِينَ}
(68) – كَانَ المُشْرِكُونَ يَجْلِسُونَ إلى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يُحِبُّونَ أَنْ يَسْمَعُوا مِنْهُ، فَإِذَا سَمِعُوا اسْتَهْزَؤُوا فَنَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الآيَةُ فَجَعَلَ النَّبِيُّ إِذا اسْتَهْزَؤُوا قَامَ مِنْ مَجْلِسِهِمْ فَحَذِرُوا، وَقَالُوا لاَ تَسْتَهْزِئُوا فَيَقُومُ. وَالمُخَاطَبُ بِهَذِهِ الآيَةِ الرَّسُولُ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَالمُؤْمِنُونَ فِي كُلِّ زَمَانٍ وَمَكَانٍ، فَإِذا رَأَى المُؤْمِنُ الذِينَ يَخُوضُونَ فِي آيَاتِ اللهِ المُنْزَّلَةِ، مِنَ الكُفَّارِ المُكَذِّبِينَ، وَأَهْلِ الأَهْوَاءِ فَعَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَصُدَّ عَنْهُمْ بِوَجْهِهِ، وَأَنْ لاَ يَجْلِسَ مَعَهُمْ حَتَّى يَأْخُذُوا فِي حَدِيثٍ آخَرَ غَيْرِ حَديثِ الكُفْرِ وَالاسْتِهْزَاءِ بِآيَاتِ اللهِ أَوْ تَأْويلِهَا بِالبَاطِلِ مِنْ جَانِبِ أَهْلِ الأَهْوَاءِ، وَإِذَا أنسَاكَ الشَّيْطَانُ، أَيُّهَا المُؤْمِنُ، هذا النَّهْيَ، وَقَعَدْتَ مَعَهُمْ، وَهُمْ عَلَى تِلْكَ الحَالِ، ثُمَّ ذَكَرْتَ فَقُمْ عَنْهُمْ، وَلاَ تَقْعُدْ مَعَ هؤلاءِ الظَّالِمِينَ لأَِنْفُسِهِمْ بِالتَّكْذِيبِ بِآيَاتِ اللهِ، وَالاسْتِهْزَاءِ بِهَا.
يَخُوضُونَ – يَأْخُذُونَ بِالحَدِيثِ بِالاسْتِهْزَاءِ وَالطَّعْنِ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 68
68. The polytheists liked to sit with the Prophet and hear him talk. Then they would mock him. Allah Almighty thus revealed this verse. After this, the prophet would leave their gathering when they began to ridicule him. They took warning and said: “Do not mock the Prophet or he will leave us.” In this verse Allah Almighty addresses His Messenger and the believers at all times and in all places. When a believer comes upon dissenting unbelievers or inconstant people who are engaged in discussing the verses revealed by Allah Almighty, he should turn his back on them until they take up another subject than that of disbelief, and stop deriding Allah Almighty’s verses and giving them false interpretations. If Satan causes a believer to forget this injunction and join a group of unbelievers who are engaged in such idle talk, he should leave them as soon as he remembers. He should not remain with those who are unjust unto themselves through their denial and mockery of Allah Almighty’s verses.
{وَمَا عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَّقُونَ مِنْ حِسَابِهِم مِّن شَيْءٍ وَلَـٰكِن ذِكْرَىٰ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ}
(69) – وَلَيْسَ عَلَى المُؤْمنينَ المُتَّقِينَ شَيءٌ مِنْ حِسَابِ الخَائِضِينَ فِي آيَاتِ اللهِ، فَلا يُحَاسَبُونَ عَلَى خَوْضِهِمْ فِيها، وَلاَ عَلَى غَيْرِهِ مِنْ أَعَمْالِهِمْ، إذْ هُمْ تَجَنَّبُوهُمْ، وَأَعْرَضُوا عَنْهُمْ، كَمَا أُمِرُوا. وَلكِنْ عَلَى المُؤْمِنينَ أَنْ يُعْرِضُوا عَنْ هَؤُلاءِ الخَائِضِينَ امْتَثَالاً لأَِمْرِ اللهِ، وَتَذْكِيراً لِهؤُلاءِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ، وَيَجْتَنِبُونَ الخَوْضَ حَيَاءً أَوْ كَرَاهَةً لِمَسَاءَتِهِمْ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 69
69. The pious believers are in no way accountable for the vain discourse over Allah Almighty’s verses of those who engage in it. Nor are they responsible for any other of their acts if they themselves manage to avoid and renounce them as they were ordered to. The believers should, however, shun those who criticize the divine words in obedience to Allah Almighty, and in order to teach the polytheists a lesson in the hope that they will fear Allah Almighty and avoid attacking His verses out of shame or fear of torture.
{وَذَرِ الَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُواْ دِينَهُمْ لَعِباً وَلَهْواً وَغَرَّتْهُمُ ٱلْحَيَٰوةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَذَكِّرْ بِهِ أَن تُبْسَلَ نَفْسٌ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ لَيْسَ لَهَا مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَلِيٌّ وَلاَ شَفِيعٌ وَإِن تَعْدِلْ كُلَّ عَدْلٍ لاَّ يُؤْخَذْ مِنْهَآ أُوْلَـٰئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُبْسِلُواْ بِمَا كَسَبُواْ لَهُمْ شَرَابٌ مِّنْ حَمِيمٍ وَعَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَكْفُرُونَ}
{ٱلْحَيَاةُ} {أُوْلَـٰئِكَ}
(70) – وَدَعْ أَيُّهَا الرَّسُولُ، أَنْتَ وَمَنْ تَبِعَكَ مِنَ المُؤْمِنينَ، هؤُلاءِ المُشْرِكينَ، الذِينَ اتَّخَذُوا دِيْنَهُمْ لَعِباً وَسُخْرِيَةً وُهُزْواً، وَغَرَّتْهُمُ الحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيا، وَلا تُبَالُوا بِتَكْذِيبِهِمْ وَاسْتِهْزَائِهِمْ، وَأَعْرِضُوا عَنْهُمْ، وَأَمْهِلُوهُمْ قَليلاً، فَإِنَّهُمْ صَائِرُونَ إِلى عَذَابٍ عَظِيمٍ. وَذَكِّرُوا النَّاسَ دَائِماً بِهذا القُرْآنِ، وَحَذِّرُوهُمْ نِقَمَ اللهِ وَعَذَابَهُ الأليمَ، لِكَيْلاَ تَفْتَضِحَ نَفْسٌ يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ فَتَصِيرَ إِلى التَّهْلُكَةِ، وَتَكُونَ رَهْنَ العَذَابِ (أَنْ تُبْسَلَ نَفْسٌ)، بِسَبَبِ مَا اقْتَرَفَتْهُ مِنَ الأَعْمَالِ السَيِئَةِ، وَمَا اجْتَرَحَتْهُ مِنَ الذَّنُوبِ وَالخَطَايَا.
وَفِي ذَلِكَ اليَوْمِ لاَ يَكُونُ لِهَذِهِ النَّفْسِ المُذْنِبَةِ شَفِيعٌ وَلاَ وَلِيٌّ يَشْفَعُ لَهَا أَوْ يَنْصُرُهَا مِنْ دُونِ اللهِ، وَإِنَّها إذَا بَذَلَتْ كُلَّ نَوْعٍ مِنْ أَنْوَاعِ الفِدَاءِ (العَدْلِ)، لِتَنْجُوَ مِنَ العَذَابِ، فَلَنْ يُقْبَلَ مِنْهَا ذَلِكَ.
وَهَؤُلاَءِ الذِينَ افْتَضَحُوا، وَصَارُوا رَهْنَ العَذَابِ (أُبْسِلُوا) بِسَبَبِ مَا اجْتَرَحُوهُ مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ سَيَكُونُ شَرَابُهُمْ، يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ، مِنْ مَاءٍ شَدِيدِ الحَرَارَةِ (حَمِيمٍ)، وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَليمٌ جَزَاءً لَهُمْ عَلَى كُفْرِهِمْ.
غَرَّتْهُمْ – خَدَعَتْهُمْ وَأَطْمَعَتْهُمْ بِالبَاطِلِ.
أَنْ تُبْسَلَ نَفْسٌ – لِكَيلاَ تُحْتَبَسَ فِي النَّارِ، أَوْ تُسَامَ الهَلَكَةَ أَوْ تَفْتَضِحَ.
تَعْدِلْ كُلَّ عَدْلٍ – تَفْتَدِ بِكُلِّ فِداءٍ.
حَمِيمٍ – مَاءٍ بَالِغِ النِّهَايَةِ فِي شِدَّةِ الحَرَارَةِ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 70
70. O Messenger! Let alone, you and the believers who have followed you, those polytheists who have made a sport and a mockery of their religion and whom this life on earth has beguiled. Do not heed their denial and mockery, shun them and give them respite for they are on their way to severe torture. But remind them always of this Quran and warn them of Allah Almighty’s vengeance and painful torment so that no soul should be exposed on the Day of Judgement and led to destruction and abandoned to torment for the evil deeds, sins and errors it has committed. On that day that erring soul shall have no protector or intercessor to mediate in its favour apart from Allah Almighty. Even if this soul offers a conceivable ransom to be spared torment, the ransom shall not be accepted. Those who are exposed and abandoned to torment because of the sins they have committed, shall have, on the Last Judgement, boiling water to drink and they will be punished grievously for their disbelief in Allah Almighty.
{قُلْ أَنَدْعُواْ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لاَ يَنفَعُنَا وَلاَ يَضُرُّنَا وَنُرَدُّ عَلَىٰ أَعْقَابِنَا بَعْدَ إِذْ هَدَانَا ٱللَّهُ كَٱلَّذِي ٱسْتَهْوَتْهُ ٱلشَّيَاطِينُ فِي ٱلأَرْضِ حَيْرَانَ لَهُ أَصْحَابٌ يَدْعُونَهُ إِلَى ٱلْهُدَى ٱئْتِنَا قُلْ إِنَّ هُدَى ٱللَّهِ هُوَ ٱلْهُدَىٰ وَأُمِرْنَا لِنُسْلِمَ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَالَمِينَ}
{أَنَدْعُواْ} {هَدَانَا} {ٱلشَّيَاطِينُ} {أَصْحَابٌ} {ٱلْعَالَمِينَ}
(71) – قَالَ المُشْرِكُونَ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ اتْرُكُوا دِينَ مُحَمَّدٍ وَاتَّبِعُوا سَبِيلَنَا، فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَعَالَى هَذِهِ الآيَةَ. وَفِيهَا يَقُولُ لِرَسُولِهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَلِلْمُؤْمِنينَ أَنْ يَرُدُّوا عَلَى هَؤُلاءِ الدَّاعِينَ مُوَبِّخِينَ: هَلْ يَصِحُّ أنْ نَعْبُدَ غَيْرَ اللهِ، مِمَّا لاَ يَمْلِكُ جَلْبَ نَفْعٍ، وَلاَ دَفْعَ ضُرٍّ، وَنَنْتكِسَ فِي الشِّرْكِ، بَعْدَ أَنْ هَدَانَا اللهُ إِلى الإِيمَانِ، فَيَكُونَ مَثَلُنَا مَثَلَ رَجُلٍ خَرَجَ مَعْ قَوْمٍ عَلَى طَريقٍ، فَضَلَّ الطَّرِيقَ، فَحَيَّرَتْهُ الشَّيَاطِينَ وَاسْتَهْوَتْهُ فِي الأَرْضِ، وَأَصْحَابُهُ عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ فَجَعَلُوا يَدْعُونَهُ إلَيْهِمْ وَيَقُولُونَ لَهُ: ائْتِنا، فَإِنَّا عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ، فَأَبَى أَنْ يَأْتِيَهُمْ. فَذلِكَ مَثَلُ مَنْ يَتَّبِعُ هَؤُلاَءِ الكُفَّارِ، بَعْدَ أَنْ عَرَفَ دِينَ مُحَمَّدٍ صلى الله عليه وسلم. وَمُحَمَّدٌ هُوَ الذِي يَدْعُو إِلى الطَّرِيقِ، وَالطَّرِيقُ هُوَ الإِسْلاَمُ. وَقُلْ لَهُمْ: إِنَّ هُدَى اللهِ هُوَ الهُدَى، وَمَنْ يَهْدِ اللهُ فَلاَ مُضِلَّ لَهُ، وَإِنّنا أُمِرنا بِإِخلاصِ العِبَادَةِ للهِ وَحْدَهُ لا شَرِيكَ لَهُ.
اسْتَهْوَتْهُ الشَّيَاطِينُ – أَضَلَّتْهُ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 71
71. The polytheists said to the Muslims: “Discard Mohammad’s religion and follow our path.” Allah Almighty then revealed this verse in which He orders His Messenger and the believers to answer them reprovingly: “Shall we invoke, other than Allah Almighty, something that can neither benefit nor harm us? Shall we relapse into polytheism after Allah Almighty has guided us to the true faith? We would thus be like the man who travelled with some people and then lost his way. The devils thus confused him and lured him on the earth. His companions who were on the true path called to him saying: “Come to us,!” However, he refused to join them. Those who follow the impious after having become acquainted with the religion of Mohammad (peace be upon him) are like that man. It is Mohammad (peace be upon him) who calls to the straight path, the submission to Allah Almighty (Islam). Say to them: “The path of guidance is that of Allah Almighty. Whoever is guided by Allah Almighty, none can set astray. We have been ordered to worship Allah Almighty alone, without associates.”
{وَأَنْ أَقِيمُواْ ٱلصَّلاةَ وَٱتَّقُوهُ وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِيۤ إِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ}
{ٱلصَّلاةَ}
(72) – وَقُولُوا لَهُمْ: لَقَدْ أَمَرَنَا رَبُّنَا بِالإِسْلاَمِ، وَبِإِقَامَةِ الصَّلاَةِ، وَبِتَقْوَاهُ فِي جَمِيعِ الأَحْوَالِ، فَهُوَ الذِي تُحْشَرُ إِلَيْهِ الخَلاَئِقُ، يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ، لِيُحَاسِبَهُمْ عَلَى أَعْمَالِهِمْ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 72
72. Say to them: “We have been commanded to submit to Allah Almighty (to embrace Islam), to perform our prayers, to fear Him in all circumstances. It is to Him that All creatures shall be mustered to be judged for their deeds on the Day of Resurrection.”
{وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلأَرْضَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَيَوْمَ يَقُولُ كُن فَيَكُونُ قَوْلُهُ ٱلْحَقُّ وَلَهُ ٱلْمُلْكُ يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِي ٱلصُّورِ عَٰلِمُ ٱلْغَيْبِ وَٱلشَّهَٰدَةِ وَهُوَ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ٱلْخَبِيرُ}
{ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ} {عَالِمُ} {ٱلشَّهَادَةِ}
(73) – وَاللهُ تَعَالَى هُوَ الذِي خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ بِالحِكْمَةِ وَالحَقِّ وَالعَدْلِ، وَلَمْ يَخْلُقْها عَبَثاً وَبَاطِلاً، فَهُوَ لاَ يَتْرُكُ النَّاسَ سُدًى، بَلْ يَجْزِي كُلَّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ، فَهُوَ خَالِقُهَا وَمَالِكُهَا، وَالمُدَبِّرُ لَهَا وَلِمَنْ فِيهَا. وَيَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ يَقُولُ اللهُ تَعَالَى: كُنْ فَيَكُونُ كُلُّ شَيءٍ عَنْ أَمْرِهِ كَلَمْحِ البَصَرِ.
وَقَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى الحَقُّ؛ وَلَهُ المُلْكُ يَوْمَ الحَشْرِ، يَوْمَ يُنْفَخُ فِي الصُّورِ (وَالصُّورُ قَرْنٌ يُنْفَخُ فِيهِ فَيُحْدِثُ صَوْتاً) فَيُبْعَثُ مَنْ فِي القُبُورِ، وَيُحْشَرُ الخَلْقُ جَمِيعاً إِلى اللهِ، وَاللهُ تَعَالَى هُوَ عَالِمُ الغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ، وَهُوَ الحَكِيمُ الذِي يَضَعُ الأَشْيَاءَ فِي مَوَاضِعِهَا، وَهُوَ الخَبِيرُ بِدَقَائِقِهَا وَخَفَايَاهَا.
الغَيْبِ – مَا غَابَ عَنِ النَّاسِ مِمَّا لاَ يَرَوْنَهُ.
الشَّهَادَةِ – مَا شَاهَدَ النَّاسَ خَلْقَهُ. (وَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: المَقْصُودُ بِالغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ هُنَا السِّرُّ وَالعَلَنُ).
الصُّورِ – قَرْنٍ إذَا نُفِخَ فِيهِ أَحْدَثَ صَوْتاً وَحِينَ يَنْفُخُ فِيهِ إِسْرَافِيلُ يَصْعَقُ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ إِلاَّ مَنْ شَاءَ اللهُ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 73
73. Allah Almighty created the heavens and the earth in all wisdom, truth and justice. He has not created them for vanity or frivolity. He does not leave people at random but takes account of the deeds of every creature and provides the right recompense for every soul, for He is their Creator and Master. He is the absolute disposer of the heavens and the earth and everything they contain. On Judgement Day, Allah Almighty shall say: “Be!” and everything is in a twinkling of an eye, at His command. His words are the truth. He is the only Sovereign on Resurrection Day when the trumpet is sounded and all the dead are raised from their graves and mustered to Allah Almighty. Allah Almighty knows all that lies beyond the reach of human perception as well as all that is visible to man. He is the wise One Who places things in their right location and knows their minutest details and mysteries.
{وَإِذْ قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ لأَبِيهِ آزَرَ أَتَتَّخِذُ أَصْنَاماً آلِهَةً إِنِّيۤ أَرَاكَ وَقَوْمَكَ فِي ضَلاَلٍ مُّبِينٍ}
{إِبْرَاهِيمُ} {آزَرَ} {أَرَاكَ} {ضَلاَلٍ}
(74) – وَاذْكُرْ أَيُّهَا الرَّسُولُ لِهؤُلاَءِ المُشْرِكِينَ، الذِينَ عَبَدُوا مَا لاَ يَنْفَعُهُمْ وَلاَ يَضُرُّهُمْ، قِصَّةَ جَدِّهِمْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الذِي يُبَجِّلُونَهُ، وَيَدَّعُونَ اتِّبَاعَ مِلَّتِهِ، إِذْ جَادَلَ قَوْمَهُ وَرَاجَعَهُمْ فِي بَاطِلِ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ: فَقَالَ لأَِبِيهِ آزَرَ: كَيْفَ تَتِّخِذُ أَنْتَ وَقَوْمُكَ آلِهَةً مِنَ الأَصَنْامِ، التِي تَصْنَعُونَهَا بَأَيْدِيْكُمْ مِنَ الحِجَارَةِ وَغَيْرِها، إنِّي أَرَاكُمْ تَائِهِينَ فِي حَيْرَةٍ وَجَهَالَةٍ، وَأَمْرُكُمْ فِي الجَهَالَةِ وَالضَّلاَلَةِ عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ المُسْتَقِيمِ بَيِّنٌ وَاضِحٌ لِكُلِّ ذِي عَقْلٍ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 74
74. O Messenger! Relate to those polytheists, who have worshipped that which neither benefits nor harms them, the story of their great grandfather Abraham (peace be upon him), whom they hold in reverence and whose faith they claim to follow, when he argued with his people and showed them the erroneous nature of their actions. He said to His father Azar: “How can you and your people take as Allah Almightys idols which you fashion with your own hands from stone and other materials? I see you blundering in confusion and ignorance; it is clear and evident for anyone with a sound reason that you have fallen into ignorance and deviated from the straight path.”
{وَكَذَلِكَ نُرِيۤ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مَلَكُوتَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلأَرْضِ وَلِيَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُوقِنِينَ}
{ۤ إِبْرَاهِيمَ} {ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ}
(75) – وَكَمَا أَرَيْنَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ الحَقَّ فِي أَمْرِ أَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِ، وَأَنَّهُمْ فِي ضَلاَلٍ وَجَهَالَةٍ فِي عِبَادَتِهِمُ الأَصْنَامَ، كَذَلِكَ أَرَيْنَاهُ المَرَّةَ بَعْدَ المَرَّةِ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ مِنْ آيَاتٍ وَعِبَرٍ تَدُلُّ كُلُّهَا عَلَى وَحْدَانِيَّةِ اللهِ فِي مُلْكِهِ وَخَلْقِهِ، وَأَنَّهُ لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ سُبْحَانَهُ، لِيُقِيمَ الحُجَّةَ عَلَى قَوْمِهِ، وَلِيَزْدَادَ إِيمَاناً وَيَقِيناً بِعَظَمَةِ اللهِ، وَقًدْرَتِهِ، وَوَحْدَانِيَّتِهِ.
(وَقَدْ يَكُونُ اللهُ تَعَالَى قَدْ كَشَفَ عَنْ بَصَرِ إِبراهيمَ حَتَّى رَأَى ذَلِكَ عِيَاناً، أَوْ كَشَفَ عَنْ بَصِيرَتِهِ حَتَّى أَدْرَكَهُ بِقَلْبِهِ وَفُؤَادِهِ وَتَحَقَّقَهُ).
مَلَكُوتَ – مُلْكَ – أَوْ آيَاتِ وَعَجائِبِ مُلْكِ اللهِ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 75
75. Just as We showed Abraham (peace be upon him) the truth concerning his father and people, and that they were misguided and ignorant in worshipping idols, We showed him many times the signs and proofs which indicate the Oneness of Allah Almighty and His absolute Sovereignty over His creation, and that there is no God but He; thus We furnished him with arguments against his people, increased his faith and his conviction in the Greatness of Allah Almighty, in His might and Oneness. (Allah Almighty might have allowed Abraham (peace be upon him) to see all that with his own eyes or to perceive it through his heart and intuition, so as to be satisfied).
{فَلَمَّا جَنَّ عَلَيْهِ ٱلْلَّيْلُ رَأَى كَوْكَباً قَالَ هَـٰذَا رَبِّي فَلَمَّآ أَفَلَ قَالَ لاۤ أُحِبُّ ٱلآفِلِينَ}
{ٱلْلَّيْلُ} {رَأَى} {ٱلآفِلِينَ}
(76) – فَلَمَّا تَغَشَّاهُ اللَّيلُ وَسَتَرَهُ، رَأَى نَجْماً عَظِيماً، مُمْتَازاً عَنْ سَائِرِ الكَوَاكِبِ، بِإِشْرَاقِهِ وَبَرِيقِهِ (وَقِيلَ إنَّهُ كُوْكَبُ المُشْتَرِي الذِي عَبَدَهُ كَثيرٌ مِنَ الأَقْوامِ التِي عَبَدَتِ الكَوَاكِبَ)، فَقَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ لِقَوْمِهِ: هذا رَبِّي؛ فَلَمَّا غَابَ وَغَرَبَ (أَفَلَ) قَالَ لَهُمْ: إِنِّي لاَ أُحِبُّ الآَفِلِينَ، إِذْ أَدْرَكَ أَنَّ رَبَّهُ حَاضِرٌ دَائِمٌ لاَ يَزُولُ.
وَقَالَ الأُسْتَاذُ المَراغِي – إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِ عَنِ الكَوْكَبِ (هَذَا رَبِّي) فِي مَقَامِ المُنَاظَرَةِ وَالحِجَاجِ، تَمْهِيداً لِلإِنْكَارِ عَلَيْهِمْ فَأَوْهَمَهُمْ أَوَّلاً أَنَّهُ مُوَافِقٌ لَهُمْ عَلَى زَعْمِهِمْ أَنَّ كَوْكَباً يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يَكُونَ إِلهاً. ثُمَّ كَرَّ عَلَيْهِمْ بِالنَّقْضِ بَانِياً حُجَّتَهُ عَلَى الحِسِّ وَالعَقْلِ).
جَنَّ عَلَيْهِ اللَّيْلُ – تَغَشَّاهُ وَسَتَرَهُ بِظَلامِهِ.
أَفَلَ – غَرَبَ وَغَابَ وَرَاءَ الأُفُقِ
Surah Al Anam: Verse 76
76. At the fall of night, Abraham (peace be upon him) beheld an immense star distinct from the other planets in its brilliance and lustre (it was said to be Jupiter which was worshipped by many nations that adored planets). Abraham (peace be upon him) said to his people: “This is my lord;” but when the star set and disappeared, he said to them: “I do not like things that decline.” He had realized that His Lord was omnipresent and eternal. (According to al-Maraghy, Abraham (peace be upon him) said to his people indicating the planet, “This is my lord,” in a spirit of argumentation and debate, paving the way to his eventual retraction of the faith he had claimed to have previously. Thus, he gave them the impression that he had accepted their claim that a planet could be a Allah Almighty then he repudiated that allegation by advancing an argument founded on the senses and reason.)
{فَلَمَّآ رَأَى ٱلْقَمَرَ بَازِغاً قَالَ هَـٰذَا رَبِّي فَلَمَّآ أَفَلَ قَالَ لَئِن لَّمْ يَهْدِنِي رَبِّي لأَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلضَّالِّينَ}
{رَأَى} {لَئِن}
(77) – فَلَمَّا رَأَى القَمَرَ طَالِعاً قَالَ لِمَنْ حَوْلَهُ: هذا رَبِّي. فَلَمَّا غَرَبَ وَغَابَ، سَأَلَ رَبَّهُ الهِدَايَةَ، وَقَالَ لِقَوْمِهِ إنْ لَمْ يَهْدِنِي رَبِّي إِلَى الحَقِّ وَالصَّوَابِ فِي تَوْحِيدِهِ لأَكُونَنَّ ضَالاً.
بَازِغاً – طَالِعاً مِنَ الأُفُقِ مُنْتَشِرَ الضَّوْءِ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 77
77. When he saw the moon rising he said to those around him: “This is my lord.” But when the moon set and disappeared, he asked his Allah Almighty to guide him and said to his people: “If my Lord does not guide me to the truth and the straight path which leads to Him alone, I shall surely be among those who go astray.”
{فَلَماَّ رَأَى ٱلشَّمْسَ بَازِغَةً قَالَ هَـٰذَا رَبِّي هَـٰذَآ أَكْبَرُ فَلَمَّآ أَفَلَتْ قَالَ يٰقَوْمِ إِنِّي بَرِيۤءٌ مِّمَّا تُشْرِكُونَ}
{رَأَى} {يٰقَوْمِ}
(78) – فَلَمَّا رَأَى الشَّمْسَ بَازِغَةً، وَرَأَى مَا هِيَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ النُّورِ السَّاطِعِ، وَالحَجْمِ الكَبِيرِ، تَظَاهَرَ أَمَامَ قَوْمِهِ بِأنَّهُ اهْتَدَى إِلَى الصَّوَابِ فِي مَعْرِفَةِ المَعْبُودِ الذِي عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَعْبُدَهُ دُونَ غَيْرِهِ، فَقَالَ لَهُمْ مُشِيراً إِلَى الشَّمْسِ: هَذَا رَبِّي، هَذَا أَكْبَرُ مَا رَأَيْتُ مِنَ الكَوَاكِبِ، وَأَكْثَرُهَا نُوراً. فَلَمَّا غَابَتْ تَبَرَّأَ، مِنْ كُلِّ المَعْبُودَاتِ التِي جَعَلَهَا قَوْمُهُ أَرْبَاباً لَهُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللهِ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 78
78. Then when he beheld the sun rising and saw how dazzilingly bright and massive it was, he pretended before his people that he had found guidance to the straight path by discovering the true Allah Almighty whom he should worship alone. He said pointing to the sun: “That is my Lord, it is the greatest among the planets and the brightest.” However, when it went down, he immediately disowned all objects of worship that his people took for deities other than Allah Almighty.
{إِنِّي وَجَّهْتُ وَجْهِيَ لِلَّذِي فَطَرَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلأَرْضَ حَنِيفاً وَمَآ أَنَاْ مِنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ}
{ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ}
(79) – وَبَعْدَ أَنْ تَبَرَّأَ إِبراهيمُ مِنْ عِبَادَةِ الأَصْنَامِ وَالأَوْثَانِ وَالكَوَاكِبِ التِي عَكَفَ قَوْمُهُ عَلَى عِبَادَتِهَا، أَعْلَنَهُمْ بَأَنَّهُ عَبَدَ اللهَ الذِي خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وِالأَرْضَ، وَسَخَّرَهَا وَقَدَّرَهَا، وَهُوَ الذِي بِيَدِهِ مُلْكُ كُلِّ شَيءٍ، وَهُوَ خَالِقُ كُلِّ شَيءٍ. وَقَالَ إِنَّهُ أَفْرَدَ اللهَ وَحْدَهُ بِالعِبَادَةِ مُخْلِصاً فِيهَا، مُنْحَرِفاً عَنِ الشِّرْكِ، وَمُتَبَرِّئاً مِنَ المُشْرِكِينَ.
فَطَرَ – أَوْجَدَ وَأَنْشَأَ عَلَى غَيْرِ مِثَالٍ سَبَقَ.
حَنِيفاً – مُنْحَرِفاً عَنِ الشِّرْكِ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 79
79. When Abraham (peace be upon him) had declared himself innocent of the worship of idols, statues and planets that his people were dedicated to worshipping, he announced to them that he was the servant of Allah Almighty Who had created the heavens and the earth and subjected them to His Law. He is the One Who has sovereignty over everything; He is the Creator of everything. He said that he worshipped none other but Allah Almighty, sincerely, and that he avoided polytheism and disowned idolaters.
{وَحَآجَّهُ قَوْمُهُ قَالَ أَتُحَٰجُّوۤنِّي فِي ٱللَّهِ وَقَدْ هَدَانِ وَلاَ أَخَافُ مَا تُشْرِكُونَ بِهِ إِلاَّ أَن يَشَآءَ رَبِّي شَيْئاً وَسِعَ رَبِّي كُلَّ شَيْءٍ عِلْماً أَفَلاَ تَتَذَكَّرُونَ}
{أَتُحَاجُّوۤنِّي} {هَدَانِ}
(80) – وَجَادَلَ إِبراهِيمَ قَوْمُهُ فِيمَا ذَهَبَ إِلَيهِ مِنَ التَّوْحِيدِ، وَنَاظَرُوهُ بِشُبَهٍ مِنَ القَوْلِ، وَبَيَّنُوا لَهُ أَوْهَامَهُمْ فِي شِرْكِهِمْ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: أَتُجَادِلُونَنِي فِي أَمْرِ اللهِ، وَفِي أنَّهُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ؟ لَقَدْ بَصَّرَنِي رَبِّي بِالحَقِّ، وَهَدَانِي إِليهِ، وَأَنَا عَلَى بَيِّنَةٍ مِنْهُ، فَكَيْفَ أَلْتَفِتُ إِلَى أَقْوَالِكُمْ وَحُجَجِكُمُ البَاطِلَةِ؟ وَمِنَ الدَّلاَئِلِ عَلَى بُطْلاَنِ اعْتِقَادِكُمْ أَنَّ هَذِهِ الأَصْنَامُ آلِهَةٌ تَسْتَحِقُّ العِبَادَةَ، أَنَّهَا لاَ تَسْتَطِيعُ ضَرّاً وَلا نَفْعاً لأَِحَدٍ، وَأَنَا لا أَخَافُهَا، وَلا أُبالي بِها، فَإِنْ كَانَ لَهَا قُدْرَةٌ عَلَى الكَيْدِ وَالإِيذَاءِ، فَكِيدُونِي بِهَا، وَلاَ تُنْظِرُونَ. أَمَّا الذِي يَضُرُّ وَيَنْفَعُ، حَقِيقَةً، فَهُوَ اللهُ، فَهُوَ وَحْدَهُ القَادِرُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ، فَأَنَا لاَ أَخَافُ الضَّرَرَ مِنْ أَحَدٍ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَشَاءَ اللهُ رَبِّي ذَلِكَ، وَلَقْدَ أَحَاطَ رَبِّي بِكُلِّ شَيءٍ عِلْماً، فَلاَ تَخْفَى عَلَيْهِ خَافِيَةٌ، فَكَيْفَ لا تَتَذَكَّرُونَ ذَلِكَ، وَلاَ تُدْرِكُونَ أَنَّ الحَجَرَ العَاجِزَ لاَ يَسْتَحِقُّ أَنْ يُعْبَدَ؟.
حَاجَّةُ قَوْمُهُ – جَادَلُوهُ وَخَاصَمُوهُ فِي التَّوْحِيدِ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 80
80. Abraham (peace be upon him) argued with his people about the Oneness to which he called them. They opposed and quibbled with him and explained to him the illusions in their idolatry. Whereupon he said: “Do you argue with me about Allah Almighty and about the fact that there is no God but He? He has showed me the truth and guided me to it and I have proof from Him that I am on the true path. How can I therefore heed your words and groundless arguments? Among the proofs of the invalidity of your faith in the idols which you believe worthy of worship is that these idols can neither benefit nor harm anyone. I do not fear them; I am indifferent to them. If your idols are able to hatch plots or harm, then call them to injure me, and do not give me respite. In reality, Allah Almighty alone is able to harm and benefit. I fear no one’s harm unless Allah Almighty wills it. His knowledge embraces all things. Nothing is hidden from Him. How can you not remember that, and understand that helpless stones are not worthy of worship?
{وَكَيْفَ أَخَافُ مَآ أَشْرَكْتُمْ وَلاَ تَخَافُونَ أَنَّكُمْ أَشْرَكْتُم بِٱللَّهِ مَا لَمْ يُنَزِّلْ بِهِ عَلَيْكُمْ سُلْطَٰناً فَأَيُّ ٱلْفَرِيقَيْنِ أَحَقُّ بِٱلأَمْنِ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ}
{سُلْطَاناً}
(81) – وَكَيْفَ أَخَافُ أَنَا مِنْ هَذِهِ الأَصْنَامِ التِي تَعْبُدُونَهَا، وَهِيَ لاَ تَمْلِكُ لِنَفْسِهَا، وَلا لِغَيْرِهَا نَفْعاً وَلا ضَرّاً، وَلاَ تَخَافُونَ أَنْتُمْ مِنْ أَنَّكُمْ أَشْرَكْتُمْ فِي عِبَادِةِ اللهِ هَذِهِ الأَصْنَامِ، وَهُوَ القَادِرُ القَاهِرُ، وَهُوَ تَعَالَى لَمْ يُنْزِلْ حُجَّةً وَلا بُرْهَاناً وَلاَ دَلِيلاً عَلَى وُجُوبِ عِبَادَةِ هَذِهِ الأَصْنَامِ؟ وَفِي مِثْلِ هَذِهِ الحَالِ التِي نَحْنُ فِيهَا: أَيُّ الجَانِبَيْنِ – أَنَا وَأَنْتُمْ – أَحَقُّ بِأَنْ يَكُونَ مُطْمَئِنّاً مِنْ أَنْ يَلْحَقَ بِهِ أَذًى: الذِي عَبَدَ اللهَ الذِي بِيَدِهِ الخَلْقُ والنَّفْعُ والضُّرُّ، أَمْ مَنْ عَبَدَ أَصْنَاماً حِجَارَةً لاَ تَضُرُّ وَلاَ تَنْفَعُ؟ هَذا إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ وَتُقَدِّرُونَ الأُمُورَ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 81
81. “How should I fear those idols which you worship when they can neither benefit nor harm themselves or others? Do you not fear associating them with Allah Almighty in your worship? He is the all-Powerful, the Master Who has revealed no argument, proof, or sign on the necessity of worshipping these idols. In this case, which of the two parties -you or I- deserves to feel more secure from harm: he who worshipped Allah Almighty in whose hands alone lie creation, harm and benefit, or he who worshipped stone statues which can neither harm nor benefit? Answer this if you are capable of knowing and appreciating matters.”
{ٱلَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ وَلَمْ يَلْبِسُوۤاْ إِيمَانَهُمْ بِظُلْمٍ أُوْلَـٰئِكَ لَهُمُ ٱلأَمْنُ وَهُمْ مُّهْتَدُونَ}
{آمَنُواْ} {إِيمَانَهُمْ} {أُوْلَـٰئِكَ}
(82) – ثُمَّ بَيَّنَ اللهُ تَعَالَى فِي هَذِهِ الآيَةِ مَنْ هُوَ الحَقيقُ بِالأَمْنِ عَلَى سَبيلِ التَّفْصِيلِ فَقَالَ: الذِينَ أَخْلَصُوا العِبَادَةَ للهِ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ، وَلَمْ يُشْرِكُوا بِهِ شَيْئاً، وَلَمْ يَخْلِطُوا إِيمَانَهُمْ (يَلْبِسُوا) بِظُلْمٍ، وَلاَ كُفْرٍ، وَلاَ شِرْكٍ بِاللهِ، فَهَؤُلاءِ هُمُ الآمِنُونَ يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ مِنَ الخُلُودِ فِي العَذَابِ، وَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ المُهْتَدُونَ فِي الدُّنْيا وَالآخِرَةِ.
لَمْ يَلْبِسُوا – لَمْ يَخْلِطُوا.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 82
82. Allah Almighty shows in this verse who is more entitled to feel secure. He says: “Those who were sincere in their worship of Allah Almighty alone without partner and did not associate others with Him, nor did they mix their faith with injustice, disbelief or idolatry, they will find safety on the Day of Resurrection, and will be secure from eternal punishment; they are those who have been guided in this life and the next.”
{وَتِلْكَ حُجَّتُنَآ ءَاتَيْنَٰهَآ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ عَلَىٰ قَوْمِهِ نَرْفَعُ دَرَجَٰتٍ مَّن نَّشَآءُ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ حَكِيمٌ عَلِيمٌ}
{آتَيْنَاهَآ} {إِبْرَاهِيمَ} {دَرَجَاتٍ}
(83) – وَتِلْكَ هِيَ حُجَّةُ اللهِ الدَّامِغَةُ عَلَى وُجُودِ اللهِ وَوَحْدَانِيَّتِهِ وَعَظَمَتِهِ، أَرْشَدَ إِلَيْهَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ، لِيُوجِّهَهَا إِلَى قَوْمِهِ، وَهُمْ يُجَادِلُونَهُ فِي رَبِّهِ، وَاللهُ يَرْفَعُ مَنْ يَشَاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ، دَرَجَاتٍ فِي الدِّينِ وَالفَهْمِ وَالحُجَّةِ، وَإنَّ رَبَّكَ اللهَ الذِي رَبَّاكَ وَعَلَّمَكَ وَهَدَاكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ، وَجَعَلَكَ خَاتَمَ الرُّسُلِ، حَكِيمٌ فِي قَوْلِهِ وَفِعْلِهِ، عَلِيمٌ بِمَنْ يَهْتَدِي بِمَا أَنْزَلَ اللهُ، وَبِمَنْ يَضِلُّ، وَبِمَنْ قَامَتِ الحُجَّةُ عَلَيْهِ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 83
83. That is Allah Almighty’s irrefutable argument concerning His Oneness and greatness. It was furnished to Abraham (peace be upon him) to address to his people, who argued with him about the existence of his Lord. Allah Almighty raises in rank whomsoever He pleases of His creatures, and places him at a higher degree of religion, comprehension and disputation. O Mohammad! Your Lord, Who has educated you, instructed you and guided you and made you the last of the messengers, is Wise in both words and deeds. He knows those who are guided by His revelations and those who have gone astray and whose reasoning is therefore refuted by argument.
{وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُ إِسْحَاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ كُلاًّ هَدَيْنَا وَنُوحاً هَدَيْنَا مِن قَبْلُ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِهِ دَاوُودَ وَسُلَيْمَانَ وَأَيُّوبَ وَيُوسُفَ وَمُوسَىٰ وَهَارُونَ وَكَذَلِكَ نَجْزِي ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ}
{إِسْحَاقَ} {دَاوُودَ} {وَسُلَيْمَانَ} {وَهَارُونَ}
(84) – يَذْكُرُ اللهُ تَعَالَى أنَّهُ وَهَبَ لإِبْرَاهِيمَ ابْنَهُ إِسْحَاقَ بَعْدَ أَنْ شَاخَ وَطَعَنَ فِي السِّنِّ، وَبَشَّرَتْهُ المَلاَئِكَةُ بِأنَّ ابْنَهُ إِسْحَاقَ سَيُولَدُ لَهُ وَلَدٌ اسْمُهُ يَعْقُوبُ، فِي حَيَاةِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ.
وَيَقُولُ تَعَالَى إِنَّهُ هَدَى كُلاًّ مِنْ إِسْحَاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ بِمَا آتَاهُمَا مِنَ النُّبُوَّةِ وَالحِكْمَةِ، وَإِنَّهُ تَعَالَى هَدَى مِنْ ذُرِّيَةِ نُوحٍ: (أَوْ مِنْ ذُرِّيَةِ إَبْرَاهِيمَ – وَإِبْرَاهِيمُ مِنْ ذُرِّيَةِ نُوحٍ): دَاوُدَ وَسُلَيْمَانَ وَيُوسُفَ وَأَيُّوبَ وَمُوسَى وَهَارُونَ وَآتَاهُمُ الحُكْمَ وَالنُّبُوَّةَ، وَكَذَلِكَ يَجْزِي اللهُ المُحْسِنِينَ فَيَهْدِيهِمْ إلَى الحَقِّ وَالصَّوَابِ وَالإِيمَانِ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 84
84. Allah Almighty says that He bestowed upon Abraham (peace be upon him), after he had grown very old, his son Isaac; the angels announced to him that his son Isaac would have a son called Jacob during Abraham (peace be upon him)’s lifetime. Allah Almighty says that He guided Isaac and Jacob by endowing them with prophecy and wisdom, and that he also guided among the descendants of Noah (or Abraham (peace be upon him)’s descendants, for Abraham (peace be upon him) is Noah’s descendant) David, Solomon, Joseph, Job, Moses and Aaron upon whom He gave prophecy and sovereignty. Thus He rewards the good and guides them to truth, the straight path and faith.
{وَزَكَرِيَّا وَيَحْيَىٰ وَعِيسَىٰ وَإِلْيَاسَ كُلٌّ مِّنَ ٱلصَّالِحِينَ}
{ٱلصَّالِحِينَ}
(85) – وَهَدَى اللهُ مِنْ ذُرِّيَةِ نُوحٍ أَيْضاً: زَكَرِيّا وَابْنَهُ يَحْيِى وَعِيسَى بْنَ مَرْيَمَ وَإِلْيَاسَ، وَقَدْ جَعَلَهُمُ اللهُ جَمِيعاً مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ. وَكَانَتْ لِهَؤُلاءِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ الكِرَامِ مِيزَةُ الزُّهْدِ وَالإِعْرَاضِ عَنِ الدُّنْيا وَلَذَّاتِها، وَزِينَتِهَا، لِذَلِكَ خَصَّهُمُ اللهُ تَعَالَى بِوَصْفِ الصَّالِحِينَ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 85
85. Allah Almighty also guided among the descendants of Noah Zachariah and his son John (Yahya), Jesus son of Mary and Elias. They were all among the virtuous. Those honourable Prophets were distinguished by their asceticism and renunciation of worldly pleasures and the ornaments of this here life. Thus Allah Almighty distinguished them by describing them as virtuous.
{وَإِسْمَاعِيلَ وَٱلْيَسَعَ وَيُونُسَ وَلُوطاً وَكُلاًّ فَضَّلْنَا عَلَى ٱلْعَالَمِينَ}
{وَإِسْمَاعِيلَ} {ٱلْعَالَمِينَ}
(86) – وَمِنْ ذُرِّيَةِ نُوحٍ، مِمَّنْ هَدَاهُمُ اللهُ، يَذْكُرُ تَعَالَى: إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَاليَسَعَ وَيُونُسَ وَلُوْطاً فَهَدَاهُمْ، وَآتَاهُمُ النُّبُوَّة، وَجَعَلَهُمْ مِنَ المُهْتَدِينَ، وَفَضَّلَهُمْ عَلَى العَالَمِينَ مِنْ أَهْلِ زَمَانِهِمْ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 86
86. Also among Noah’s descendants who were guided by Allah Almighty, He mentions: Ishmael son of Abraham (peace be upon him), Elisha, Jonah and Lot. Allah Almighty guided them, bestowed prophecy on them and made them follow the straight path. He favoured them above all the men of their time.
{وَمِنْ آبَائِهِمْ وَذُرِّيَّاتِهِمْ وَإِخْوَانِهِمْ وَٱجْتَبَيْنَاهُمْ وَهَدَيْنَاهُمْ إِلَىٰ صِرَاطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ}
{آبَائِهِمْ} {وَذُرِّيَّاتِهِمْ} {وَإِخْوَانِهِمْ} {وَٱجْتَبَيْنَاهُمْ} {وَهَدَيْنَاهُمْ} {صِرَاطٍ}
(87) – وَهَدَى اللهُ بَعْضَ آبَائِهِمْ وَذُرِّيَاتِهِمْ وَإِخْوَانِهِمْ – لاَ كُلّهُمْ إذْ إِنَّ بَعْضَ هَؤُلاءِ الأَقْرَبِينَ لَمْ يَهْتَدِ بِهَدْيِ أَبِيهِ أَوْ ابْنِهِ، كَآزَرَ أَبِي إِبْرَاهِيم، وَابْنِ نُوحٍ وَزَوْجَةِ لُوطٍ -. وَيَقُولُ تَعَالَى إِنَّهُ اخْتَارَهُمْ وَاصْطَفَاهُمْ وَهَدَاهُمُ الصِّرَاطَ المُسْتَقِيمَ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 87
87. Allah Almighty also guided to the straight path some of their ancestors, descendants and brothers (but not all because some of their relatives did not follow the straight path of their father or son: such were Azar, Abraham (peace be upon him)’s father, Noah’s son and Lot’s wife). Allah Almighty says that He chose them and guided them to the straight path.
{ذٰلِكَ هُدَى ٱللَّهِ يَهْدِي بِهِ مَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ وَلَوْ أَشْرَكُواْ لَحَبِطَ عَنْهُمْ مَّا كَانُواْ يَعْمَلُونَ}
(88) – وَإِنَّمَا حَصَلَ لَهُمْ ذَلِكَ بِتَوْفِيقِ اللهِ، وَهِدَايَتِهِ إِيَّاهُمْ، وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ أَشْرَكُوا بِعِبَادَةِ رَبِّهِمْ أَحَداً، لَهَلَكَ عَمَلُهُمْ، وَلَضَاعَ أَجْرُ أَعَمْالِ الخَيْرِ التِي عَمِلُوهَا، (وَهَذا تَشْدِيدٌ لأَِمْرِ الشِّرْكِ، وَتَغْلِيظٌ لشَأْنِهِ).
اجْتَبَاهُمُ – اصْطَفَاهُمْ.
حَبِطَ – بَطلَ وَسَقَطَ وَهَلَكَ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 88
88. They were thus favoured by Allah Almighty Who guided them to the straight path. If they had associated another deity with Him, He would have condemned their actions, and they would have lost the benefits of their good deeds (there is an insistence here on the grave nature of polytheism which is considered as a capital sin).
{أُوْلَـٰئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ آتَيْنَاهُمُ ٱلْكِتَابَ وَٱلْحُكْمَ وَٱلنُّبُوَّةَ فَإِن يَكْفُرْ بِهَا هَـٰؤُلاۤءِ فَقَدْ وَكَّلْنَا بِهَا قَوْماً لَّيْسُواْ بِهَا بِكَافِرِينَ}
{أُوْلَـٰئِكَ} {آتَيْنَاهُمُ} {ٱلْكِتَابَ} {بِكَافِرِينَ}
(89) – أُولَئِكَ الذِينَ أَنْعَمَ اللهُ عَلَيهِمْ، بِأَنْ آتَاهُمُ الكِتَابَ (صُحُفَ إِبراهيمَ، وَتَوْرَاةِ مُوسَى وَزَبُورِ دَاوُدَ، وَإِنْجِيلَ عِيسَى) كَمَا آتَاهُمُ العِلْمَ وَالفِقْهَ فِي الدِّينِ (الحُكْمَ)، وَآتَاهُمُ النُّبُوَّةَ لِيَهْدُوا النَّاسَ إِلَى اللهِ، وَذَلِكَ رَحْمَةٌ مِنَ اللهِ بِعِبَادِهِ، وَلُطْفٌ مِنْهُ بِخَلْقِهِ، فَإِنْ يَكْفُرْ أَهْلُ مَكَّةَ وَغَيْرُهُمْ مِمَّنْ فِي الأَرْضِ مِنَ البَشَرِ (هَؤلاءِ) بِالكِتَابِ وَالحُكْمِ وَالنُّبُوَّةِ فَإِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى وَكَّلَ بِرِعَايَتِهَا قَوماً مُؤْمِنِينَ، لاَ يَجْحَدُونَ مِنْهَا شَيئاً، وَلاَ يَرُدُّونَ مِنْهَا حَرْفاً. (وَهُمُ المُهَاجِرُونَ وَالأَنْصَارُ وَالمُؤْمِنُونَ – عَلَى مَا قَالَهُ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فِي تَفْسِيرِ هذا المَقْطَعِ مِنَ الآيَة).
Surah Al Anam: Verse 89
89. Those are the people whom Allah Almighty favoured by giving them the Book (the Book of Abraham (peace be upon him), the Torah of Moses, the Psalms of David and the Gospel of Jesus) and bestowing on them knowledge and religious instruction. He endowed them with prophecy to guide people to Allah Almighty; this was a favour and a proof of His mercy on men. If the people of Makkah and others on earth will deny the Book, the wisdom and prophethood, then Allah Almighty has already entrusted them to a believing people who will never deny His signs or any of His words. (According to Ibn Abbas in his interpretation of this part of the verse, reference is here made to those who emigrated from Makkah, the allies of the prophet from Medina and the other believers.)
{أُوْلَـٰئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ هَدَى ٱللَّهُ فَبِهُدَاهُمُ ٱقْتَدِهْ قُل لاَّ أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ أَجْراً إِنْ هُوَ إِلاَّ ذِكْرَىٰ لِلْعَالَمِينَ}
{أُوْلَـٰئِكَ} {فَبِهُدَاهُمُ} {أَسْأَلُكُمْ} {لِلْعَالَمِينَ}
(90) – وَهَؤُلاءِ الثَّمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ، الذِينَ وَرَدَتْ أَسْمَاؤُهُمْ فِي الآيَاتِ السَّابِقَةِ، وَالذِينَ وَصَفَهُمُ اللهُ تَعَالَى بِأَنَّهُ آتَاهُمُ الكِتَابَ وَالحُكْمَ وَالنُّبُوَّةَ، هُمُ الذِينَ هَدَاهُمُ اللهُ هِدَايَةً كَامِلَةً، فَاهْتَدِ، يَا مُحَمَّدُ، بِهُدَاهُمْ، وَاقْتَدِ بِهِمْ، فِي الأَخْلاَقِ الحَمِيدَةِ، وَالصِّفَاتِ الرَّفِيعَةِ، وَالصَّبْرِ عَلَى أَذَى السُّفَهَاءِ، وَالعَفْوِ عَنْهُم، وَقُلْ لِقَوْمِكَ إِنَّنِي لاَ أَسْأَلُكُمْ أَجْراً عَلَى إِبْلاغِ رِسَالَةِ رَبِّي إلَيْكُمْ، وَمَا أَنْزَلَهُ عَلَيَّ مِنَ القُرْآنِ، فَهذا القُرْآنُ هُوَ تَذْكِيرٌ (ذِكْرَى) لِلْعَالَمِينَ الذِينَ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ فَيَرْشُدُونَ مِنَ الجَهَالَةِ وَالضَّلاَلَةِ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 90
90. The eighteen people whose names appear in the preceding verses, upon whom Allah Almighty says that He conferred the Book, wisdom and prophecy, are those whom He has given complete guidance. O Mohammad! Follow their guidance and example, and model your conduct on theirs: adopt their praiseworthy moral values and their fine qualities, and learn to patiently endure the harm caused by impertinent fools, and to forgive them. Tell your people: “I demand no payment for the message I bring you from Allah Almighty, and the Quran which He revealed to me. The Quran is a reminder to men so that they can be guided to the right path and saved from ignorance and error.”
{وَمَا قَدَرُواْ ٱللَّهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِهِ إِذْ قَالُواْ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ بَشَرٍ مِّن شَيْءٍ قُلْ مَنْ أَنزَلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ ٱلَّذِي جَآءَ بِهِ مُوسَىٰ نُوراً وَهُدًى لِّلنَّاسِ تَجْعَلُونَهُ قَرَاطِيسَ تُبْدُونَهَا وَتُخْفُونَ كَثِيراً وَعُلِّمْتُمْ مَّا لَمْ تَعْلَمُوۤاْ أَنتُمْ وَلاَ ءَابَآؤُكُمْ قُلِ ٱللَّهُ ثُمَّ ذَرْهُمْ فِي خَوْضِهِمْ يَلْعَبُونَ}
{ٱلْكِتَابَ} {آبَاؤُكُمْ}
(91) – مَا عَرَفَ مُنْكِرُو الوَحْيِ، مِنْ كُفَّارِ قُرَيْشٍ، اللهَ حَقَّ مَعْرِفَتِهِ، وَلاَ عَظَّمُوهُ حَقَّ التَّعْظِيمِ الذِي يَسْتَحِقُّهُ، إِذْ كَذَّبُوا رَسُولَهُمْ صلى الله عليه وسلم؛ وَقَالُوا: (مَا أَنْزَلَ اللهُ عَلَى بَشَرٍ مِنْ شَيءٍ)، فَقُلْ، يَا مُحَمَّدُ، لِهَؤُلاَءِ المُنْكِرِينَ إِنْزَالَ كِتَابٍ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ عَلَى البَشَرِ: مَنِ الذِي أَنْزَلَ التَّوْرَاةَ عَلَى مُوسَى، لِيَكُونَ نُوراً يُسْتَضَاءُ بِهِ فِي كَشْفِ الغَوَامِضِ، وَحَلِّ المُشْكِلاَتِ، وَهُدًى يُهْتَدَى بِهِ مِنْ ظُلَمِ الشُّبُهَاتِ؟
وَمُشْرِكُو العَرَبِ يُقِرُّونَ بِأنَّ التَّوْرَاةَ مُنَزَّلَةٌ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ مُوسَى، لِذَلِكَ يَكُونُ تَعَالَى قَدْ أَقَامَ الحُجَّةَ عَلَيْهِمْ بَأنَّ اللهَ يُنَزِّلُ الوَحْيَ وَالكُتُبَ عَلَى مَنْ يَخْتَارُهُمْ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ لِحَمْلِ رِسَالاَتِهِ.
وَقَدْ أَرْسَلَ مُشْرِكُو قُرَيشٍ وَفْداً إِلَى المَدِينَةِ يَسْأَلُونَ أَحْبَارَ اليَهُودِ عَمَّا يَجِدُونَهُ فِي كُتُبِهِمْ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَصِفَتِهِ، فَرَدَّ الأَحْبَارُ عَلَيْهِم: إِنَّهُمْ لاَ يَعْرِفُونَ عَنْهُ شَيْئاً. وَقَدِ اهْتَدَى اليَهُودُ بِالتَّوْرَاةِ، وَصَارُوا خَلْقاً آخَرَ مُتَمَسِّكاً بِالحَقِّ وَالعَدْلِ، حَتَّى اخْتَلَفُوا، وَنَسُوا حَظّاً مِمَّا ذُكِّرُوا بِهِ، وَاتَّبَعُو أَهْوَاءَهُمْ، وَجَعَلُوا كِتَابَهُمْ قَرَاطِيسَ يُبْدُونَهَا عِنْدَ الحَاجَةِ، فَكَانَ الحَبْرُ مِنْ أَحْبَارِهِمْ إذَا اسْتُفْتِيَ فِي مَسْأَلَةٍ لَهُ هَوًى فِي إِظْهَارِ حُكْمِ اللهِ فِيهَا كَتَبَ ذَلِكَ الحُكْمَ فِي قِرْطَاسٍ، وَأَظْهَرَهُ لِلْمُسْتَفْتِي وَخُصُومِهِ. وَكَانُوا يخْفُونَ كَثيراً مِنْ أَحْكَامِ الكِتَابِ وَأَخْبَارِهِ، إِذَا كَانَ لَهُمْ هَوًى فِي ذَلِكَ وَمَصْلَحَةٌ. وَالسَّبَبُ فِي ذَلِكَ أنَّ الكِتَابَ كَانَ فِي أَيْدِي الأَحْبَارِ، وَلَمْ تَكُنْ فِي أَيْدِي العَامَّةِ نُسَخٌ مِنْهُ، وَقَدْ أَخْفَى اليَهَودُ حُكْمَ رَجْمِ الزَّانِي فِي المَدِينَةِ، وَأَخْفَوْا البِشَارَةَ الوَارِدَةَ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ بِبِعْثَةِ مُحَمَّدٍ صلى الله عليه وسلم، وَكَتَمُوا صِفَتَهُ عَنِ العَامَّةِ، وَصَرَفُوهَا إِلى مَعَانٍ أُخْرَى بِالنِّسْبَةِ لِلْخَاصَّةِ، لِكَيْلاَ يَتْبَعَهُ اليَهُودُ.
وَيَأْمُرُ اللهُ تَعَالَى رَسُولَهُ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِأَنْ يَتَوَلَّى هُوَ الجَوَابَ عَنْ هَذا السُّؤَالِ إذا سَكَتَ الكُفَّارُ: وَلْيَقُلْ إِنَّ الذِي أَنْزَلَ التَّوْرَاة هُوَ اللهُ، ثُمَّ عَلَيهِ أَنْ يَتْرُكَهُمْ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فِي الضِّلالِ, يَخُوضُونَ وَيَلْعَبُونَ كَالصِّبْيَانِ.
مَا قَدَرُوا اللهَ – مَاعَرَفُوا اللهَ وَمَا عَظَّمُوهُ.
قَرَاطِيسَ – أوْرَاقاً مَكتُوبَةً مُتَفَرِّقَةً.
قُلِ اللهُ – قَلْ أَنْزَلَهُ اللهُ (أَيْ أَنْزَلَ التَّوْرَاةَ).
خَوْضِهِمْ – فِيمَا يَخُوضُونَ فِيهِ مِنَ الحَدِيثِ وَالبَاطِلِ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 91
91. The unbelievers of Quraish who denied the revelation ignore the truth about Allah Almighty. They did not glorify Him as He should be glorified. Rather they denied their messenger and said: “Allah Almighty has not revealed anything to any man.” Say, O Mohammed, to those people who denied the revelation of a divine Book to humans: “Who revealed the Torah to Moses as a light to men to help them uncover mysteries, solve problems and guide people in the darkness of doubt?” The Arab polytheists acknowledged the revelation of the Torah by Allah Almighty to His messenger Moses. Thus, Allah Almighty refutes their words and advances an argument in favour of the fact that He descends His revelations and Books on those He chooses to carry His message. The polytheists of Quraish sent a delegation to Medina to ask the Jewish rabbis about what they had found in their Books concerning Mohammad (peace be upon him) and his qualities. The rabbis denied any knowledge of the matter. Although the Jews had been guided by the Torah and had become a people conforming to law and justice, they had eventually differed and forgotten a good part of what had been revealed to them. They then followed their vagaries and passions and reduced their Book to a few leaves which they would exhibit only when they deemed it necessary. When a rabbi was sought over an issue which he considered to be in his interest to reveal Allah Almighty’s law concerning it, He would write down the judgement on a leaf and show it to the one who had sought his advice and his adversaries. They would conceal many of the precepts and teachings of the Book when they so desired, and it was in their best interest. This was because the Torah was in the hands of the rabbis; the common people did not possess copies of it. In Medina they concealed the law relating to the stoning of an adulterer; they also concealed the good tidings which the Torah prophesied of the advent of Mohammad, and his qualities, and instructed the public erroneously so that the Jews would not follow him. Allah Almighty orders His Messenger to answer that question himself if the unbelievers should not do so. He should say that it was Allah Almighty Who had revealed the Torah. He should then leave them in their loss, blundering about and romping like children.”
{وَهَـٰذَا كِتَٰبٌ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ مُبَارَكٌ مُّصَدِّقُ ٱلَّذِي بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَلِتُنذِرَ أُمَّ ٱلْقُرَىٰ وَمَنْ حَوْلَهَا وَٱلَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلأَخِرَةِ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِ وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلاَتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ}
{كِتَابٌ} {أَنزَلْنَاهُ} {بِٱلآخِرَةِ}
(92) – وَهذا القُرْآنُ كِتَابٌ عَظِيمُ القَدْرِ، أَنْزَلْنَاهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ خَاتَمِ الأَنْبياءِ، كَمَا أَنْزَلْنَا مِنْ قَبْلُ التَّوْرَاةَ عَلَى مُوسَى، وَقَدْ بَارَكْنَا فِيهِ فَجَعَلْنَاهُ كَثِيرَ الخَيْرِ، دَائِمَ البَرَكَةِ وَالمَنْفَعَةِ، يُبَشِّرُ بِالثَّوَابِ وَالمَغْفِرَةِ، وَيَنْهَى عَنِ المَعْصِيَةِ، مُصَدِّقاً لِمَا تَقَدَّمَهُ مِنَ الكُتُبِ المُنَزَّلَةِ عَلَى الأَنْبِيَاءِ، فِي المَبَادِئِ التِي جَاءَتْ بِهَا، وَقَدْ أَنْزَلْنَا هَذَا القُرْآنَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ لِيُنْذِرَ أَهْلَ مَكَّةَ وَمَنْ حَوْلَهُمْ مِنْ بِلاَدِ اللهِ جَمَيعاً (كَمَا قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ)، وَلِيُحَذِّرَهُمْ مِنْ عَذَابِ اللهِ وَبَأْسِهِ، إذَا لَمْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِهِ. وَمَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِقِيَامِ السَّاعَةِ وَبِالمَعَادِ إلَى اللهِ فِي الآخِرَةِ لِلْحِسَابِ، يُؤْمِنُ بِهَذا القُرْآنِ، لأَنَّهُمْ يَجِدُونَ فِيهِ الهِدَايَةَ وَالسَّعَادَةَ فِي تِلْكَ الدَّارِ. وَالذِي يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالقُرْآنِ يُحَافِظُونَ عَلَى صَلاتِهِمْ فَيُؤَدُّونَها فِي أَوْقَاتِهَا، لأَِنَّ الصَّلاةَ عِمَادُ الدِّينِ، وَالمُحَافَظَةُ عَلَيها تَدْعُو إِلى القِيَامِ بِسَائِرِ العِبَادَاتِ.
أُمَّ القَرى – مَكَّةَ.
مَنْ حَوْلَهَا – أَهْلُ الآفَاقِ – أَيْ أَهْلُ بِلاَدِ العَالَمِ جَمِيعاً.
مُبَارَكٌ – كَثيرُ المَنَافِعِ وَالفَوَائِدِ (وَهُوَ القُرْآنُ).
Surah Al Anam: Verse 92
92. This Quran is a Book of great value which We revealed to Mohammed, the last of the prophets, just as We revealed earlier the Torah to Moses. We blessed it and made it a permanent source of good and benefit. It announces reward and forgiveness, and forbids insubordination. It confirms what came in the previous Books revealed to the prophets and the precepts in them. We revealed this Quran to Mohammed to warn the people of Makkah and those of all the other countries surrounding them (according to Ibn Abbas) of Allah Almighty’s punishment if they do not believe in Him. Those who believe in the final judgement and the return to Allah Almighty to account for their deeds, believe in the Quran because they find in it guidance, and eternal bliss in the hereafter. Those who believe in the Quran observe the prayers and perform them at their set times, because prayers are the pillar of religion, and maintaining them incites the observance of all other religious cults.
{وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِباً أَوْ قَالَ أُوْحِيَ إِلَيَّ وَلَمْ يُوحَ إِلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ وَمَن قَالَ سَأُنزِلُ مِثْلَ مَآ أَنَزلَ ٱللَّهُ وَلَوْ تَرَىۤ إِذِ ٱلظَّالِمُونَ فِي غَمَرَاتِ ٱلْمَوْتِ وَٱلْمَلاۤئِكَةُ بَاسِطُوۤاْ أَيْدِيهِمْ أَخْرِجُوۤاْ أَنْفُسَكُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ تُجْزَوْنَ عَذَابَ ٱلْهُونِ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَقُولُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ غَيْرَ ٱلْحَقِّ وَكُنْتُمْ عَنْ آيَاتِهِ تَسْتَكْبِرُونَ}
{ٱلظَّالِمُونَ} {غَمَرَاتِ} {وَٱلْمَلاۤئِكَةُ} {بَاسِطُوۤاْ} {آيَاتِهِ}
(93) – لاَ أَحَدَ أَكْثَرُ ظُلْماً مِمَّنْ كَذَبَ عَلى اللهِ، فَجَعَلَ لَهُ شَرِيكاً أَوْ وَلَداً، أَوِ ادَّعَى أَنَّ اللهَ أَرْسَلَهُ رَسُولاً إِلى النَّاسِ، وَلَمْ يَكُنِ اللهُ قَدْ أَرْسَلَهُ (كَالذِينَ يَدَّعُونَ النُّبُوَّةَ)، أَوِ ادَّعَى أَنَّهُ قَادِرٌ عَلَى أَنْ يُنْزِل مِثْلَمَا أَنْزَلَ اللهُ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ مِنَ الوَحْيِ وَالقُرْآنِ (كَالذِينَ قَالُوا: لَوْ نَشَاءُ لَقُلْنَا مِثْلَ هَذَا).
وَهَؤُلاءِ الظَّالِمُونَ وَأَمثَالُهُمْ جُرْمُهُمْ عِنْدَ اللهِ عَظِيمٌ. وَلَوْ تَرَى يَا مُحَمَّدُ حَالَهُمْ وَهُمْ يُعَانُونَ سَكَرَاتِ المَوْتِ، وَآلاَمَ اللَّحَظَاتِ الأَخِيرَةِ مِنْ حَيَاتِهِم التَّعِيسَةِ، لَرَأَيْتَ مَا لاَ سَبيلَ إِلَى وَصْفِهِ وَتَصْوِيرِهِ مِنْ سُوءٍ، وَقَدْ جَاءَتْهُمْ مَلاَئِكَةُ المَوْتِ بَاسِطِينَ إِلَيْهِمْ أَيْدِيَهُمْ بِالضَّرْبِ وَالعَذَابِ لِيَسْتَخْرِجُوا أَرْوَاحَهُمْ مِنْ أَجْسَادِهِمْ، بِقَسْوَةٍ وَعُنْفٍ، وَيَقُولُونَ لَهُمْ: أَخْرِجُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ مِنْ فَاليَوْمَ تُهَانُونَ غَايَة الهَوَانِ، لِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَكْذِبُونَ عَلَى اللهِ، وَتَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنِ اتِّبَاعِ آيَاتِهِ، وَالانْقِيَادِ إِلَى رُسُلِهِ.
غَمَرَاتِ المَوْتِ – سَكَرَاتِهِ وَشَدَائِدِهِ.
أَخْرِجُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ – خَلِّصُوهَا مِمَّا هِيَ فِيهِ مِنَ العَذَابِ – أَوْ تَخَلَّوْا عَنْهَا.
عَذَابَ الهُونِ – الهَوَانَ الشَّدِيدَ وَالذُّلَّ وَالخِزْيَ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 93
93. None is more wicked and unjust than he who invents a lie against Allah Almighty by giving Him an associate or a child, or by claiming that Allah Almighty had sent Him as a messenger to men (such as those who claim to be prophets) or that he is able to do what Allah Almighty has done, namely sending His prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him) a revelation and the Quran (such as those who said: “If we wished we would say the same words as these”). The crimes of those wrong-doers and their likes are heinous in the eyes of Allah Almighty. If you could see them, O Mohammad, prey to the agonies of death and the pains of the last moments of their miserable life, you would see an unhappiness that words cannot describe or portray: the angels of death tending towards them their open hands, beating and torturing them to extract their souls from their bodies, brutally and violently. They say to them: “Yield up your souls! Today you will be terribly humiliated because of the lies you told against Allah Almighty, and because you arrogantly refused to follow His signs and obey His messengers.”
{وَلَقَدْ جِئْتُمُونَا فُرَٰدَىٰ كَمَا خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَتَرَكْتُمْ مَّا خَوَّلْنَٰكُمْ وَرَاءَ ظُهُورِكُمْ وَمَا نَرَىٰ مَعَكُمْ شُفَعَآءَكُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ زَعَمْتُمْ أَنَّهُمْ فِيكُمْ شُرَكَآءُ لَقَد تَّقَطَّعَ بَيْنَكُمْ وَضَلَّ عَنكُم مَّا كُنتُمْ تَزْعُمُونَ}
{فُرَادَىٰ} {خَلَقْنَاكُمْ} {خَوَّلْنَاكُمْ} {شُرَكَآءُ}
(94) – ثُمَّ يَصِفُ اللهُ تَعَالَى حَالَهُمْ يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ فَيَقُولُ: إِنَّهُمْ يُقَالُ لَهُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ اليَوْمِ: لَقَدْ جِئْتُمُونَا فُرَادَى كَمَا خَلَقْنَاكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ، وَكَمَا بَدَأْنَاكُمْ أَعَدْنَاكُمْ، وَكُنْتُمْ تُنْكِرُونَ ذَلِكَ، وَتَسْتَبْعِدُونَهُ، فَهَذَا هُوَ يَوْمُ البَعْثِ الذِي كُنْتُمْ تُكَذِّبُونَ بِهِ، وَقَدْ تَرَكْتُمْ فِي الدُّنْيا مَا آتَيْنَاكُمْ فِيهَا مِنَ النِّعَمِ، وَالأَمْوَالِ التِي جَمَعْتُمُوهَا. وَيُقَرَّعُونَ عَلَى مَا كَانُوا اتَّخَذُوهُ فِي الدُّنْيا مِنَ الأَنْدَادِ وَالأَصْنَامِ ظَانِّينَ أَنَّهَا تَنْفَعُهُمْ فِي مَعَاشِهِمْ وَمَعَادِهِمْ، فَيُقَالُ لَهُمْ: إنَّنَا لاَ نَرَى مَعَكُمُ الشُّفَعَاءَ الذِينَ كُنْتُمْ تَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّ لَهُمْ قِسْطاً مِنْ اسْتِحْقَاقِ العِبَادَةِ، لَقَدْ تَقَطَّعَتْ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُمُ الأَسْبَابُ وَالصِّلاَتُ، وَتَلاَشَتْ آمَالُكُمْ فِيمَا كُنْتُمْ تَزْعُمُونَهُ مِنْ رَجَاءِ شَفَاعَتِهِمْ.
(وَيُرْوَى فِي سَبَبِ نُزُولِ هَذِهِ الآيَةِ: أَنَّ النَّضْرَ بْنَ الحَارِثِ، وَهُوَ مِنْ كُفَّارِ قُرَيْشِ، قَالَ: سَتَشْفَعُ لِي اللاَّتُ وَالغُزَّى).
مَا خَوَّلْنَاكُمْ – مَا أَعْطَيْنَاكُمْ مِنْ مَتَاعِ الدُّنْيا.
تَقَطَّعَ بَيْنَكُمْ – تَفَرَّقَ الاتِّصَالُ بَيْنَكُمْ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 94
94. Allah Almighty describes their state on Judgement Day. He says: “They will be told on that day: ‘Now you will come to Us one by one, just as We created you at the beginning. We created you at first, and We recreate you again. You denied this and considered it improbable. This is the day of resurrection whose existence you denied. You have left behind you in the worldly life the blessings We bestowed on you and the wealth that you amassed.’” They will be severely reprimanded for the idols and associates they used to worship, believing that they would benefit them in this life and the next. They will be told: “We do not see with you the mediators whom you claimed deserved part of your worship. The ties between you have been severed and your hopes of seeing them mediate in your favour, as you claimed they would do, have been dissipated.” (It was said that the reason for the revelation of this verse is as follows: Al-Nadr bnal-Hareth, an unbeliever from Quraish, said: “Al-Lat and al-Uzza (idols of the pre-Islamic period) will intercede in my favour.”)
{إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ فَالِقُ ٱلْحَبِّ وَٱلنَّوَىٰ يُخْرِجُ ٱلْحَيَّ مِنَ ٱلْمَيِّتِ وَمُخْرِجُ ٱلْمَيِّتِ مِنَ ٱلْحَيِّ ذٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ فَأَنَّىٰ تُؤْفَكُونَ}
(95) – وَمِنْ دَلاَئِلِ قُدْرَتِهِ تَعَالَى عَلَى بَعْثِ العِبَادِ مِنْ قُبُورِهِمْ يَوْمَ المَعَادِ، أَنَّهُ هُوَ الذِي يَشُقُّ الحَبَّ وَالنَّوى فِي جَوْفِ الأَرْضِ، بَعْدَ أنْ يُخَالِطَهُ المَاءُ، فَتَنْبُتُ الزُّرُوعُ مِنَ الحُبُوبِ، وَتَنْبُتُ الأَشْجَارُ مِنَ النَّوَى، وَاللهُ يُخْرِجُ النَّبَاتَ الحَيَّ مِنَ الحَبِّ وَالنَّوَى الذِي هُوَ كَالجَمَادِ المَيِّتِ. وَالذِي يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ كُلَّهُ هُوَ اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ (ذِلكُمُ اللهُ) فَكَيْفَ تُصْرَفُونَ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ عَنِ الحَقِّ، وَتَعْدِلُونَ عَنْهُ إِلى البَاطِلِ، فَتَعْبُدُونَ مَعَهُ غَيْرَهُ؟
فَالِقُ الحَبِّ – شَاقُّ الحَبِّ عَنِ النَّبَاتِ، أَوْ خَالِقُهُ.
فَكَيْفَ تُؤْفَكُونَ – فَكَيْفَ تُصْرَفُونَ عَنُ عِبَادَتِهِ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 95
95. One of the proofs of Allah Almighty’s power to resuscitate His servants from their graves on Judgement Day, is that He causes the grain and the kernel to break the soil after being treated with water. Thus, plants grow from the seeds and trees grow from the kernels. Allah Almighty brings forth living plants from grains and kernels which are inanimate, like dead things. Allah Almighty alone, without associate, does all these things. How can you people turn away from the truth and choose to sin by worshipping another with Him?
{فَالِقُ ٱلإِصْبَاحِ وَجَعَلَ ٱلْلَّيْلَ سَكَناً وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ حُسْبَاناً ذٰلِكَ تَقْدِيرُ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْعَلِيمِ}
(96) – وَاللهُ تَعَالَى هُوَ خَالِقُ الضِّيَاءِ وَالظَّلاَمِ، وَهُوَ يَفْلِقُ ظَلامَ اللَّيلِ عَنْ غُرَّةِ الصَّبَاحِ، فَيُضِيءُ الوُجُودُ، وَيَتَلاشَى الظَّلامُ، وَهُوَ الذِي جَعَلَ اللَّيَلَ سَاجِياً مُظْلِماً لِتَسْكُنَ فِيهِ الكَائِنَاتُ، وَتَرْتَاحَ مِنْ عَنَاءِ النَّهَارِ، وَجَعَلَ الشَّمْسَ وَالقَمَرَ يَجْرِيَانِ بِحِسَابٍ مُقَنَّنٍ مُقَدَّرٍ، لا يَتَغَيَّرُ وَلاَ يَتَبَدَّلُ، وَلِكُلٍّ مِنْهُمَا مَنَازِلُ يَسْلُكُها، وَيَنْتُجُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ اخْتِلاَفُ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ، وَذَلِكَ كُلُّهُ جَارٍ بِتَقْدِيرٍ مِنَ اللهِ العَزِيزِ الذِي لاَ يُمَانَعُ وَلاَ يُخَالَفُ، وَهُوَ العَلِيمُ بِكُلِّ شَيءٍ، فَلاَ يَعْزُبُ عَنْ عِلْمِهِ مِثْقَالُ ذَرَّةٍ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَلاَ فِي الأَرْضِ.
فَالِقُ الإِصْبَاحِ – شَاقُّ ظُلْمَةِ اللَّيْلِ عَنْ بَيَاضِ النَّهَارِ.
حُسْبَاناً – يَجْرِيَانِ بِحِسَابٍ مُقَدَّرٍ فِي فَلَكِهِمَا.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 96
96. Almighty Allah Almighty is the Creator of light and darkness. He splits the darkness of night to allow the light of day to come through; He thus brightens the universe and makes darkness vanish. It is He Who renders night dark and still so that the creatures can rest after the cares of the day. He made the sun and moon run their meticulously computed and well-determined courses which never alter. They each have their own courses to traverse which results in the alternation of day and night. All this happens through careful calculation by Allah Almighty, the Mighty, Whose will none can oppose and Whose commands none can transgress. He knows everything; nothing escapes Him either in heavens or on earth, not even the weight of an atom.
{وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلنُّجُومَ لِتَهْتَدُواْ بِهَا فِي ظُلُمَٰتِ ٱلْبَرِّ وَٱلْبَحْرِ قَدْ فَصَّلْنَا ٱلآيَٰتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ}
{ظُلُمَاتِ} {ٱلآيَاتِ}
(97) – وَجَعَلَ اللهُ النُّجُومَ لِيَهْتَدِيَ بِهَا النَّاسُ فِي الأَوْقََاتِ التِي يَغْشَى فِيها الأَرْضَ الظَّلامُ، وَلِيَعْرِفُوا الاتِّجَاهَاتِ، حِينَمَا تَكُونُ الشَّمْسُ غَائِبَةً. وَيَقُولُ تَعَالَى: إِنَّهُ بَيَّنَ الآيَاتِ وَوَضَّحَهَا لِقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ، وَيَعْرِفُونَ الحَقَّ، وَيَتَجَنَّبُونَ البَاطِلَ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 97
97. Allah Almighty made the stars so that people can be guided when darkness envelops the earth, and that they can know the directions when the sun has set. Allah Almighty says that He indicated and clarified His Signs to people who understand, know the truth and avoid evil.
{وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِيۤ أَنشَأَكُم مِّن نَّفْسٍ وَٰحِدَةٍ فَمُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمُسْتَوْدَعٌ قَدْ فَصَّلْنَا ٱلآيَٰتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَفْقَهُونَ}
{وَاحِدَةٍ} {ٱلآيَاتِ}
(98) – وَاللهُ تَعَالَى هُوَ الذِي أَنْشَأَ البَشَرَ، وَخَلَقَهُمْ مِنْ نَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ، هِيَ نَفْسُ آدَمَ، إِذْ خَلَقَهُ مِنْ طِينٍ (وَهُوَ تُرَابٌ خَالَطَهُ مَاءٌ)، ثُمَّ خَلَقَ مِنْ هَذِهِ النَّفْسِ زَوْجَها (حَوَّاءَ)، وَبَثَّ البَشَرَ جَمِيعاً مِنْهُمَا بِالتَّزَاوُجِ بَيْنَ الذُّكُورِ وَالإِنَاثِ، وَذَلِكَ آيَةٌ مِنْ آيَاتِ اللهِ، فَمَقَرُّ النُّطْفَةِ صُلْبُ الرَّجُلِ، وَمُسْتَوْدَعُها رَحْمُ الأُنْثَى (فَتَخْرُجُ النُّطْفَةُ مِنْ مُسْتَقَرِّهَا فِي الأَصْلاَبِ وَتُسْتَوْدَعُ فِي الأَرْحَامِ فَيَتَخَلَّقُ البَشَرُ).
وَيَقُولُ تَعَالَى: إنَّهُ فَصَّلَ الآيَاتِ وَبَيَّنَها لِمَنْ يَفْقَهُونَ، لأَِنَّهُمْ هُمُ الذِينَ يَعُونَ كَلاَمَ اللهِ، وَيَفْهَمُونَ مَعْنَاهُ.
مُسْتَقَرُّ النُّطْفَةِ – فِي أَصْلاَبِ الذُّكُورِ (وَقِيلَ لاَ بَلْ فِي الأَرْحَامِ).
وَمُسْتَوْدَعُها – فِي أَرْحَامِ الإِنَاثِ (وَقِيلَ لاَ بَلْ تُسْتَودَعُ فِي أَصْلاَبِ الذُّكُورِ).
Surah Al Anam: Verse 98
98. It is Almighty Allah Almighty Who created men from a single soul, which is that of Adam. He created him from clay (earth mixed with water); then He created from this soul his wife (Eve) and thus brought into being the rest of humanity by the coupling of males and females. This is a sign from Allah Almighty. The home of the sperm is in the loins of the man and its receptacle is the womb of the woman (the sperm leaves its home in the loins and reposes in the womb; thus are men engendered). Allah Almighty says that He distinguishes and explains the signs to those who understand because they are those who comprehend Allah Almighty’s words and grasp their meaning.
{وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِيۤ أَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَخْرَجْنَا بِهِ نَبَاتَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ فَأَخْرَجْنَا مِنْهُ خَضِراً نُّخْرِجُ مِنْهُ حَبّاً مُّتَرَاكِباً وَمِنَ ٱلنَّخْلِ مِن طَلْعِهَا قِنْوَانٌ دَانِيَةٌ وَجَنَّٰتٍ مِّنْ أَعْنَابٍ وَٱلزَّيْتُونَ وَٱلرُّمَّانَ مُشْتَبِهاً وَغَيْرَ مُتَشَٰبِهٍ ٱنْظُرُوۤاْ إِلِىٰ ثَمَرِهِ إِذَآ أَثْمَرَ وَيَنْعِهِ إِنَّ فِي ذٰلِكُمْ لأَيَٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ}
{جَنَّاتٍ} {مُتَشَابِهٍ} {لآيَاتٍ}
(99) – وَهُوَ الذِي أَنْزَلَ بِقَدَرٍ مِنْهُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً مُبَارَكاً، وَرِزْقاً لِلْعِبَادِ، وَإِحْيَاءً وَغِيَاثاً لِلْخَلاَئِقِ، فَأَخْرَجَ النَّبَاتَ وَالزُّروعَ وَالشَّجَرَ الأَخْضَرَ، ثُمَّ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ يَخْلُقُ فِيهِ الحَبَّ وَالثَّمَرَ، وَيَرْكَبُ بَعْضُ الحَبِّ بَعْضاً كَسَنَابِلِ القَمْحِ وَالذُّرَةِ وَنَحْوِهَا، وَيُخْرِجُ مِنْ طُلُوعِ النَّخْلِ عُذُوقَ الرُّطَبِ (قِنْوَانٌ – وَهِيَ عَنَاقِيدُ التَّمْرِ)، وَتَكُونُ دَانِيةً قَرِيبَةً مِنَ المُتَنَاوَلِ، وَيُخْرِجُ بِالمَاءِ بَسَاتِينَ (جَنَّاتٍ) العِنَبِ وَيُخْرِجُ الزَّيْتُونَ وَالرُّمَّانَ. وَثِمَارُ هذِهِ الأّشْجَارِ تَتَشَابَهُ فِي مَنْظَرِهَا، وَتَخْتَلِفُ فِي طَعْمِها، فَانْظُرُوا، فِي تَدَبُّرٍ وَتَمَعُّنٍ، إِلَى ثَمَرِهِ حِينَ يُثْمِرُ، وَإِلى نُضْجِهِ، وَفَكِّرُوا فِي قُدْرَةِ الخَالِقِ، الذِي أَخْرَجَهُ إِلَى الوُجُودِ، فَبَعْدَ أنْ كَانَ حَطَباً صَار ثَمَراً صَغِيراً، ثُمَّ أَخَذَ فِي النَّمَاءِ حَتَّى صَارَ فَاكِهَةً نَاضِجَةً. فَإِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ، يَا أَيُّها النَّاسُ، دَلاَلاتٍ عَلَى وُجُودِ خَالِقِ هَذِهِ الأَشْيَاءِ، وَعَلَى كَمَالِ قُدْرَتِهِ وَحِكْمَتِهِ، لِقَوْمٍ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِهِ، وَيَتَّبِعُونَ رُسُلَهُ.
خَضِراً – شَيْئاً أَخْضَرَ غَضّاً.
حَبّاً مُتَرَاكِباً – يَرْكَبُ بَعْضُهُ بَعْضاً، كَسَنَابِلِ القَمْحِ وَعَنَاقِيدِ الذُّرَةِ.
طَلْعُ النَّخْلِ – أَوَّلُ مَا يَخْرُجُ ثَمَرُ النَّخْلِ فِي الكِيزَانِ.
قِنْوانٌ – عُذُوقُ النَّخْلِ. وَهِيَ كَالعَنَاقِيِدِ لِلْعِنَبِ تَنْشَقُّ عَنْهَا الكِيزَانِ.
دَانِيةً – مُتَدَلِّيَةً أَوْ قَريبَةً مِنْ مُتَنَاوَلِ اليَدِ.
يَنْعِهِ – نُضْجِهِ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 99
99. It is He Who through His might sent blessed water from the sky, as an endowment to His servants, to animate and relieve them. He brought forth vegetation and green trees from which He created grains and fruits. Some grains are closely packed like the ears of wheat, corn, etc. From the spadix of the palm trees, Allah Almighty brought forth clusters of dates hanging low within the reach of people. The water also bring forth vineyards of grapes, and olives and pomegranates, all similar in form yet differing in taste. Observe carefully and concentrate on a fruit as it ripens, and think of the power of the Creator which has brought the fruit into existence. After having been mere wood, it becomes small fruit; it then grows into ripe fruit. In all this is an indication that there is a Creator of these things, and that He is perfect in His might and judgement for a people who believe in Him and follow His message.
{وَجَعَلُواْ للَّهِ شُرَكَآءَ ٱلْجِنَّ وَخَلَقَهُمْ وَخَرَقُواْ لَهُ بَنِينَ وَبَنَٰتٍ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ سُبْحَٰنَهُ وَتَعَٰلَىٰ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ}
{بَنَاتٍ} {سُبْحَانَهُ} {تَعَالَىٰ}
(100) – قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ: إِنَّ هَذِهِ الآيَةَ نَزَلَتْ فِي الزَّنَادِقَةِ مِنَ المَجُوسِ، الذِينَ قَالُوا إنَّ اللهَ خَالِقُ النَّاسِ وَالدَّوَابِّ وَالأَنْعَامِ، فَهُوَ إلهُ الخَيْرِ. وَإِبْلِيسُ خَالِقُ السِّبَاعِ وَالضَّوَارِي وَالحَيَّاتِ وَالشَّرِّ، فَهُوَ إِلهُ الشَّرِّ. وَيَقُولُ تَعَالَى فِي هَذِهِ الآيَةِ: لَقَدْ جَعَلَ المُشْرِكُونَ للهِ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى، شُرَكَاءَ مِنَ الجِنِّ، وَالحَاُل أَنَّهُ تَعَالَى خَلَقَ هَؤُلاَءِ الشُّرَكَاءَ الذِينَ عَبَدَهُمُ المُشْرِكُونَ، كَمَا خَلَقَ غَيْرَهُمْ، فَجَمِيعُ الخَلْقِ عَبِيدُهُ، وَالمَخْلُوقُ لاَ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يَكُونَ رَبّاً وَلاَ إِلهاً، وَاخْتَلَقَ هَؤُلاَءِ المُشْرِكُونَ بِحُمْقِهِمْ، وَجَهْلِهِمْ، للهِ بَنَاتٍ وَبَنِينَ، وَجَعَلُوهُمْ أَبْنَاءَهُ (فَجَعَلَ العَرَبُ المَلاَئِكَةَ بَنَاتِ اللهِ، وَجَعَلَ اليَهُودُ عُزَيْراً ابْنَ اللهِ، وَجَعَلَ النَّصَارَى المَسِيحَ ابْنَ اللهِ). وَهُمْ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ حَقِيقَةَ مَا قَالُوا إِنْ كَانَ خَطَأً أَوْ صَوَاباً (بِغَيِْر عِلْمٍ). تَنَزَّهَ اللهُ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى عَمَّا يَصِفُهُ هَؤُلاَءِ الضَّالُّونَ، وَعَنْ كُلِّ نَقْصٍ يُنَافِي انْفِرَادَهُ بِالخَلْقِ وَالتَّدْبِيرِ، إِذْ لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيءٌ.
الجِنَّ – الشَّيَاطِينَ.
خَرَقُوا لَهُ – اخْتَلَقُوا وَافْتَرَوْا وَنَسَبُوا إِلَيْهِ افْتِراءً وَحَمَاقَةً.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 100
100. Ibn Abbas said that this verse was revealed in relation to the Magian atheists who claimed that Allah Almighty created people, animals and livestock and was therefore a good Allah Almighty, while Satan created wild and predatory beasts, serpents and evil and was therefore the Allah Almighty of evil. Allah Almighty says with reference to this verse: “The polytheists have given Allah Almighty associates from among the genies. The truth is that Allah Almighty created those associates worshipped by the polytheists just as He created others. All the creatures are His servants. A creature can neither be a god nor a divinity. In their foolishness and ignorance, those polytheists have attributed sons and daughters to Allah Almighty, and made them His children (the Arabs made the angels the daughters of Allah Almighty, the Jews made Ezra the son of Allah Almighty, the Christians have made Jesus the son of Allah Almighty). They do not know the truth of what they say, and ignore whether it is true or false. Allah Almighty is purified from what those perverse people attribute to Him and from all that contradicts His being the only Creator and absolute Master. Nothing is like Him.”
{بَدِيعُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلأَرْضِ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لَهُ وَلَدٌ وَلَمْ تَكُنْ لَّهُ صَٰحِبَةٌ وَخَلَقَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ وهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ}
{ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ} {صَاحِبَةٌ}
(101) – لَقَدْ أَبْدَعَ اللهُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ، وَخَلَقَهُمَا عَلَى غَيْرِ مِثَالٍ سَبَقَ، فَكَيْفَ يَكُونُ لَهُ وَلَدٌ، وَالوَلَدُ يَتَوَلَّدُ مِنْ شَيْئَيْنِ مُتَنَاسِبَيْنِ، وَاللهُ لاَ يُشْبِهُهُ شَيءٌ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ، لأَِنَّهُ خَالِقُ كُلِّ شَيءٍ، فَلا صَاحِبَةَ لَهُ وَلاَ وَلَدَ، لَقَدْ خَلَقَ كُلَّ شَيءٍ فِي الوُجُودِ، وَهُوَ عَليمٌ بِكُلِّ شَيءٍ.
بَدِيعُ السَّمَاوَاتِ – مُبْدِعُهَا وَخَالِقُها عَلَى غَيْرِ مِثَالٍ سَبَقَ.
أَنَّى يَكُونُ – كَيْفَ يَكُونُ، أَوْ مِنْ أَيْنَ يَكُونُ؟.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 101
101. Allah Almighty created the heavens and the earth without a previous model. How can He therefore have a child? A child is begotten from the union of two homogeneous things and none of His creatures is like Him. He is the Creator of all things. He has no companion or child. He created everything in existence and He knows all.
{ذٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ لاۤ إِلَـٰهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ خَٰلِقُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ فَٱعْبُدُوهُ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَكِيلٌ}
{خَالِقُ}
(102) – وَيَقُولُ تَعَالَى لِهؤُلاءِ المُشْرِكِينَ، الذِينَ قَامَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الحُجَّةُ: إِنَّ الإِلهَ المُنَزَّهَ عَنْ كُلِّ مَا يَقُولُونَ، المُتَّصِفَ بِصِفَاتِ الكَمَالِ وَالخَلْق وَالإِبْدَاعِ، الذِي خَلَقَ كُلَّ شَيءٍ، وَلاَ صَاحِبَةً لَهُ وَلاَ وَلَدَ، هُوَ اللهُ رَبُّكُمْ لا إِله غَيْرُهُ، فَاعْبُدُوهُ وَحْدَهُ لا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، وَأَقِرُّوا بِوَحْدَانِيَّتِهِ، وَبِعُبُودِيَّتِكُمْ لَهُ، وَهُوَ وَكِيلٌ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيءٍ، مُتَوَلٍّ شُؤُونَ خَلْقِهِ، وَمُدَبِّرُ مُلْكِهِ بِعِلْمِهِ وَحِكْمَتِهِ، وَهُوَ حَفيظٌ عَلَيْهِ، فَهُوَ الخَالِقُ الرَّازِقُ المُدَبِّرُ.
وَكِيلٌ – رَقِيبٌ وَمُتَوَلٍّ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 102
102. Allah Almighty says to these polytheists, whose arguments have been refuted: “The God Who is infallible and purified from all that they attribute to Him; Who has the qualities of perfection, creation and organization; Who has created everything; Who has neither consort nor child; He is your Lord, there is no God but He, so worship Him alone with no associate, acknowledge His Oneness, and your servitude to Him; He is the guardian of everything, the disposer of the affairs of His creation; He is the manager of His dominion through His knowledge and wisdom, and He is the best to take care of it; Allah Almighty is the Creator, the Dispenser, and the Manager.”
{لاَّ تُدْرِكُهُ ٱلأَبْصَٰرُ وَهُوَ يُدْرِكُ ٱلأَبْصَٰرَ وَهُوَ ٱللَّطِيفُ ٱلْخَبِيرُ}
{ٱلأَبْصَارُ} {ٱلأَبْصَارَ}
(103) – لاَ تَرَى الأَبْصَارُ اللهَ رُؤْيَةَ إِحَاطَةٍ تَعْرِفُ كُنْهَهُ، عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، وَهُوَ تَعَالَى يَرَى العُيُونَ المُبْصِرَةَ رُؤْيَةَ إِدْرَاكٍ وَإِحَاطَةٍ، فَلاَ يَخْفَى عَلَيْهِ شَيءٌ مِنْ حَقِيقَتِهَا، وَلاَ شَيءٌ مِنْ عِلْمِهَا، وَهُوَ اللَّطِيفُ بِذَاتِهِ، يُعْجِزُ الأَبْصَارَ عَنْ إِدْرَاكِ حَقِيقَتِهِ، وَهُوَ الخَبِيرُ بِدَقَائِقِ الأَشْيَاءِ، فَلا يَعْزُبُ عَنْ إِدْرَاكِهِ شَيءٌ.
لاَ تُدْرِكُهُ الأَبْصَارُ – لاَ تُحِيطُ بِهِ تَعَالَى.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 103
103. The visual perception can never encompass Allah Almighty nor understand His essence. He perceives the seeing eyes with an encompassing and understanding vision. Nothing escapes Him of their reality and their knowledge. He is too subtle for man’s vision to know His reality. He is acquainted with the minutest details; nothing escapes His perception.
{قَدْ جَآءَكُمْ بَصَآئِرُ مِن رَّبِّكُمْ فَمَنْ أَبْصَرَ فَلِنَفْسِهِ وَمَنْ عَمِيَ فَعَلَيْهَا وَمَآ أَنَاْ عَلَيْكُمْ بِحَفِيظٍ}
{بَصَآئِرُ}
(104) – وَقُلْ لَهُمْ يَا أَيُّهَا الرَّسُولُ: قَدْ جَاءَتْكُمْ مِنْ خَالِقِكُمْ بَصَائِرُ فِي هَذا القُرْآنِ، مِنَ الحُججِ الكَوْنِيَّةِ، وَالبَرَاهِينِ العَظِيمَةِ، تُثْبِتُ لَكُمْ عَقَائِدَ الحَقِّ اليَقِينِيَّةِ، فَمَنْ أَبْصَرَ الحَقَّ وَآمَنَ، وَعَمِلَ صَالِحاً ثُمَّ اهْتَدَى، فَيَكُونُ قَدْ قَدَّمَ لِنَفْسِهِ الخَيْرَ وَالسَّعَادَةَ، وَمَنْ عَمِيَ عَنِ الحَقِّ وَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ، وَأَصَرَّ عَلى الضَّلاَلَةِ، فَيَكُونُ قَدْ جَنَى عَلَى نَفْسِهِ، وَمَا أَنَا عَلَيْكُمْ بِرَقِيبٍ أُحْصِي عَلَيْكُمْ أَعْمَالَكُمْ وَأَفْعَالَكُمْ، وَإِنَّمَا أَنَا رَسُولٌ أُبَلِّغُكُمْ مَا أُرْسِلْتُ بِهِ إِليكُمْ، وَاللهُ هُوَ الحَفِيظُ عَلَيْكُمْ.
بَصَائِرُ – آيَاتٌ وَبَرَاهِينُ تَهْدِي إِلَى الحَقِّ وَتُبَصِّرُ بِهِ.
حَفِيظٌ – رَقِيبٌ يُحْصِي الأَعْمَالَ لِيُحَاسِبَ عَلَيْهَا.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 104
104. Say to them, O Messenger: “Your Creator has sent you in this Quran clear signs through arguments drawn from the universe and immense proofs which confirm the truth and certainty of the doctrine of Allah Almighty. Whosoever perceives the truth and believes in it, does righteous deeds and follows guidance, acts in his own interest and happiness; and whosoever is blinded from seeing the truth, turns away from it and persists in error, does so to his own detriment. I am not your guardian, nor do I count your deeds and actions; I am just a messenger sent to communicate to you the message I have been entrusted with; Allah Almighty alone is your guardian.
{وَكَذٰلِكَ نُصَرِّفُ ٱلآيَاتِ وَلِيَقُولُواْ دَرَسْتَ وَلِنُبَيِّنَهُ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ}
{ٱلآيَاتِ}
(105) – وَمِثْلَ ذَلِكَ التَّصرِيفِ البَدِيعِ، فِي عَرْضِ الدَّلاَئِلِ الكَوْنِيَّةِ، نَعْرِضُ آيَاتِنَا فِي القُرْآنِ، مُنَوَّعَةً مُفَصَّلَةً، لإِثْبَاتِ أُصُولِ الإِيمَانِ، وَتَهْذِيبِ النُّفُوسِ وَالأَخْلاَقِ، فَنُحَوِّلُها مِنْ حَالٍ إِلى حَالٍ. فَالْمُسْتَعِدُّون لِلإِيمَانِ يَهْتَدُونَ بِهُدَى اللهِ وَحُجَجِهِ، وَالجَاحِدُونَ المعَانِدونَ، مِنَ المُشْرِكِينَ يَقُولُونَ قَدْ دَرَسْتَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ مِنْ قَبْلُ، وَتَعَلَّمْتَ مِنْ غَيْرِكَ هَذا الذِي تَقُولُهُ، وَلَيْسَ هُوَ بِوَحيٍ مُنَزَّلٍ عَلَيكَ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ كَمَا زَعَمْتَ. وَقَدْ رَدَّ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَى قَوْلِهِمْ هَذَا فِي آيَةٍ أُخْرَى:
{وَلَقَدْ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّمَا يُعَلِّمُهُ بَشَرٌ لِّسَانُ ٱلَّذِي يُلْحِدُونَ إِلَيْهِ أَعْجَمِيٌّ وَهَـٰذَا لِسَانٌ عَرَبِيٌّ مُّبِينٌ} ثُمَّ يَقُولُ تَعَالَى: وَنُبَيِّنُ هَذَا القُرْآنَ المُشْتَمِلَ عَلَى تَصْرِيفِ الآيَاتِ، لِقَوْمٍ لَدَيْهِم الاسْتِعْدَادُ إِذا عَلِمُوا الحَقَّ أَنْ يَتَّبِعُوهُ، وَإِذا أَدْرَكُوا البَاطِلَ أَنْ يَجْتَنِبُوهُ.
نُصَرِّفُ الآيَاتِ – نُكَرِّرُهَا بِأَسَالِيبَ مُخْتَلِفَةٍ.
دَرَسْتَ – قَرَأْتَ وَتَعَلَّمْتَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الكِتَابِ (مِنَ الدِّرَاسَةِ).
Surah Al Anam: Verse 105
105. Just as We handle in a marvellous way the proofs of Our existence which reside in the universe, We expose Our varied and detailed signs in the Quran to prove the basis of faith, to purify the souls and refine the morals which We thus change from one state to another. Those who are apt to accept faith are guided by Allah Almighty and His arguments. However, those obstinate dissenters among the polytheists say: “You have learnt your lesson prior to this, O Mohammad. You have learnt from others what you are saying. It is not a revelation from Allah Almighty as you claimed.” Allah Almighty answered them in another verse: “And We know well that they say, ‘Only a mortal is teaching him.’ The speech of he whom they point to is foreign, while this speech is clearly Arabic.” Allah Almighty then says: “We explain this Quran which contains Our Signs for people who are ready to follow the truth when they know it, and to avoid evil when they are conscious of it.”
{ٱتَّبِعْ مَآ أُوحِيَ إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ لاۤ إِلَـٰهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ وَأَعْرِضْ عَنِ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ}
(106) – يَأْمُرُ اللهُ تَعَالَى نَبِيَّهُ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِأَنْ يَتَّبِعَ مَا يُوحِيهِ إِلَيْهِ رَبُّهُ، لاَ إلهَ إلاَّ هُوَ سُبْحَانَهُ، لِيُرَبِّي نَفْسَهُ، وَلِيَكُونَ قُدْوَةً وَإِمَاماً لِلْمُؤْمِنينَ، فِي كُلِّ زَمَانٍ وَمَكَانٍ. ثُمَّ يَأْمُرُهُ، بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ، بِالإِعْرَاضِ عَنِ المُشْرِكِينَ، لأَِنَّ الحَقَّ يَعْلُو بِالقَوْلِ وَبِالإِخْلاَصِ وَبِالعَمَلِ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 106
106. Allah Almighty commands His Prophet to follow what has been revealed to him from his Lord, there is no Allah Almighty but He, in order to train himself in belief and to set a good example for all believers at all times and everywhere. After that, Allah Almighty orders him to avoid the polytheists, for truth prevails through words, sincerity and deeds.
{وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَآ أَشْرَكُواْ وَمَا جَعَلْنَاكَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَفِيظاً وَمَآ أَنتَ عَلَيْهِم بِوَكِيلٍ}
{جَعَلْنَاكَ}
(107) – وَلَوْ شَاءَ اللهُ تَعَالَى أَلاَّ يُشْرِكُوا لَمَا أَشْرَكُوا، وَذَلِكَ بِأَنْ يَخْلُقَ البَشَرَ مُؤْمِنينَ، مُطِيعِينَ بِالفِطْرَةِ كَالمَلائِكَةِ، لَكِنْ لِحِكْمَةٍ مِنْهُ خَلَقَهُمْ مُخْتَارِينَ فِي أَعْمَالِهِمْ، وَفِي كَسْبِهِمْ لِعُلُومِهِمْ وَأَعْمَالِهِمْ. وَقَدْ جَعَلَ فِيهِمُ الخَيْرَ وَالشَّرَّ. وَمَا جَعَلَكَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِم حَفِيظاً تَحْفَظُ أَعْمَالَهُمْ لِتُحَاسِبَهُمْ عَلَيْهَا، وَلاَ وَكِيلاً تَتَوَّلَى أُمُورَهُمْ وَتَتَصَرَّفُ بِهَا. وَإِنَّمَا أَنْتَ مُذَكِّرٌ، عَلَيكَ البَلاَغُ، وَعَلَى اللهِ الحِسَابُ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 107
107. Had Allah Almighty willed, they would not have associated others with Him. He would have created all human beings as believers, naturally obedient, like the angels. However, for a reason He alone knows, He has provided them with the power to choose and acquire knowledge and deeds. He has planted in them both good and evil. O Mohammad! Allah Almighty has not made you their guardian to count their deeds and judge them on them. Nor were you sent as their representative or their defender. You were rather sent to remind them and communicate your message to them. It is for Allah Almighty to judge them.
{وَلاَ تَسُبُّواْ ٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَيَسُبُّواْ ٱللَّهَ عَدْواً بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ كَذَلِكَ زَيَّنَّا لِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ عَمَلَهُمْ ثُمَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ مَّرْجِعُهُمْ فَيُنَبِّئُهُمْ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَعْمَلُونَ}
(108) – يَنْهَى اللهُ تَعَالَى رَسُولَهُ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَالمُؤْمِنينَ عَنْ سَبِّ الآلِهَةِ التِي يَعْبُدُهَا المُشْرِكُونَ، لِكَيْلا يَقُومَ هؤلاءِ بِسَبِّ اللهِ، الذِي يَعْبُدُهُ المُؤْمِنُونَ، عَدْواً وَتَجَاوُزاً مِنْهُمْ لِلْحَدِّ فِي السِّبَابِ وَالمُشَاتَمَةِ، لِيَغِيظُوا المُؤْمِنِينَ، وَهُمْ جَاهِلُونَ بِاللهِ، وَبِمَا يَسْتَحِقُّهُ تَعَالَى مِنَ التَّقْدِيسِ وَالإِجْلاَلِ وَالاحْتِرَامِ.
(وَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: إنَّ المُشْرِكِينَ قَالُوا: يَا مُحَمَّدُ لَتَنْتَهِي عَنْ سَبِّ آلِهَتِنَا أَوْ لَنَهْجُوَنَّ رَبَّكَ. فَنَهَى اللهُ المُؤْمِنينَ عَنْ أَنْ يَسُبّوا أَوْثَانَ المُشْرِكِينَ لِكَيْلا يَسُبُّوا اللهَ عَدْواً بِغَيرِ عِلْمٍ).
وَكَمَا زُيِّنَ لِهَؤُلاَءِ الكُفَّارِ حُبُّ أَصْنَامِهِمْ، وَالمُحَامَاةُ عَنْهَا، وَالانْتِصَارُ لَهَا، كَذَلِكَ، زُيِّنَ لِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ مِنَ الأُمَمِ الضَّالَّةِ الخَالِيَةِ عَمَلُهُمُ الذِي كَانُوا فِيهِ، وللهِ الحِكْمَةُ التَّامَّةُ، وَالحُجَّةُ البَالِغَةُ فِيمَا يَشَاءُ وَيَخْتَارُ، ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُونَ إلَيهِ تَعَالَى فَيُنَبِئُهُمْ بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ، فِي حَيَاتِهِم الدُّنْيا، وَيَجْزِيهِمْ عَلَيهِ الجَزَاءَ الأَوْفَى إِنْ خَيْراً فَخَيراً، وَإِنْ شَرّاً فَشَرّاً.
عَدْواً – اعْتِدَاءً وَظُلْماً وَتَجَاوُزاً.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 108
108. Allah Almighty forbids His Messenger and the believers from reviling the deities that the polytheists worship lest they should in retaliation malign Allah Almighty to Whom the believers have submitted, and in doing so they would go beyond the bounds of censure and vituperation to exasperate the believers. The polytheists do not know Allah Almighty, and they are ignorant of the veneration, the glorification and respect He deserves. (Ibn Abbas said: “The polytheists said: ‘O Mohammad! Stop insulting our gods or we will insult your Lord!’ Thus Allah Almighty forbade the believers from abusing the idols of the polytheists so that they would not insult Allah Almighty in retaliation, out of ignorance of Him.”) Just as Allah Almighty adorned for the polytheists their love of their idols which they defend and protect, He adorned for each of the previous erring nations their actions. Allah Almighty is all wisdom. His will and choice are perfectly well-founded. Those nations will then go back to Him and He will tell them what they did in this here life. He will reward them amply for their deeds: He will recompense those who did good deeds and punish those who sinned.
{وَأَقْسَمُواْ بِٱللَّهِ جَهْدَ أَيْمَٰنِهِمْ لَئِن جَآءَتْهُمْ آيَةٌ لَّيُؤْمِنُنَّ بِهَا قُلْ إِنَّمَا ٱلآيَٰتُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَمَا يُشْعِرُكُمْ أَنَّهَآ إِذَا جَآءَتْ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ}
{أَيْمَانِهِمْ} {لَئِن} {آيَةٌ} {ٱلآيَاتُ}
(109) – وَأَقْسَمَ المُشْرِكُونَ أَيْمَاناً مُؤَكَّدَةً، لَئِنْ أَتَتْهُمْ مُعْجِزَةٌ مِنَ اللهِ لِيُصَدِّقُنَّهَا، وَلَيُؤْمِنُنَّ بِهَا، فَقُلْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ لِهؤُلاَءِ الذِينَ يَسْأَلُونَ الآيَاتِ، تَعَنُّتاً وَكُفْراً، لاَ عَلَى سَبيلِ الاسْتِهْدَاءِ وَالاسْتِرْشَادِ: إِنَّ الآيَاتِ عِنْدَ اللهِ وَحْدَهُ، إِنْ شَاءَ جَاءَكُمْ بِهَا، وَإِنْ شَاءَ تَرَكَكُمْ. وَمَا يُدْرِيكُمْ يَا أَيُّهَا المُؤْمِنُونَ أنَّ هَذِهِ الآيَاتِ إِذَا جَاءَتْ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهَا، وَيَسْتَمِرُّونَ عَلَى جُحُودِهِمْ بِهَا؟
(وَرُوِيَ أنَّ هَذِهِ الآيَةَ نَزَلَتْ رَداً عَلَى المُشْرِكِينَ، فَقَدْ كَلَّمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَوْماً قُرَيْشاً، فَقَالُوا يَا مُحَمَّدُ: تُخْبِرُنَا أَنَّ مُوسَى كَانَ مَعَهُ عَصَا يَضْرِبُ بِهَا الحَجَرَ، وَأَنَّ عِيسَى كَانَ يُحْيِي المَوْتَى، وَأَنَّ صَالِحاً كَانَتْ لَهُ نَاقَةٌ… فَأْتِنَا بِبَعْضِ تِلْكَ الآيَاتِ حَتَّى نُصَدِّقَكَ. فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ: أَيُّ شَيءٍ تُحِبُّونَ أَنْ آتِيَكُمْ بِهِ؟ قَالُوا: تُحَوِّلَ لَنَا الصَّفَا ذَهَباً. فَقَالَ لَهُمْ إِنْ فَعَلْتُ تُصَدِّقُونِي؟ قَالُوا: نَعَمْ. وَاللهِ لَئِنْ فَعَلْتَ لَنَتْبَعَنَّكَ أَجْمَعِينَ. فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ يَدْعُو. فَأَتَاهُ جِبْرِيلُ، عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ، فَقَالَ: إِنْ شِئْتَ أَصْبِحَ الصَّفَا ذَهَباً، فَإِنْ لَمْ يُصَدِّقُوا عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ لَنُعَذِّبَنَّهُمْ، وَإِنْ شِئْتَ فَاتْرُكْهُمْ حَتَّى يَتَوبَ تَائِبُهُمْ. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَتْرُكُهُمْ. فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ هَذِهِ الآيَةَ).
جَهْدَ أَيْمَانِهِمْ – مُجْتَهِدِينَ فِي الحَلْفِ بِأَغْلَظِ الأَيْمَانِ وَأَوْكَدِهَا.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 109
109. The polytheists swear with the most solemn oaths that if a miracle were performed by Allah Almighty, they would certainly believe in it. Say, O Mohammad, to those who ask for such miracles out of intransigence and disbelief and not from a desire to be guided and to find the true path: “Allah Almighty alone has the signs; if He wished, He would send them to you, or abandon you.” What makes you think, O believers, that even if those signs were to happen, the unbelievers would believe and that they would not persist in denying them? (It was said that this verse was revealed in answer to the polytheists. When the Messenger once called the people of Quraish to embrace Islam, they said to him: “You tell us that Moses had a staff with which he could cleave a rock, that Jesus was able to bring the dead back to life, and Saleh had a she-camel that …, why do you yourself not produce a miracle so that we can believe?” The Messenger (peace be upon him) said: “What miracle would you like me to produce?” They said: “Transform the Safa into gold for us.” He said: “Would you believe if I did that?” They answered: “By Allah Almighty, if you managed to do that, we would all believe and follow you.” The Messenger of Allah then began to invoke Allah Almighty. Gabriel came to his call and said: “If you wish, the Safa shall be turned into gold. However, if they do not believe after that, We shall chastise them. Or, let them be, if you wish, until the contrite among them should repent.” The Messenger (peace be upon him) said: “Let them be.” Allah Almighty then sent this verse.)
{وَنُقَلِّبُ أَفْئِدَتَهُمْ وَأَبْصَٰرَهُمْ كَمَا لَمْ يُؤْمِنُواْ بِهِ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَنَذَرُهُمْ فِي طُغْيَانِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ}
{أَفْئِدَتَهُمْ} {وَأَبْصَارَهُمْ} {طُغْيَانِهِمْ}
(110) – وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ أَنَّا نَخْتِمُ عَلَى أَفْئِدَتِهِمْ عَنْ إِدْرَاكِ الحَقِّ فَلا يُدْرِكُونَهُ، وَنَحُولُ بَيْنَ أَبْصَارِهِمْ وَبَيْنَ اجْتِلائِهِ فَلاَ يُبْصِرُونَهُ، وَيَكُونُ حَالُهُمْ حِينَئِذٍ كَحَالِهِم الأَوَّلِ فِي عَدَمِ الإِيمَانِ بِمَا جَاءَهُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ مِنَ الآيَاتِ. وَمَنْ لَمْ يُقْنِعْهُ مَا جَاءَ بِهِ القُرْآنُ مِنَ الدَّلاَئِلِ العَقْلِيَّةِ، وَالبَرَاهِين العَمَلِيَّةِ، لاَ يُقْنِعُهُ مَا يَرَاهُ بِعَيْنِهِ مِنْ الأَدِلَّةِ الحِسِّيَّةِ. وَإِنا نَدَعُهُمْ يَتَجَاوَزُونَ الحَدّ فِي الكُفْرِ وَالعِصْيَانِ، وَيَتَرَدَّدُونَ حَيَارَى مُتَخَبِّطِينَ فِيمَا سَمِعُوا منَ الآيَاتِ وَهُمْ يُحَدِّثُونَ أَنْفُسَهُمْ: أهذا هُوَ الحَقُّ المُبينُ، أَمْ إِنَّهُ سِحْرٌ خَادِعٌ؟
نَذَرُهُمْ – نَتْرُكُهُمْ.
طُغْيَانِهِمْ – تَجَاوُزِهِم الحَدَّ بِالكُفْرِ وَالضَّلاَلَةِ.
يَعْمَهُونَ – يَعْمُونَ عَنِ الرُّشْدِ، أَوْ يَتَحَيَّرُونَ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 110
110. How do you know that We have not sealed their hearts against discerning truth, and that they will never discern it; or that We do not turn their eyes away from the meditation on truth, and they will never see it? They will then be as they were before when they did not believe in the signs which were sent to them the first time. Whoever is not convinced by the practical proofs and the logical arguments included in the Quran , cannot be convinced by the tangible proofs which he perceives with his naked eye. We shall allow them to go beyond all bounds in their disbelief and disobedience. We shall leave them perplexed, struggling with the verses which they have heard and muttering to themselves: “Is this the manifest truth or is it merely fallacious magic?”
{وَلَوْ أَنَّنَا نَزَّلْنَآ إِلَيْهِمُ ٱلْمَلاۤئِكَةَ وَكَلَّمَهُمُ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَحَشَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ قُبُلاً مَّا كَانُواْ لِيُؤْمِنُوۤاْ إِلاَّ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ يَجْهَلُونَ}
{ٱلْمَلاۤئِكَةَ}
(111) – إِنَّ هَؤُلاَءِ الذِينَ أَقْسَمُوا أَيْمَانِهِمْ لَئِنْ جَاءَتْهُمْ آيَةٌ لِيُؤْمِنُنَّ بِهَا، كَاذِبُونَ فِيمَا يَقُولُونَ: فَلَوُ أَجَابَكَ اللهُ عَلَى سُؤَالِكَ – يَا مُحَمَّدُ – فَنَزَلَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ المَلاَئِكَةُ تُخْبِرُهُمْ بِصِدْقِ الرِّسَالَةِ المُنْزَّلَةِ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ، أَوْ أَحْيَا اللهُ المَوْتَى فَكَلَّمُوهُمْ وَأَخْبَرُوهُمْ بِصِدْقِ مَا جِئْتَهُمْ بِهِ، أَوْ جَمَعَ اللهُ كُلَّ شَيءٍ مِنَ الآيَاتِ وَالدَّلاَئِلِ الأُخْرَى وَأَرْسَلَها إلَيْهِمْ مُعَايَنَةً وَمُوَاجَهَةً مَا كَانُوا لِيُؤمِنُوا بِحَسَبِ اسْتِعْدَادِهِمْ، إِلاَّ أَنْ يَشَاءَ اللهُ إِيمَانَ أَحَدٍ مِنْهُمْ، فَإِنَّهُ وَحْدَهُ القَادِرُ عَلَى هِدَايَتِهِمْ وَجَعْلِهِمْ يُؤْمِنُونَ. فَهُوَ الفَعَّالُ لِمَا يُرِيدُ، وَلَكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ يَجْهَلُونَ هَذَا الأَمْرَ.
(وَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: جَاءَ المُسْتَهْزِئُونَ مِنْ قُرَيشٍ، وَهُمْ خَمْسَةُ نَفَرٍ، فِي رَهْطٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ إِلى رَسُولِ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالُوا: أَرِنَا المَلاَئِكَةَ يَشْهَدُونَ لَكَ بِأَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ، أَوِ ابْعَثْ لَنَا بَعْضَ مَوْتَانَا نَسْأَلْهُمْ: أَحَقٌ مَا تَقُولُ أَوْ بَاطِلٌ. أَوِ ائْتِنَا وَالمَلاَئِكَةِ قَبِيلاً، فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَعَالَى هَذِهِ الآيَةَ).
حَشَرْنَا – جَمْعَنا.
قُبُلاً – مُقَابَلَةً وَمُوَاجَهَةً أَوْ جَمَاعَةً جَمَاعَةً.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 111
111. Those who have sworn with the most solemn oaths to believe when a miracle had been sent to them, are liars in what they say. For even if Allah Almighty granted your request, O Mohammad, and the angels were sent down to them to confirm the veracity of the message revealed to you, or if Allah Almighty resurrected the dead and they spoke to them and told them about the truth of the message revealed to you, or if He assembled all kinds of proofs and arguments and if they were to see them with their naked eye, they would not be prepared to believe unless Allah Almighty chose that one of them should believe. He Alone is capable of guiding them and making them believe. He does whatever He wills. However, most people are ignorant of this. (Ibn Abbas says: “The mockers of Quraish, five in number, came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) at the head of a group of people and said: ‘Show us the angels testifying that you are the messenger of Allah Almighty, or resurrect some of our dead so that we can ask them if what you tell us is true or false; or place Allah Almighty and the angels face to face with us.’ Thus Allah Almighty sent this verse.”)
{وَكَذَٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَا لِكُلِّ نِبِيٍّ عَدُوّاً شَيَٰطِينَ ٱلإِنْسِ وَٱلْجِنِّ يُوحِي بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَىٰ بَعْضٍ زُخْرُفَ ٱلْقَوْلِ غُرُوراً وَلَوْ شَآءَ رَبُّكَ مَا فَعَلُوهُ فَذَرْهُمْ وَمَا يَفْتَرُونَ}
{شَيَاطِينَ}
(112) – وَكَمَا جَعَلْنَا هؤُلاَءِ وَأَمْثَالَهُمْ أَعْدَاءً لَكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ، يُخَالِفُونَكَ وَيُعَانِدُونَكَ، وَيُعَادُونَكَ، كَذَلِكَ جَعَلْنَا لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ أَعْدَاءً مِنْ شَيَاطِينِ الإِنْسِ وَالجِنِّ (شَيَاطِينُ الإِنْسِ هُمُ الكُبُرَاءُ وَمَنْ يُضِلُّونَ النَّاسَ عَنِ الهُدَى بِالوَسْوَسَةِ وَالإِغْرَاءِ وَالمُخَادَعَةِ)، وَيُلْقي بَعْضُ هؤلاءِ الشَّيَاطِينِ مِنَ الإِنْسِ وَالجِنِّ إِلى بَعْضِ القَوْلَ المُمَوَّهَ الذِي يَظُنُّونَ أَنَّهُمْ يَسْتُرُونَ بِهِ قُبْحَ بَاطِلِهِمْ، وَيُؤَدُّونَهُ بِطُرُقٍ خَفِيَّةٍ لاَ يَفْطَنُ إِلى بَاطِلِهَا كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ، حَتَّى يَغُرُّوا النَّاسَ وَيَخْدَعُوهُمْ وَيُمِيلُوهُمْ إِلَى مَا يُرِيدُونَ، كَمَا وَسْوَسَ الشَّيْطَانُ لآدَمَ وَحَواءَ لِلأَكْلِ مِنَ الشَّجَرَةِ التِي نَهَاهُمَا اللهُ عَنْهَا، وَكَمَا يُوَسْوِسُ شَيَاطِينُ الإِنْسِ لِمَنْ يَجْتَرِحُونَ السَّيِّئَاتِ، فَيُزَيِّنُونَ لَهُمْ مَا فِيهَا مِنْ عَظِيمِ اللَّذَّةِ، وَالتَّمَتُّعِ بِالحُرِّيَّةِ، وَيُمَنُّونَهُمْ بِعَفْوِ اللهِ.
وَلَوْ شَاءَ اللهُ أَنْ لاَ يَفْعَلُوا ذَلِكَ لَمَا فَعَلُوهُ وَلَكِنَّهُ تَعَالَى لَمْ يَشَأْ ذَلِكَ إِذْ خَلَقَ النَّاسَ عَلَى اسْتِعْدَادٍ لِقَبُولِ الحَقِّ وَالبَاطِلِ، وَالخَيْرِ وَالشَّرِّ.
زُخْرُفَ القَوْلِ – بَاطِلَ القَوْلِ المُزَوَّقَ المُمَوَّهَ.
غُرُوراً – خِدَاعاً وَأَخْذاً عَلَى غِرَّةٍ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 112
112. Just as We have made those and others like them your enemies, O Mohammad, disobeying and antagonizing you, we gave every prophet who came before you an enemy among the human and genie demons, (human devils are the dignitaries and those who mislead people through insinuation, temptation and deception). Some of those human and genie demons exchange deceptive speech which they believe shrouds the ugliness of their falsehood. They carry out their intentions conspiratorially, in such a way that people are not aware of their perfidy. They act thus to lead others into error, deceive them and tempt them just as the devil whispered to Adam and Eve to eat from the tree which Allah Almighty had forbidden them, and just as the human demons whisper to those who commit evil deeds. They deck fair to them the great pleasure which they bring and the liberty of action which they offer, and they promise them Allah Almighty’s forgiveness. If Allah Almighty had willed it, they would not have acted thus, but Allah Almighty did not choose that. He created men with the disposition to accept truth and falsehood, good and evil.
{وَلِتَصْغَىۤ إِلَيْهِ أَفْئِدَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلآخِرَةِ وَلِيَرْضَوْهُ وَلِيَقْتَرِفُواْ مَا هُم مُّقْتَرِفُونَ}
{بِٱلآخِرَةِ}
(113) – وَيُوحِي هَؤُلاَءِ الشَّيَاطِينُ، بَعْضُهُمْ إِلى بَعْضٍ، القَوْلَ المُمَوَّهَ لِيَغُرُّوا بِهِ المُؤْمِنينَ، وَيَصْرِفُوهُمْ عَنِ اتِّبَاعِ الرُّسُلِ، وَيَفْتِنُوهُمْ عَنْ دِينِهِمْ، وَلِتَمِيلَ إِلَيهِ قُلُوبُ الكَافِرِينَ الذِينَ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالآخِرَةِ، لأَنَّهُ المُوَافِقُ لأَِنْفُسِهِمْ إذْ هُمْ يَمِيلُونَ إِلى حُبِّ الشَّهَوَاتِ التِي مِنْ جُمْلَتِهَا الأَقَاوِيلُ المُزَخْرَفَةُ، وَالأَبَاطِيلُ المُمَوَّهَةُ، فَيَرْضَوْنَ ذَلِكَ لأَِنْفُسِهِمْ بِلا بَحْثٍ وَلاَ تَمْحِيصٍ فِيهِ، وَيَرْتَكِبُونَ مِنَ المَآثِمِ وَالمَعَاصِي مَا هُمْ مُرْتَكِبُونَ بِغُرُورِهِمْ.
لِتَصْغَى – لِتَمِيلَ إِلَى زُخْرُفِ القَوْلِ.
لِيَقْتَرِفُوا – لِيَكْتَسِبُوا مِنَ الآثَامِ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 113
113. Those demons whisper to one another enameled words in order to deceive the believers, divert them from following their messengers and seduce them from their religion. They intend by such words to attract the hearts of the unbelievers, who do not believe in the afterlife, and such words correspond to their desires. For they are inclined to follow their passions which include glamorous talk and disguised falsehood. They accept this for themselves without researching or meditating on it. By reason of their infatuation, they commit sins and disobediences.
{أَفَغَيْرَ ٱللَّهِ أَبْتَغِي حَكَماً وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِيۤ أَنَزَلَ إِلَيْكُمُ ٱلْكِتَابَ مُفَصَّلاً وَٱلَّذِينَ آتَيْنَاهُمُ ٱلْكِتَابَ يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ مُنَزَّلٌ مِّن رَّبِّكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ فَلاَ تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمُمْتَرِينَ}
{ٱلْكِتَابَ} {آتَيْنَاهُمُ}
(114) – قُلْ لِهؤلاءِ المُشْرِكِينَ بِاللهِ، الذِينَ يَقْتَرِحُونَ عَلَيْكَ تَقْدِيمَ الأَدِلَّةِ، وَالإِتْيانَ بِالمُعْجِزَاتِ لِلدَّلاَلَةِ عَلَى صِدْقِ نُبُوَّتِكَ: إِنَّ القُرْآنَ هُوَ أَقْوَى مِنْ جَمِيعِ مَا اقْتَرَحْتُمُوهُ مِنَ الأَدِلَّةِ، وَهُوَ الذِي يَجِبُ الرُّجُوعُ إِلَيهِ فِي أَمْرِ الرِّسَالَةِ، وَاتِّبَاعِ حُكْمِ اللهِ فِيها. وَقُلْ لِهؤُلاءِ: لَيْسَ لِي أَنْ أَتَعَدَّى حُكْمَ اللهِ، وَلاَ أَنْ أَتَجَاوَزَهُ، لأَِنَّهُ لاَ حُكْمَ أَعْدَلُ مِنْ حُكْمِهِ، وَلاَ قَوُلَ أَصْدَقُ مِنْ قَوْلِهِ، وَهُوَ الذِي أَنْزَلَ إِلَيْكُمُ الكِتَابَ مُفَصِّلاً فِيهِ كُلَّ مَا يَصِحُّ بِهِ الحُكْمُ. وَإِنْزَالُهُ عَلَى رَجُلٍ أُمِّيٍّ مُشْتَمِلاً عَلَى الحُكْمِ التَّفْصِيليِّ لِلْعَقَائِدِ وَالشَّرَائِعِ، هُوَ أَكْبَرُ دَلِيلٍ عَلَى أَنَّهُ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ.
وَالذِينَ آتَاهُمُ اللهُ الكِتَابَ مِنَ اليَهُودِ وَالنَّصَارَى يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ مُنَزَّلٌ مِنْ رَبِّكَ بِالحَقِّ لِمَا يَعْلَمُونَهُ مِنْ أَنَّ اللهَ يُوحِي إِلى رُسُلٍ مِنَ البَشَرِ، كَمَا يُوحِي إِلَيْكَ، وَلِمَا وَرَدَ فِي كُتُبِهِمْ مِنَ البِشَارَةِ بِكَ، وَمَا جَاءَ عَلَى لِسَانِ الأَنْبِياءِ السَّابِقِينَ مِنْ ذِكْرِكَ، فَلاَ تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ المُمْتِرِينَ المُتَشَكِّكِينَ فِي أَنَّ أَهْلَ الكِتَابِ يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ مُنَزَّلٌ عَلَيْكَ بِالحَقِّ.
المُمْتِرِينَ – المُتَشَكِّكِينَ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 114
114. Say to those idolaters who demand of you signs and miracles to prove the truth of your prophecy: “The Quran constitutes the most irrefutable of all the proofs that you have requested. It is to it that you must refer for matters related to the message of Allah Almighty and to obeying the laws concerning this message.” Say to them: “I cannot transgress Allah Almighty’s laws because there is no law more just than His, and no words more true than His. It was He who revealed the Book which includes in full detail all matters in which decisions can be taken. The fact that He revealed the Book to an illiterate man and that it contains detailed judgement of all precepts and laws is the greatest proof that it is from Allah Almighty. The Jews and Christians who were granted Books by Allah Almighty know that the Quran is revealed by Him and that it contains the truth because they know that Allah Almighty has made revelations to human messengers just as He has revealed His message to you, and because their Books allude to you, announcing your advent, and because previous prophets have mentioned you. Therefore, do not be among those who doubt that the people of the Book know that the Quran was revealed to you by Allah Almighty.”
{وَتَمَّتْ كَلِمَتُ رَبِّكَ صِدْقاً وَعَدْلاً لاَّ مُبَدِّلِ لِكَلِمَاتِهِ وَهُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ}
{كَلِمَتُ} {لِكَلِمَاتِهِ}
(115) – وَتَمَّتْ رَحْمَةُ رَبِّكَ فِيمَا وَعَدَكَ بِهِ مِنَ النَّصْرِ، وَفِيمَا أَوْعَدَ بِهِ المُسْتَهْزِئِينَ مِنَ الهَلاَكِ وَالخِذْلاَنِ، كَمَا تَمَّتْ فِي الرُّسُلِ قَبْلَكَ وَفِي أَعْدَائِهِمْ. وَقَدْ تَمَّتْ كَلِمَةُ رَبِّكَ صِدْقاً لِحُصُولِهَا عَلَى الوَجْهِ الذِي أَخْبَرَ بِهِ، وَعَدْلاً بِجَزَاءِ كُلٍّ من المُؤْمِنينَ وَالكَافِرِينَ بِمَا يَسْتَحِقُّونَ، وَقَدْ يُزَادُ المُؤْمِنُونَ فَضْلاً مِنَ اللهِ وَرَحْمَةً، وَلاَ يَسْتَطِيعُ أَحَدٌ أَنْ يُبَدِّلَ مَا قَضَى اللهُ بِهِ، وَلاَ أَنْ يَرُدَّ مَا حَكَمَ بِهِ، وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ لِمَا يَقُولُهُ هؤُلاءِ المُكَذِّبُونَ المُخَادِعُونَ مِنْ شَيَاطِينِ الإِنْسِ وَالجِنِّ، وَهُوَ العَليمُ بِمَا فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ مِنَ المَقَاصِدِ وَالنِّيَّاتِ، وَبِمَا يَقْتَرِفُونَهُ مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ وَالآثَامِ.
كَلِمَةُ رَبِّكَ – كَلاَمُهُ وَهُوَ القُرْآنُ العَظِيمُ.
صِدْقاً وَعَدْلاً – فِي مَوَاعِيدِهِ وَأَحْكَامِهِ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 115
115. Allah Almighty showed His mercy by granting you victory, and inflicting destruction and humiliation on the mockers just as He did to the messengers who came before you and their enemies. The word of Allah Almighty proved to be true because all that He said would happen has been effected in the exact manner which He spoke about, and in just recompense for both unbelievers and believers, each according to his deserts. However, Allah Almighty could multiply the favours and mercy He has already granted the true believers. None can change what Allah Almighty has decreed, or repulse His Will. He hears what those liars and deceivers among men and genies say; He knows the wicked intentions which they harbour and the sins and errors they perpetrate.
{وَإِن تُطِعْ أَكْثَرَ مَن فِي ٱلأَرْضِ يُضِلُّوكَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلاَّ ٱلظَّنَّ وَإِنْ هُمْ إِلاَّ يَخْرُصُونَ}
(116) – وَأَكْثَرُ بَنِي البَشَرِ فِي ضَلاَلٍ، وَفِي ظُنُونٍ كَاذِبَةٍ، فَإِذَا أَطَاعَهُمْ أَحَدٌ، بِمُخَالَفَةِ مَا شَرَعَهُ اللهُ، أَوْ أَوْدَعَهُ كَلِمَاتِهِ المُنَزَّلَةِ، أَضَلُّوهُ عَنِ الدِّينِ الحَقِّ، وَعَنْ نَهْجِ الصَّوَابِ فَلاَ تَتَّبِعْ أَنْتَ وَمَنِ اتَّبَعَكَ حُكْماً غَيْرَ الذِي أَنْزَلَهُ اللهُ إِلَيْكَ فِي الكِتَابِ. وَهؤُلاءِ المُضِلُّونَ لاَ يَتَّبِعُونَ فِي عَقَائِدِهِمْ وَأَعْمَالِهِمْ إِلاَّ الظَنَّ الذِي تُرَجِّحُهُ لَهُمْ أَهْوَاؤُهُمْ، وَهُمْ يُرَجِّحُونَ بَعْضَهَا عَلَى بَعْضٍ عَنْ طَرِيقِ التَّخْمِينِ، وَالتَّقْدِيرِ، وَالحَزْرِ (التَّخَرُّصِ)، (كَمَا يُقَدّرُ أَصْحَابُ البَسَاتِينِ مَا تَحْمِلُهُ شَجَرَةٌ مِنْ ثَمَرٍ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهَا قَبْلَ قِطَافِهِ).
يَخْرُصُونَ – يَكْذِبُونَ فِيمَا يَنْسِبُونَهُ إلَى اللهِ، أَوْ يُقَدِّرُونَ تَقْدِيراً جُزَافِيّاً.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 116
116. Most humans are in error; they follow false assumptions. Should anyone obey them by violating Allah Almighty’s laws, and contravening the precepts included in the Quran, they would lead him away from the true religion and the right path. Therefore, neither you nor your followers should follow any judgement but that revealed in the Quran. Those who mislead others only follow, in their beliefs and deeds, the conjectures which their desires favour. They prefer some over others by conjecture and presumption, depending in this on arbitrary estimation (just as farm owners estimate the fruit which a tree will yield even before it is gathered).
{إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ مَن يَضِلُّ عَن سَبِيلِهِ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ}
(117) – وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ مِنْكَ، وَمِنْ جَمِيعِ العِبَادِ، بِمَنْ ضَلَّ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ عَنْ سَبِيلِهِ القَوِيمِ، وَبِمَنِ اهْتَدَى إِلَى سَوَاءِ السَّبِيلِ، لأَِنَّ أَعْمَالَ العِبَادِ مَنُوطَةٌ بِقَدَرِ الخَالِقِ وَمَشِيئَتِهِ، فَفَوِّض أَمْرَهُمْ إِلَى خَالِقِهِمْ، فَهُوَ العَلِيمُ بِالضَّالِّ مِنْهُمْ وَبِالمُهْتَدِي، وَيُجَازِي كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ بِمَا يَسْتَحِقُّهُ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 117
117. Allah Almighty knows better than you and all His other servants who among them has strayed from the straight path and who has been guided to the true path. The actions of His servants depend on the Creator’s will and ordainment. Therefore, entrust them to Allah Almighty. He knows who among them has strayed and who has found the true path. He rewards each according to his deserts.
{فَكُلُواْ مِمَّا ذُكِرَ ٱسْمُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ إِن كُنتُمْ بِآيَاتِهِ مُؤْمِنِينَ}
{بِآيَاتِهِ}
(118) – يُبِيحُ اللهُ تَعَالَى لِعِبَادِهِ الأَكْلَ مِنَ الذَّبَائِحِ التِي ذُكِرَ اسْمُ اللهِ عِنْدَ ذَبْحِهَا، أَمَّا مَا لَمْ يُذْكَرِ اسْمُ اللهِ عَلَيْهِ، فَلاَ يُبَاحُ لَهُمْ أَكْلُهُ، هذا إِنْ كَانُوا مُؤْمِنين بآياتِ رَبِّهِم الكَرِيمِ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 118
118. Allah Almighty allows His servants to eat the flesh of animals over which Allah Almighty’s name was mentioned at the time of slaughter. As for the animals over which Allah Almighty’s name was not mentioned, they are not allowed to eat their flesh if they believe in the signs of Allah Almighty.
{وَمَا لَكُمْ أَلاَّ تَأْكُلُواْ مِمَّا ذُكِرَ ٱسْمُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ وَقَدْ فَصَّلَ لَكُمْ مَّا حَرَّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ إِلاَّ مَا ٱضْطُرِرْتُمْ إِلَيْهِ وَإِنَّ كَثِيراً لَّيُضِلُّونَ بِأَهْوَائِهِم بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُعْتَدِينَ}
{بِأَهْوَائِهِم}
(119) – وَمَا الذِي يَمْنَعُكُمْ مِنْ أَنْ تَأْكُلُوا مِمَّا ذُكِرَ اسْمُ اللهِ عَليهِ مِنَ الذَّبَائِحِ التِي أَحَلَّ لَكُم اللهُ الأَكْلَ مِنْهَا؟ وَقَدْ بَيَّنَ لَكُمُ اللهُ مَا حَرَّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ (المَيْتَةَ وَالدَّمَ وَلَحْمَ الخِنْزِيرِ… الخ) إِلاّ مَا دَعَتْكُمُ الضَّرُورَةُ المُلِحَّةُ إِلى أَكْلِهِ مِنْ هَذِهِ المُحَرَّمَاتِ، فَإِنَّ اللهَ أَبَاحَ لَكُمُ الأَكْلَ مِنْهَا بِمِقْدَارِ الحَاجَةِ، وَإِنَّ كَثِيراً مِنَ النَّاسِ يُضِلُّونَ غَيْرَهُمْ بِأَهْوَائِهِمْ الزَّائِفَةِ، وَشَهَواتِهِم الفَاسِدَةِ، مِنْ غَيْرِ عِلْمٍ يَقِينِيٍّ أُوتُوهُ بِصِحَّةِ مَا يَقُولُونَ، وَلاَ بُرْهَانٍ عَلَيْهِ، وَهُمْ إِنَّمَا يُطِيعُونَ الشَّيَاطِينَ فِي ذَلِكَ، وَيَعْصُوْنَ اللهَ به. (كَالذِينَ اتَّخَذُوا السَّوَائِبَ وَالبَحَائِرَ.. وَأَحَلُّوا أَكْلَ المَيْتَةِ وَلَحْمِ الخِنْزِيرِ وَمَا أُهِلَّ لِغَيْرِ اللهِ بِهِ..) وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ بِالمُعْتَدِينَ الذِينَ يَتَجَاوَزُونَ مَا أَحَلَّهُ اللهُ إِلَى مَا حَرَّمَهُ عَلَيهِمْ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 119
119. What prevents you from eating any flesh over which Allah Almighty’s name has been mentioned, and which has been made lawful to you? Allah Almighty has indicated to you what He has forbidden (carrion, blood, pork, etc.), except in dire necessity in which case He has allowed you to eat these food within the limits of absolute need. Many people mislead others by their spurious vagaries and corrupt desires without being certain that what they say is true, or having proof for it. They but obey the devil in this and transgress Allah Almighty’s orders. (This is the case of those who instituted the sawa’ib and the baha’ir, etc. and made lawful the consumption of carrion, pork, and other kinds of meat over which was mentioned another name than that of Allah Almighty.) Allah Almighty knows best those transgressors who go beyond His limits by doing what he has forbidden them to do.
{وَذَرُواْ ظَٰهِرَ ٱلإِثْمِ وَبَاطِنَهُ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَكْسِبُونَ ٱلإِثْمَ سَيُجْزَوْنَ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَقْتَرِفُونَ}
{ظَاهِرَ}
(120) – يَأْمُرُ اللهُ تَعَالَى عِبَادَهُ المُؤْمِنينَ بِتَرْكِ المَحَارِمِ وَالمَآثِمِ، مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا (مِمَّا تَعَلَّقَ بِالجَوَارِحِ وَأَفْعَالِهَا)، وَمَا بَطَنَ مِنْهَا (مِمَّا تَعَلَّقَ بِالقَلْبِ وَأَعْمَالِهِ كَالكِبْرِ وَالحَسَدِ، وَتَدْبِيرِ المَكَائِدِ، وَالاعْتِدَاءِ فِي أَكْلِ المُحَرَّمَاتِ فِي أَكْثَرَ مِمَّا تَقْتَضِيهِ الضَّرُورَاتُ)، وَالذِينَ يَكْسِبُونَ الآثَامَ الظَّاهِرَةَ وَالبَاطِنَةَ سَيَلْقَوْنَ جَزَاءَ إِثْمِهِمْ، وَعَاقِبَةَ كَسْبِهِمْ.
الإِثْمُ – لُغَةً مَا قَبُحَ، وَشَرْعاً مَا حَرَّمَهُ اللهُ. وَعَرَّفَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِقَوْلِهِ: ” هُوَ مَا حَاكَ فِي صَدْرِكَ وَكَرِهْتَ أَنْ يَطَّلِعَ عَلَيْهِ النَّاسُ “
ذَرُوا – اتْرُكُوا.
يَقْتَرِفُونَ – يَكْتَسِبُونَ مِنَ الإِثْمِ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 120
120. Allah Almighty orders His servants to renounce unlawful acts and errors whether apparent (related to the senses and the actions they could entail) or hidden (as those which are related to the heart and the sentiments attached to it, such as pride, envy, hatching plots and transgressing the law of Allah Almighty by consuming prohibited foods without it being absolutely necessary). Those who acquire apparent or latent sins will be rewarded accordingly.
{وَلاَ تَأْكُلُواْ مِمَّا لَمْ يُذْكَرِ ٱسْمُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ وَإِنَّهُ لَفِسْقٌ وَإِنَّ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينَ لَيُوحُونَ إِلَىۤ أَوْلِيَآئِهِمْ لِيُجَٰدِلُوكُمْ وَإِنْ أَطَعْتُمُوهُمْ إِنَّكُمْ لَمُشْرِكُونَ}
{ٱلشَّيَاطِينَ} {أَوْلِيَآئِهِمْ} {لِيُجَادِلُوكُمْ}
(121) – فَلاَ تَأْكُلُوا أَيُّهَا المُؤْمِنُونَ مِمَّا مَاتَ فَلَمْ تَذْبَحُوهُ، وَلا مِمَّا أُهِلَّ لِغَيْرِ اللهِ بِهِ، مِمَّا ذَبَحَهُ المُشْرِكُونَ لأَِوْثَانِهِمْ، فَإِنَّ أَكْلَ ذَلِكَ فِسْقٌ وَمَعْصِيَةٌ.
وَقَالَ مَالِكٌ وَابْنُ حَنْبَلٍ: إِنَّ تَرْكَ التَّسْمِيَةِ عِنْدَ الذَّبْحِ عَمْداً أَوْ سَهْواً يَجْعَلُ الذَّبِيحَةَ غَيْرَ حَلاَلٍ. وَقَالاَ الذَّبْحُ بِغَيْرِ تَسْمِيَةٍ فِسْقٌ، وَكَذَلِك الأَكْلُ مِنَ الذَّبِيحَةِ التِي لَمْ يُذْكَرِ اسْمُ اللهِ عَلَيْهَا فِسْقٌ.
– وَقَالَ الشَّافِعِي: لاَ تُشْتَرَطُ التَّسْمِيَةُ بَلْ هِيَ مُسْتَحَبَّةٌ، فَإِنْ تُرِكَتْ عَمْداً أَوْ سَهْواً فَلاَ ضَرَرَ فِي ذَلِكَ، وَيَحِلّ الأَكْلُ مِنَ الذَّبِيحَةِ. وَقَالَ إنَّ المُحَرَّمَ هُوَ مَا ذُبِحَ لِغَيرِ اللهِ، كَمَا كَانَتْ تَفْعَلُ قُرَيشٌ مِنْ نَحْرِ الذَّبَائِحِ لِْلأَوْثَانِ.
– وَقَالَ أَبُو حَنِيفَةَ: إِنَّ تَرْكَ التَّسْمِيَةِ نِسْيَاناً لاَ يَضُرُّ، أَمَّا تَرْكُها عَمْداً فَيَجْعَلُها غَيْرَ حَلاَلٍ.
وَإِنَّ شَيَاطِينَ الإِنْسِ وَالجِنِّ ليُوحُونَ إِلَى أَوْلِيَائِهِمْ بِالوَسْوَسَةِ بِمَا يُجَادِلُونَكُمْ بِهِ مِنَ الشُّبُهَاتِ فَقَدْ جَادَلَتِ اليَهُودُ النَّبِيَّ: فَقَالُوا نَأْكُلُ مِمَّا قَتَلْنَا، وَلاَ نَأْكُلُ مِمَّا قَتَلَ اللهُ (أَيْ مَاتَ حَتْفَ أَنْفهِ).
وَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: لَمَّا أَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَعَالَى هَذِهِ الآيَةَ، أَرْسَلَتْ فَارِسُ إِلى قُرَيْشٍ أَنْ خَاصِمُوا مُحَمَّداً، وَقُولُوا لَهُ: فَمَا تَذْبَحُ أَنْتَ بِسِكِّينٍ فَهُوَ حَلاَلٌ، وَمَا ذَبَحَ اللهُ بِشَمْشِيرٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ (أَيْ المَيْتَةَ) فَهُوَ حَرَامٌ؟
وَسَمِعَ بَعْضُ المُسْلِمينَ هَذَا القَوْلَ فَوَقَعَ فِي نُفُوسِهِمْ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَعَالَى قَوْلَهُ: (وَإِنَّ الشَّيَاطِينَ لَيُوحُونَ…) ثُمَّ يَقُولُ تَعَالَى: فَإِنْ أَطَعْتُم المُشْرِكِينَ فِي أَكْلِ المَيْتَةِ فَإِنَّكُمْ لَمُشْرِكُونَ، لأَِنَّكُمْ تَكُونُونَ قَدْ عَدَلْتُمْ عَنْ شَرْعِ اللهِ وَأَمْرِهِ، إِلَى قَوْلِ غَيْرِهِ، فَقَدَّمْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ غَيْرَهُ، وَهَذَا هُوَ الشِّرْكُ
Surah Al Anam: Verse 121
121. Addressing the believers, Allah Almighty says: “O believers! Do not consume animal that have died a natural death (that is, animals which have not been slaughtered) or animals that have been slaughtered but over which another name than that of Allah Almighty was mentioned such as the animals sacrificed by the polytheists for their idols. Eating such flesh constitutes an act of infamy and insubordination.” Malek and Ibn Hanbal said: “Not mentioning the name of Allah Almighty at the moment of slaughtering an animal, whether deliberately or inadvertently, renders the slaughtered animal unlawful.” They both said: “Slaughtering an animal without mentioning the name of Allah Almighty is an infamy; and eating the flesh of an animal over which the name of Allah Almighty was not mentioned is also an infamy.” Al-Shafi’ said: “Mentioning the name of Allah Almighty is not obligatory but preferable. No harm is done if the name of Allah Almighty is not mentioned either inadvertently or deliberately, and the flesh remains lawful. What is forbidden is the flesh of animals slaughtered in another name than that of Allah Almighty, as the animals sacrificed to the idols by the people of Quraish.” Abu Hanifah, on the other hand, said: “There is no harm in forgetting to mention the name of Allah Almighty; however, if it is done deliberately, the consumption of the flesh becomes illicit.” The demons among men and genies surreptitiously inspire their supporters to lead you into all kinds of controversies. The Jews for instance disputed with the Prophet (peace be upon him). They said: “We should therefore eat from what we slaughter and not from what Allah Almighty kills (that is, what dies a natural death)?” And Ibn Abbas said: “When Allah Almighty revealed this verse, the Persians sent a messenger to the people of Quraish asking them to oppose the Prophet (peace be upon him) and say to him: ‘What you slaughter with a knife is licit and what Allah Almighty slaughters with a golden scimitar (that is the dead beast) is illicit?’” Some Muslims heard of this incident and were affected. Thus Allah Almighty revealed this verse: “The devils inspire…” He then says: “If you obey the polytheists and eat the flesh of dead animals, you yourselves are polytheists because you would have transgressed Allah Almighty’s law and commands and followed the words of another, thus raising him over Allah Almighty. And this is idolatry.”
{أَوَ مَن كَانَ مَيْتاً فَأَحْيَيْنَٰهُ وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُ نُوراً يَمْشِي بِهِ فِي ٱلنَّاسِ كَمَن مَّثَلُهُ فِي ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ لَيْسَ بِخَارِجٍ مِّنْهَا كَذَلِكَ زُيِّنَ لِلْكَٰفِرِينَ مَا كَانُواْ يَعْمَلُونَ}
{فَأَحْيَيْنَاهُ} {ٱلظُّلُمَاتِ} {لِلْكَافِرِينَ}
(122) – هَذَا مَثَلٌ ضَرَبَهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى لِلْمُؤْمِنِ الذِي كَانَ مَيِّتاً فِي الكُفْرِ وَالضَّلاَلِ فَأَحْيَا اللهُ قَلْبَهُ بِالإِيمَانِ، وَهَدَاهُ وَوَفَّقَهُ إِلى اتِّبَاعِ رُسُلِهِ، وَجَعَلَ لَهُ نُوراً يَهْتَدِي بِهِ كَيْفَ يَسِيرُ، وَكَيْفَ يَتَصَرَّفُ وَالنُّورُ هُوَ القُرْآنُ وَالإِسْلاَمُ. وَيَقُولُ تَعَالَى هُلْ يَسْتَوي المُهْتدِي السَّائِرُ عَلَى هُدًى وَبَصِيرةٍ، مَعَ الضَّالِّ السَّائِرِ فِي ظُلُمَاتِ الكُفْر وَالجَهَالَةِ وَالضَّلاَلِ، وَلا يَهْتَدِي إِلى مَنْفَذٍ يَسْتَطِيعُ مِنْهُ الخُرُوجَ مِمَّا هُوَ فِيهِ؟
وَكَمَا زَيَّنَ اللهُ الإِيَمَانَ فِي قُلُوبِ أَهْلِ الإِيمَانِ، كَذَلِكَ زَيَّنَ الشَّيْطَانُ لِهَؤُلاَءِ الضَّالِينَ مَا هُمْ فِيهِ مِنَ الجَهَالَةِ وَالضَّلاَلِ، وَذَبْحِ القَرَابِينِ لِغَيْرِ اللهِ، وَتَحْرِيمِ مَا لَمْ يُحَرِّمْهُ اللهُ بِمِثْلِ تِلْكَ الشُّبُهَاتِ المُتَقَدِّمِ ذِكرُهَا.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 122
122. Allah Almighty here gives the example of the believer who was dead in his disbelief and straying. Allah Almighty revived his spirit with faith, and guided and helped him to follow His messengers, made for him a light to guide him on his way and in his behaviour. The light is the holy Quran and Islam. Allah Almighty says: “Is he who follows the true path and is guided equal to he who strays and follows the darkness of disbelief, ignorance and error and cannot find a way out? Just as Allah Almighty fills the hearts of the believers with faith, the devil adorns for them ignorance and error, which those perverse people are in, as well as the sacrifices offered to other deities than Allah Almighty, and the fact of considering illicit what Allah Almighty has made licit, as in the disputes mentioned earlier.
{وَكَذٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَا فِي كُلِّ قَرْيَةٍ أَكَٰبِرَ مُجْرِمِيهَا لِيَمْكُرُواْ فِيهَا وَمَا يَمْكُرُونَ إِلاَّ بِأَنْفُسِهِمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ}
{أَكَابِرَ}
(123) – وَكَمَا جَعَلْنَا فِي قَرْيَتِكَ أَكَابِرَ مِنَ المُجْرِمِينَ الذِينَ يَدْعُونَ إِلَى الكُفْرِ، وَيَصُدُّونَ عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللهِ، وَيَدْعُونَ إِلى مُخَالَفَتِكَ وَمُعَادَاتِكَ.. كَذَلِكَ كَانَتِ الرُّسُلُ قَبْلَكَ يُبْتَلَوْنَ بِذَلِكَ، ثُمَّ تَكُونُ لَهُمُ العَاقِبَةُ. وَيَقُومُ هَؤُلاَءِ المُجْرِمُونَ بِالدَّعْوَةِ إِلى الضَّلالَةِ بِزُخْرُفٍ مِنَ القَوْلِ وَالفِعْلِ (يَمْكُرُونَ).
وَفِي الحَقِيقَةِ إِنَّهُمْ لاَ يَمْكُرُونَ إِلاَّ بِأَنْفُسِهِمْ، لأَِنَّ مَكْرَهُمْ يَعُودُ وَبَالاً عَلَيْهِمْ، لأَِنَّ اللهَ يُهْلِكُهُمْ بِالعَذَابِ، وَيُبْطِلُ مَكْرَهُمْ، وَيَنْصُرُ رُسُلَهُ، وَلَكِنَّهُمْ لاَ يَشْعُرُونَ بِأَنَّهُمْ يَمْكُرُونَ بِأَنْفُسِهِمْ.
المَكْرُ – هُوَ صَرْفُ الإِنْسَانِ عَمَّا يُرِيدُ إِلى غَيْرِهِ بِضُرُوبٍ مِنَ الحِيلةِ وَالخِدَاعِ وَزُخْرُفِ القَوْلِ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 123
123. Just as We placed in each town the worst criminals who call people to disbelief, turn them away from the path of Allah Almighty and call them to antagonize you and dispute with you, the messengers before you were also exposed to such maltreatment. However, they gained the upper hand in the end. These criminals call them to straying by adorning their words and deeds. In reality, they only injure themselves with their intrigues because Allah Almighty will inflict His punishment on them, champion His messengers. However they are not aware that their intrigues harm them alone.
{وَإِذَا جَآءَتْهُمْ آيَةٌ قَالُواْ لَن نُّؤْمِنَ حَتَّىٰ نُؤْتَىٰ مِثْلَ مَآ أُوتِيَ رُسُلُ ٱللَّهِ ٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ حَيْثُ يَجْعَلُ رِسَالَتَهُ سَيُصِيبُ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُواْ صَغَارٌ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَعَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَمْكُرُونَ}
{آيَةٌ}
(124) – وَإِذَا جَاءَ أُولئِكَ المُشْرِكِينَ آيةٌ مِنَ القُرْآنِ تَتَضَمَّنُ صِدْقَ الرَّسُولِ فِيمَا جَاءَهُمْ بِهِ مِنْ رَبِّهِ، مِنَ التَّوْحِيدِ وَالهُدَى، قَالُوا: لَنْ نَذْعَنَ لِلْحَقِّ حَتَّى يَنْزِلَ عَلَيْنَا الوَحْيُ، كَمَا يَنْزِلُ عَلَى الرُّسُلِ.
وَيَرُدُّ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَى هَؤُلاَءِ قَائلاً: الرِّسَالَةُ فَضْلٌ مِنَ اللهِ يَمُنُّ بِهِ عَلَى مَنْ يَشَاءُ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ، لاَ يَنَالُهُ أَحَدٌ بِكَسْبٍ، وَلاَ يُعْطِيهِ اللهُ إِلاَّ مَنْ كَانَ أَهْلاً لَهُ. ثُمَّ يَتَوَعَّدُ اللهُ المُجْرِمِينَ المُتَكَبِّرِينَ عَنِ اتِّبَاعِ الرُّسُلِ، وَالانْقِيَادِ لَهُمْ فِيمَا جَاؤُوا بِهِ، بِأَنَّهُمْ سَيُصِيبُهُمْ يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ صَغَارٌ وَذِلَّهٌ دَائِمَيْنِ بَيْنَ يَدَي اللهِ، جَزَاءً لَهُمْ عَلَى اسْتِكْبَارِهِمْ فِي الدُّنْيا، وَسَيَنَالُهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ فِي الآخِرَةِ جَزَاءً لَهُمْ عَلَى مَكْرِهِمْ وَخَدِيعَتِهِمْ.
صَغَارٌ – ذُلٌّ عَظِيمٌ وَهَوَانٌ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 124
124. When a verse from the Quran reaches those polytheists and confirms the truth of the message which the prophet brings to them, and which calls them to the Oneness of Allah Almighty and to the true path, they say: “We will not believe in the truth until we ourselves receive a revelation just as the messengers did.” Allah Almighty answers them saying: “The message is a favour which Allah Almighty confers on the servants He chooses. None acquires it through gain; Allah Almighty grants it only to those worthy of it.” Allah Almighty then threatens the criminals who refuse through arrogance to follow their messengers and obey the precepts which they brought. He says that they will be perpetually humiliated at the hands of Allah Almighty as a punishment for their arrogance in this here life. They will undergo severe torture as a reward for their intrigues and their deceit.
{فَمَن يُرِدِ ٱللَّهُ أَن يَهْدِيَهُ يَشْرَحْ صَدْرَهُ لِلإِسْلَٰمِ وَمَن يُرِدْ أَن يُضِلَّهُ يَجْعَلْ صَدْرَهُ ضَيِّقاً حَرَجاً كَأَنَّمَا يَصَّعَّدُ فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَذٰلِكَ يَجْعَلُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلرِّجْسَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ}
{لِلإِسْلاَمِ}
(125) – إِذَا أَرَادَ اللهُ هِدَايَةَ أَحَدٍ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ يُيَسِّرُهُ لِلإِسْلاَمِ، وَيُوَسِّعُ قَلْبَهُ لِلتَّوْحِيدِ، وَالإِيمَانِ بِهِ، وَيَقْذِفُ اللهُ فِي قَلْبِهِ نُوراً يَنْشَرِحُ لَهُ وَيَنْفَسِحُ، كَمَا أَخْبَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم.
وَإِذَا أَرَادَ اللهُ أَنْ يُضِلَّ أَحَداً يَجْعَلُ صَدْرَهُ ضَيِّقاً لاَ يَتَّسِعُ لِشَيءٍ مِنَ الهُدَى وَلاَ يَخْلُصُ إِليهِ شَيءٌ مِنَ الإِيمَانِ، فَإِذَا طُلِبَ إِلَيْهِ التَّأَمُّلُ فِيمَا يُدْعَى إِلَيْهِ مِنْ دَلاَئِلِ التَّوْحِيدِ وَالنَّظَرِ فِي الأَنْفُسِ وَالآفَاقِ. وَجَدَ فِي صَدْرِهِ ضِيقاً عَنْ ذَلِكَ، فَيَكُونُ مِثْلُهُ فِي ضِيقِ الصَّدْرِ مَثَلُ مَنْ يَصْعَدُ إِلى الطَّبَقَاتِ العُلْيا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ إِذْ يَشْعُرُ بِضِيقٍ فِي التَّنَفُّسِ، وَكُلَّمَا تَزَايَدَ صُعُودُهُ تَزَايَدَ شُعُورُهُ بِضِيقٍ فِي التَّنَفُّسِ.
وَكَمَا يَجْعَلُ اللهُ صَدْرَ مَنْ أَرَادَ إِضْلاَلَهُ ضَيِّقاً حَرَجاً، كَذَلِكَ يُسَلِّطُ اللهُ الشَّيْطَانَ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَى أَمْثَالِهِ مِمَّنْ أَبَوا الإِيمَانَ، فَيَغْوِيهِ، وَيَصُدُّهُ عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللهِ.
(وَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: الرِّجْسُ هُنَا هُوَ الشَّيْطَانُ. وَقَالَ مُجَاهِدٌ هُوَ مَا لاَ خَيْرَ فِيهِ).
وَالرِّجْسُ لُغَةً – كُلُّ مَا هُوَ مُسْتَقْذَرٌ عَقْلاً أَوْ شَرْعاً أَوْ حِسّاً وَهُوَ هُنَا العَذَابُ.
حَرَجاً – شَدِيدَ الضِّيقِ.
يَصَّعَّدُ فِي السَّمَاءِ – يَتَكَلَّفُ صُعُودَهَا فَلاَ يَسْتَطِيعُهُ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 125
125. When Allah Almighty chooses to guide one of His creatures, He facilitates his access to Islam. He expands his breast to the Oneness of Allah Almighty and to faith, and shines a light into his heart to widen it as the Prophet said. On the other hand, if Allah Almighty chooses to mislead someone, He narrows his breast until it becomes too constricted to contain guidance so that no faith will reach him. When he is asked to meditate on the proofs of the Oneness to which he is called to believe in, he will feel as oppressed as he who ascends to the upper layers of the sky and has an oppressive sensation; the higher he climbs, the more suffocated he feels. Just as Allah Almighty narrows the breast of he whom He wishes to mislead, he sets the devils upon him, as well as upon those who refuse faith, to tempt him and keep him away from the straight path. (Ibn Abbas interprets the word rijs (turpitude) in this verse as ‘the devil’. According to Mujahid, it is that in which there is no good.). Linguistically speaking, the word rijs refers to anything which is considered as filth as much by the senses as by the morals. Here it means torture.
{وَهَـٰذَا صِرَاطُ رَبِّكَ مُسْتَقِيماً قَدْ فَصَّلْنَا ٱلآيَاتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَذَّكَّرُونَ}
{صِرَاطُ} {ٱلآيَاتِ}
(126) – وَدِينُ الإِسْلاَمِ الذِي شَرَّعْنَاهُ لَكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ، بِمَا أَوْحَيْنَا إِلَيكَ هذا القُرآنَ، هُوَ صِرَاطُ اللهِ المُسْتَقِيمُ، وَقَدْ وَضَّحْنَا الآيَاتِ وَبَيَّنَّاهَا، لِقَوْمٍ يَفْهَمُونَ وَيَعْقِلُونَ وَيَعُونَ.
فَصَّلْنَا – بَيَّنَّا وَوَضَّحْنَا.
يَذَّكَّرُونَ – يَعُونَ وَيَفْهَمُونَ وَيَعْقِلُونَ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 126
126. O Mohammad! Islam, which We have established as a religion through the revelation of this Quran to you, is Allah Almighty’s straight path. We have also elucidated all Our Signs in detail to those who have understanding and reason.
{لَهُمْ دَارُ ٱلسَّلَٰمِ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ وَهُوَ وَلِيُّهُمْ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَعْمَلُونَ}
{ٱلسَّلاَمِ}
(127) – وَلِهؤلاءِ المُتَّبِعِينَ صِرَاطَ رَبِّهِم المُسْتَقِيمَ الجَنَّةُ، عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ، يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ، وَاللهُ حَافِظُهُمْ وَنَاصِرُهُمْ وَمُؤَيِّدُهُمْ، فَجَزَاءً لَهُمْ عَلَى أَعْمَالِهِم الصَّالِحَةِ، تَوَلاَّهُمُ اللهُ، وَأَثَابَهُمُ الجَنَّةَ بِمَنِّهِ وَكَرَمِهِ.
دَارُ السَّلاَمِ – الجَنَّةُ. وَسُمِّيَتْ كَذَلِكَ لِسَلاَمَةِ المُؤْمِنينَ الدَّاخِلِينَ إِلَيْها.
وَلِيُّهُمْ – نَاصِرُهُمْ وَحَافِظُهُمْ وَمُؤَيِّدُهُمْ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 127
127. Those who follow the straight path of their Lord shall be given Paradise by Allah Almighty. He will protect them, accord them victory and support them. In recompense for their righteous deeds, Allah Almighty will support them and gratify them by according them Paradise to dwell in.
{وَيَوْمَ يِحْشُرُهُمْ جَمِيعاً يَٰمَعْشَرَ ٱلْجِنِّ قَدِ ٱسْتَكْثَرْتُمْ مِّنَ ٱلإِنْسِ وَقَالَ أَوْلِيَآؤُهُم مِّنَ ٱلإِنْسِ رَبَّنَا ٱسْتَمْتَعَ بَعْضُنَا بِبَعْضٍ وَبَلَغْنَآ أَجَلَنَا ٱلَّذِيۤ أَجَّلْتَ لَنَا قَالَ ٱلنَّارُ مَثْوَٰكُمْ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ إِلاَّ مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ حَكِيمٌ عَليمٌ}
{يَامَعْشَرَ} {مَثْوَاكُمْ} {خَالِدِينَ}
(128) – وَاذْكُرْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ، فِيمَا تَقُصُّهُ عَلَى هَؤُلاَءِ، وَتُنْذِرُهُمْ بِهِ، مَا يَجْرِي يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ، يَوْمَ يَحْشُرُ اللهُ الجِنَّ وَأَوْلِيَاءَهُمْ مِنَ الإِنْسِ الذِينَ كَانُوا يَعْبُدُونَهُمْ فِي الدُّنيا، وَيَعُوذُونَ بِهِمْ، إِذْ يَقُولُ تَعَالَى لَهُمْ: يَا مَعْشَرَ الجِنِّ قَدِ اسْتَكْثَرْتُمْ مِنْ إِغْوَاءِ الإِنْسِ وَإِضْلاَلِهِمْ، فَأَوْرَدْتُمُوهُمُ النَّارَ. وَقَالَ أَوْلِيَاءُ الجِنِّ مِنَ الإِنْسِ يُجِيبُونَ اللهَ تَعَالَى: رَبَّنَا اسْتَمْتَعَ بَعْضُنا بِبَعْضٍ، بِمَا كَانَ لِلْجِنِّ مِنَ اللذَّةِ فِي إِغْوَائِنا بِالأَبَاطِيلِ، وَأَهْوَاءِ الأَنْفُسِ وَشَهَوَاتِهَا، وَبِمَا كَانَ لَنَا فِي طَاعَتِهِمْ وَوَسْوَسَتِهِمْ مِنَ المُتْعَةِ، وَاتِّبَاعِ الهَوَى، وَالانْغَمَاسِ فِي اللَّذَّاتِ، وَبَلَغْنَا، بَعْدَ اسْتِمْتَاعِ بَعْضِنَا بِبَعْضٍ، إِلى الأَجَلِ الذِي قَدَّرْتَهُ لَنَا وَهُوَ المَوْتُ (أَوْ هُوَ يَوْمُ البَعْثِ وَالنُّشُورِ).
فَيَرُدُّ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِمْ قَائِلاً: النَّارُ مُثْوَاكُمْ وَمَنْزِلُكُمْ، أَنْتُمْ وَأَوْلِيَاؤُكُمْ، مَاكِثينَ فِيهَا سَرْمَداً، إِلاَّ مَنْ شَاءَ اللهُ أَنْ يُنْقِذَهُ، وَاللهُ حَكِيمٌ فِي شَرْعِهِ وَقَدَرِهِ وَحُكْمِهِ، عَلِيمٌ بِمَا يَعْمَلُ النَّاسُ.
اسْتَكْثَرْتُمْ مِنَ الإِنْسِ – أَكْثَرْتُمْ مِنْ دَعْوَتِهِمْ إِلى الضَّلاَلَةِ وَإِغْوَائِهِمْ.
مَثْواكُمْ – مَأْوَاكُمْ وَمُسْتَقَرُّكُمْ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 128
128. O Mohammad! Warn men and tell them what happens on the Day of Resurrection when the genies and their supporters among men who worshipped them in this here life and sought their protection will be assembled before Allah Almighty. Allah Almighty will then say to them: “O race of genies! You have abused men by seducing them and leading them astray. You have thus led them to the fire of hell.” Thereupon, the supporters of the genies among men will say: “Lord! We benefited from one another because the genies enjoyed conducting us into error and seducing us with whims and carnal desires. As for us, we enjoyed obeying them and following the evil actions with which they inspired us, for we luxuriate in debauchery. We have now come to the term fixed by You, notably death (or the day of resurrection).” Allah Almighty answers them saying: “The fire is your asylum and your dwelling, you and those you obeyed. You will remain in it eternally except for he whom Allah Almighty chooses to save. Allah Almighty is wise in His law and judgement. He knows what men do.
{وَكَذٰلِكَ نُوَلِّي بَعْضَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ بَعْضاً بِمَا كَانُواْ يَكْسِبُونَ}
{ٱلظَّالِمِينَ}
(129) – وَكَمَا جَعَلْنَا هؤُلاءِ الخَاسِرِينَ مِنْ الإِنْسِ أَنْصَاراً وَأَوْلِيَاءً لِتِلْكَ الطَّائِفَةِ التِي أَغْوَتْهُمْ مِنَ الجِنِّ، كَذَلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِالظَّالِمِينَ، نُسَلِّطُ بَعْضَهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ، وَنُهْلِكُ بَعْضَهُمْ بِبَعْضٍ، وَنَنْتَقِمُ مِنْ بَعْضِهِمْ بِبَعْضٍ، جَزَاءً لَهُمْ عَلَى ظُلْمِهِمْ وَبَغْيِهِمْ.
وَقَالَ الأَعْمَشُ فِي تَفْسِيرِ هذِهِ الآيَةِ: (إِذَا فَسَدَ النَّاسُ أَمَّرَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِمْ شِرَارَهُمْ، وَذلِكَ أنَّ المُلُوكَ يَتَصَرَّفُونَ فِي الأُمَمِ الجَاهِلَةِ تَصَرُّفَ الرُّعَاةِ فِي الأَغْنَامِ السَّائِمَةِ).
Surah Al Anam: Verse 129
129. Just as We made of those losers among men helpers and companions of the group of genies who seduced them, We follow the same practice with respect to the wrong-doers: we give authority to some over others, We make them annihilate one another and We take revenge on some through the hands of the others. This in fair recompense for their inequity and oppression., In his interpretation of this verse, Al-’Amash says: “When people become corrupt, Allah Almighty gives the authority over them to the most vicious among them. For kings behave towards the ignorant nations as do shepherds with the sheep in pasture.”
{يَٰمَعْشَرَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلإِنْسِ أَلَمْ يَأْتِكُمْ رُسُلٌ مِّنْكُمْ يَقُصُّونَ عَلَيْكُمْ آيَاتِي وَيُنذِرُونَكُمْ لِقَآءَ يَوْمِكُمْ هَـٰذَا قَالُواْ شَهِدْنَا عَلَىٰ أَنْفُسِنَا وَغَرَّتْهُمُ ٱلْحَيَاةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَشَهِدُواْ عَلَىٰ أَنْفُسِهِمْ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُواْ كَافِرِينَ}
{يَامَعْشَرَ} {آيَاتِي} {ٱلْحَيَاةُ} {كَافِرِينَ}
(130) – وَيَسْأَلُ اللهُ تَعَالَى يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ كُفَّارَ الإِنْسِ وَالجِنِّ مُقَرِّعاً فَيَقُولُ لَهُمْ: هَلْ بَلَّغَهُمُ الرُّسُلُ رِسَالاَتِ رَبِّهِمْ، وَهَلْ أََنْذَرُوهُمْ لِقَاءَ يَوْمِ القِيَامَةِ؟ فَيَقُولُونَ: إِنَّنَا نُقِرُّ بِأَنَّ الرُّسُلَ جَاؤُونَا، وَأَبْلَغُونَا آيَاتِكَ، وَأَنْذَرُونَا بِأَنَّنَا مُلاَقُو رَبِّنَا يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ، يَوْمَ البَعْثِ وَالنُّشُورِ، وَأّنَّنَا فَرَّطْنَا فِي حَيَاتِنَا الدُّنْيا، وَهَلَكَنْا بِتَكْذِيبِنا الرُّسُلَ وَمُخَالَفَتِهِمْ، وَاغْتَرَرْنَا بِزُخْرِفِ الحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيا وَزِينَتِهَا وَشَهَواتِها، وَأَنَّنَا نَشْهَدُ عَلَى أَنْفُسِنَا أَنَّنَا كُنَّا كَافِرِينَ فِي حَيَاتِنَا الدُّنْيا.
غَرَّتْهُمْ – خَدَعَتْهُمْ بِبَهْرَجِهَا وَزِينَتِهَا.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 130
130. On the Day of Resurrection, Allah Almighty will berate the unbelievers among genies and men. He will say: “Did My messengers convey to you their Lord’s messages? Did they warn you of this meeting?” They will say: “We acknowledge that the messengers were sent to us and that they communicated Your Signs to us and warned us of meeting our Lord on the Day of Judgement. However, we were negligent in our earthly life and destroyed ourselves through denying and opposing the messengers. The glamour and lusts of life deluded us, and now we bear witness against ourselves that we were unbelievers in our life.”
{ذٰلِكَ أَن لَّمْ يَكُنْ رَّبُّكَ مُهْلِكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ بِظُلْمٍ وَأَهْلُهَا غَٰفِلُونَ}
{غَافِلُونَ}
(131) – لَقَدْ أَعْذَرَ اللهُ تَعَالَى إِلَى الإِنْسِ وَالجِنِّ، بِإِرْسَالِ الرُّسُلِ، وَإِنْزَالِ الكُتُبِ، لَئِلاَّ يُؤْخَذَ أَحَدٌ بِظُلْمٍ، وَهُوَ لَمْ تَبْلُغْهُ دَعْوَةُ اللهِ. فَاللهُ سُبْحَانَهُ لاَ يُعَاجِلُ قَوْماً بِالعُقُوبَةِ حَتَّى يَبْعَثَ إِلَيْهِمْ رَسُولاً يَدْعُوهُمْ إِلى اللهِ، وَيُنْذِرُهُمْ عِقَابَهُ. وَلا يُؤَاخِذُهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ عَلَى غَفْلَةٍ مِنْهُمْ لِكَيْلاَ يَقُولُوا: مَا جَاءَنَا بَشِيرٌ وَلاَ نَذِيرٌ، وَلَوْ جَاءَنَا رَسُولٌ لاهْتَدَينا، وَلآمَنَّا بِرَبِّنا وَاتَّبَعْنَا الرُّسُلَ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 131
131. Allah Almighty warns men and genies by sending them messengers and Books so that none can be wronged because the message of Allah Almighty has not reached him. Allah Almighty does not inflict punishment on a people until He has sent them a messenger to call them to Him, and warn them of His punishment. Allah Almighty does not strike people unawares so that they will not say: “We have had no one to guide and warn us. If we had been sent messengers, we would have found the straight path, believed in Allah Almighty and followed them.”
{وَلِكُلٍّ دَرَجَٰتٌ مِّمَّا عَمِلُواْ وَمَا رَبُّكَ بِغَٰفِلٍ عَمَّا يَعْمَلُونَ}
{دَرَجَاتٌ} {بِغَافِلٍ}
(132) – وَلِكُلِّ عَامِلٍ – سَوَاءٌ أَطَاعَ اللهَ أَوْ عَصَاهُ – مَرَاتِبٌ وَمَنَازِلُ مِنْ عَمَلِهِ، يُبَلِّغه اللهُ إياها، وَيُثِيبُهُ بِهَا، إِنْ خَيْراً فَخَيْراً، وَإِنْ شَراً فَشَرّاً، وَجَمِيعُ أَعْمَالِهِمْ بِعِلْمِ اللهِ، يُحْصِيهَا وَيُثبِتُهَا عِنْدَهُ لِيَجْزِيَهُمْ بِهَا، فَهُوَ غَيْرُ غَافِلٍ عَنْ شَيءٍ مِمَّا يَعْمَلُونَ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 132
132. Every servant of Allah Almighty, whether obedient or disobedient, is assigned a degree according to his deeds. Allah Almighty informs him of this degree so that he will receive the appropriate recompense, good for good and evil for evil. Allah Almighty knows all the deeds of His servants. He counts them and records them to reward them according to their merit. Nothing that they do escapes Him.
{وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْغَنِيُّ ذُو ٱلرَّحْمَةِ إِن يَشَأْ يُذْهِبْكُمْ وَيَسْتَخْلِفْ مِن بَعْدِكُمْ مَّا يَشَآءُ كَمَآ أَنشَأَكُمْ مِّن ذُرِّيَّةِ قَوْمٍ آخَرِينَ}
{آخَرِينَ}
(133) – وَرَبُّكَ، يَا مُحَمَّدُ، هُوَ الغَنِيُّ عَنْ جَمِيعِ خَلْقِهِ مِنْ جَمِيعِ الوُجُوهِ، وَهُمُ الفُقَرَاءُ إِلَيهِ فِي جَمِيعِ أَحْوَالِهِمْ، وَهُوَ رَحِيمٌ بِعِبَادِهِ وَلِذلِكَ أَمَرَهُمْ بِالخَيْرِ، وَنَهَاهُمْ عَنِ الشَّرِّ، لِيَفُوزُوا بِالثَّوَابِ، وَيَجْتَنِبُوا العِقَابَ. فَإِذَا شَاءَ أَذْهَبَكُمْ إِذَا خَالَفْتُمْ أَمْرَهُ، وَجَاءَ بِقَومٍ آخَرِينَ يَجْعَلُهُمْ خُلَفَاءَ فِي الأَرْضِ يَعْمَلُونَ بِطَاعَتِهِ، وَذَلِكَ يَسِيرٌ عَلَى اللهِ. فَكَمَا أَذْهَبَ القُرُونَ الأُولى، وَأَتَى بِغَيْرِهِمْ، كَذَلِكَ هُوَ قَادِرٌ عَلَى إِذْهَابِ قَوْمِكَ، وَالإِتْيَانِ بِآخَرِينَ غَيْرِهِمْ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 133
133. O Mohammad! Your Lord is self-sufficient and independent of all His creatures; they on the other hand, need Him in everything. He is clement towards His servants which is why He enjoins them to do good, and abstain from doing evil in order that they win recompense and avoid punishment. If He so wills, He could annihilate you if you disobey Him. Such a thing is quite easy for Him. Just as He put an end to many generations and replaced them with others, He is capable of annihilating your people and replacing them with others.
{إِنَّ مَا تُوعَدُونَ لآتٍ وَمَآ أَنتُم بِمُعْجِزِينَ}
{لآتٍ}
(134) – وَأَخْبِرْهُمْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ: أَنَّ الذِي يُوعَدُونَ بِهِ، مِنْ أَمْرِ الحَشْرِ وَالحِسَابِ وَالجَزَاءِ، كَائنٌ لاَ مَحَالَةَ، وَأَنَّهُمْ لاَ يُعْجِزُونَ اللهَ فَهُوَ قَادِرٌ عَلَى إِعَادَتِهِمْ، وَإِنْ أَصْبَحُوا تُرَاباً وَعِظَاماً، لأَِنَّهُ تَعَالَى لاَ يُعْجِزُهُ شَيءٌ.
بِمُعْجِزِينَ – بِقَادِرِينَ عَلَى الهَرَبِ مِنْ عَذَابِ اللهِ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 134
134. O Mohammad! Inform your people that what they have been promised concerning resurrection, judgement and reward, shall inevitably take place; no one can frustrate Allah Almighty. He is capable of resuscitating them, even when they become dust and bones. He is Omnipotent.
{قُلْ يَٰقَوْمِ ٱعْمَلُواْ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِكُمْ إِنَّي عَامِلٌ فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ مَن تَكُونُ لَهُ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلدَّارِ إِنَّهُ لاَ يُفْلِحُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ}
{يَاقَوْمِ} {عَاقِبَةُ} {ٱلظَّالِمُونَ}
(135) – وَيُهَدِّدُ اللهُ تَعَالَى الكُفَّارَ، وَيَتَوَعَّدُهُمْ، فَيَأْمُرُ رَسُولَهُ صلى الله عليه وسلم بَأَنْ يَقُولَ لَهُمْ: اسْتَمِرُّوا عَلَى طَرِيقَتِكُمْ، إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَظُنَّونَ أَنَّكُمْ عَلَى هُدًى، فَأَنا مُسْتَمِرٌّ عَلَى طَرِيقَتِي وَمَنْهَجِي، وَسَتَعْلَمُونَ مَنْ تَكُونُ لَهُ العَاقِبَةُ، أَتَكُونُ لَكُمْ أَمْ لِي؟ وَقَدْ أَنْجَزَ اللهُ وَعْدَهُ لِرَسُولِهِ فَفَتَحَ مَكَّةَ، وَأَذَلَّ اللهُ الشِّرْكَ وَالمُشْرِكِينَ، لأَِنَّ المُشْرِكِينَ وَالظَّالِمِينَ لاَ يُفْلِحُونَ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 135
135. Allah Almighty threatens the unbelievers, and commands His Messenger to address them as follows: “Follow your path if you think you are on the path of guidance, and I will follow mine. In the end, you will know who is the winner, you or I.” Allah Almighty kept His word to His Messenger who conquered Makkah and humiliated polytheism and the polytheists, for polytheists and wrong-doers can never prosper.
{وَجَعَلُواْ للَّهِ مِمَّا ذَرَأَ مِنَ ٱلْحَرْثِ وَٱلأَنْعَٰمِ نَصِيباً فَقَالُواْ هَـٰذَا للَّهِ بِزَعْمِهِمْ وَهَـٰذَا لِشُرَكَآئِنَا فَمَا كَانَ لِشُرَكَآئِهِمْ فَلاَ يَصِلُ إِلَىٰ ٱللَّهِ وَمَا كَانَ للَّهِ فَهُوَ يَصِلُ إِلَىٰ شُرَكَآئِهِمْ سَآءَ مَا يَحْكُمُونَ}
{ٱلأَنْعَامِ} {لِشُرَكَآئِهِمْ} {لِشُرَكَآئِنَا} {شُرَكَآئِهِمْ}
(136) – يَذُمُّ اللهُ تَعَالَى المُشْرِكِينَ، وَيُوَبِّخُهُمْ عَلَى مَا ابْتَدَعُوهُ مِنْ بِدَعٍ وَكُفْرٍ وَشِرْكٍ، وَعَلَى مَا جَعَلُوهُ للهِ، مِنْ أَنْدَادٍ وَشُرَكَاءَ وَهُوَ خَالِقُ كُلِّ شَيءٍ. فَقَدْ جَعَلُوا لَهُ نَصِيباً مِمَّا خَلَقَ (ذَرَأَ) مِنْ زُرُوعٍ وَثِمَارٍ (مِنَ الحَرْثِ)، وَمِنَ البَهَائِمِ وَالأَنْعَامِ، وَجَعَلُوا لِمَنْ أَشْرَكُوهُمْ فِي العِبَادَةِ مَعَ اللهِ، مِنَ الأَصْنَامِ وَالأَوْثَانِ، نَصِيباً آخَرَ فَقَالُوا: – فِيمَا زَعَمُوا وَلَيْسَ لَهُمْ دَلِيلٌ عَلَيهِ – فِي النَّصِيبِ الأَوَّلِ هذا للهِ نَتَقَرَّبُ بِهِ إِليهِ. وَقَالُوا فِي النَّصِيبِ الثَّانِي: هذا لِمَعْبُودَاتِنا (لِشُرَكَائِنا)، نَتَقَرَّبُ بِهِ إِليها، فَكَانُوا يُنْفِقُونَ نَصِيبَ اللهِ عَلَى قِرَى الأَضْيَافِ، وَإِكْرَامِ الصّبْيَانِ، وَالتَّصَدُّقِ عَلَى المَسَاكِينِ. أَمَّا نَصِيبُ آلِهَتِهِمْ فَكَانُوا يُنْفِقُونَهُ عَلَى سَدَنَتِهَا، وَعَلَى القَرَابِينِ إِلَيها. فَمَا خَصُّوا مَعْبُُودَاتِهِمْ بِهِ، مَا كَانَ لِيُصْرَفَ شَيءٌ مِنْهُ فيِ الوُجُوهِ التِي جَعَلُوهَا للهِ، بَلْ يَهْتَمُّونَ بِحِفْظِهِ عَلَى السَّدَنَةِ، وَعَلَى ذَبْحِ القَرَابِينِ إِلَيها. وَمَا خَصُّوا بِهِ اللهَ، وَجَعَلُوهُ لَهُ، فَكَانُوا يُحَوِّلُونَهُ أَحْيَاناً إِلى الأَصْنَامِ. وَقَدْ ذَمَّهُمُ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَى تَصَرُّفِهِمْ هَذَا فَقَالَ: (سَاءَ مَا يَحْكُمُونَ)، إِذْ أَنَّهُمْ أَخْطَؤُوا أَوَّلاً فِي القَسْمِ وَالتَّخْصِيصِ، لأَِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى رَبُّ كُلِّ شَيءٍ، فَلاَ يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يُقَاسَ بِهِ أَحَدٌ. ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَمَّا قَسَمُوا هَذِهِ القِسْمَةَ الفَاسِدَةَ لَمْ يُحَافِظُوا عَليها، بَلْ جَارُوا فِيهَا وَتَجاوَزُوا الحَدَّ.
ذَرَأَ – خَلَقَ عَلَى وَجْهِ الاخْتِرَاعِ أَوْ بَثَّ.
الحَرْثِ – الزَّرْعِ.
الأَنْعَامِ – الإِبْلِ وَالبَقَرِ وَالغَنَمِ وَالمَاعِزِ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 136
136. Allah Almighty dispraises and condemns the polytheists for the heresies they invented, and for their disbelief and idolatry. He reprimands them for having given Him associates, He the Creator of all things. They attribute to Him part of His creation such as plants, fruit, beasts and cattle, and attribute to their idols and statues, which they worship, the other part. They said speaking of the first part -and this is pure conjecture for which they have no grounds-: “This is Allah Almighty’s, the part by which we draw closer to Him.” And speaking of the other part they said: “This is for our idols. It is the part by which we draw closer to them.” They would spend Allah Almighty’s share to receive their guests hospitably, to honour young men and give to the needy. As for the share of their divinities, they would spend it in the service of their altars and to offer sacrifices to their gods. From that portion allocated to their gods, they would expend nothing for the sake of Allah Almighty; it was all spent in the service of their altars and to offer sacrifices to their gods. On the other hand, what they allocated to Allah Almighty, they would sometimes turn to the use of their idols. Allah Almighty condemned them for these practices, saying: “What inapt ruling!” They first made a mistake in their division and distribution, for Allah Almighty is the Lord of all things and none should be compared to Him. Then when they had made their corrupt division, they did not respect it but behaved iniquitously by going beyond the limits.
{وَكَذٰلِكَ زَيَّنَ لِكَثِيرٍ مِّنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ قَتْلَ أَوْلَٰدِهِمْ شُرَكَآؤُهُمْ لِيُرْدُوهُمْ وَلِيَلْبِسُواْ عَلَيْهِمْ دِينَهُمْ وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَا فَعَلُوهُ فَذَرْهُمْ وَمَا يَفْتَرُونَ}
{أَوْلاَدِهِمْ}
(137) – وَكَمَا زَيَّنَتِ الشَّيَاطِينُ لِهَؤُلاَءِ أَنْ يَجْعَلُوا للهِ نَصِيباً مِمَّا خَلَقَ مِنَ الحَرْثِ وَالأَنْعَامِ، وَلِلأَوْثَانِ نَصِيباً آخَرَ، كَذَلِكَ زَيَّنُوا لَهُمْ قَتْلَ أَوْلاَدِهِمْ، خَشْيَةَ الفَقْرِ وَالإِمْلاَقِ، وَوَأْدَ البَنَاتِ خَشْيَةَ العَارِ (وَالشُّرَكَاءُ، هُنَا، هُمُ الشَّيَاطِينُ). وَقَدْ زَيَّنَتْ لَهُمُ الشَّيَاطِينُ هَذِهِ المُنْكَرَاتِ، لِيُهْلِكُوهُمْ بِالإِغْوَاءِ، وَيُفْسِدُوا عَلَيْهِمْ فِطْرَتَهُمْ، فَتَنْقَلِبَ عَوَاطِفُ وَدِّ الوَالِدِينِ، مِنْ رَأْفَةٍ وَرَحْمَةٍ، إِلَى قَسْوَةٍ وَوَحْشِيَّةٍ، فَيَنْحَرَ الوَالِدُ وَلَدَهُ، وَيَدْفُنَ الأَبُّ ابْنَتَهُ وَهِيَ حَيَّةٌ. وَقَدْ لَبَسَتِ الشَّيَاطِينُ عَلَيْهِمْ مَا كَانُوا يَدَّعُونَهُ مِنَ التَّمَسُّكِ بِدِينِ أَبِيهِمْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، وَجَدِّهِمْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَلَيهِمَا السَّلاَمُ. وَقَدِ اخْتَلَطَ عَلَيْهِمْ مَا ابْتَدَعُوهُ مِنْ تَقَالِيدِ الشِّرْكِ، حَتَّى لَمْ يَعُدْ يُعْرَفُ مَا هُوَ الأَصْلُ، وَمَا هُوَ المُبْتَدَعُ فِيهِ. وَلُوَ شَاءَ اللهُ أَلاَّ يَفْعَلُوا ذَلِكَ مَا فَعَلُوهُ، وَلَكِنَّ إِرَادَتَهُ وَحِكْمَتَهُ قَضَتَا بِجَعْلِهِمْ مُسْتَعِدِّينَ لِلْتَّأَثُّرِ بِكُلِّ مَا يَرِدُ عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ مِنَ الأَفْكَارِ وَالآرَاءِ، وَاخْتِيَارِ مَا يَتَرَجَّحُ لَدَيْهِمْ. فَذَرْهُمْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ وَمَا يَتَقَوَّلُونَ وَمَا يَفْتَرُونَ وَيَبْتَدِعُونَ.
لِيَرُدُّوهُمْ – لِيُهْلِكُوهُمْ بِالإِغْوَاءِ.
لِيَلْبِسُوا عَلَيْهِمْ – لِيَخْلِطُوا عَلَيْهِمْ وَلِيُمَوِّهُوا عَلَيْهِمْ.
يَفْتَرُونَ – يَخْتَلِقُونَ مِنَ الكَذِبِ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 137
137. Just as the devils adorned for those polytheists the apportioning to Allah Almighty part of the harvest and livestock which He Himself had created, and the attribution of another part to their idols, so too they adorned for them the killing of their children for fear of indigence, and the burial alive of their daughters for fear of dishonour (the devils here are the idolaters). The devils have adorned error for them to destroy them by misleading them and corrupting their natures. Thus, parental love and tender kind feelings turn into cruelty and brutality: the father then slaughters his son and buries his daughter alive. The devils have thus distorted their pretended attachment to the religion of their father Ishmael (peace be upon him) and of their grandfather Abraham (peace be upon him). They were confused to such an extent by the traditions of polytheism which they themselves had invented, that they could no longer know what were the original practices and what were innovations. Had Allah Almighty so willed, they would not have acted in this way, but His will and wisdom dictated that they be rendered vulnerable to ideas and opinions which haunt them and from which they chose those which corresponded best to their desires. Leave them, O Mohammad, to their lies, inventions and fantasies
{وَقَالُواْ هَـٰذِهِ أَنْعَٰمٌ وَحَرْثٌ حِجْرٌ لاَّ يَطْعَمُهَآ إِلاَّ مَن نَّشَآءُ بِزَعْمِهِمْ وَأَنْعَٰمٌ حُرِّمَتْ ظُهُورُهَا وَأَنْعَٰمٌ لاَّ يَذْكُرُونَ ٱسْمَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْهَا ٱفْتِرَآءً عَلَيْهِ سَيَجْزِيهِم بِمَا كَانُواْ يَفْتَرُونَ}
{أَنْعَامٌ}
(138) – وَإِنَّهُمْ، لِغِوَايَتِهِمْ وَشِرْكِهِمْ، قَسَمُوا أَنْعَامَهُمْ وَزُرُوعَهُمْ إِلَى ثَلاَثَةِ أَقْسَامٍ:
أ – أَنْعَامٍ وَأَقْوَاتٍ مِنْ حُبُوبٍ وَغَيْرِها، تُقْتَطَعُ مِنْ أَمْوَالِهِمْ وَتُجْعَلُ لِمَعْبُودَاتِهِمْ، تَعَبُّداً وَتَدَيُّناً، وَيَمْتَنِعُونَ مِنَ التَّصَرُّفِ فِيهَا لِغَيرِ هذِهِ المَعْبُودَاتِ، وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهَا مُحْتَجَرَةٌ لِللآلِهَةِ، لاَ تُعْطَى لِغَيرِهَا وَلاَ يَطْعَمُهَا إلاَّ مَنْ يَشَاؤُونَ، أَيْ لاَ يَأْكُلُ مِنْهَا إلاَّ الذُّكُورُ دُونَ الإِنَاثِ.
ب – أَنْعَامٌ حٌرِّمَتْ ظُهُورُهَا، فَلاَ تُرْكَبُ وَلاَ يُحْمَلُ عَلَيْهَا، وَهِيَ البَحِيرَةُ وَالسَّائِبَةُ وَالحَامِي.
ج – وَأَنْعَامٍ لاَ يَذْكُرُونَ اسْمَ اللهِ عَلَيها عِنْدَ الذَّبْحِ بَلْ يُهِلُّونَ بِهَا لآلِهَتِهِمْ وَحْدَها، وَكَانُوا إِذَا حَجُّوا لاَ يَحِجُّونَ عَلَيها، وَلاَ يُلَبُّونَ عَلَى ظُهُورِها.
وَقَدْ قَسَمُوا هذا التَّقْسِيمَ، وَجَعَلُوهُ مِنْ أَحْكَامِ الدِّينِ، وَنَسَبُوهُ إِلَى اللهِ افْتِرَاءً عَلَيْهِ، وَاللهُ بَرِيءٌ مِنْهُ، فَهُوَ لَمْ يَشْرَعْهُ لَهُمْ، وَسَيَجْزِيهِم اللهُ، عَلَى هذا الافْتِرَاءِ، الجَزَاءَ الذَي يَسْتَحِقُّونَهُ.
حِجْرٌ – مَحْجُورة وَمُحْتَجَرَةٌ وَمُحَرَّمَةٌ.
حُرِّمَتْ ظُهُورُهَا – وَهِيَ السَّوائِبُ وَالبَحَائِرُ وَالحَوَامِي.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 138
138. The polytheists, in line with their errors and polytheistic practices, divided their cattle and crops into three categories:
a- cattle and crops, such as cereals and others, taken from their goods and consecrated to their idols for worship and practising their religious cults. They only made use of them for the service of these divinities and said that they were reserved exclusively for them. No one could eat of them save those whom they chose -that is, the males but not the females.
b- cattle which were exempt from carrying loads. It was forbidden to ride or burden them. These were the bahira (a slit-eared she-camel), the sa’iba (a she-camel let loose for pasture and dedicated to the service of the gods), and the hami (a male camel which has ired ten offspring). (See chapter 5- al-Ma’ida (The Table Spread), 103).
c- cattle over which Allah Almighty’s name was not mentioned at the time of slaughter: it was the name of their god which was hallowed. They did not ride these beasts when they went on pilgrimage, nor did they perform the pilgrimage rite of addressing Allah Almighty in answer to His call.
They made of this division one of the laws of religion and attributed it to Allah Almighty. Allah Almighty is innocent of this fabrication. He did not decree this, and He will inflict on them for their lies a punishment they will merit.
{وَقَالُواْ مَا فِي بُطُونِ هَـٰذِهِ ٱلأَنْعَٰمِ خَالِصَةٌ لِّذُكُورِنَا وَمُحَرَّمٌ عَلَىٰ أَزْوَٰجِنَا وَإِن يَكُن مَّيْتَةً فَهُمْ فِيهِ شُرَكَآءُ سَيَجْزِيهِمْ وَصْفَهُمْ إِنَّهُ حِكِيمٌ عَلِيمٌ}
{ٱلأَنْعَامِ} {أَزْوَاجِنَا}
(139) – وَخَصَّصُوا نِتَاجَ البَحَائِرِ وَالسَّوَائِبِ لِذُكُورِهِمْ، وَحَرَّمُوهُ عَلَى إِنَاثِهِمْ، فَلاَ تَشْرَبُ الإِنَاثَ مِنْ لَبَنِ هَذِهِ الأَنْعَامِ، وَإذَا وَلَدَتْ ذَكَراً كَانَ لَحْمُهُ مُخَصَّصاً لِلذُكُورِ دُونَ الإِنَاثِ، أَمَّا إِذا وَلَدَتْ أُنْثَى فَتُتْرَكُ لِلنِّتَاجِ. وَإِذَا وَلَدَتْ مَوُلُوداً مَيِّتاً اشْتَرَكَ فِي أَكْلِهِ الذُّكُورُ وَالإِنَاثُ.
وَسَيَجْزِيهِمِ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَى قَوْلِهِم الكَذِبَ فِي ذَلِكَ، إِذِ ادَّعُوا أَنَّ هَذَا التَّحْرِيمَ قَدْ أَمَرَهُمْ بِهِ اللهُ تَعَالَى (سَيَجْزِيهِمْ وَصْفَهُمْ) إِنَّهُ تَعَالَى حَكِيمٌ فِي أَفْعَالِهِ وَشَرْعِهِ، عَلِيمٌ بِأَعْمَالِ العِبَادِ.
البَحِيرَةُ – المَشْقُوقَةُ الأُذْنِ مِنَ الأَنْعَامِ.
السَّائِبَةُ – التِي تُسَيَّبُ وَتُتْرَكُ لِلآلِهَةِ فَلاَ يَتَعَرَّضُ لَهَا أَحَدٌ.
سَيَجْزِيهِمْ وَصْفَهُمْ – سَيَجْزِيهِمْ كَذِبَهُمْ عَلى اللهِ بِالتَّحْلِيلِ وَالتَّحْرِيمِ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 139
139. They reserved the produce of the baha’ir and the sawa’ib for their males and deprived their females. No woman had the right to drink the milk from these animals. If they were delivered of a male offspring, his flesh was reserved specially for the men to the exclusion of women; and if they were delivered of a female offspring, she was reserved for the purposes of production. However, if they were delivered of a stillborn offspring, both men and women ate from its flesh. Allah Almighty will requite them for the lies they invented in this affair for they claimed that it was Allah Almighty Who had ordered this interdiction. Allah Almighty is wise in His deeds and laws, and knows the deeds of His servants.
{قَدْ خَسِرَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَتَلُوۤاْ أَوْلَٰدَهُمْ سَفَهاً بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ وَحَرَّمُواْ مَا رَزَقَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱفْتِرَآءً عَلَى ٱللَّهِ قَدْ ضَلُّواْ وَمَا كَانُواْ مُهْتَدِينَ}
{أَوْلاَدَهُمْ}
(140) – أَنْكَرَ اللهُ سُبْحَانَهُ عَلَى مُشْرِكِي العَرَبِ أَمْرَيْنِ، وَنَعَاهُمَا عَلَيْهِمْ وَهُمَا:
أ – قَتْلُ أَوْلاَدِهِمْ وَوَأَدُ بَنَاتِهِمْ سَفَهاً، وَالأَوْلاَدُ نِعْمَةٌ مِنَ اللهِ عَلَى عِبَادِهِ، فَإِذَا سَعَى العَبْدُ فِي زَوَالِها فَقَدْ خَسِرَ خُسْرَاناً عَظِيماً.
ب – وَتَحْرِيمُ بَعْضِ مَا رَزَقَهُمُ اللهُ مِنَ الطَّيِّبَاتِ، فَقَدْ حَرَّمُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ أَشْيَاءَ ابْتَدَعُوهَا هُمْ مِنْ تِلْقَاءِ أَنْفُسِهِمْ.
فَقَالَ تَعَالَى: إنَّ الذِينَ أَقْدَمُوا عَلَى قَتْلِ أَوْلاَدِهِمْ، وَوَأْدِ بَنَاتِهِمْ، وَتَحْرِيمِ الطَّيِّبَاتِ عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ، قَدْ خَسِرُوا فِي الدُّنْيا، لأَِنَّهُمْ حَرَمُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ مِنْ نِعْمَةٍ أَنْعَمَهَا اللهُ عَلَيْهِمْ، وَخَسِرُوا فِي الآخِرَةِ، لأِنَّهُمْ سَيَكُونُونَ فِي أَسْوَأِ المَنَازِلِ بِسَبَبِ كَذِبِهِمْ عَلَى اللهِ، وَافْتِرَائِهِمْ عَلَيْهِ، إِذْ ادَّعُوا أَنَّ اللهَ هُوَ الذِي أَمَرَهُمْ بِذَلِكَ. وَكُلُّ ذَلِكَ ضَلاَلٌ مِنْهُمْ وَسَفَهٌ، وَبُعْدٌ عَنِ الهُدَى.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 140
140. Allah Almighty condemned two things for which He reproached the Arab polytheists:
a- the scurrilous killing of their children and interment of their daughters alive, children being a favour accorded by Allah Almighty to His servants. If a servant seeks to rid himself of this blessing, then he will be afflicted with the greatest of losses.
b- prohibiting the consumption of certain good things which He granted them. They prohibited to themselves things by their own invention.
Allah Almighty says: “Those who killed their children and buried their daughters alive, and who prohibited to themselves the licit good provisions, are losers in their earthly life because they rejected a favour conferred on them by Allah Almighty. They will also be losers in the afterlife because they will bring upon themselves the most terrible punishment due to the lies which they fabricated against Allah Almighty, for they claimed that it was He Who had commanded them to act in such way. They thus lose themselves, commit an act of folly and depart from the path of guidance.”
{وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِيۤ أَنشَأَ جَنَّٰتٍ مَّعْرُوشَٰتٍ وَغَيْرَ مَعْرُوشَٰتٍ وَٱلنَّخْلَ وَٱلزَّرْعَ مُخْتَلِفاً أُكُلُهُ وَٱلزَّيْتُونَ وَٱلرُّمَّانَ مُتَشَٰبِهاً وَغَيْرَ مُتَشَٰبِهٍ كُلُواْ مِن ثَمَرِهِ إِذَآ أَثْمَرَ وَآتُواْ حَقَّهُ يَوْمَ حَصَادِهِ وَلاَ تُسْرِفُوۤاْ إِنَّهُ لاَ يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ}
{جَنَّاتٍ} {مَّعْرُوشَاتٍ} {مُتَشَابِهاً} {مُتَشَابِهٍ} {وَآتُواْ}
(141) – وَرَبُّكُمُ اللهُ، أيُّهَا النَّاسُ، هُوَ الذِي خَلَقَ كُلَّ شَيءٍ، وَخَلَقَ بَسَاتِينَ فِيهَا أَشْجَارٌ مَعْرُوشَاتٌ – أَيْ مَرْفُوعَاتٌ عَلَى عَرَائِشَ كَأَشْجَارِ الكُرُومِ – وَغَيْرُ مَعْرُوشَاتٍ، وَخَلَقَ الزُّرُوعَ، وَمِنْهَا الحُبُوبُ، وَخَلَقَ النَّخِيلَ مُخْتَلِفاً فِي طَعْمِهِ حِينَ أَكْلِهِ، وَخَلَقَ الزَّيْتُونَ وَالرُّمَّانَ مُتَشَابِهاً فِي مَنْظَرِهِ، وَغَيْرَ مُتَشَابِهٍ فِي طَعْمِهِ، مَعْ أَنَّهُ كُلَّهُ يَنْبُتُ فِي أَرْضٍ وَاحِدَةٍ وَيُسْقَى بِمَاءٍ وَاحِدٍ، فَكُلُوا مِنْ ثَمَرِهِ حِينَ يُثْمِرُ، وَأَدُّوا الزَّكَاةَ المَفْرُوضَةَ عَلَيْهِ يَوْمَ يُكَالُ أَوْ يُوزَنُ.
وَلا تُسْرِفُوا فِي كُلِّ شَيءٍ: فِي الأَكْلِ وَفِي الإِنْفَاقِ وَفِي اللِّبَاسِ، لأَِنَّهُ تَعَالَى لاَ يُحِبُّ المُسْرِفِينَ.
(وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَدْ أَمَرَ مَنْ يَجُزُّ عَشَرَةَ أَوْسُقٍ مِنَ التَّمْرِ بِأَنْ يَأْتِيَ بِقِنْوٍ مِنْهَا يُعَلِّقُهُ فِي المَسْجِدِ لِيَأْكُلَ مِنْهُ المَسَاكِينُ).
وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ: ” إِذَا حَضَرَكَ المَسَاكِينُ حِينَ الجَنْيِ وَالقِطَافِ طَرَحْتَ لَهُمْ شَيْئاً ” ).
مَعْرُوشَاتٍ – مُحْتَاجَةٍ إِلى الرَّفْعِ عَلَى العَرَائِشِ كَأَشْجَارِ الكُرُومِ.
مُخْتَلِفاً أُكُلُهُ – مُخْتَلِفَ الطَّعْمِ حِينَ الأَكْلِ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 141
141. O men! It is your Lord Who created everything. He created orchards with climbing plants (that is sustained by a trellis like vines) and non-climbing plants. He also created crops, among which are cereals, and palm trees with fruit that vary in taste, and olive and pomegranate trees, which have the same form but not the same taste, although all of these grow in the same soil and are irrigated by the same water. Eat of their fruits as they come to fruition but remember to pay the alms tax due on them when the harvest is measured or weighed. Do not be extravagant; be moderate in eating, spending and dressing for Allah Almighty does not like wasteful people. (The Messenger of Allah Almighty had ordered all those who cut ten loads of date, to bring one bunch to the mosque so that the poor could eat.) The Messenger (peace be upon him) would say: “If the needy are present at the time of harvest, give them some of what you gather.”
{وَمِنَ ٱلأَنْعَٰمِ حَمُولَةً وَفَرْشاً كُلُواْ مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَلاَ تَتَّبِعُواْ خُطُوَٰتِ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنِ إِنَّهُ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ}
{ٱلأَنْعَامِ} {خُطُوَاتِ} {ٱلشَّيْطَانِ}
(142) – يَقُولُ تَعَالَى: إنَّهُ خَلَقَ مِنَ الأَنْعَامِ حَيَوَانَاتٍ كِبَاراً، لِيَحْمِلُوا عَلَيْهَا مَتَاعَهُمْ وَأَثْقَالَهُمْ (حَمُولَةً) كَالجِمَالِ وَالأَبْقَارِ، وَخَلَقَ مِنَ الأَنْعَامِ صِغَاراً كَالفُصْلانِ الدَّانِيَةِ مِنَ الأَرْضِ لِصِغَرِ أَجْسَامِهَا، كَالفرْشِ المَفْرُوشَةِ عَلَيها، لِيَأْكُلُوا مِنْ أَلْبَانِهَا وَلُحُومِهَا، وَلِسْتَفِيدُوا مِنْ أَصْوَافِهَا وَأَوْبَارِهَا وَأَشْعَارِها. وَيَقُولُ تَعَالَى إِنَّهُ أَبَاحَ لَهُمْ أَنْ يَأْكُلُوا مِمَّا رَزَقَهُمُ اللهُ مِنَ الأَنْعَامِ وَالزُّرُوعِ وَالثِّمَارِ، وَنَهَاهُمْ عَنِ اتِّبَاعِ طَرَائِقِ الشَّيْطَانِ وَمَسَالِكِهِ وَأَوَامِرِهِ كَمَا اتَّبَعَهَا المُشْرِكُونَ الذِينَ حَرَّمُوا مَا رَزَقَهُمُ اللهُ افْتِرَاءً عَلَيْهِ. وَالشَّيْطَانُ عَدُوٌّ لِلإِنْسَانِ بيِّنُ العَدَاوَةِ، لاَ يُرِيدُ لَهُ الخَيْرَ، وَلا يُرِيدُ لَهُ الأَمْنَ وَالسَّلاَمَةَ، وَلاَ الفَوْزَ بِرِضْوَانِ اللهِ، وَلِذَلِكَ فَإِنَّهُ يُحَاوِلُ أَنْ يُضِلَّهُ وَيُودِي بِهِ إِلى الهَلاَكِ.
حَمُولَةً – مَا يَحْمِلُ الأَثْقَالَ كَالإِبْلِ.
فَرْشاً – مَا يُفْرَشُ لِلْذَّبْحِ، كَالغَنَمِ وَالمَاعِزِ. أَوْ مَا هُوَ صَغيرُ الجِسْمِ قَرِيبٌ مِنَ الأَرْضِ كَالفِرَاشِ.
خُطُوَاتِ – طُرُقَهُ وَآثَارَهُ تَحْرِيماً وَتَحْلِيلاً.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 142
142. Allah Almighty says that He created among the cattle certain animals which are big and therefore serve to carry chattle and loads, like the camels and cows; and He created others which are small, as the species which are so small that they seem to be close to the ground, like a carpet spread over it, so that their milk could be drunk and their flesh eaten, and so that people could make use of their wool and hair. Allah Almighty says that He authorized men to eat of the cattle, the crops and the fruit which He granted them. He prohibited them from following the path of Satan and obeying what He orders them to do like the polytheists who followed Satan’s orders and attributed lies to Allah Almighty by rendering illicit what He made lawful. Satan is the manifest enemy of man. He does not wish him well nor does he want him to live in safety and earn the grace of Allah Almighty and paradise. He attempts therefore to misguide him and lead him to perdition.
{ثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَزْوَٰجٍ مَّنَ ٱلضَّأْنِ ٱثْنَيْنِ وَمِنَ ٱلْمَعْزِ ٱثْنَيْنِ قُلْ ءَآلذَّكَرَيْنِ حَرَّمَ أَمِ ٱلأُنثَيَيْنِ أَمَّا ٱشْتَمَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ أَرْحَامُ ٱلأُنثَيَيْنِ نَبِّئُونِي بِعِلْمٍ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ}
{ثَمَانِيَةَ} {أَزْوَاجٍ} {ءَآلذَّكَرَيْنِ} {صَادِقِينَ}
(143) – يُبَيِّنُ اللهُ تَعَالَى هُنَا جَهْلَ العَرَبِ، قَبْلَ الإِسْلاَمِ، فِيمَا كَانُوا حَرَّمُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ مِنَ الأَنْعَامِ، وَجَعَلَوهَا أَجْزَاءً وَأَنْوَاعاً (بَحِيرةً وَسَائِبةً وَحَامَياً…) وَغَيْرَ ذَلِكَ مِمَّا ابْتَدَعُوهُ فِي الأَنْعَامِ وَالزُّرُوعِ وَالثِّمَارِ، فَيُبَيِّنُ اللهُ أَنَّهُ أَنْشَأَ جَنَّاتٍ مَعْرُوشَاتٍ وَغَيْرَ مَعْرُوشَاتٍ، وَأَنَّهُ جَعَلَ مِنَ الأَنْعَامِ حَمُولَةً وَفَرشاً، ثُمَّ بَيَّنَ أَصْنَافَ الأَنْعَامِ فَقَالَ تَعَالَى: إِنَّهُ لَمْ يُحَرِّمْ شَيْئاً مِنْ ذَلِكَ، وَلاَ شَيْئاً مِنْ أَوْلاَدِهَا، بَلْ جَعَلَهَا كُلَّهَا مُسَخَّرةً لِبَنِي آدَمَ، أَكْلاً وَرُكُوباً وَحَمُولَةً وَحَلْباً، وَغَيْرَ ذَلِكَ مِنْ وُجُوهِ الانْتِفَاعِ.
وَيَقُولُ تَعَالَى إِنَّهُ خَلَقَ ثَمَانِيَةَ أَزْوَاجٍ مِنَ الأَنْعَامِ: مِنَ الضَّأنِ (الغَنَمِ) زَوْجَيْنِ ذَكَراًَ وَأُنْثَى وَمِنَ المَاعِزِ زَوْجَيْنِ ذَكَراً وَأُنْثَى، وَلَمْ يُحَرِّمْ مِنْهَا شَيْئاً لاَ الذُّكُورَ وَلاَ الإِنَاثَ، فَلِمَ تُحَرِّمُونَ أَنْتُمْ بَعْضاً، وَتُحِلُّونَ بَعْضاً؟ وَهَلْ يَشْتَمِلُ الرَّحمُ عِنْدَ الحَمَلِ إِلاَّ عَلَى الذَّكَرِ وَالأُنْثَى؟ وَإِنَّهُ تَعَالَى جَعَلَهُ كُلَّهُ حَلاَلاً.
فَقُلْ لَهُمْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ: أَخْبِرُونِي عَنْ يَقِينٍ (نَبِّئُونِي بِعِلْمٍ) كَيْفَ حَرَّمَ اللهُ عَلَيْكُمْ مَا زَعَمْتُمْ تَحْرِيمَهُ؟
Surah Al Anam: Verse 143
143. Here Allah Almighty shows the ignorance of the Arabs before Islam and how they prohibited to themselves some of the cattle and divided them into categories and species (bahira, sa’iba, hami, etc.) just as they invented new lies with regard to cattle, crops and fruits. Allah Almighty says that He conceived gardens with climbing and non-climbing plants, and created cattle for carrying loads and for slaughter. He then sets out in detail the different kinds of cattle. He says that He did not make them or their young unlawful, but subjected them all to the service of the children of Adam so that they could consume them, ride them, burden them, milk them, among other things. Allah Almighty says that He created eight pairs of cattle, coupled by sex: two pairs of sheep (ovines), one male and one female, and two pairs of goats (caprines), one male and one female. Neither the males nor the females have been made unlawful. Allah Almighty then asks the ignorant Arabs: “Why do you make some of them lawful and others unlawful? Does the womb during pregnancy contain other than the male and the female? All of these have been made lawful by Allah Almighty.” O Mohammad! Say to them: ‘Give me the indubitable proof that Allah Almighty has rendered illicit what you claim has been forbidden.’
{وَمِنَ ٱلإِبْلِ ٱثْنَيْنِ وَمِنَ ٱلْبَقَرِ ٱثْنَيْنِ قُلْ ءَآلذَّكَرَيْنِ حَرَّمَ أَمِ ٱلأُنْثَيَيْنِ أَمَّا ٱشْتَمَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ أَرْحَامُ ٱلأُنْثَيَيْنِ أَمْ كُنتُمْ شُهَدَآءَ إِذْ وَصَّٰكُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِهَـٰذَا فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِباً لِيُضِلَّ ٱلنَّاسَ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لاَ يَهْدِي ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ}
{ءَآلذَّكَرَيْنِ} {وَصَّاكُمُ} {ٱلظَّالِمِينَ}
(144) – وَخَلَقَ اللهُ تَعَالَى مِنَ الإِبِلِ زَوْجَينِ، ذَكَراً وَأُنْثَى، وَمِنَ البَقَرِ زَوْجَينِ، فَاسْأَلْهُمْ هَلْ حَرَّمَ اللهُ الذُّكُورَ أَمِ الإِنَاثَ، (أَمْ مَا اشْتَمَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ أَرْحَامُ الأُنْثَيَيْنِ)، وَالأُنْثَى لاَ تَحْمِلُ إِلا ذَكَراً أَوْ أُنْثَى. فَاللهُ تَعَالَى لَمْ يُحْرِّمْ مِنْ كُلِّ ذَلِكَ شَيْئاً، وَإِنَّمَا جَعَلَهُ كُلَّهُ حَلاَلاً لِلْنَّاسِ لِيَنْتَفِعُوا بِهِ.
وَيَسْأَلْهُمُ اللهُ تَعَالَى إِنْ كَانُوا حَاضِرِينَ (أَمْ كُنْتُمْ شُهَدَاءَ) حِينَ أَوْصَاهُمُ اللهُ بِمَا ابْتَدَعُوهُ مِنْ تَحْرِيمٍ وَتَحْلِيلٍ؟ (وَهُوَ تَهَكُّمٌ عَلَْهِمْ).
ثُمَّ يَقُولُ تَعَالَى: إِنَّهُ لاَ أَحَدَ أَكْثَرُ ظُلْماً مِمَّنِ افْتَرَى عَلَى اللهِ كَذِباً وَأَتَى بِبِدَعٍ، زَعَمَ أَنَّهَا مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ، لِيُضِلَّ بِهَا النَّاسَ، وَاللهُ لاَ يَهْدِي القَوْمَ الظَّالِمِينَ.
وَصَّاكُمُ اللهُ بِهذا – أَمَرَكُمُ اللهُ بِهَذَا التَّحْرِيمِ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 144
144. Allah Almighty also created two pairs of camels (camelines), one male and one female, and two pair of bovines (cows and oxen). Ask them if Allah Almighty forbade the males or the females (or what the wombs of the two females contain). For the womb of a female can only enclose a male or a female and Allah Almighty has made neither of these unlawful; on the contrary He has made all of them lawful for people to benefit from them. Allah Almighty then asks them if they had been present when He sanctioned their innovations of making some things lawful and others unlawful. He says that no one is more unjust than he who fabricates a lie against Him and brings forth allegedly divine inventions aiming at misguiding men. Allah Almighty does not guide such iniquitous people.
{قُل لاَّ أَجِدُ فِي مَآ أُوْحِيَ إِلَيَّ مُحَرَّماً عَلَىٰ طَاعِمٍ يَطْعَمُهُ إِلاَّ أَن يَكُونَ مَيْتَةً أَوْ دَماً مَّسْفُوحاً أَوْ لَحْمَ خِنزِيرٍ فَإِنَّهُ رِجْسٌ أَوْ فِسْقاً أُهِلَّ لِغَيْرِ ٱللَّهِ بِهِ فَمَنِ ٱضْطُرَّ غَيْرَ بَاغٍ وَلاَ عَادٍ فَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ}
(145) – قُلْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ لِهؤلاءِ المُفْتَرِينَ عَلَى اللهِ الكَذِبَ، الذِينَ حَرَّمُوا مَا رَزَقَهُمُ اللهُ: إِنَّنِي لاَ أَجِدُ، فِيمَا أَوْحَاهُ اللهُ إِليَّ، طَعَاماً مُحَرَّماً عَلَى آكِلٍ يُريدُ أَنْ يَأْكُلَهُ، إلاَّ مَا حَرَّمَ اللهُ: (المَيْتَةَ وَلَحْمَ الخِنْزِيرِ وَالدَّمَ المَسْفُوحَ – أَيِ المُهْراقَ – وَمَا ذُبِحَ لِلأَصْنَامِ وَالأَوْثَانِ – مَا أُهِلَّ لِغَيْرِ اللهِ بِهِ)..إِلخ.
وَمَنِ اضْطُرَّ إِلَى أَكْلِ شَيءٍ مِمَّا حَرَّمهُ اللهُ، وَهُوَ لاَ يَقْصِدُ بِأَكْلِهِ البَغْيَ وَالعُدْوَانَ، وَتَجَاوُزَ شَرْعِ اللهِ، فَإِنَّهُ لاَ بَأْسَ عَلَيْهِ فِي ذَلِكَ، لأَِنَّ اللهَ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ.
(وَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: أَنْزَلَ اللهُ كِتَابَهُ، وَأَحَلَّ حَلاَلَهُ، وَحَرَّمَ حَرَامَهُ، فَمَا أَحَلَّ فَهُوَ حَلاَلٌ، وَمَا حَرَّمَ فَهُوَ حَرَامٌ، وَمَا سَكَتَ عَنْهُ فَهُوَ عَفْوٌ).
وَقَدْ نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم، بِالإِضَافَةِ إلَى مَا حَرَّمَهُ اللهُ، عَنْ أَكْلِ لَحْمِ الحُمُر الأَهْلِيَّةِ، وَعَنْ أَكْلِ لُحُومِ السِّبَاعِ، وَعَنْ أَكْلِ لَحْمِ كُلِّ ذِي مِخْلَبٍ مِنَ الطُّيُورِ (الجَوَارِحِ).
طَاعِمٍ يَطْعَمُهُ – آكِلٍ يَأْكُلُهُ.
دَماً مَسْفُوحاً – دَماً سَائِلاً مُهْراقاً.
رِجْسٌ – قَذَرٌ أَوْ نَجَسٌ أوْ حَرَامٌ.
أُهِلَّ لِغَيْرِ اللهِ بِهِ – ذُبِحَ عَلَى غَيْرِ اسْمِ اللهِ.
اضْطُرَّ – أَلْجَأَتْهُ الضَّرُورَةُ إِلى أَكْلِهِ.
غَيْرَ بَاغٍ – غَيْرَ طَالِبٍ لِلْحَرَامِ لِلَذَّةٍ أَوِ اسْتِئْثَارٍ.
وَلاَ عَادٍ – غَيْرَ مُتَجَاوِزٍ مَا يَسُدُّ الرَّمَقَ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 145
145. Say to those who attribute lies to Allah Almighty and forbid what Allah Almighty has provided: “ I do not find in what has been revealed to me any prohibition touching food unless it is carrion, pork, shed blood, and animals slaughtered in a name other than that of Allah Almighty, and offered to idols and statues. But whoever is constrained to eat what Allah Almighty has made unlawful without intending to commit a sin or an insubordination, has nothing to fear for Allah Almighty is forgiving and merciful.” Ibn Abbas said: “Allah Almighty revealed His Book, allowed some things and prohibited others. What He has allowed is lawful, and what He has prohibited is unlawful. What He has said nothing about is forgiven.” Aside from what Allah Almighty has made unlawful, the Messenger of Allah Almighty prohibited eating the flesh of domesticated donkeys, predatory animals, and birds with claws (birds of prey).
{وَعَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ هَادُواْ حَرَّمْنَا كُلَّ ذِي ظُفُرٍ وَمِنَ ٱلْبَقَرِ وَٱلْغَنَمِ حَرَّمْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ شُحُومَهُمَآ إِلاَّ مَا حَمَلَتْ ظُهُورُهُمَا أَوِ ٱلْحَوَايَآ أَوْ مَا ٱخْتَلَطَ بِعَظْمٍ ذٰلِكَ جَزَيْنَٰهُم بِبَغْيِهِمْ وِإِنَّا لَصَٰدِقُونَ}
{جَزَيْنَاهُم} {لَصَادِقُونَ}
(146) – وَيَذْكُرُ تَعَالَى: أَنَّهُ حَرَّمَ عَلَى اليَهُودِ – عَلَى سَبِيلِ العُقُوبَةِ لَهُمْ لاَ عَلَى أَنَّهُ مِنْ أُصُولِ شَرْعِهِمْ – لَحْمَ كُلِّ ذِي ظُفْرٍ مِنَ البَهَائِمِ وَالطُّيُورِ (أَيْ مَا لَيْسَ بِمَشْقُوقِ الأَصَابِعِ كَالإِبِلِ وَالنَّعَامِ وَالإِوَزِّ وَالبَطِّ)، وَحَرَّمَ عَلَيْهِمْ شُحُومَ البَقَرِ وَالغَنَمِ الخَالِصَةَ، وَهِيَ الثُّرْبُ (الشَحْمُ الذِي يَلُفُّ الأَمْعَاءَ، أَمَّا مَا عَلَى الظَّهْرِ مِنْ شَحْمٍ – وَمِنْهُ الإِلْيَةُ – وَمَا وُجِدَ فِي الحَوَايَا (وَهِيَ المَبَاعِرُ وَالمَرَابِضُ) وَمَا اخْتَلَطَ بِعَظْمٍ مِنَ الشَّحْمِ وَالعِظَامِ، فَإِنَّهُ حَلالٌ). وَهَذَا التَّحْرِيمُ فَرَضَهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَى اليَهُودِ جَزَاءً لَهُمْ عَلَى بَغْيِهِمْ، وَمُخَالَفَتِهِمْ أَوَامِرَ اللهِ، وَإِنَّهُ تَعَالَى لَعَادِلٌ فِي حُكْمِهِ فِيمَا فَرََضَهُ عَلَيْهِمْ، وَصَادِقٌ فِيمَا أَخْبَرَ بِهِ نَبِيَّهُ، مِنْ تَحْرِيمِ ذَلِكَ عَلَى اليَهُودِ.
(وَقِيلَ إِنَّ السَّبَبَ فِي تَحْرِيمِ شُحُومِ البَقَرِ وَالغَنَمِ، هُوَ أَنَّ القَرَابِينَ عِنْدَهُمْ لاَ تَكُونُ إلاَّ مِنْهُمَا، وَكَانَ يُتَّخَذُ مِنْ شُحُومِها الوَقُودُ لِلرَّبِّ).
شُحُومَهُمَا – شُحُومَ الكَرْشِ وَالكِلْيَتَيْنِ.
الحَوَايَا – المَصَارِينَ.
مَا حَمَلَتْ ظُهُورُهُمَا – مَا عَلِقَ بِهِمَا مِنَ الشَّحْمِ فَهُوَ حَلاَلٌ.
مَا اخْتَلَطَ بِعَظْمٍ – كَإِلْيَةِ الغَنَمِ فَهِيَ حَلاَلٌ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 146
146. Allah Almighty says that He forbade the Jews, by way of punishment rather than as part of their laws, the flesh of all beasts and birds with claws (that is whatever does not have an undivided hoof such as the ostrich, camel, geese and ducks). He also made it unlawful to them to eat the pure fat of oxen and sheep (the fat that envelops the entrails); but that fat which is either on their backs (the fat on the tail of a sheep) or in their entrails or that envelops the bones is lawful. Allah Almighty imposed this interdiction on the Jews to punish them for their transgression and their disobedience of His injunctions. Allah Almighty is just in the laws He imposed on them. He told His Prophet the truth concerning what He made unlawful to the Jews. (Some attributed the prohibition of the fat of oxen and sheep to the fact that this fat constituted the offerings made by the Jews. They used it to light the fire dedicated to the god.)
{فَإِن كَذَّبُوكَ فَقُلْ رَّبُّكُمْ ذُو رَحْمَةٍ وَاسِعَةٍ وَلاَ يُرَدُّ بَأْسُهُ عَنِ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ}
{وَاسِعَةٍ}
(147) – فَإِنْ كَذَّبَكَ قَوْمُكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ، وَكَذَّبَكَ اليَهُودُ، فَقُلْ لَهُمْ: إِنَّ اللهَ وَاسِعُ الرَّحْمَةِ – وَفِي ذَلِكَ تَرْغِيبٌ لَهُمْ فِي ابْتِغَاءِ رَحْمَةِ اللهِ وَاتِّبَاعِ رَسُولِهِ – فَإِنْ أَصَرُّوا عَلَى عِنَادِهِمْ، وَكُفْرِهِمْ، فَحَذِّرْهُمْ مِنْ نِقْمَةِ اللهِ، وَعَذَابِهِ، فَإِنَّ بَأْسَ اللهِ تَعَالَى شَدِيدٌ، وَلاَ يَرُدُّهُ شَيءٌ عَنِ القَوْمِ المُجْرِمِينَ.
لاَ يُرَدُّ بَأْسُهُ – لاَ يُدْفَعُ عَذَابُهُ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 147
147. If your people and the Jews deny you, O Mohammad, say to them: “Your Lord is of abundant mercy.” This will inspire in them a desire to seek the grace of Allah Almighty and follow His prophet. If they persist in their obstinacy and disbelief, then it is your duty to warn them of Allah Almighty’s vengeance and chastisement. His punishment is severe and nothing can turn it away from a criminal people.
{سَيَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُواْ لَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَآ أَشْرَكْنَا وَلاَ آبَاؤُنَا وَلاَ حَرَّمْنَا مِن شَيْءٍ كَذٰلِكَ كَذَّبَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِم حَتَّىٰ ذَاقُواْ بَأْسَنَا قُلْ هَلْ عِندَكُم مِّنْ عِلْمٍ فَتُخْرِجُوهُ لَنَآ إِن تَتَّبِعُونَ إِلاَّ ٱلظَّنَّ وَإِنْ أَنتُمْ إَلاَّ تَخْرُصُونَ}
{آبَاؤُنَا}
(148) – سَيَقُولُ هَؤُلاَءِ المُشْرِكُونَ، اعْتِذَاراً عَنْ شِركِهِمْ، لَوْ شَاءَ اللهُ أَلاَّ نُشْرِكَ بِهِ، وَلاَ يُشْرِكَ آبَاؤُنَا مِنْ قَبْلِنا، لَمَا أَشْرَكْنَا، وَلَمَا أَشْرَكُوا، وَلَوْ شَاءَ اللهُ أَلاَّ نُحَرِّمَ شَيْئاً مِنَ الحَرْثِ وَالأَنْعَامِ وَغَيْرِها، لَمَا حَرَّمْنَا، وَلَكِنَّهُ شَاءَ أَنْ نُشْرِكَ بِهِ الأَوْلِيَاءَ وَالشُّفَعَاءِ، وَشَاءَ أَنْ نُحَرِّمَ مَا حَرَّمْنَا مِنَ البَحَائِرِ وَالسَّوَائِبِ وَغَيْرِها فَحَرَّمْنَاهَا، فَإِتْيَانُنا بِهَا دَلِيلٌ عَلَى مَشِيئَةِ اللهِ تَعَالَى، وَعَلَى رِضَاهُ بِهَا.
وَكَمَا كَذَّبَ مُشْرِكُو مَكَّةَ رَسُولَهُمْ مُحَمَّداً صلى الله عليه وسلم، فِيمَا جَاءَهُمْ بِهِ مِنْ دَعْوَةِ التَّوْحِيدِ، كَذَلِكَ كَذَّبَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَهُمْ رُسُلَهُمْ تَكْذِيباً غَيْرَ مَبْنِيٍّ عَلَى أَسَاسٍ مِنَ العِلْمِ. وَالرُّسُلُ قَدْ أَقَامُوا الأَدِلَّةَ عَلَى وَحْدَانِيَّةِ اللهِ تَعَالَى، وَأَيَّدَهُمُ اللهُ بِالآيَاتِ، وَالمُعْجِزَاتِ عَلَى صِدْقِهِمْ، فَأَعْرَضَ المُكَذِّبُونَ، وَأَصَرُّوا عَلَى جُحُودِهِمْ، فَأَهْلَكَهُمُ اللهُ بِذُنُوبِهِمْ (حَتَّى ذَاقُوا بَأْسَنَا).
وَلَوُ كَانَ اللهُ رَاضِياً عَنْ أَفْعَالِهِمْ لَمَا عَاقَبَهُمْ عَلَيْهَا، كَذَلِكَ لَوْ كَانَتْ أَعْمَالُهُمْ صَادِرَةً عَنْهُمْ جَبْراً، لَمَا اسْتَحَقُّوا العِقَابَ عَلَيْها، وَلَمَا قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى: إنَّهُ أَخَذَهُمْ بِذُنُوبِهِمْ، وَأَهْلَكَهُمْ بِظُلْمِهِمْ. وَاسْأَلْهُمْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ: هَلْ عِنْدَهُمْ عِلْمٌ يَعْتَمِدُونَ عَلَيْهِ فِيمَا يَقُولُونَ وَيَحْتَجُّونَ؟ فَإِنْ كَانَ عِنْدَهُمْ مُسْتَنَدٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى أَنَّ اللهَ رَضِيَ لَهُم الشِّرْكَ، وَالتَّحْلِيلَ وَالتَّحْرِيمَ، فَلْيُظْهِرُوهُ.
ثُمَّ يَقُولُ تَعَالَى: إِنَّكُمْ لَسْتُمْ عَلَى شَيءٍ مِنَ العِلْمِ الصَّحِيحِ، بَلْ تَتَّبِعُونَ فِي عَقَائِدِكُمْ وَآرَائِكُمُ الحَدْسَ وَالتَّخْمِينَ الذِي لاَ يَسْتَقِرُّ عِنْدَهُ حُكْمٌ.
التَّخَرُّصُ – التَّخْمِينُ وَالتَّقْدِيرُ أَوِ الكَذِبُ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 148
148. To excuse themselves for their idolatry, the polytheists will say: “If Allah Almighty had chosen that we should not be idolaters, we would not have been; neither would our ancestors have been polytheists. If Allah Almighty had chosen that we should not have rendered some of the crops and cattle illicit, we would not have done so. However, He willed us to associate protectors and intercessors with Him and to make illicit the baha’ir and the sawa’ib among others (see verse 143 above) which we have done. Our practices are proof of Allah Almighty’s will, and of His satisfaction with us.” But just as the polytheists of Makkah denied their messenger Mohammad (peace be upon him) who called them to believe in One Allah Almighty, those who came before them also denied their messengers without basing their denial on profound knowledge. The messengers brought forth evidence of Allah Almighty’s Oneness, and Allah Almighty supported them with His signs and miracles which proved their truthfulness. The deniers however turned away and persisted in their disobedience. Thus Allah Almighty destroyed them. If Allah Almighty had been pleased with their deeds, He would not have punished them; if they had been forced to commit such actions, Allah Almighty would not have said that He had punished them for their sins and destroyed them for their iniquity. Ask them, O Mohammad, if they have any learned arguments to support their present allegations and objections. If they have proof that Allah Almighty has chosen for them polytheism and that He accepts their deciding for themselves what is lawful or unlawful, let them produce it. Then Allah Almighty says: “You have no true knowledge but you follow conjecture and supposition in your beliefs and opinions which can not be the basis of a sound judgement.
{قُلْ فَلِلَّهِ ٱلْحُجَّةُ ٱلْبَالِغَةُ فَلَوْ شَآءَ لَهَدَاكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ}
{ٱلْبَالِغَةُ} {لَهَدَاكُمْ}
(149) – وَقُلْ لَهُمْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ: للِه الحُجَّةُ التَّامَّةُ، وَالحُجَّةُ البَالِغَةُ فِي هِدَايَةِ مِنْ اهْتَدَى، وَضَلاَلِ مِنْ ضَلَّ، وَلَوْ شَاءَ اللهُ هِدَايَتَكُمْ لَهَدَاكُمْ أَجْمَعيِن،َ فَكُلُّ ذَلِكَ بِقَدَرِهِ، وَمَشِيئَتِهِ، وَاخْتِيَارِهِ.
الحُجَّةُ البَالِغَةُ: بِإِرْسَالِ الرُّسُلِ وَإِنْزَالِ الكُتُبِ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 149
149. O Mohammad! Tell your people: “To Allah Almighty belongs the irrefutable and profound argument: notably, it guides he who finds the true path and misleads he who has strayed. If Allah Almighty had chosen to guide you all, He would have done that. For everything is determined by His power, will and volition.
{قُلْ هَلُمَّ شُهَدَآءَكُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَشْهَدُونَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ حَرَّمَ هَـٰذَا فَإِن شَهِدُواْ فَلاَ تَشْهَدْ مَعَهُمْ وَلاَ تَتَّبِعْ أَهْوَآءَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِآيَاتِنَا وَٱلَّذِينَ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلآخِرَةِ وَهُم بِرَبِّهِمْ يَعْدِلُونَ}
{بِآيَاتِنَا} {بِٱلآخِرَةِ}
(150) – وَقُلْ لَهُمْ أَحْضِرُوا شُهَدَاءَكُمُ الذِينَ تَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُم يَشْهَدُونَ أَنَّ اللهَ حَرَّمَ الذِي حَرَّمْتُمُوهُ أَنْتُمْ كَذِباً وَافْتِراءً عَلَى اللهِ، فَإِنْ حَضَرَ هَؤُلاَءِ الشُّهُودُ وَشَهِدُوا فَلاَ تُصَدِّقْهُمْ، وَلاَ تَقْبَلْ لَهُمْ شَهَادَةً، وَلاَ تُسَلِّمْ لَهُمْ بِالسُّكُوتِ عَلَى كَذِبِهِمْ، لأَِنَّهُمْ إِنَّما يَشْهَدُون بِالكَذِبِ وَالبَاطِلِ، وَلاَ تَتَّبعْ أَهَوَاءَ الكَافِرِينَ الذِينَ كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِ رَبِّهِمْ، وَهُمْ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالآخِرَةِ، وَيُشْرِكُونَ بِرَبِّهِمْ، وَيَجْعَلُونَ لَهُ مَنْ يُمَاثِلُهُ مِنَ المَعْبُودَاتِ البَاطِلَةِ، فِي جَلْبِ الخَيْرِ وَدَفْعِ الشَّرِّ.
هَلُمَّ شُهَدَاءَكُمْ – أَحْضِرُوا شُهَدَاءَكُمْ.
بِرَبِّهِمْ يَعْدِلُونَ – يُسَوُّونَ بِرَبِّهِمْ غَيْرَهُ فِي العِبَادَةِ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 150
150. Tell them: “Invoke your witnesses whom you say will attest that Allah Almighty has forbidden what you yourselves rendered illicit by fabricating lies against Him.” If such witnesses come forward to testify, do not believe them or accept their testimony; do not keep a noncommittal silence in the face of their lies Their testimony is based on falsehood and fabrications. You are ordered not to follow the whims of the unbelievers who treat their Lord’s signs as lies, deny the hereafter, associate others with Allah Almighty giving Him partners whom they claim are capable of bringing good and warding off evil.
{قُلْ تَعَالَوْاْ أَتْلُ مَا حَرَّمَ رَبُّكُمْ عَلَيْكُمْ أَلاَّ تُشْرِكُواْ بِهِ شَيْئاً وَبِٱلْوَالِدَيْنِ إِحْسَاناً وَلاَ تَقْتُلُوۤاْ أَوْلاَدَكُمْ مِّنْ إمْلاَقٍ نَّحْنُ نَرْزُقُكُمْ وَإِيَّاهُمْ وَلاَ تَقْرَبُواْ ٱلْفَوَاحِشَ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ وَلاَ تَقْتُلُواْ ٱلنَّفْسَ ٱلَّتِي حَرَّمَ ٱللَّهُ إِلاَّ بِٱلْحَقِّ ذٰلِكُمْ وَصَّاكُمْ بِهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ}
{وَبِٱلْوَالِدَيْنِ} {إِحْسَاناً} {أَوْلاَدَكُمْ} {إمْلاَقٍ} {ٱلْفَوَاحِشَ} {وَصَّاكُمْ}
(151) – قُلْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ، لِهؤُلاءِ المُشْرِكِينَ، الذِينَ عَبَدُوا غَيْرَ اللهِ، وَحَرَّمُوا مَا رَزَقَهُمُ اللهُ، وَقَتَلُوا أَوْلاَدَهُمْ، وَهُمْ إِنَّمَا فَعَلُوا ذَلِكَ بِأَهْوَائِهِمْ، وَبِوَحيٍ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ، قُلْ لَهُمْ: تَعَالَوْا أَقْرَأْ عَلَيْكُمْ مَا حَرَّمَ رَبُّكُمْ عَلَيْكُمْ حَقّاً وَصِدْقاً، لاَ تَخَرُّصاً وَلاَ ظَنّاً وَتَخْمِيناً، لَقَدْ وَصَّاكُمْ بِألاَّ تُشْرِكُوا بِهِ شَيْئاً، وَبِأَنْ تُحْسِنُوا إِلَى وَالِدَيْكُمْ، وَإِنْ كَانَا مُشْرِكَيْنِ، وَبِألاّ تَقْتُلُوا أَوْلاَدَكُمْ الصِّغَارَ خَشْيَةَ الفَقْرِ فِي المُسْتَقْبَلِ، وَبِسَبَبِ فَقْرِكُم الحَاصِلِ، فَاللهُ تَعَالَى يَرْزُقُكُمْ وَإِيَّاهُمْ. وَأَوْصَاكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ بِألاَّ تَفْعَلُوا الفَوَاحِشَ، كَالزِّنَى وَقَذْفِ المُحْصَنَاتِ، سَوَاءٌ مَا كَانَ مِنْهَا فِي السِّرِّ أَوْ فِي العَلَنِ، وَألاَّ تَقْتُلُوا النَّفْسَ التِي حَرَّمَ اللهُ قَتْلَهَا إلاَّ إِذَا كَانَ القَتْلُ بِحَقٍّ تَنْفِيذاً لِحُكْمِ القَضَاءِ، وَهَذَا مَا أَمَرَكُمُ اللهُ بِهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ عَنِ اللهِ مَا أَمَرَ بِهِ وَمَا نَهَى عَنْهُ.
(وَجَاءَ فِي الحَدِيثِ: ” لاَ يَحِلُّ دَمُ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ إِلاَّ بِأُمُورٍ ثَلاَثَةٍ: كُفْرٍ بَعْدَ إِيمَانٍ، وَزِنىً بَعْدَ إِحْصَانٍ وَقَتْلِ نَفْسٍ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ ” ).
وَصَّاكُمْ – أَمَرَكُمْ وَأَلْزَمَكُمْ.
أَتْلُ عَلَيْكُمْ – أَقْرَأْ عَلَيْكُمْ.
الإِمْلاَقُ – شِدَّةُ الفَقْرِ.
الفَوَاحِشَ – كِبَارَ المَعَاصِي كَالزِّنَى وَنَحْوِهِ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 151
151. O Mohammad! Say to those polytheists, who, incited by their desires and inspired by the devil, worship other gods, prohibit what Allah Almighty has provided for them, and kill their children: “Come! Let me tell you what your Lord has truly forbidden which is neither supposition or lie: he recommends that you associate none with Him, that you treat your parents kindly, even if they are polytheists, that you do not kill your small children even if you fear future poverty, or as a result of present indigence. Allah Almighty will provide for you all. Allah Almighty recommends that you do not commit shameful deeds, whether publicly or in secret, such as adultery, or falsely accusing a free or married woman of fornication. He orders you not to kill a soul sanctified by Allah Almighty except in just cause, to implement a legal judgement. This is what Allah Almighty recommends. Perhaps you will understand what He orders and what He forbids. (The Prophet says: “It is not lawful to kill a Muslim except for the three following reasons: if he becomes an unbeliever after having believed; if he commits adultery after having been preserved (by marriage), or if he unjustly kills another soul.”)
{وَلاَ تَقْرَبُواْ مَالَ ٱلْيَتِيمِ إِلاَّ بِٱلَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ حَتَّىٰ يَبْلُغَ أَشُدَّهُ وَأَوْفُواْ ٱلْكَيْلَ وَٱلْمِيزَانَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ لاَ نُكَلِّفُ نَفْساً إِلاَّ وُسْعَهَا وَإِذَا قُلْتُمْ فَٱعْدِلُواْ وَلَوْ كَانَ ذَا قُرْبَىٰ وَبِعَهْدِ ٱللَّهِ أَوْفُواْ ذٰلِكُمْ وَصَّـٰكُمْ بِهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ}
{وَصَّاكُمْ}
(152) – وَيُتَابِعُ اللهَ تَعَالَى، فِي هذِهِ الآيَةِ، بَيَانَ مَا أَوْصَى بِهِ النَّاسَ، وَمَا حَرَّمَهُ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَيَقُولُ تَعَالَى: وَمِمَّا أَوْصَى بِهِ النَّاسَ: أَلاَّ يَقْرَبُوا مَالَ اليَتِيمِ، إِذَا وُلُّوا أَمْرَهُ، أَوْ تَعَامَلُوا مَعَهُ، إِلاَّ بِالطَّرِيقَةِ الحَسَنَةِ (إِلاَّ بِالتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ) التِي تَحْفَظُ مَالَهُ، وَتُثَمِّرُهُ، وَتُرَجِّحُ مَصْلَحَتَهُ، وَأَنْ يُنْفِقُوا عَلَيْهِ مِنْ مَالِهِ فِي سَبِيلِ تَرْبِيَتِهِ وَتَعْلِيمِهِ، وَأَنْ يَسْتَمِرَّ ذَلِكَ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ اليَتِيمُ سِنَّ الرُّشْدِ، وَالقُوَّةِ وَالقُدّرَةِ عَلَى الإِدْرَاكِ وَالتَّصَرُّفِ.
وَلَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الآيَةُ شَقَّ ذَلِكَ عَلَى المُسْلِمِينَ، فَأَخَذُوا فِي عَزْلِ مَالِ اليَتِيمِ وَطَعَامِهِ، عَنْ مَالِهِمْ، فَكَانَ طَعَامُ اليَتِيمِ يَفْسُدُ، لاَ يَمَسُّهُ أَحَدٌ مِمَّنْ هُوَ عِنْدَهُمْ. فَشَكَوا ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَعَالَى قَوْلَهُ{وَيَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلْيَتَامَىٰ قُلْ إِصْلاَحٌ لَّهُمْ خَيْرٌ وَإِنْ تُخَالِطُوهُمْ فَإِخْوَانُكُمْ} فَاللهُ تَعَالَى يَأْمُرُ النَّاسَ بِمُرَاعَاةِ مَصْلَحَةِ اليَتِيمِ، وَالعِنَايَةِ بِمَالِهِ، وَعَدَمِ التَّصَرُّفِ فِيهِ إِلاَّ بِالتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ، وَيُحَذِّرُهُمْ تَعَالَى مِنَ التَّجَاوُزِ عَلَى مَالِ اليَتِيمِ.
وَيَقُولُ تَعَالَى: إنَّ مِمَّا أَوْصَى بِهِ النَّاسَ أَيْضاً: إِيفَاءَ الكَيْلِ وَالمِيْزَانِ عِنْدَ البَيْعِ وَالشِّرَاءِ، وَعدمَ غَمْطِ النَّاسِ حُقُوقَهُمْ وَاللهُ تَعَالَى يَدْعُو المُؤْمِنَ أَنْ يَبْلُغَ جُهْدَهُ فِي أَدَاءِ ذَلِكَ، فَإِذَا بَلَغَ جُهْدَهُ، وَعَمِلَ مَا فِي وُسْعِهِ، يَكُونُ قَدْ قَامَ بِأَمْرِ اللهِ، وَلاَ حَرَجَ عَلَيْهِ إِنْ أَخَطَأَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ، لأَِنَّ اللهَ لاَ يُكَلِّفُ نَفْساً إِلاَّ وُسْعَها، وَقَدرَ طَاقَتِهَا.
وَيَقُولُ تَعَالَى: إنَّ مِمَّا وَصَّى بِهِ النَّاسَ أَيْضاً العَدْلَ فِي القَوْلِ واَلفِعْلِ لِكُلِّ وَاحِدٍ فِي كُلِّ وَقْتٍ، وَفِي كُلِّ حَالٍ: فِي الشَّهَادَةِ وَفِي الحُكْمِ وَفِي الكَيْلِ وَالمِيْزَانِ، وَلَوْ كَانَ الأَمْرُ يَتَعَلَّقُ بِقَريبٍ، فَإِنَّ القَرَابَةَ وَالصَّدَاقَةَ يَجِبُ ألاَّ تَصْرِفَا الإِنْسَانَ عَنْ قَوْلِ الحَقِّ، وَعَنِ العَدْلِ فِيهِ.
كَمَا يَأْمُرُ اللهُ تَعَالَى المُؤْمِنِينَ بِالوَفَاءِ بِعَهْدِ اللهِ، وَالقِيَامِ بِطَاعَتِهِ، فِيمَا أَمَرَ وَنَهَى، وَفِيمَا عَاهَدُوا النَّاسَ عَلَيْهِ.
وَهَذَا مَا أَوْصَى بِهِ اللهُ المُؤْمِنينَ، وَأَمَرَهُمْ بِهِ، وَأَكَّدَ عَلَيهِ.
وَيَقُولُ تَعَالَى: إذَا اجْتَهَدْتُمْ بِالوَفَاءِ بِمَا أَمَرَ اللهُ، وَتَوَاصَيْتُمْ بِالمَعْرُوفِ وَتَنَاهَيْتُمْ عَنِ المُنْكَرِ، فَلَعَلَّكُمْ إِنْ فَعَلْتُمْ ذَلِكَ تَتَّعِظُونَ، وَتَنْتَهُونَ عَمَّا كُنْتُمْ فِيهِ مِنَ الضَّلاَلِ.
حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ أَشُدَّهُ – حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ اسْتِحْكَامَ قُوَّتِهِ وَيَرْشُدَ.
بِالقِسْطِ – بِالعَدْلِ دُونَ زِيَادَةٍ أَوْ نُقْصَانٍ.
وُسْعَهَا – طَاقَتَهَا، وَمَا تَقْدِرُ عَلَيْهِ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 152
152. Allah Almighty continues to show in this verse what He recommended to people and what He forbade them. He commands them not to approach the orphan’s money if they are given guardianship over him, or if they deal with him, except in the best manner and in such a way as to safeguard and invest that wealth, and to give preference to the orphan’s interests. The guardian is ordered to provide for the upbringing and education of the orphan from the orphan’s own money. He should continue to do so until the orphan has attained the age of reason and become strong and is capable of looking after his own affairs. When this verse was revealed, the Muslims who feared lest they should violate the Divine laws and commit an injustice in this respect, began to isolate the orphan’s wealth and food from theirs. As a result, the orphan’s food would become rancid; none would touch it. They complained to the Prophet. Thus Allah Almighty sent the following: “They ask you about the orphans; say to them: “Manage well their affairs; but if you intermix with them, then treat them as brothers.” (See chapter 2- Al-Baqara (The Heifer), 220). Allah Almighty orders people to take care of the orphan’s interests, to manage well his money and not to dispose of it unless it is profitable to him. Allah Almighty warns people not to unjustly take possession of the orphan’s money. He also says that He recommended men to be fair in giving full measure and weight in the process of buying and selling and not to deny the rights of others. He calls men to do their best to respect those rights. In doing so, they respect the commands of Allah Almighty and will not run any risk if they commit an error. Allah Almighty does not charge a soul more than it is capable of doing or more than it can bear. Allah Almighty says that He also advised people to be just in word and deed in all cases and at all times: in testifying, giving judgement, and in weighing and measuring, even if a blood-relation were concerned. Friendship and blood-relationship must not deter anyone from telling the truth and observing justice. Allah Almighty urges the believers to fulfill their covenant with Him, to submit to him by obeying His orders and His interdictions, and to respect their obligations towards other people.
This is then what Allah Almighty recommends to believers, what He commands and insists on. He says: “If you apply yourselves to observing Allah Almighty’s orders, and mutually recommend doing good and forbid evil, you would perhaps draw a good lesson from this and abstain from following the path of error.”
{وَأَنَّ هَـٰذَا صِرَاطِي مُسْتَقِيماً فَٱتَّبِعُوهُ وَلاَ تَتَّبِعُواْ ٱلسُّبُلَ فَتَفَرَّقَ بِكُمْ عَن سَبِيلِهِ ذٰلِكُمْ وَصَّاكُمْ بِهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ}
{صِرَاطِي} {وَصَّاكُمْ}
(153) – وَدَلَّ اللهُ تَعَالَى العِبَادَ عَلَى الصِّرَاطِ المُسْتَقِيمِ المُوصِلِ إِلَيْهِ تَعَالَى، وَدَعَاهُمْ إِلَى اتِّبَاعِهِ، فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: إنَّ هَذَا صِرَاطِي مُسْتَقِيماً لا عِوَجَ فِيهِ، فَعَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ تَتَّبِعُوهُ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تُرِيدُونَ الهِدَايَةَ، وَالفَوْزَ بِرِضَا رَبِّكُمْ وَرِضْوَانِهِ. وَقَالَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ: ” خَطَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم خَطّاً بِيَدِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ: هذا سَبيلُ اللهِ مُسْتَقِيماً. وَخَطَّ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ خَطّاً وَعَنْ شِمَالِهِ خَطّاً، ثُمَّ قَالَ هذِهِ السُّبُلُ لَيْسَ مِنْهَا سَبيلٌ إِلاَّ عَلَيهِ شَيْطَانٌ يَدْعُو إِلَيهِ ثُمَّ قَرَأ هذِهِ الآيَةَ “.
(وَرُوِيَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّهُ قَالَ: ” ضَرَبَ اللهُ مَثَلاً صِرَاطاً مُسْتَقِيماً، وَعَنْ جَنْبَتَي الصِّرَاطِ سُورَانِ فِيهِمَا أَبْوَابٌ مُفَتَّحَةٌ، وَعَلَى الأَبْوَابِ سُتُورٌ مُرْخَاةٌ، وَعَلَى بَابِ الصِّرَاطِ دَاعٍ يَقُولُ: (يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ ادْخُلُوا الصِّرَاطَ المُسْتَقِيمَ جَمِيعاً وَلاَ تَفَرَّقُوا)، وَدَاعٍ يَدْعُو مِنْ جَوْفِ الصِّرَاطِ، فَإِذَا أَرَادَ الإِنْسَانُ أَنْ يَفْتَحَ شَيْئاً مِنْ تِلْكَ الأَبْوَابِ، قَالَ وَيْحَكَ لاَ تَفْتَحْهُ، فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ فَتَحْتَهُ تَلِجْهُ. فَالصِّرَاطُ هُوَ الإِسْلاَمُ، وَالسُّورَانِ حُدُودُ اللهِ، وَالأَبْوَابُ المُفَتَّحَةُ مَحَارِمُ اللهِ، وَذَلِكَ الدَّاعِي عَلَى رَأْسِ الصِّرَاطِ كِتَابُ اللهِ، وَالدَّاعِي مِنْ جَوْفِ الصِّرَاطِ وَاعِظُ اللهِ فِي قَلْبِ كُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ ” ). (أَخْرَجَهُ أَحْمَدُ وَالنِّسَائِيُّ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ).
فَاتَّبِعُوا سَبيلَ اللهِ يَا أَيُّهَا المُؤْمِنُونَ، لأَِنَّهُ سَبيلٌ وَاضِحٌ وَاحِدٌ، وَلاَ تَتَّبِعُوا السُّبُلَ المُتَفَرِّقَةَ المُضِلَّةَ، حَتَّى لاَ تَتَفَرَّقُوا شِيَعاً وَأَحْزَاباً، وَتَبْعُدُوا عَنْ صِرَاطِ اللهِ السَّوِيِّ.
صِرَاطِي مُسْتَقِيماً – سَبِيلي وَدِينِي، لاَ عِوَجَ فِيهِمَا.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 153
153. Allah Almighty indicates to His servants the straight path which leads to Him and calls them to follow it, saying: “This is the straight path which leads to Me, straight and without any crookedness; if you desire to win Allah Almighty’s pleasure and to seek guidance then you have to follow it.” Ibn Masoud said: “The Messenger drew a line with his hand, and then said: ‘This is the path of Allah Almighty. It is very straight.’ He then drew one line on his right and another one on his left; pointing to them, he said: ‘A devil stands at each of these paths and he beckons to it.’ Then he recited this verse.”
(It was also narrated that the Prophet said: “Allah Almighty gives as an example a straight path on either side of which are walls with open doors covered with drawn curtains. At the door of the straight path stands a caller saying: ‘O men, come to the straight path and do not be divided.’ Another caller within the path also invites people to follow the straight path. If someone tries to open one of those doors, the caller inside says: “Woe unto you! Do not open it because if you do you will go in by it.” The straight path stands for Islam; the walls represent the bounds set up by Allah Almighty; the open doors refer to the prohibitions laid down by Him; the caller at the head of the straight path is Allah Almighty’s Book, while the one within the path is Allah Almighty’s preacher seated in the heart of each Muslim.” (Reported by Ahmad and al-Nisai’, who quote Ibn Masoud.) O believers! You are admonished to follow Allah Almighty’s path because it is clear and unique. Do not follow the branching paths lest you lose your way and become divided into rival sects and parties, and depart from Allah Almighty’s straight path.
{ثُمَّ آتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَابَ تَمَاماً عَلَى ٱلَّذِيۤ أَحْسَنَ وَتَفْصِيلاً لِّكُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً لَّعَلَّهُمْ بِلِقَآءِ رَبِّهِمْ يُؤْمِنُونَ}
{آتَيْنَا} {ٱلْكِتَابَ}
(154) – لَمَّا أَخْبَرَ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَنِ القُرْآنِ أَنَّهُ صِرَاطُهُ المُسْتَقِيمُ، وَأَمَرَ النَّاسَ بِاتِّبَاعِهِ، عَطَفَ يَمْدَحُ التَّورَاةَ وَرَسُولَها مُوسَى عَلَيهِ السَّلاَمُ، فَقَالَ تَعَالَى: إِنَّهُ أَنْزَلَ التَّوْرَاةَ عَلَى مُوسَى كَامِلاً، جَامِعاً لِمَا يُحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهِ مِنَ الشَّرَائِعِ، وَقَدْ آتَاهُ اللهُ إِيَّاهُ إِتْمَاماً لِلْنِّعْمَةِ وَالكَرَامَةِ، عَلَى مَنْ أَحْسَنَ فِي اتِّبَاعِهِ، وَاهْتَدَى بِهِ.
وَالتَّوْرَاةُ دَلِيلٌ مِنْ دَلاَئِلِ الهِدَايَةِ إلَى الحَقِّ، وَسَبَبٌ مِنْ أَسْبَابِ الرَّحْمَةِ لِمَنْ أَرَادَ الهِدَايَةَ، وَقَدْ تَضَمَّنَ تَفْصِيلَ كُلِّ شَيءٍ، لَعَلَّ قَوْمَ مُوسَى يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللهِ، وَيَتَذَكَّرُونَ لِقَاءَ رَبِّهِمْ فَيُحْسِنُوا العَمَلَ، وَيَفُوزُوا فِي الآخِرَةِ بِحُسْنِ العَاقِبَةِ وَالمَآبِ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 154
154. When Allah Almighty had make it clear that the Quran was His straight path, and enjoined upon people to follow it, He paid tribute to the Torah and its messenger Moses (peace be upon him). He said that He had revealed to Moses the totality of the Torah and had assembled in it what laws might be needed, thus completing the effects of His grace on those who followed it and were guided by it. The Torah is one of the proofs of truth and a cause for mercy on those who seek guidance. The Torah sets out everything in detail so that the people of Moses might believe in Allah Almighty and remember that they would have to appear before their Lord. They would thus do righteous deeds and gain a good recompense on Judgement Day.
{وَهَـٰذَا كِتَٰبٌ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ مُبَارَكٌ فَٱتَّبِعُوهُ وَٱتَّقُواْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ}
{كِتَابٌ} {أَنزَلْنَاهُ}
(155) – وَهذَا القُرْآنُ هُوَ كِتَابٌ عَظِيمُ الشَّأْنِ، مُبَارَكٌ أَنْزَلَهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَى نَبِيِّهِ مُحَمَّدٍ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَاتَّبِعُوهُ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ وَتَدَبَّرُوهُ، وَاعْمَلُوا بِمَا فِيهِ، وَادْعُوا إِليهِ. وَوَصَفَهُ تَعَالَى بِالبَرَكَةِ لِمَنِ اتَّبَعَهُ وَعَمِلَ بِهِ فِي الدُّنْيا وَالآخِرَةِ، لأَِنَّهُ جَمَعَ أَسْبَابَ الهِدَايَةِ الدَّائِمَةِ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 155
155. This Quran is a sublime and blessed Book revealed by Allah Almighty to His prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him). Follow it, O men, meditate on its meaning, respect the precepts in it, and call to it. Allah Almighty considers those who follow it and act upon its orders in this life and the next as blessed, for they have combined all the causes for eternal guidance to the straight path.
{أَن تَقُولُوۤاْ إِنَّمَآ أُنزِلَ ٱلْكِتَابُ عَلَىٰ طَآئِفَتَيْنِ مِن قَبْلِنَا وَإِن كُنَّا عَن دِرَاسَتِهِمْ لَغَافِلِينَ}
{ٱلْكِتَابُ} {طَآئِفَتَيْنِ} {لَغَافِلِينَ}
(156) – وَأَنْزَلَنْا هذا القُرْآنَ، المُرْشِدَ إِلَى تَوْحِيدِ اللهِ، لِكَيْلاَ تَقُولُوا يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ مُعْتَذِرِينَ عَنْ شِرْكِكُمْ: إِنَّمَا أُنَْزِلَ الكِتَابُ عَلَى اليَهُودِ وَالنَّصَارَى (طَائِفَتَيْنِ مِنْ قَبْلِنا)، وَمَا كُنَّا نَفْهَمُ مَا جَاءَ فِيهِمَا، لأَنَّ الكِتَابَيْنِ لَمْ يَكُونَا بِلُغَتِنَا، وَلَمْ نُؤْمَرْ بِالأَخْذِ بِهِمَا وَبِمَا جَاءَ فِيهِمَا مِنْ أَحْكَامٍ، وَلِذَلِكَ كُنَّا غَافِلِينَ عَنْ دِرَاسَةِ اليَهُودِ وَالنَّصَارَى لِمَا جَاءَ فِي كُتُبِهِمْ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 156
156. We have revealed this Quran that leads to the worship of One God, so that you will not say on Judgement Day, excusing your idolatry: “The Books were only revealed to the Jews and Christians. We did not understand what was in them because both Books were revealed in a language which is not ours. We were not ordered to follow them and their laws. Therefore we were unaware of the Books of the Jews and Christians and of what was in them.”
{أَوْ تَقُولُواْ لَوْ أَنَّآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْنَا ٱلْكِتَابُ لَكُنَّآ أَهْدَىٰ مِنْهُمْ فَقَدْ جَآءَكُمْ بَيِّنَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةٌ فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّن كَذَّبَ بِآيَاتِ ٱللَّهِ وَصَدَفَ عَنْهَا سَنَجْزِي ٱلَّذِينَ يَصْدِفُونَ عَنْ آيَاتِنَا سُوۤءَ ٱلْعَذَابِ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَصْدِفُونَ}
{ٱلْكِتَابُ} {بِآيَاتِ} {آيَاتِنَا}
(157) – وَأَنْزَلْنَا هذا القُرْآنَ لِئَلاَّ تَقُولُوا: لَوْ أَنَّنَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَينا مَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ الكِتَابِ، لَكُنَّا أَهْدَى مِنْهُمْ فِيمَا أَتَوْهُ، فَهَا قَدْ جَاءَكُمْ مِنَ اللهِ – عَلَى لِسَانِ مُحَمَّدٍ صلى الله عليه وسلم – قُرْآنٌ عَظِيمٌ، فِيهِ بَيَانٌ لِلْحَقِّ، وَلِلْحَلاَلِ وَالحَرَامِ، وَفِيهِ هُدًى لِلْقُلُوبِ، وَرَحْمَةٌ مِنَ اللهِ بِالعِبَادِ الذِينَ يَتَّبِعُونَهُ، وَيَقْتَفُونَ مَا فِيهِ.
ثُمَّ تَهَدَّدَ اللهُ تَعَالَى مَنْ يُعْرِضُ عَنِ القُرْآنِ وَآيَاتِهِ، بِسُوءِ العَاقِبَةِ، فَقَالَ: وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنْ كَذَّبَ بِآيَاتِ اللهِ، وَلَمْ يَنْتَفِعْ بِمَا جَاءَ بِهِ الرَّسُولُ، وَلَمْ يَتَّبْع مَا أُرْسِلَ بِهِ، وَأَعْرَضَ عَنْ آيَاتِ اللهِ وَلَمْ يَعْمَلْ بِمَا جَاءَ فِيهَا، وَلَمْ يَنْتَهِ عَمَّا نَهَتْ عَنْهُ، فَلاَ هُوَ آمَنَ بِهَا، وَلاَ هُوَ عَمِلَ بِمَا فِيهَا.
وَيَقُولُ تَعَالَى إِنَّهُ سَيَجْزِي الذِينَ يُعْرِضُونَ عَنْ آيَاتِهِ التِي بَثَّهَا فِي الأَنْفُسِ وَالآفَاقِ، وَيَصُدُّونَ النَّاسَ عَنِ الإِيمَانِ بِهَا، وَعَنِ اتِّبَاعِهَا، أَسْوأَ العَذَابِ وَأَشَدَّهُ بِسَبَبِ إِعْرَاضِهِمْ وَصَدِّهِمْ الآخَرِينَ (بِمَا كَانُوا يَصْدِفُونَ).
صَدَفَ عَنْهَا – أَعْرَضَ عَنْهَا أَوْ صَرَفَ النَّاسَ عَنْهَا.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 157
157. We have revealed the Quran so that you will not say: “If a Book had been revealed to us as it was to them, we would have been better guided than them.” Here you have the sublime Quran revealed by Allah Almighty through Mohammad (peace be upon him). It indicates the truth, points out what is licit and illicit, and guides the souls. It is a mercy on the servants who follow it and punctiliously apply its precepts. Allah Almighty then threatens with severe punishment those who turn away from the Quran and the proof it brings: “Who is then more iniquitous than those who treat as lies the signs of Allah Almighty, do not follow the message brought to them by the Prophet (peace be upon him), and do not draw any profit from it; who turn away from the words of Allah Almighty, disregard His proscriptions; who do not believe in or follow them.” Allah Almighty says that He will inflict the most severe and most atrocious punishment on those who turn away from the signs which He plants in the souls and propagates in the universe, and on those who turn others away and prevent them from believing in them and following them.
{هَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلاَّ أَن تَأْتِيهُمُ ٱلْمَلاۤئِكَةُ أَوْ يَأْتِيَ رَبُّكَ أَوْ يَأْتِيَ بَعْضُ ءَايَاتِ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَ يَأْتِي بَعْضُ ءَايَاتِ رَبِّكَ لاَ يَنفَعُ نَفْساً إِيمَٰنُهَا لَمْ تَكُنْ ءَامَنَتْ مِن قَبْلُ أَوْ كَسَبَتْ فِيۤ إِيمَٰنِهَا خَيْراً قُلِ ٱنتَظِرُوۤاْ إِنَّا مُنتَظِرُونَ}
{ٱلْمَلاۤئِكَةُ} {آيَاتِ} {إِيمَانُهَا} {آمَنَتْ}
(158) – يَتَوَعَّدَ اللهُ تَعَالَى الكَافِرِينَ بِهِ، وَالمُخَالِفِينَ لِرُسُلِهِ، وَالمُكَذِّبِينَ بِآيَاتِهِ، وَالصَّادِّينَ عَنْ سَبِيلِهِ، فَيَقُولُ: مَاذَا يَنْتَظِرُ هَؤُلاَءِ لِيُؤْمِنُوا؟ هَلْ يَنْتَظِرُونَ مَلاَئِكَةَ المَوْتِ لِتَأْتِيَهُمْ لِقَبْضِ أَرْوَاحِهِمْ؟ أَوْ هَلْ يَنْتَظِرُونَ قِيَامَ السَّاعَةِ حِينَ يَأْتِي اللهُ وَالمَلاَئِكَةُ، أَوْ أَنْ تَأْتِيَهُمْ بَعْضُ آيَاتِ اللهِ قَبْلَ قِيَامِ السَّاعَةِ، وَهِيَ الآيَاتُ المُوجِبَةُ للإِيْمَانِ الاضْطِرارِيِّ، حِينَ يَرَوْنَ شَيئاً مِن أَشْراطِ السَّاعَةِ.
(وَفِي الحَدِيثِ: ” لاَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى تَطُلُعَ الشَّمْسُ مِنْ مَغْرِبِهَا، فَإِذَا رَآهَا النَّاسُ آمَنَ مَنْ عَلَيها ” – أَيْ مَنْ عَلَى وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ مِنَ البَشَرِ). (رَوَاهُ البُخَارِي).
وَيَقُولُ تَعَالَى: إنَّهُ فِي ذَلِكَ الحِينَ لاَ يَنْفَعُ النَّفْسَ إِيمَانُهَا، إذَا لَمْ تَكُنْ آمَنَتْ مِنْ قَبْلُ، فَإِذا آمَنَ الكَافِرُ فِي ذَلِكَ اليَوْمِ فَلاَ يُقْبَلُ مِنْهُ إِيمَانُهُ، أَمَّا مَنْ آمَنَ مِنْ قَبْلُ، فَإِنْ كَانَ مُصْلِحاً فِي عَمَلِهِ فَهُوَ بِخَيرٍ عَظِيمٍ، وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ مُصْلِحاً، فَأَحْدَثَ تَوْبَةً حِينَئِذٍ، لَمْ تُقْبَلْ مِنْهُ تَوْبَتُهُ.
وَيُهَدِّدُ اللهُ تَعَالَى مَنْ يُسَوِّفُ إِيمَانَهُ وَتَوْبَتَهُ إِلَى وَقْتٍ لاَ يَنْفَعُهُ فِيهِ ذَلِكَ فَيَقُولُ: قُلْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ: انْتَظِرُوا إِنّي مُنْتَظِرٌ مَعَكُمْ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 158
158. Allah Almighty threatens those who disbelieve in Him, deny His messengers, treat His signs as a lie and turn others away from His path. He says: “What are they waiting for so as to believe? Are they waiting for the angels of death to arrive and recover their souls? Or are they waiting for the advent of the Hour when Allah Almighty and His angels will appear to them, or that some signs should be revealed to them by Allah Almighty before the arrival of the Day of Judgement, some incontestable signs which will oblige them to believe when they see the first indications of that day? The Prophet says: “The Day of Judgement will take place when the sun rises in the West. When the people see it, they will all believe.” (Reported by al-Bukhary). Allah Almighty says: “On that day, it will benefit a soul to believe if it has not believed before. If a polytheist believes on that day, his faith will not be accepted. As for those who believed before that day and did good deeds, they will be generously rewarded. If, on the contrary, they have not done righteous deeds, and have not repented, their contrition will not be accepted.” Allah Almighty threatens those who postpone their faith and repentance to a day when they will be of no avail to them. He says: “Say, O Mohammad: ‘You want to wait? Well, let us wait!’”
{إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَرَّقُواْ دِينَهُمْ وَكَانُواْ شِيَعاً لَّسْتَ مِنْهُمْ فِي شَيْءٍ إِنَّمَآ أَمْرُهُمْ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ ثُمَّ يُنَبِّئُهُم بِمَا كَانُواْ يَفْعَلُونَ}
(159) – (قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: إنَّ اليَهُودَ وَالنَّصَارَى اخْتَلَفُوا فِي دِينِهِمْ قَبْلَ مَبْعَثِ النَّبِيِّ فَتَفَرَّقُوا، وَأَصْبَحَ دِينُ كُلٍّ مِنْهُمُ أَدْياناً مُتَفَرِّقَةً، فَلَمَّا بُعِثَ النَّبِيُّ أَنْزَلَ اللهُ هَذِهِ الآيَةَ). فَالذِينَ فَارَقُوا دِينَ اللهِ، وَخَالَفُوهُ، فَإنَّ اللهَ بَعَثَ رَسُولَهُ بِالهُدَى وَدِينِ الحَقِّ لِيُظْهِرَهُ عَلَى الدِّينِ كُلِّهِ. وَشَرْعُ اللهِ وَاحِدٌ، لاَ اخْتِلاَفَ فِيهِ وَلاَ افْتِرَاقَ. وَقَدْ ذَكَرَ اللهُ تَعَالَى أَهْلَ الكِتَابِ وَشَرْعَهُمْ، وَأَمَرَ مَنِ اسْتَجَابَ لِدَعْوَةِ الإِسْلاَمِ بِالوحْدَةِ وَعَدَمِ التَّفَرُّقِ كَمَا تَفَرَّقَ مَنْ قَبْلَهُمْ، فَإِذَا اخْتَلَفُوا فِي الدِّينِ، وَصَارُوا شِيَعاً، كَأَهْلِ المِلَلِ وَالنِّحَلِ وَالأَهْوَاءِ وَالضَّلاَلاَتِ، فَإِنَّ اللهَ قَدْ بَرَّأَ رَسُولَهُ مِمَّا هُمْ فِيهِ، وَأَمْرُهُمْ إلى اللهِ، ثُمَّ يُنَبِئُهُمْ يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ بِمَا كَانُوا يَفْعَلُونَ
Surah Al Anam: Verse 159
159. Ibn Abbas said: “The Jews and Christians differed over their respective religion before the advent of prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him). They divided, and their respective religions fell into factions. When Mohammad (peace be upon him) was sent as messenger, Allah Almighty revealed this verse. To those who abandoned the religion of Allah Almighty and opposed it, Allah Almighty sent them His Messenger with guidance and the religion of truth to make it prevail over all religions. Allah Almighty’s law is one and should not be the object of difference or division. Allah Almighty mentions the people of the Book and their precepts and orders those who have embraced Islam to maintain a unity and not to divide as those before them did. Should they have differences over questions related to religion and divide into sects as those who fragmented before them into small religious communities, minor sects and groups of error and, Allah Almighty exonerates His Messenger from their deplorable state. They will be judged by Allah Almighty Who will inform them on Judgement Day of their deeds.
{مَن جَآءَ بِٱلْحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُ عَشْرُ أَمْثَالِهَا وَمَن جَآءَ بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ فَلاَ يُجْزَىۤ إِلاَّ مِثْلَهَا وَهُمْ لاَ يُظْلَمُونَ}
(160) – مَنْ جَاءَ يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ رَبَّهُ بِخَصْلَةٍ حَسَنَةٍ، مِنْ خِصَالِ الطَّاعَاتِ، جَزَاهُ اللهُ بِعَشْرَةِ أَمْثَالِهَا، مِنْ عَطَاءِ اللهِ غَيْرِ المَحْدُودِ. وَمَنْ جَاءَ بِسَيِّئَةٍ، فَلا يُجَازَى إلاَّ بِعُقُوبَةٍ سَيِّئَةٍ، مِثْلِهَا، وَاللهُ لاَ يَظْلِمُ أَحَداً مِنْ خَلْقِهِ عَمَلاً عَمِلَهُ، فَلاَ يَزِيدُ فِي ذَنْبِ المُسِيءِ، وَلاَ يَبْخَسُهُ شَيْئاً مِنْ أَعْمَالِهِ الحَسَنَةِ.
(وَجَاءَ فِي الحَدِيثِ: ” مَنْ هَمَّ بِحَسَنَةٍ فَلَمْ يَعْمَلْهَا كُتِبَتْ لَهُ حَسَنَةً، فَإِنْ عَمِلَهَا كُتِبَتْ لَهُ عَشراً. وَمَنْ هَمَّ بِسَيِّئَةٍ فَلَمْ يَعْمَلْها لَمْ يُكْتَبْ عَلَيْهِ شَيءٌ، فَإِنْ عَمِلَها كُتِبَتْ عَلَيْهِ سَيِّئَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ ” ). (رَوَاهُ البُخَارِيُّ وَمُسْلِمٌ).
Surah Al Anam: Verse 160
160. He who comes to Allah Almighty on the Day of Resurrection with one good deed which witnesses his obedience, will be recompensed ten times as much from his Lord’s unbounded favours; and he who comes with one evil deed, shall receive an evil reward. Allah Almighty is never unjust to any of His servants: He neither augments the evils of the wrong-doer nor does he diminish his good deeds. (The Prophet (peace be upon him) says: “He who has the intention of doing a good deed but does not do it, will be recompensed for one act of kindness; if he does it, he will be rewarded ten times as much. And he who has the intention of doing one evil deed but does not do it, he will not be punished for it; if he does it, he will be punished for one evil deed.” (Reported by Al-Bukhari and Muslim).
{قُلْ إِنَّنِي هَدَانِي رَبِّيۤ إِلَىٰ صِرَاطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ دِيناً قِيَماً مِّلَّةَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَنِيفاً وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ}
{هَدَانِي} {صِرَاطٍ} {إِبْرَاهِيمَ}
(161) – يَأَمُرُ اللهُ تَعَالَى نَبِيَّهُ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِأَنْ يُخْبِرَ النَّاسَ بِمَا أَنْعَمَ اللهُ بِهِ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الهِدَايَةِ إِلى صِرَاطِ رَبِّهِ المُسْتَقِيمِ، الذِي لاَ اعْوِجَاجَ فِيهِ، وَلاَ انْحِرَافَ، وَهذا الصِّرَاطُ المُسْتَقِيمُ هُوَ دِينُ اللهِ الذِي يَقُومُ بِهِ أَمْرُ النَّاسِ فِي مَعَاشِهِمْ وَمَعَادِهِمْ، وَبِهِ يَصْلُحُونَ (دِيناً فِيَماً). وَهذا الدِّينُ القَيِّمُ هُوَ مِلَّةُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الذِي كَانَ حَنِيفاً مُخْلِصاً، مُنْحَرِفاً عَنِ الشِّرْكِ.
دِيناً قيماً – دِيناً ثَابِتاً مُقَوِّماً لأُِمُورِ المَعَاشِ وَالمَعَادِ.
حَنِيفاً – مُنْحَرِفاً عَنِ الشِّرْكِ وَالبَاطِلِ، مَائِلاً إِلَى الدِّينِ الحَقِّ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 161
161. Allah Almighty orders His Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him) to tell people about the favours that He has conferred upon him including guiding him to His Lord’s straight path in which there is no crookedness or deviation. This straight path is the religion of Allah Almighty which assures the welfare of men in both this life and the next. This religion is that of Abraham (peace be upon him) who was a model of faith and a sincere believer. He kept away from polytheism.
{قُلْ إِنَّ صَلاَتِي وَنُسُكِي وَمَحْيَايَ وَمَمَاتِي لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَالَمِينَ}
{ٱلْعَالَمِينَ}
(162) – وَقُلْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ لِلْمُشْرِكِينَ، الذِينَ يَذْبَحُونَ الذَّبَائِحَ عَلَى غَيْرِ اسْمِ اللهِ: إِنَّكَ مُخَالِفٌ فِي ذَلِكَ، فَإِنَّ صَلاَتَكَ وَنُسْكَكَ وَمَحْيَاكَ عَلَى اسْمِ اللهِ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ، خَالِصاً لِوَجْهِ اللهِ الذِي خَلَقَ كُلَّ شَيءٍ، وَهُوَ رَبُّ العَالَمِينَ جَمِيعاً.
النُّسْكُ – العِبَادَةُ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 162
162. O Mohammad! Tell the polytheists who slaughter animals without pronouncing the name of Allah Almighty over them, that you oppose them in this. Your prayers, observances and life are all carried out in the name of Allah Almighty alone without associate, and are purely dedicated to Him, Creator of everything, Master of the universe.
{لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَبِذٰلِكَ أُمِرْتُ وَأَنَاْ أَوَّلُ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ}
(163) – وَأَنَا أُؤْمِنُ بِأَنَّهُ لاَ شَريكَ لَهُ، وَقَدْ أَمَرَنِي اللهُ بِذلِكَ، وَأَنَا أَوَّلُ المُسْلِمِينَ المُمْتَثِلِينَ لأَِمْرِهِ مِنْ هَذِهِ الأُمَّةِ.
(لَقَدْ كَانَتْ دَعْوَةُ جَمِيعِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ السَّابِقينَ إِلَى الإِسْلاَمِ: هِيَ عِبَادَةُ اللهِ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ).
Surah Al Anam: Verse 163
163. I believe that He has no associate. Allah Almighty has ordered me this, and I am the first among these people to submit to His commands.” (All the prophets before Islam called to the worship of One Allah Almighty without associates.)
{قُلْ أَغَيْرَ ٱللَّهِ أَبْغِي رَبّاً وَهُوَ رَبُّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَلاَ تَكْسِبُ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ إِلاَّ عَلَيْهَا وَلاَ تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰ ثُمَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكُمْ مَّرْجِعُكُمْ فَيُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ فِيهِ تَخْتَلِفُونَ}
(164) – وَقُلْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ لِهَؤُلاَءِ المُشْرِكِينَ فِي عِبَادِةِ اللهِ غَيْرَهُ: أَأَطْلُبُ رَبّاً سِوَى اللهِ أُشْرِكُهُ مَعَهُ فِي عِبَادَتِي لَهُ؟ وَهُوَ رَبُّ كُلِّ شَيءٍ، خَلَقَنِي وَحَفِظَنِي وَدَبَّرَ أَمْرِي، فَأَنَا لاَ أَعْبُدُ إِلاّ إِيَّاهُ، وَلا أُنيبُ وَلا أُخْلِصُ إِلاّ إِلَيهِ. وَاللهُ تَعَالَى يُجَازِي كُلَّ نَفْسٍ يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ، عَلَى مَا فَعَلَتْهُ وَكَسَبَتْهُ فِي الدُّنْيا، إِنْ خَيْراً فَخَيْراً، وَإِنْ شَرّاً فَشَرّاً، وَلاَ يَحْمِلُ أَحَدٌ مِنْ خَطِيئَةِ أَحَدٍ شَيْئاً، وَهذا مِنْ عَدْلِ اللهِ تَعَالَى. ثُمَّ تَرْجِعُونَ إِلَى اللهِ فَيُخْبِرُكُمْ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَخْتَلِفُونَ فِيهِ مِنْ أَمْرِ أَدْيَانِكُمْ المُخْتَلِفَةِ، وَيَتَولَّى جَزَاءَكُم عَلَيهِ وَحْدَهُ.
إِلاَّ عَلَيها – إِلاَّ ذَنْباً مَحْمُولاً عَلَيْهَا عَقَابُهُ.
لاَ تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ – لاَ تَحْمِلُ نَفْسٌ آثِمَةٌ إِثْمَ غَيْرِها.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 164
164. O Mohammad! Say to those idolaters who associate others with Allah Almighty: “Should I ask for another god than Allah Almighty to worship? He is Master of everything. He created me, protected me and decided my fate. I worship only Him, am sincere to Him and return only to Him. He judges each soul on Judgement Day for its deeds and what it has earned in this life. It will be well-recompensed for the good deeds it has done, and punished for the evil deeds. None carry the errors of another; this is due to divine justice. Then you return to Allah Almighty Who will inform you of the differences between you which are related to your diverse beliefs. He alone will be in charge of punishing you for those difference.”
{وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَكُمْ خَلاَئِفَ ٱلأَرْضِ وَرَفَعَ بَعْضَكُمْ فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ دَرَجَاتٍ لِّيَبْلُوَكُمْ فِي مَآ آتَاكُمْ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ سَرِيعُ ٱلْعِقَابِ وَإِنَّهُ لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ}
{خَلاَئِفَ} {دَرَجَاتٍ} {آتَاكُمْ}
(165) – وَاللهُ رَبُّكم وَرَبُّ كُلِّ شَيءٍ، هُوَ الذِي اسْتَخْلَفَكُمْ فِي الأَرْضِ، وَجَعَلَكُمْ تَعْمُرُونَهَا جِيلاً بَعْدَ جِيلٍ، وَخَلَفاً بَعْدَ سَلَفٍ، وَقَدْ فَاوَتَ بَيْنَكُمْ فِي الأَرْزَاقِ وَالأَخْلاَقِ وَالمَحَاسِنِ وَالمَسَاوِئِ، وَالمَنَاظِرِ وَالأَشْكَالِ وَالأَلْوَانِ… وَلَهُ الحِكْمَةُ فِي ذَلِكَ لِيَخْتَبِرَكُمْ فِي الذِي أَنْعَمَ بِهِ عَلَيْكُمْ، وَيَمْتَحِنَكُمْ بِهِ، فَيَخْتَبِرَ الغَنِيَّ فِي غِنَاهُ، وَيَسْأَلَهُ عَنْ شُكْرِهِ، وَالفَقِيرَ فِي فَقْرِهِ وَيَسْأَلَهُ عَنْ صَبْرِهِ.
وَيُرهِّبُ اللهُ تَعَالَى العِبَادَ وَيُرَغِّبُهُمْ، فَيَقُولُ تَعَالَى: إِنَّ حِسَابَهُ وَعِقَابَهُ لِمَنْ خَالَفَ رُسُلَهُ وَكَذَّبَ بِآيَاتِهِ، سَرِيعَانِ، وَإِنَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ لِمَنْ وَالاَهُ وَاتَّبَعَ رُسُلَهُ فِيمَا جَاؤُوا بِهِ مِنَ الخَيْرِ، وَلِمَنْ تَابَ وَأَنَابَ وَأَحْسَنَ العَمَلَ.
خَلاَئِفَ الأَرْضِ – يَخْلُفُ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضاً فِي الأَرْضِ.
لِيَبْلُوكُمْ – لِيَخْتَبِرَكُمْ.
Surah Al Anam: Verse 165
165. Allah Almighty is your Lord and the Lord of everything. It was He who made you successors on earth, and who entrusted you with the task of constructing it, generation after generation and descendant after ascendant. He has established among you differences of wealth, morals, merits and defects, of physique, forms and colours, with the intention of testing you through the favours He conferred on you. He tries the wealthy through their wealth and asks them to what degree they have been thankful; and He tries the poor through their poverty and asks them about their patience. Allah Almighty intimidates His creatures and attracts them. He says that He is swift to judge and punish those who oppose His messengers and deny His signs. He is merciful and compassionate towards those who ally themselves with Him and follow His messengers and the good that they preach, and towards those who repent, return to Allah Almighty and do righteous work.
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تم إتاحة هذه السلسلة من كتب التفسير عبر الإنترنت من قبل عائلة الدكتور أسعد حومد (رحمه الله). لقد قمنا برقمنة هذه المجلدات بالكامل لتوفير تنسيق يسهل الوصول إليه واستخدامه في عصرنا الرقمي الحالي. نرجو منكم ألا تنسوا الدكتور أسعد وعائلته من صالح دعائكم.