Surah 6. Al-An'am

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Verses [Section]: 1-10[1], 11-20 [2], 21-30 [3], 31-40 [4], 41-50 [5], 51-55 [6], 56-60 [7], 61-70 [8], 71-82 [9], 83-90 [10], 91-94 [11], 95-100 [12], 101-110 [13], 111-121 [14], 122-129 [15], 130-140 [16], 141-144 [17], 145-150 [18], 151-154 [19], 155-165 [20]

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Quran Text of Verse 56-60قُلْSayاِنِّیْIndeed Iنُهِیْتُ[I] am forbiddenاَنْthatاَعْبُدَI worshipالَّذِیْنَthose whomتَدْعُوْنَyou callمِنْfromدُوْنِbesidesاللّٰهِ ؕAllahقُلْSayلَّاۤNotاَتَّبِعُI followاَهْوَآءَكُمْ ۙyour (vain) desiresقَدْcertainlyضَلَلْتُI would go astrayاِذًاthenوَّ مَاۤand notاَنَاI (would be)مِنَfromالْمُهْتَدِیْنَ the guided-ones قُلْSayاِنِّیْIndeed I amعَلٰیonبَیِّنَةٍclear proofمِّنْfromرَّبِّیْmy Lordوَ كَذَّبْتُمْwhile you denyبِهٖ ؕ[with] itمَاNotعِنْدِیْI haveمَاwhatتَسْتَعْجِلُوْنَyou seek to hastenبِهٖ ؕof itاِنِNotالْحُكْمُ(is) the decisionاِلَّاexceptلِلّٰهِ ؕfor AllahیَقُصُّHe relatesالْحَقَّthe truthوَ هُوَand Heخَیْرُ(is the) bestالْفٰصِلِیْنَ (of) the Deciders قُلْSayلَّوْIfاَنَّthatعِنْدِیْ(were) with meمَاwhatتَسْتَعْجِلُوْنَyou seek to hastenبِهٖof itلَقُضِیَsurely would have been decidedالْاَمْرُthe matterبَیْنِیْbetween meوَ بَیْنَكُمْ ؕand between youوَ اللّٰهُAnd Allahاَعْلَمُ(is) most knowingبِالظّٰلِمِیْنَ of the wrongdoers وَ عِنْدَهٗAnd with Himمَفَاتِحُ(are the) keysالْغَیْبِ(of) the unseenلَاno (one)یَعْلَمُهَاۤknows themاِلَّاexceptهُوَ ؕHimوَ یَعْلَمُAnd He knowsمَاwhatفِی(is) inالْبَرِّthe landوَ الْبَحْرِ ؕand in the seaوَ مَاAnd notتَسْقُطُfallsمِنْofوَّرَقَةٍany leafاِلَّاbutیَعْلَمُهَاHe knows itوَ لَاAnd notحَبَّةٍa grainفِیْinظُلُمٰتِthe darkness[es]الْاَرْضِ(of) the earthوَ لَاand notرَطْبٍmoistوَّ لَاand notیَابِسٍdryاِلَّاbutفِیْ(is) inكِتٰبٍa Recordمُّبِیْنٍ Clear 6. Al-An'am Page 135وَ هُوَAnd Heالَّذِیْ(is) the One Whoیَتَوَفّٰىكُمْtakes your (soul)بِالَّیْلِby the nightوَ یَعْلَمُand He knowsمَاwhatجَرَحْتُمْyou committedبِالنَّهَارِby the dayثُمَّThenیَبْعَثُكُمْHe raises you upفِیْهِthereinلِیُقْضٰۤیso that is fulfilledاَجَلٌ(the) termمُّسَمًّی ۚspecifiedثُمَّThenاِلَیْهِto Himمَرْجِعُكُمْwill be your returnثُمَّthenیُنَبِّئُكُمْHe will inform youبِمَاabout whatكُنْتُمْyou used toتَعْمَلُوْنَ۠do

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Translation of Verse 56-60

56. Say: “I am forbidden to worship those - other than Allah-whom you invoke.’’⁸⁹ Say: “I will not follow your wishes;⁹⁰ if I did, I would stray from the path, and will not be of the company of the rightly guided.”

57. Say: “I stand on a clear proof from my Lord,⁹¹ and you have denied it. What you are in haste is not in my power⁹², the decision rests with none but Allah. He declares the truth, and He is the Best of Deciders.’’

58. Say: “Had I power to hasten that for which you are clamouring, the dispute would have been decided between me and you. And Allah knows best who are evil-doers. ⁹³

59. And with Him are the keys of the Unseen, none knows it but He.⁹⁴ He knows whatever there is on the earth and in the sea. Not a leaf does fall but with His knowledge.⁹⁵ There is not a grain in the darkness of the earth,⁹⁶ nor anything wet or dry, but is recorded in a clear Book.⁹⁷

60. And it is He who takes your souls⁹⁸ by night, and knows all that you have done by day. Then rouses you up, so that the allotted term may be completed.⁹⁹ Then to Him you all shall return, then He will show you what you have been doing.

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Commentary

89. By invoking or calling means invoking for help, reciting the name, and praying for assistance. This invocation is synonymous with worshipping, and Allah alone deserves to be invoked for help. But the polytheists invoke their imaginary gods, leaving Allah. They recite their names, they call them for assistance in prayers and they read their names on rosaries.

90. Polytheism and idolatry have nothing to do with the Divine Guidance. These are the evil and false desires of man that have prompted him to present them in the name of religion and faith to misguide the simple slaves of God.

91. Means Quran, which is the absolute reasoned proof from Allah. The dawah of the prophet for accepting monotheism is based on this reasoned proof. It is such a reasonable thing which would be understood by every reasonable and justice loving person. It is the voice of the nature and the call of the internal self. As against this, the thing towards which the polytheists call the people is not based on any reasoning, but it is merely a quirk of their imagination and is based on their personal wish.

92. That is: the punishment, the doom.

93. Here evil-doers mean the Polytheists and idolaters. They have been called ‘zalim’ because they have suppressed their voice of nature by adopting the path of polytheism and denial, because they covered their intelligence with the veils of ignorance, and because they have become disloyal to their Lord. In this way by surrendering themselves to the impending bad consequences they have become the tyrants of their own selves.

94. That is: He is the Owner and Master of the hidden treasures of the Unseen, and He alone can open their gates. Everything, that appears into this’ world from the Unseen world, does so under His command. And only He knows all the secrets of the universe and all the shrouded mysteries.

95. That is: Allah’s knowledge covers everything. He not only knows the big things. but all the small and minute things also. He not only knows the main and principal problems and things but also their subsidiary and the minute and intricate details.

96. Means the inner parts of the earth and their layers.

97. That is: Allah has the detailed record of all the events with their details and chronology in a clear form. When the Being who possesses the chronological record of the entire world from the beginning till the last; how can He then not have the record of the human acts?

98. Here sleep has been likened to death, because in the state of sleep man becomes equally unmindful of the world as in death.

99. That is: The God who sends you sleep during the night knows all that you do during the day. And it is He alone who rouses you up from sleep after the passing away of the night. This process of sleeping and waking goes on, till your allotted term or time is up and you are carried away by death. In other words, you witness the drama of being raised up again after dying daily. Then, does it not make clear the truth about the life after death? And does this observation not prompt you to believe in the belief of being revived again after death?