Tafheem ul Quran
Surah 6 Al-An'am, Ayat 56-60
قُلۡ اِنِّىۡ نُهِيۡتُ اَنۡ اَعۡبُدَ الَّذِيۡنَ تَدۡعُوۡنَ مِنۡ دُوۡنِ اللّٰهِؕ قُلْ لَّاۤ اَ تَّبِعُ اَهۡوَآءَكُمۡۙ قَدۡ ضَلَلۡتُ اِذًا وَّمَاۤ اَنَا مِنَ الۡمُهۡتَدِيۡنَ
﴿6:56﴾
قُلۡ اِنِّىۡ عَلٰى بَيِّنَةٍ مِّنۡ رَّبِّىۡ وَكَذَّبۡتُمۡ بِهٖؕ مَا عِنۡدِىۡ مَا تَسۡتَعۡجِلُوۡنَ بِهٖؕ اِنِ الۡحُكۡمُ اِلَّا لِلّٰهِؕ يَقُصُّ الۡحَـقَّ وَهُوَ خَيۡرُ الۡفٰصِلِيۡنَ
﴿6:57﴾
قُلْ لَّوۡ اَنَّ عِنۡدِىۡ مَا تَسۡتَعۡجِلُوۡنَ بِهٖ لَقُضِىَ الۡاَمۡرُ بَيۡنِىۡ وَبَيۡنَكُمۡؕ وَاللّٰهُ اَعۡلَمُ بِالظّٰلِمِيۡنَ
﴿6:58﴾
وَعِنۡدَهٗ مَفَاتِحُ الۡغَيۡبِ لَا يَعۡلَمُهَاۤ اِلَّا هُوَؕ وَيَعۡلَمُ مَا فِى الۡبَرِّ وَالۡبَحۡرِؕ وَمَا تَسۡقُطُ مِنۡ وَّرَقَةٍ اِلَّا يَعۡلَمُهَا وَلَا حَبَّةٍ فِىۡ ظُلُمٰتِ الۡاَرۡضِ وَلَا رَطۡبٍ وَّلَا يَابِسٍ اِلَّا فِىۡ كِتٰبٍ مُّبِيۡنٍ
﴿6:59﴾
وَهُوَ الَّذِىۡ يَتَوَفّٰٮكُمۡ بِالَّيۡلِ وَ يَعۡلَمُ مَا جَرَحۡتُمۡ بِالنَّهَارِ ثُمَّ يَـبۡعَثُكُمۡ فِيۡهِ لِيُقۡضٰٓى اَجَلٌ مُّسَمًّىۚ ثُمَّ اِلَيۡهِ مَرۡجِعُكُمۡ ثُمَّ يُنَبِّئُكُمۡ بِمَا كُنۡتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُوۡنَ
﴿6:60﴾
(6:56) Say (O Muhammad!): 'I have been forbidden to serve those to whom
you call other than Allah.' Say: 'I do not follow your desires, for were I to
do that, I would go astray and would not be of those who are rightly guided
.' (6:57) Say: 'I take stand upon a clear evidence from my Lord and it is that
which you have given the lie to. That which you desire to be hastened is not
within my power.39 Judgement lies with Allah alone. He declares the
Truth, and He is the best judge.' (6:58) Say: 'If what you demand so hastily were in my power, the matter between
me and you would have been long decided. But Allah knows best how to judge the
wrong-doers. (6:59) He has the keys to the realm that lies beyond the reach of human perception;
none knows them but He. And He knows what is on the land and in the sea; there
is not a leaf which falls that He does not know about and there is not a grain
in the darkness of the earth or anything green or dry which has not been recorded
in a Clear Book. (6:60) He recalls your souls by night, and knows what you do by day; and
then He raises you back each day in order that the term appointed by Him is
fulfilled. Then to Him you will return whereupon He will let you know what you
have been doing. .
Notes
39. This alludes to God's punishment. The adversaries questioned why it was
that they had openly rejected a Prophet sent by God, but had not been struck
down by God's wrarth? They said that the fact of his appointment by God meant
that anyone who either disbelieved or insulted him would, at once, be either
plunged into the earth or struck by lightning. And yet, they pointed out, the
Messenger of God and his followers faced new sufferings and humiliations whereas
those who abused and persecuted him enjoyed prosperity.