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 Surah Al-An'am 6:155-160 [20/20] ↕
  
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وَهَـٰذَاAnd this
كِتَـٰبٌ(is) a Book
أَنزَلْنَـٰهُWe have revealed it -
مُبَارَكٌblessed,
فَٱتَّبِعُوهُso follow it
وَٱتَّقُواْand fear (Allah)
لَعَلَّكُمْso that you may
تُرْحَمُونَreceive mercy.
﴿١٥٥﴾
أَنLest
تَقُولُوٓاْyou say,
إِنَّمَآ`Only
أُنزِلَwas revealed
ٱلْكِتَـٰبُthe Book
عَلَىٰon
طَآئِفَتَيْنِthe two groups
مِن قَبْلِنَاbefore us,
وَإِنand indeed
كُنَّاwe were
عَنabout
دِرَاسَتِهِمْtheir study
لَغَـٰفِلِينَcertainly unaware.`
﴿١٥٦﴾
أَوْOr
تَقُولُواْyou say,
لَوْ`If
أَنَّآ[that]
أُنزِلَwas revealed
عَلَيْنَاto us
ٱلْكِتَـٰبُthe Book
لَكُنَّآsurely we (would) have been
أَهْدَىٰbetter guided
مِنْهُمْ‌ۚthan them.
فَقَدْSo verily
جَآءَكُمhas come to you
بَيِّنَةٌclear proofs
مِّنfrom
رَّبِّكُمْyour Lord
وَهُدًىand a Guidance
وَرَحْمَةٌ‌ۚand a Mercy.
فَمَنْThen who
أَظْلَمُ(is) more unjust
مِمَّنthan (he) who
كَذَّبَdenies
بِـَٔـايَـٰتِ[with] (the) Verses
ٱللَّهِ(of) Allah,
وَصَدَفَand turns away
عَنْهَا‌ۗfrom them?
سَنَجْزِىWe will recompense
ٱلَّذِينَthose who
يَصْدِفُونَturn away
عَنْfrom
ءَايَـٰتِنَاOur Signs
سُوٓءَ(with) an evil
ٱلْعَذَابِpunishment
بِمَاbecause
كَانُواْthey used to
يَصْدِفُونَturn away.
﴿١٥٧﴾
هَلْAre
يَنظُرُونَthey waiting
إِلَّآexcept
أَنthat
تَأْتِيَهُمُcomes to them
ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُthe Angels
أَوْor
يَأْتِىَcomes
رَبُّكَyour Lord
أَوْor
يَأْتِىَcomes
بَعْضُsome (of)
ءَايَـٰتِ(the) Signs
رَبِّكَ‌ۗ(of) your Lord?
يَوْمَ(The) Day
يَأْتِى(when) comes
بَعْضُsome (of)
ءَايَـٰتِ(the) Signs
رَبِّكَ(of) your Lord,
لَاnot
يَنفَعُwill benefit
نَفْسًاa soul
إِيمَـٰنُهَاits faith,
لَمْ تَكُنْ(if) it had not
ءَامَنَتْbelieved
مِن قَبْلُbefore
أَوْor
كَسَبَتْearned
فِىٓthrough
إِيمَـٰنِهَاits faith
خَيْرًا‌ۗany good.
قُلِSay,
ٱنتَظِرُوٓاْ`Wait.
إِنَّاIndeed, we
مُنتَظِرُونَ(are) those who wait.`
﴿١٥٨﴾
إِنَّIndeed,
ٱلَّذِينَthose who
فَرَّقُواْdivide
دِينَهُمْtheir religion
وَكَانُواْand become
شِيَعًاsects,
لَّسْتَyou are not
مِنْهُمْwith them
فِى شَىْءٍ‌ۚin anything.
إِنَّمَآOnly
أَمْرُهُمْtheir affair
إِلَى(is) with
ٱللَّهِAllah,
ثُمَّthen
يُنَبِّئُهُمHe will inform them
بِمَاof what
كَانُواْthey used to
يَفْعَلُونَdo.
﴿١٥٩﴾
مَنWhoever
جَآءَcame
بِٱلْحَسَنَةِwith a good deed,
فَلَهُۥthen for him
عَشْرُ(is) ten (times)
أَمْثَالِهَا‌ۖthe like of it.
وَمَنAnd whoever
جَآءَcame
بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِwith an evil deed
فَلَاthen not
يُجْزَىٰٓhe will be recompensed
إِلَّاexcept
مِثْلَهَاthe like of it,
وَهُمْand they
لَا يُظْلَمُونَwill not be wronged.
﴿١٦٠﴾

وَهٰذَا كِتٰبٌ اَنۡزَلۡنٰهُ مُبٰرَكٌ فَاتَّبِعُوۡهُ وَاتَّقُوۡا لَعَلَّكُمۡ تُرۡحَمُوۡنَۙ‏  اَنۡ تَقُوۡلُـوۡۤا اِنَّمَاۤ اُنۡزِلَ الۡـكِتٰبُ عَلٰى طَآئِفَتَيۡنِ مِنۡ قَبۡلِنَا وَاِنۡ كُنَّا عَنۡ دِرَاسَتِهِمۡ لَغٰفِلِيۡنَۙ‏  اَوۡ تَقُوۡلُوۡا لَوۡ اَنَّاۤ اُنۡزِلَ عَلَيۡنَا الۡـكِتٰبُ لَـكُنَّاۤ اَهۡدٰى مِنۡهُمۡ​ ۚ فَقَدۡ جَآءَكُمۡ بَيِّنَةٌ مِّنۡ رَّبِّكُمۡ وَهُدًى وَرَحۡمَةٌ​  ۚ فَمَنۡ اَظۡلَمُ مِمَّنۡ كَذَّبَ بِاٰيٰتِ اللّٰهِ وَصَدَفَ عَنۡهَا​ ؕ سَنَجۡزِى الَّذِيۡنَ يَصۡدِفُوۡنَ عَنۡ اٰيٰتِنَا سُوۡٓءَ الۡعَذَابِ بِمَا كَانُوۡا يَصۡدِفُوۡنَ‏  هَلۡ يَنۡظُرُوۡنَ اِلَّاۤ اَنۡ تَاۡتِيَهُمُ الۡمَلٰۤـئِكَةُ اَوۡ يَاۡتِىَ رَبُّكَ اَوۡ يَاۡتِىَ بَعۡضُ اٰيٰتِ رَبِّكَ ؕ يَوۡمَ يَاۡتِىۡ بَعۡضُ اٰيٰتِ رَبِّكَ لَا يَنۡفَعُ نَفۡسًا اِيۡمَانُهَا لَمۡ تَكُنۡ اٰمَنَتۡ مِنۡ قَبۡلُ اَوۡ كَسَبَتۡ فِىۡۤ اِيۡمَانِهَا خَيۡرًا​ ؕ قُلِ انْتَظِرُوۡۤا اِنَّا مُنۡتَظِرُوۡنَ‏  اِنَّ الَّذِيۡنَ فَرَّقُوۡا دِيۡنَهُمۡ وَكَانُوۡا شِيَـعًا لَّسۡتَ مِنۡهُمۡ فِىۡ شَىۡءٍ​ ؕ اِنَّمَاۤ اَمۡرُهُمۡ اِلَى اللّٰهِ ثُمَّ يُنَـبِّـئُـهُمۡ بِمَا كَانُوۡا يَفۡعَلُوۡنَ‏  مَنۡ جَآءَ بِالۡحَسَنَةِ فَلَهٗ عَشۡرُ اَمۡثَالِهَا​ ۚ وَمَنۡ جَآءَ بِالسَّيِّئَةِ فَلَا يُجۡزٰٓى اِلَّا مِثۡلَهَا وَهُمۡ لَا يُظۡلَمُوۡنَ‏ 
Translation
(6:155) And likewise We revealed this (Book) - a blessed one. Follow it, then, and become God-fearing; you may be shown mercy. (6:156) (You may no longer) say now that the Book was revealed only to two groups of people before Us 137 and that we had indeed been unaware of what they read. (6:157) Nor may you claim that: 'Had the Book been revealed to us, we would have been better guided than they.' Surely clear evidence has come to you from your Lord, which is both a guidance and a mercy. Who, then, is more unjust than he who gave the lie to the signs of Allah and turned away from them?138 And We shall soon requite those who turn away from Our signs with a severe chastisement for having turned away. (6:158) What! Do they wait either for the angels to appear before them or for your Lord to come unto them or for some clear signs of your Lord1139 to appear before them? When some clear signs of your Lord will appear, believing will be of no avail to anyone who did not believe before, or who earned no good deeds through his faith.140 Say: 'Wait on; we too are waiting.' (6:159) Surely you have nothing to do with those who have made divisions in their religion and become factions.141 Their matter is with Allah and He will indeed tell them (in time) what they have been doing. (6:160) Whoever will come to Allah with a good deed shall have ten times as much, and whoever will come to Allah with an evil deed, shall be requited with no more than the like of it. They shall not be wronged.
Commentary

137. The allusion is to the Jews and the Christians.

138. 'Signs of Allah' include the teachings embodied in the Qur'an. They are also manifest in the noble life of the Prophet (peace be on him), and the pure lives of those who believed in him. Tley also include the natural phenomena to which the Qur'an refers in support of its message.

139. That is, either tokens of the approach of the Day of Reckoning or God's scourge or any other sign that will uncover the Truth, after which there will be no reason left for testing man.

140. Those tokens will be so clear that after their appearance it will neither avail the unbeliever to repent of his unbelief nor the disobedient to forsake his disobedience. For faith and obedience have meaning and value only as long as the Truth remains hidden, as long as the tenure of life granted to people does not seem to have approached its end and the world with all its vanities continues to delude man that, as there may neither be God nor After-life, one should eat, drink and enjoy oneself as best one can.

141. This is addressed to the Prophet (peace be on him) and through him to all followers of the true faith. The import of this statement is that true faith has always consisted, and still consists, in recognizing the One True God as one's God and Lord; in associating none with God in His divinity - neither in respect of His essence, nor of His attributes, nor of His claims upon His creatures; in believing in the Hereafter and hence considering oneself answerable before God; and in living according to those principles and values which have been communicated by God to mankind through His Prophets and Books. This was the religion entrusted to man at the beginning of human life. The religions which emerged later stemmed from the perverted ingenuity of man, from his baser lusts, and from an exaggerated sense of devotion to venerable personalities. Such factors corrupted the original religion and overlaid it with harmful innovations. Hence, people modified and distorted the original beliefs by mixing them with products of their conjecture and philosophical thinking. More and more innovations were added to the original laws of the true religion. Putting aside the Law of God, men set themselves up as their own law-makers, indulged in hair-splitting elaborations, and exaggerated the importance of disagreements in minor legal problems. They showed excessive veneration for some Prophets of God and some standard-bearers of the true religion, and directed their rancour and hatred against the others. Thus there emerged innumerable religions and sects, the birth of each leading to the fragmentation of humanity into an ever-increasing number of mutually hostile groups. Anyone who decides to follow the true religion must therefore cut himself off from all factions and chart an independent course.