Sura 6: Al-An'am (The Livestock) - Quran Inspector

In the name of GOD, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

بِسْمِbis'miIn (the) nameٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmāniMost Gracious,ٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmiMost Merciful.

[6:1] Praise be to GOD, who created the heavens and the earth, and made the darkness and the light. Yet, those who disbelieve in their Lord continue to deviate.

ٱلْحَمْدُal-ḥamduAll praise beلِلَّهِlillahito God,ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One whoخَلَقَkhalaqaHe createdٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaand the earthوَجَعَلَwajaʿalaand He madeٱلظُّلُمَـٰتِl-ẓulumātithe darknessوَٱلنُّورَwal-nūraand the light.ثُمَّthummaThenٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelievedبِرَبِّهِمْbirabbihimin their Lordيَعْدِلُونَyaʿdilūnathey deviate. ﴿١﴾

[6:2] He is the One who created you from mud, then predetermined your life span, a life span that is known only to Him. Yet, you continue to doubt.

هُوَhuwaHe (is)ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One whoخَلَقَكُمkhalaqakumHe created you [all]مِّنminfromطِينٍṭīninclayثُمَّthummathenقَضَىٰٓqaḍāHe decreedأَجَلًاajalana determined termوَأَجَلٌwa-ajalunand an appointed termمُّسَمًّىmusammanpredetermined / fixed / specifiedعِندَهُۥʿindahuby Him,ثُمَّthummayetأَنتُمْantumyou [all]تَمْتَرُونَtamtarūna[you all] doubt. ﴿٢﴾

[6:3] He is the one GOD in the heavens and the earth. He knows your secrets and your declarations, and He knows everything you earn.

وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He (is)ٱللَّهُl-lahuGodفِىfīinٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَفِىwafīand inٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth.يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuHe knowsسِرَّكُمْsirrakumyour secretوَجَهْرَكُمْwajahrakumand your public utterance / declarationوَيَعْلَمُwayaʿlamuand He knowsمَاmāwhatتَكْسِبُونَtaksibūnayou [all] earn. ﴿٣﴾

[6:4] No matter what kind of proof comes to them from their Lord, they turn away from it, in aversion.

وَمَاwamāAnd notتَأْتِيهِمtatīhim[it] comes to themمِّنْminanyءَايَةٍāyatinsign / proofمِّنْminfromءَايَـٰتِāyāti(the) signs / proofsرَبِّهِمْrabbihim(of) their Lordإِلَّاillābutكَانُوا۟kānūthey wereعَنْهَاʿanhāfrom itمُعْرِضِينَmuʿ'riḍīna[those who are] turning away. ﴿٤﴾

[6:5] Since they rejected the truth when it came to them, they have incurred the consequences of their heedlessness.

فَقَدْfaqadThen indeed,كَذَّبُوا۟kadhabūthey deniedبِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiin the truthلَمَّاlammāwhenجَآءَهُمْjāahumit came to them,فَسَوْفَfasawfabut soonيَأْتِيهِمْyatīhim[it] will come to themأَنۢبَـٰٓؤُا۟anbāunewsمَاmā(of) whatكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toبِهِۦbihiat itيَسْتَهْزِءُونَyastahziūna[they] mock / take lightly. ﴿٥﴾

[6:6] Have they not seen how many generations before them we have annihilated? We established them on earth more than we did for you, and we showered them with blessings, generously, and we provided them with flowing streams. We then annihilated them because of their sins, and we substituted another generation in their place.

أَلَمْalamDid notيَرَوْا۟yarawthey seeكَمْkamhow manyأَهْلَكْنَاahlaknāwe destroyed / annihilatedمِنminfromقَبْلِهِمqablihimbefore themمِّنminofقَرْنٍqarningeneration(s)?مَّكَّنَّـٰهُمْmakkannāhumWe established themفِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthمَاmāwhatلَمْlamnotنُمَكِّنnumakkinwe establishلَّكُمْlakumfor you [all]?وَأَرْسَلْنَاwa-arsalnāAnd we sentٱلسَّمَآءَl-samāa(from) the skyعَلَيْهِمʿalayhimupon themمِّدْرَارًاmid'rāranabundant rainوَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāand we madeٱلْأَنْهَـٰرَl-anhārathe rivers / streamsتَجْرِىtajrīit flowsمِنminfromتَحْتِهِمْtaḥtihimunderneath them.فَأَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمfa-ahlaknāhumThen we destroyed / annihilated themبِذُنُوبِهِمْbidhunūbihimfor their sinsوَأَنشَأْنَاwa-anshanāand we raisedمِنۢminfromبَعْدِهِمْbaʿdihimafter themقَرْنًاqarnangenerationsءَاخَرِينَākharīnaothers. ﴿٦﴾

[6:7] Even if we sent down to them a physical book, written on paper, and they touched it with their hands, those who disbelieved would have said, "This is no more than clever magic."

وَلَوْwalawEven ifنَزَّلْنَاnazzalnāwe sent downعَلَيْكَʿalaykato youكِتَـٰبًاkitābana scriptureفِىfīinقِرْطَاسٍqir'ṭāsina parchmentفَلَمَسُوهُfalamasūhuand [they] touched itبِأَيْدِيهِمْbi-aydīhimwith their hands,لَقَالَlaqālasurely [he] would have saidٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoكَفَرُوٓا۟kafarū[they] disbelieved,إِنْin"Not (is)هَـٰذَآhādhāthisإِلَّاillāexceptسِحْرٌsiḥ'runmagicمُّبِينٌmubīnunclear." ﴿٧﴾

[6:8] They also said, "If only an angel could come down with him!" Had we sent an angel, the whole matter would have been terminated, and they would no longer be respited.

وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they said,لَوْلَآlawlā"Why notأُنزِلَunzila[it] was sent downعَلَيْهِʿalayhiwith himمَلَكٌmalakunan angel?"وَلَوْwalawAnd ifأَنزَلْنَاanzalnāwe sent downمَلَكًاmalakanan angel,لَّقُضِىَlaquḍiyasurely it would have been decidedٱلْأَمْرُl-amruthe matterثُمَّthummathenلَاlānotيُنظَرُونَyunẓarūnathey will be respited / reprieved. ﴿٨﴾

[6:9] Had we sent an angel, we would have sent him in the form of a man, and we would have kept them just as confused as they are confused now.

وَلَوْwalawAnd ifجَعَلْنَـٰهُjaʿalnāhuwe made himمَلَكًاmalakanan angel,لَّجَعَلْنَـٰهُlajaʿalnāhusurely we would have made himرَجُلًاrajulana man,وَلَلَبَسْنَاwalalabasnāand surely we would have obscured / confusedعَلَيْهِمʿalayhim[upon] themمَّاmāwhatيَلْبِسُونَyalbisūnathey are obscuring / confusing. ﴿٩﴾

[6:10] Messengers before you have been ridiculed. It is those who mocked them who suffered the consequences of their ridiculing.

وَلَقَدِwalaqadiAnd indeedٱسْتُهْزِئَus'tuh'zi-a[it] were mockedبِرُسُلٍbirusulin[in] messengersمِّنminfromقَبْلِكَqablikabefore youفَحَاقَfaḥāqabut [it] was surrounded / encompassedبِٱلَّذِينَbi-alladhīnaby those whoسَخِرُوا۟sakhirū[they] mocked / ridiculedمِنْهُمmin'humof themمَّاmāwhatكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toبِهِۦbihiat itيَسْتَهْزِءُونَyastahziūna[they] mock. ﴿١٠﴾

[6:11] Say, "Roam the earth and note the consequences for the rejectors."

قُلْqulSay,سِيرُوا۟sīrū"Travel / Roam [you all]فِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthثُمَّthumma(and) thenٱنظُرُوا۟unẓurūsee [you all]كَيْفَkayfahowكَانَkāna[it] wasعَـٰقِبَةُʿāqibatu(the) consequence / end / ultimate outcome (for)ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَl-mukadhibīnathe rejectors." ﴿١١﴾

[6:12] Say, "To whom belongs everything in the heavens and the earth?" Say, "To GOD." He has decreed that mercy is His attribute. He will surely summon you all on the Day of Resurrection, which is inevitable. The ones who lose their souls are those who disbelieve.

قُلqulSay,لِّمَنliman"To whom (belongs)مَّاmāwhat (is)فِىfīinٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth?"قُلqulSay,لِّلَّهِlillahi"To God."كَتَبَkatabaHe decreedعَلَىٰʿalāuponنَفْسِهِnafsihiHimselfٱلرَّحْمَةَl-raḥmatathe Mercy.لَيَجْمَعَنَّكُمْlayajmaʿannakumSurely He will summon you [all]إِلَىٰilātoيَوْمِyawmi(the) Day (of)ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmatithe Resurrection,لَاlānoرَيْبَraybadoubtفِيهِfīhiabout it.ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose whoخَسِرُوٓا۟khasirū[they] lostأَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselves / their souls,فَهُمْfahumthen theyلَاlā(do) notيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūna[they] believe. ﴿١٢﴾

[6:13] To Him belongs everything that dwells in the night and the day. He is the Hearer, the Knower.

وَلَهُۥwalahuAnd for Him (is)مَاmāwhateverسَكَنَsakanait dwelledفِىfīinٱلَّيْلِal-laylithe nightوَٱلنَّهَارِwal-nahāriand the day,وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He (is)ٱلسَّمِيعُl-samīʿuthe Hearer,ٱلْعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmuthe Knower. ﴿١٣﴾

[6:14] Say, "Shall I accept other than GOD as a Lord and Master, when He is the Initiator of the heavens and the earth, and He feeds but is not fed?" Say, "I am commanded to be the most devoted submitter, and, 'Do not be an idol worshiper.' "

قُلْqulSay,أَغَيْرَaghayra"Is it other thanٱللَّهِl-lahiGodأَتَّخِذُattakhidhuI (should) take (as)وَلِيًّاwaliyyana protector / lord and masterفَاطِرِfāṭiri(when He is) Creator / Initiator (of)ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth.وَهُوَwahuwaAnd Heيُطْعِمُyuṭ'ʿimu[He] feedsوَلَاwalāand notيُطْعَمُyuṭ'ʿamuHe is fed?"قُلْqulSay,إِنِّىٓinnī"Indeed, Iأُمِرْتُumir'tu[I] was commandedأَنْanthatأَكُونَakūnaI beأَوَّلَawwala(the) firstمَنْmanwhoأَسْلَمَaslama[he] submittedوَلَاwalāand notتَكُونَنَّtakūnannayou [all] beمِنَminaofٱلْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīnathe polytheists / idol worshipers." ﴿١٤﴾

[6:15] Say, "I fear, if I disobeyed my Lord, the retribution of an awesome day.

قُلْqulSay,إِنِّىٓinnī"Indeed, Iأَخَافُakhāfu[I] fearإِنْinifعَصَيْتُʿaṣaytuI disobeyedرَبِّىrabbīmy Lord,عَذَابَʿadhābapunishment / retributionيَوْمٍyawmina dayعَظِيمٍʿaẓīmingreat. ﴿١٥﴾

[6:16] "Whoever is spared (the retribution), on that day, has attained His mercy. And this is the greatest triumph."

مَّنman"Whoeverيُصْرَفْyuṣ'rafhe is avertedعَنْهُʿanhufrom itيَوْمَئِذٍyawma-idhinthat Dayفَقَدْfaqadthen surelyرَحِمَهُۥraḥimahuhe had mercy from Him.وَذَٰلِكَwadhālikaAnd that (is)ٱلْفَوْزُl-fawzuthe success / triumphٱلْمُبِينُl-mubīnumost clear / most obvious / most profound." ﴿١٦﴾

[6:17] If GOD touches you with adversity, none can relieve it except He. And if He touches you with a blessing, He is Omnipotent.

وَإِنwa-inAnd ifيَمْسَسْكَyamsaska[He] touches you,ٱللَّهُl-lahuGod,بِضُرٍّbiḍurrinwith affliction / adversityفَلَاfalāthen noكَاشِفَkāshifaremoverلَهُۥٓlahuof itإِلَّاillāexceptهُوَhuwaHim.وَإِنwa-inAnd ifيَمْسَسْكَyamsaskaHe touches youبِخَيْرٍbikhayrinwith good,فَهُوَfahuwathen He (is)عَلَىٰʿalāoverكُلِّkullieveryشَىْءٍshayinthingقَدِيرٌqadīrunOmnipotent. ﴿١٧﴾

[6:18] He is Supreme over His creatures. He is the Most Wise, the Cognizant.

وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He (is)ٱلْقَاهِرُl-qāhiruthe SupremeفَوْقَfawqaoverعِبَادِهِۦʿibādihiHis servants.وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He (is)ٱلْحَكِيمُl-ḥakīmuMost Wise,ٱلْخَبِيرُl-khabīruthe Cognizant. ﴿١٨﴾

[6:19] Say, "Whose testimony is the greatest?" Say, "GOD's. He is the witness between me and you that this Quran* has been inspired to me, to preach it to you and whomever it reaches. Indeed, you bear witness that there are other gods* beside GOD." Say, "I do not testify as you do; there is only one god, and I disown your idolatry."

قُلْqulSay,أَىُّayyu"Whatشَىْءٍshayinthing (is)أَكْبَرُakbarugreatest (as)شَهَـٰدَةًshahādatana testimony?"قُلِquliSay,ٱللَّهُl-lahu"God!شَهِيدٌۢshahīdun(He is) Witnessبَيْنِىbaynībetween meوَبَيْنَكُمْwabaynakumand between you [all],وَأُوحِىَwaūḥiyaand [it] was revealed / inspiredإِلَىَّilayyato meهَـٰذَاhādhāthisٱلْقُرْءَانُl-qur'ānu[the] Quranلِأُنذِرَكُمli-undhirakumthat I may warn you [all]بِهِۦbihiwith itوَمَنۢwamanand whoeverبَلَغَbalaghait reached.أَئِنَّكُمْa-innakumIndeed do you [all]لَتَشْهَدُونَlatashhadūnasurely [you all] testify / bear witnessأَنَّannathatمَعَmaʿawithٱللَّهِl-lahiGodءَالِهَةًālihatan(there are) godsأُخْرَىٰukh'rāother?"قُلqulSay,لَّآlā"NotأَشْهَدُashhaduI testify."قُلْqulSay,إِنَّمَاinnamā"OnlyهُوَhuwaHe (is)إِلَـٰهٌilāhungodوَٰحِدٌwāḥidunone,وَإِنَّنِىwa-innanīand indeed, I amبَرِىٓءٌbarīonfree from obligations / disownمِّمَّاmimmāof whatتُشْرِكُونَtush'rikūnayou [all] associate (with Him)." ﴿١٩﴾

*6:19 This verse proclaims the Quran as the only source of religious guidance. Those who uphold additional sources, such as Hadith & Sunna (lies attributed to the Prophet), are defined as idolators.

[6:20] Those to whom we have given the scripture recognize this as they recognize their own children. The ones who lose their souls are those who do not believe.

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose (to) whomءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمُātaynāhumuwe gave themٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe scriptureيَعْرِفُونَهُۥyaʿrifūnahuthey recognize itكَمَاkamāasيَعْرِفُونَyaʿrifūnathey recognizeأَبْنَآءَهُمُabnāahumutheir children.ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose whoخَسِرُوٓا۟khasirūthey lostأَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselves / their souls,فَهُمْfahumthen theyلَاlā(do) notيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnathey believe. ﴿٢٠﴾

[6:21] Who is more evil than one who lies about GOD, or rejects His revelations? The transgressors never succeed.

وَمَنْwamanAnd who (is)أَظْلَمُaẓlamumore unjustمِمَّنِmimmanithan (he) whoٱفْتَرَىٰif'tarāhe fabricatedعَلَىʿalāagainstٱللَّهِl-lahiGodكَذِبًاkadhibana lieأَوْaworكَذَّبَkadhabahe rejectedبِـَٔايَـٰتِهِۦٓbiāyātihiin His revelations?إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, heلَاlānotيُفْلِحُyuf'liḥu[he] succeedsٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūnathe wrongdoers. ﴿٢١﴾

[6:22] On the day when we summon them all, we will ask the idol worshipers, "Where are the idols you set up?"

وَيَوْمَwayawmaAnd (the) Dayنَحْشُرُهُمْnaḥshuruhumwe will summon themجَمِيعًاjamīʿanall,ثُمَّthummathenنَقُولُnaqūluwe will sayلِلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those whoأَشْرَكُوٓا۟ashrakū[they] associated partners (with God),أَيْنَayna"Where (are)شُرَكَآؤُكُمُshurakāukumuyour partners,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whomكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] used toتَزْعُمُونَtazʿumūna[you all] claim / assert?" ﴿٢٢﴾

[6:23] Their disastrous response will be, "By GOD our Lord, we never were idol worshipers."*

ثُمَّthummaThenلَمْlamnotتَكُنtakunit beفِتْنَتُهُمْfit'natuhuma dissension / rebuttal from themإِلَّآillāexceptأَنanthatقَالُوا۟qālūthey said,وَٱللَّهِwal-lahi"By God,رَبِّنَاrabbināour Lord,مَاmānotكُنَّاkunnāwe wereمُشْرِكِينَmush'rikīnathose who associated partners (with God)." ﴿٢٣﴾

*6:23 Now and forever, the idol worshipers vehemently deny that they are idolators.

[6:24] Note how they lied to themselves, and how the idols they had invented have abandoned them.

ٱنظُرْunẓurLookكَيْفَkayfahowكَذَبُوا۟kadhabūthey liedعَلَىٰٓʿalātoأَنفُسِهِمْanfusihimthemselves.وَضَلَّwaḍallaAnd it strayed / abandoned / disownedعَنْهُمʿanhumfrom themمَّاmāwhatكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toيَفْتَرُونَyaftarūna[they] fabricate. ﴿٢٤﴾

[6:25] Some of them listen to you, but we place veils on their hearts to prevent them from understanding, and deafness in their ears. Thus, no matter what kind of proof they see, they cannot believe. Thus, when they come to argue with you, the disbelievers say, "These are tales from the past."

وَمِنْهُمwamin'humAnd among them (are)مَّنman(those) whoيَسْتَمِعُyastamiʿu[he] listensإِلَيْكَilaykato you,وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnābut we have placedعَلَىٰʿalāoverقُلُوبِهِمْqulūbihimtheir heartsأَكِنَّةًakinnatancoverings / veilsأَنanlestيَفْقَهُوهُyafqahūhuthey understand it,وَفِىٓwafīand inءَاذَانِهِمْādhānihimtheir earsوَقْرًاwaqrandeafness.وَإِنwa-inAnd ifيَرَوْا۟yarawthey seeكُلَّkullaeveryءَايَةٍāyatinsign / proofلَّاlānotيُؤْمِنُوا۟yu'minūthey believeبِهَاbihāin it.حَتَّىٰٓḥattāEvenإِذَاidhāwhenجَآءُوكَjāūkathey came to youيُجَـٰدِلُونَكَyujādilūnakathey argue with youيَقُولُyaqūlu[he] says,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoكَفَرُوٓا۟kafarūthey disbelieved,إِنْin"Notهَـٰذَآhādhāthis (is)إِلَّآillābutأَسَـٰطِيرُasāṭīrutales (of)ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīnathe former / past [ones]." ﴿٢٥﴾

[6:26] They repel others from this (Quran), as they themselves stay away from it, and thus, they only destroy themselves without perceiving.

وَهُمْwahumAnd theyيَنْهَوْنَyanhawna[they] forbid (others)عَنْهُʿanhufrom itوَيَنْـَٔوْنَwayanawnaand they keep awayعَنْهُʿanhufrom it.وَإِنwa-inAnd notيُهْلِكُونَyuh'likūnathey destroyإِلَّآillāexceptأَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselves / their souls,وَمَاwamāand notيَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūnathey perceive. ﴿٢٦﴾

[6:27] If only you could see them when they face the hellfire! They would say then, "Woe to us. Oh, we wish if we could go back, and never reject our Lord's revelations, and join the believers."

وَلَوْwalawAnd ifتَرَىٰٓtarāyou (could) seeإِذْidhwhenوُقِفُوا۟wuqifūthey (will be) made to standعَلَىʿalāoverٱلنَّارِl-nārithe Fireفَقَالُوا۟faqālūthen they said,يَـٰلَيْتَنَاyālaytanā"Oh! we wish (that)نُرَدُّnuradduwe are sent backوَلَاwalāand notنُكَذِّبَnukadhibawe deny / rejectبِـَٔايَـٰتِbiāyātiin (the) signs / revelationsرَبِّنَاrabbinā(of) our Lordوَنَكُونَwanakūnaand we will beمِنَminaamongٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers." ﴿٢٧﴾

[6:28] As a matter of fact, (they only say this because) their secrets have been exposed. If they go back, they will commit exactly the same crimes.* They are liars.

بَلْbalNay,بَدَاbadāit became manifestلَهُمlahumfor themمَّاmāwhatكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toيُخْفُونَyukh'fūna[they] concealمِنminfromقَبْلُqablubefore.وَلَوْwalawAnd ifرُدُّوا۟ruddūthey were sent backلَعَادُوا۟laʿādūsurely they would have returnedلِمَاlimāto whatنُهُوا۟nuhūthey were forbiddenعَنْهُʿanhufrom it,وَإِنَّهُمْwa-innahumand indeed they (are)لَكَـٰذِبُونَlakādhibūnacertainly liars. ﴿٢٨﴾

*6:28 This is because as soon as we enter into our worldly dimension, we become totally unaware of events in the dimension of souls, where God and His angels, and Heaven and Hell, can be seen. Thus, the guilty will not change their behavior, even after seeing that eternal dimension.

[6:29] They say (subconsciously), "We live only this life; we will not be resurrected."

وَقَالُوٓا۟waqālūAnd they said,إِنْin"thatهِىَhiyait (is)إِلَّاillāexceptحَيَاتُنَاḥayātunāour life (of)ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe worldوَمَاwamāand notنَحْنُnaḥnuweبِمَبْعُوثِينَbimabʿūthīnaever those resurrected." ﴿٢٩﴾

[6:30] If you could only see them when they stand before their Lord! He would say, "Is this not the truth?" They would say, "Yes, by our Lord." He would say, "You have incurred the retribution by your disbelief."

وَلَوْwalawAnd ifتَرَىٰٓtarāyou (could) seeإِذْidhwhenوُقِفُوا۟wuqifūthey (will be) made to standعَلَىٰʿalābeforeرَبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lord.قَالَqālaHe said,أَلَيْسَalaysa"Is notهَـٰذَاhādhāthisبِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqi[of] the truth?"قَالُوا۟qālūThey said,بَلَىٰbalā"Yes,وَرَبِّنَاwarabbināby our Lord."قَالَqālaHe said,فَذُوقُوا۟fadhūqū"So taste [you all]ٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhābathe punishment / retributionبِمَاbimāfor whatكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] used toتَكْفُرُونَtakfurūna[you all] disbelieve." ﴿٣٠﴾

[6:31] Losers indeed are those who disbelieve in meeting GOD, until the Hour comes to them suddenly then say, "We deeply regret wasting our lives in this world." They will carry loads of their sins on their backs; what a miserable load!

قَدْqadIndeed,خَسِرَkhasira[he] incurred lossٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoكَذَّبُوا۟kadhabūthey deniedبِلِقَآءِbiliqāiin meetingٱللَّهِl-lahiGod,حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntilإِذَاidhāwhenجَآءَتْهُمُjāathumu[it] came to themٱلسَّاعَةُl-sāʿatuthe Hourبَغْتَةًbaghtatansuddenlyقَالُوا۟qālūthey said,يَـٰحَسْرَتَنَاyāḥasratanā"Oh! we regretعَلَىٰʿalāoverمَاmāwhatفَرَّطْنَاfarraṭnāwe neglected / fallen shortفِيهَاfīhāconcerning it,"وَهُمْwahumwhile theyيَحْمِلُونَyaḥmilūna[they] will carryأَوْزَارَهُمْawzārahumtheir burdens / sinsعَلَىٰʿalāonظُهُورِهِمْẓuhūrihimtheir backs.أَلَاalāUnquestionably!سَآءَsāaEvil / Miserable (is)مَاmāwhatيَزِرُونَyazirūnathey bear. ﴿٣١﴾

[6:32] The life of this world is no more than illusion and vanity, while the abode of the Hereafter is far better for the righteous. Do you not understand?!

وَمَاwamāAnd not (is)ٱلْحَيَوٰةُl-ḥayatuthe life (of)ٱلدُّنْيَآl-dun'yāthe worldإِلَّاillāexceptلَعِبٌlaʿibunplayوَلَهْوٌwalahwunand amusement;وَلَلدَّارُwalalddārubut surely the abode (of)ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُl-ākhiratuthe Hereafter (is)خَيْرٌkhayrunbestلِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those whoيَتَّقُونَyattaqūna[they] are righteous.أَفَلَاafalāThen will notتَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūnayou [all] understand? ﴿٣٢﴾

[6:33] We know that you may be saddened by what they say. You should know that it is not you that they reject; it is GOD's revelations that the wicked disregard.

قَدْqadIndeed,نَعْلَمُnaʿlamuwe knowإِنَّهُۥinnahuindeed itلَيَحْزُنُكَlayaḥzunukasurely [it] grieves youٱلَّذِىalladhīthat whichيَقُولُونَyaqūlūnathey say.فَإِنَّهُمْfa-innahumAnd indeed, theyلَاlā(do) notيُكَذِّبُونَكَyukadhibūnaka[they] deny youوَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabutٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoersبِـَٔايَـٰتِbiāyātiin (the) revelations (of)ٱللَّهِl-lahiGodيَجْحَدُونَyajḥadūnathey reject. ﴿٣٣﴾

[6:34] Messengers before you have been rejected, and they steadfastly persevered in the face of rejection. They were persecuted until our victory came to them. Such is GOD's system that will never change. The history of My messengers thus sets the precedents for you.

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd surelyكُذِّبَتْkudhibat[it] were rejectedرُسُلٌrusulunmessengersمِّنminfromقَبْلِكَqablikabefore you,فَصَبَرُوا۟faṣabarūbut they were patient / steadfastعَلَىٰʿalāoverمَاmāwhatكُذِّبُوا۟kudhibūthey were rejected.وَأُوذُوا۟waūdhūAnd they were insulted / persecutedحَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntilأَتَىٰهُمْatāhum[it] came to themنَصْرُنَاnaṣrunāour help / victory.وَلَاwalāAnd noمُبَدِّلَmubaddilaone [who] can alterلِكَلِمَـٰتِlikalimāti[of] (the) wordsٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,وَلَقَدْwalaqadand surelyجَآءَكَjāaka[it] came to youمِنminofنَّبَإِى۟naba-i(the) newsٱلْمُرْسَلِينَl-mur'salīnathe messengers. ﴿٣٤﴾

[6:35] If their rejection gets to be too much for you, you should know that even if you dug a tunnel through the earth, or climbed a ladder into the sky, and produced a miracle for them (they still would not believe). Had GOD willed, He could have guided them, unanimously. Therefore, do not behave like the ignorant ones.

وَإِنwa-inAnd ifكَانَkānait wasكَبُرَkaburagreat / hard / difficultعَلَيْكَʿalaykafor youإِعْرَاضُهُمْiʿ'rāḍuhumtheir aversionفَإِنِfa-inithen ifٱسْتَطَعْتَis'taṭaʿtayou were ableأَنanthatتَبْتَغِىَtabtaghiyayou digنَفَقًاnafaqana tunnelفِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthأَوْaworسُلَّمًاsullamana ladderفِىfīintoٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe skyفَتَأْتِيَهُمfatatiyahumso that you bring themبِـَٔايَةٍbiāyatinof a sign / miracle.وَلَوْwalawBut ifشَآءَshāa[He] willedٱللَّهُl-lahuGodلَجَمَعَهُمْlajamaʿahumsurely He would have gathered them (all)عَلَىʿalātoٱلْهُدَىٰl-hudāthe guidance.فَلَاfalāSo (do) notتَكُونَنَّtakūnannayou [all] beمِنَminaofٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَl-jāhilīnathe ignorant ones. ﴿٣٥﴾

[6:36] The only ones to respond are those who listen. GOD resurrects the dead; they ultimately return to Him.

إِنَّمَاinnamāOnlyيَسْتَجِيبُyastajībuhe will respondٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoيَسْمَعُونَyasmaʿūna[they] listen.وَٱلْمَوْتَىٰwal-mawtāBut the deadيَبْعَثُهُمُyabʿathuhumu[He] will resurrect themٱللَّهُl-lahuGod ثُمَّthummathenإِلَيْهِilayhito Himيُرْجَعُونَyur'jaʿūnathey will return. ﴿٣٦﴾

[6:37] They said, "If only a certain sign could come down to him from his Lord!" Say, "GOD is able to send down a sign, but most of them do not know."

وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they said,لَوْلَاlawlā"Why not (is)نُزِّلَnuzzila[it] was sent downعَلَيْهِʿalayhito himءَايَةٌāyatuna signمِّنminfromرَّبِّهِۦrabbihihis Lord?"قُلْqulSay,إِنَّinna"Indeedٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)قَادِرٌqādirunAbleعَلَىٰٓʿalāoverأَنanthatيُنَزِّلَyunazzilaHe sends downءَايَةًāyatana sign,وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabutأَكْثَرَهُمْaktharahummost of themلَاlā(do) notيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna[they] know." ﴿٣٧﴾

[6:38] All the creatures on earth, and all the birds that fly with wings, are communities like you. We did not leave anything out of this book.** To their Lord, all these creatures will be summoned.

وَمَاwamāAnd notمِنminfromدَآبَّةٍdābbatinan animal / creatureفِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthوَلَاwalāand notطَـٰٓئِرٍṭāirina birdيَطِيرُyaṭīru(that) it fliesبِجَنَاحَيْهِbijanāḥayhiwith its wingsإِلَّآillāexceptأُمَمٌumamun(are) communitiesأَمْثَالُكُمamthālukumlike you [all].مَّاmāNotفَرَّطْنَاfarraṭnāwe have neglected / left outفِىfīinٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe book / scriptureمِنmin[of]شَىْءٍshayinanything,ثُمَّthummathenإِلَىٰilātoرَبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lordيُحْشَرُونَyuḥ'sharūnathey will be summoned. ﴿٣٨﴾

*6:38 Animals were among the creatures who took advantage of God's offer to repent after committing the original sin (see the Introduction). **6:38 All information relevant to our eternal life of the Hereafter is contained in the Quran. The true believers accept, without hesitation, God's assertion: "We did not leave anything out of this book." The importance of this statement, and similar statements, is reflected in the fact that each of them consists of 19 Arabic letters (Appendix 19).

[6:39] Those who reject our proofs are deaf and dumb, in total darkness. Whomever GOD wills, He sends astray, and whomever He wills, He leads in a straight path.

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those whoكَذَّبُوا۟kadhabūthey rejectedبِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināin our verses / proofsصُمٌّṣummun(are) deafوَبُكْمٌwabuk'munand dumbفِىfīinٱلظُّلُمَـٰتِl-ẓulumātithe darkness.مَنmanWhoeverيَشَإِyasha-i[He] willsٱللَّهُl-lahuGod يُضْلِلْهُyuḍ'lil'huHe sends him astrayوَمَنwamanand whoeverيَشَأْyashaHe willsيَجْعَلْهُyajʿalhuHe places himعَلَىٰʿalāonصِرَٰطٍṣirāṭina pathمُّسْتَقِيمٍmus'taqīminstraight. ﴿٣٩﴾

[6:40] Say, "What if GOD's retribution came to you, or the Hour came to you: would you implore other than GOD, if you are truthful?"

قُلْqulSay,أَرَءَيْتَكُمْara-aytakum"Have you [all] seenإِنْinifأَتَىٰكُمْatākum[it] came to you [all]عَذَابُʿadhābupunishment / retributionٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godأَوْaworأَتَتْكُمُatatkumu[it] came to you [all]ٱلسَّاعَةُl-sāʿatuthe Hourأَغَيْرَaghayrais it other thanٱللَّهِl-lahiGodتَدْعُونَtadʿūnayou [all] call / implore,إِنinifكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] areصَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīnatruthful ones?" ﴿٤٠﴾

[6:41] The fact is: only Him you implore, and He answers your prayer, if He so wills, and you forget your idols.

بَلْbal"Nay,إِيَّاهُiyyāhuHim aloneتَدْعُونَtadʿūnayou [all] ask for / imploreفَيَكْشِفُfayakshifuand He removesمَاmāwhatتَدْعُونَtadʿūnayou [all] ask for / imploreإِلَيْهِilayhiof HimإِنinifشَآءَshāaHe willed,وَتَنسَوْنَwatansawnaand you [all] forgetمَاmāwhatتُشْرِكُونَtush'rikūnayou [all] associate (with Him)." ﴿٤١﴾

[6:42] We have sent (messengers) to communities before you, and we put them to the test through adversity and hardship, that they may implore.

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainlyأَرْسَلْنَآarsalnāwe sent (messengers)إِلَىٰٓilātoأُمَمٍumamincommunitiesمِّنminfromقَبْلِكَqablikabefore you,فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُمfa-akhadhnāhumthen we seized / struck themبِٱلْبَأْسَآءِbil-basāiwith [the] persecution / adversityوَٱلضَّرَّآءِwal-ḍarāiand [the] hardshipلَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they mayيَتَضَرَّعُونَyataḍarraʿūna[they] implore. ﴿٤٢﴾

[6:43] If only they implored when our test afflicted them! Instead, their hearts were hardened, and the devil adorned their works in their eyes.

فَلَوْلَآfalawlāThen why notإِذْidhwhenجَآءَهُمjāahum[it] came to themبَأْسُنَاbasunāour punishment,تَضَرَّعُوا۟taḍarraʿūthey implored?وَلَـٰكِنwalākinButقَسَتْqasat[it] became hardenedقُلُوبُهُمْqulūbuhumtheir hearts وَزَيَّنَwazayyanaand [he] adornedلَهُمُlahumufor themٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuthe devilمَاmāwhatكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toيَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūna[they] do. ﴿٤٣﴾

[6:44] When they thus disregard the message given to them, we open for them the gates of everything. Then, just as they rejoice in what was given to them, we punish them suddenly; they become utterly stunned.

فَلَمَّاfalammāSo whenنَسُوا۟nasūthey forgotمَاmāwhatذُكِّرُوا۟dhukkirūthey were remindedبِهِۦbihiof [it],فَتَحْنَاfataḥnāwe openedعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimover themأَبْوَٰبَabwābagatesكُلِّkulli(of) everyشَىْءٍshayinthing,حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntilإِذَاidhāwhenفَرِحُوا۟fariḥūthey rejoicedبِمَآbimāin whatأُوتُوٓا۟ūtū[they] were given.أَخَذْنَـٰهُمakhadhnāhum(Then) we seized themبَغْتَةًbaghtatansuddenlyفَإِذَاfa-idhāand behold!هُمhumThey (were)مُّبْلِسُونَmub'lisūnautterly stunned / dumbfounded [ones]. ﴿٤٤﴾

*6:44 Before the guilty are thrown out the window, they are taken up to a high floor.

[6:45] The wicked are thus annihilated. Praise be to GOD, Lord of the universe.

فَقُطِعَfaquṭiʿaSo [it] was cut off (annihilated)دَابِرُdābiru(the) last remnant rootٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmi(of) the peopleٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamū[they] did wrong.وَٱلْحَمْدُwal-ḥamduAnd all praise beلِلَّهِlillahito GodرَبِّrabbiLord (of)ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīnathe worlds / universe. ﴿٤٥﴾

[6:46] Say, "What if GOD took away your hearing and your eyesight, and sealed your minds; which god, other than GOD, can restore these for you?" Note how we explain the revelations, and note how they still deviate!

قُلْqulSay,أَرَءَيْتُمْara-aytum"Have you [all] consideredإِنْinifأَخَذَakhadha[He] took (away)ٱللَّهُl-lahuGod سَمْعَكُمْsamʿakumyour hearingوَأَبْصَـٰرَكُمْwa-abṣārakumand your sightوَخَتَمَwakhatamaand He sealedعَلَىٰʿalā[over]قُلُوبِكُمqulūbikumyour hearts,مَّنْmanwho (is)إِلَـٰهٌilāhun(the) godغَيْرُghayruother thanٱللَّهِl-lahiGodيَأْتِيكُمyatīkum[He] brings to you [all]بِهِbihi[of] it?ٱنظُرْunẓurSeeكَيْفَkayfahowنُصَرِّفُnuṣarrifuwe explainٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِl-āyātithe revelations;ثُمَّthummayetهُمْhumtheyيَصْدِفُونَyaṣdifūna[they] turn away?" ﴿٤٦﴾

[6:47] Say, "What if GOD's retribution came to you suddenly, or after an announcement, is it not the wicked who incur annihilation?"

قُلْqulSay,أَرَءَيْتَكُمْara-aytakum"Have you [all] consideredإِنْinifأَتَىٰكُمْatākum[it] came to you [all]عَذَابُʿadhābupunishmentٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godبَغْتَةًbaghtatansuddenlyأَوْaworجَهْرَةًjahratanopenly (with forewarning),هَلْhalwillيُهْلَكُyuh'lakuit be destroyed / annihilatedإِلَّاillāexceptٱلْقَوْمُl-qawmuthe peopleٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūnathe wrongdoers? ﴿٤٧﴾

[6:48] We do not send the messengers except as deliverers of good news, as well as warners. Those who believe and reform have nothing to fear, nor will they grieve.

وَمَاwamāAnd notنُرْسِلُnur'siluwe sendٱلْمُرْسَلِينَl-mur'salīnathe messengersإِلَّاillāexcept (as)مُبَشِّرِينَmubashirīnabearers of good newsوَمُنذِرِينَwamundhirīnaand (as) warners.فَمَنْfamanSo whoeverءَامَنَāmana[he] believedوَأَصْلَحَwa-aṣlaḥaand he reformed,فَلَاfalāthen noخَوْفٌkhawfunfearعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimupon themوَلَاwalāand notهُمْhumtheyيَحْزَنُونَyaḥzanūna[they] will grieve. ﴿٤٨﴾

[6:49] As for those who reject our revelations, they incur the retribution for their wickedness.

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those whoكَذَّبُوا۟kadhabū[they] deniedبِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināin our revelationsيَمَسُّهُمُyamassuhumu[it] will touch themٱلْعَذَابُl-ʿadhābuthe punishment / retributionبِمَاbimāfor whatكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toيَفْسُقُونَyafsuqūna[they] defiantly disobey (wicked). ﴿٤٩﴾

[6:50] Say, “I do not say to you that I possess the treasures of GOD. Nor do I know the future. Nor do I say to you that I am an angel. I simply follow what is revealed to me." Say, "Is the blind the same as the seer? Do you not reflect?"

قُلqulSay,لَّآlā"notأَقُولُaqūluI sayلَكُمْlakumto you [all]عِندِىʿindī(that) with me (are)خَزَآئِنُkhazāinu(the) treasuresٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godوَلَآwalāand not (that)أَعْلَمُaʿlamuI knowٱلْغَيْبَl-ghaybathe unseen / futureوَلَآwalāand notأَقُولُaqūluI sayلَكُمْlakumto you [all]إِنِّىinnīindeed I amمَلَكٌmalakunan angel.إِنْinNotأَتَّبِعُattabiʿuI followإِلَّاillāexcept (only)مَاmāwhatيُوحَىٰٓyūḥāit is revealedإِلَىَّilayyato me."قُلْqulSay,هَلْhal"Canيَسْتَوِىyastawī[it] be equalٱلْأَعْمَىٰl-aʿmāthe blindوَٱلْبَصِيرُwal-baṣīruand the seer?"أَفَلَاafalāThen will notتَتَفَكَّرُونَtatafakkarūnayou [all] reflect? ﴿٥٠﴾

[6:51] And preach with this (Quran) to those who reverence the summoning before their Lord - they have none beside Him as a Lord and Master, nor an intercessor - that they may attain salvation.

وَأَنذِرْwa-andhirAnd warn / preachبِهِbihiwith itٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoيَخَافُونَyakhāfūna[they] fear / reverenceأَنanthatيُحْشَرُوٓا۟yuḥ'sharūthey will be summonedإِلَىٰilātoرَبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lord,لَيْسَlaysanotلَهُمlahumfor themمِّنminfromدُونِهِۦdūnihiother than Himوَلِىٌّwaliyyunany protector / Lord and Masterوَلَاwalāand notشَفِيعٌshafīʿunany intercessor,لَّعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they mayيَتَّقُونَyattaqūna[they] become righteous. ﴿٥١﴾

[6:52] And do not dismiss those who implore their Lord day and night, devoting themselves to Him alone. You are not responsible for their reckoning, nor are they responsible for your reckoning. If you dismiss them, you will be a transgressor.

وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتَطْرُدِtaṭrudiyou drive away / dismissٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoيَدْعُونَyadʿūnathey imploreرَبَّهُمrabbahumtheir Lordبِٱلْغَدَوٰةِbil-ghadatiin the morningوَٱلْعَشِىِّwal-ʿashiyiand the eveningيُرِيدُونَyurīdūna[they] desireوَجْهَهُۥwajhahuHis Face (*to direct one's devotion / purpose / whole being towards).مَاmāNot (is)عَلَيْكَʿalaykaon youمِنْminofحِسَابِهِمḥisābihimtheir account / reckoningمِّنminofشَىْءٍshayinanything,وَمَاwamāand notمِنْminfromحِسَابِكَḥisābikayour account / reckoningعَلَيْهِمʿalayhimon themمِّنminofشَىْءٍshayinanything.فَتَطْرُدَهُمْfataṭrudahumSo (if) you drive them away / dismiss them,فَتَكُونَfatakūnathen you will beمِنَminaamongٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers. ﴿٥٢﴾

[6:53] We thus test the people by each other, to let them say (mockingly), "Are these the people among us who are blessed by GOD?" Is GOD not aware of the appreciative ones?

وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaand thusفَتَنَّاfatannāwe testedبَعْضَهُمbaʿḍahumSome of them*بِبَعْضٍbibaʿḍinby some others (*by each other)لِّيَقُولُوٓا۟liyaqūlūso that they may say,أَهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِahāulāi"Are these (whom)مَنَّmanna[He] favoredٱللَّهُl-lahuGodعَلَيْهِمʿalayhimupon themمِّنۢminfromبَيْنِنَآbaynināamong us?"أَلَيْسَalaysaIs notٱللَّهُl-lahuGodبِأَعْلَمَbi-aʿlama[of] best knower / fully awareبِٱلشَّـٰكِرِينَbil-shākirīnaof the appreciative ones? ﴿٥٣﴾

[6:54] When those who believe in our revelations come to you, you shall say, "Salãmun 'Alaykum (Peace be upon you). Your Lord has decreed that mercy is His attribute. Thus, anyone among you who commits a transgression out of ignorance, and repents thereafter and reforms, then He is Forgiving, Most Merciful."

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenجَآءَكَjāaka[he] came to you,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnathey believeبِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināin our verses / revelations,فَقُلْfaqulthen say,سَلَـٰمٌsalāmun"Peace (be)عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you [all].كَتَبَkataba[He] decreedرَبُّكُمْrabbukumyour LordعَلَىٰʿalāuponنَفْسِهِnafsihiHimselfٱلرَّحْمَةَl-raḥmatathe Mercy,أَنَّهُۥannahuthat heمَنْmanwhoعَمِلَʿamila[he] did,مِنكُمْminkumamong you [all],سُوٓءًۢاsūanevilبِجَهَـٰلَةٍbijahālatinin ignoranceثُمَّthummathenتَابَtābahe repentedمِنۢminfromبَعْدِهِۦbaʿdihiafter itوَأَصْلَحَwa-aṣlaḥaand he reformed,فَأَنَّهُۥfa-annahuthen, indeed He (is)غَفُورٌghafūrunForgiving,رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMerciful." ﴿٥٤﴾

[6:55] We thus explain the revelations, and point out the ways of the wicked.

وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thusنُفَصِّلُnufaṣṣiluwe explainٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِl-āyātithe verses / revelations,وَلِتَسْتَبِينَwalitastabīnaand so that [it] may make clearسَبِيلُsabīlu(the) path / way (of)ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَl-muj'rimīnathe criminals / sinners / wicked / guilty ones. ﴿٥٥﴾

[6:56] Say, "I am forbidden from worshiping what you worship besides GOD." Say, "I will not follow your opinions. Otherwise, I will go astray, and not be guided."

قُلْqulSay,إِنِّىinnī"Indeed, Iنُهِيتُnuhītu[I] was forbiddenأَنْanthatأَعْبُدَaʿbudaI worshipٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whomتَدْعُونَtadʿūnayou [all] ask for / implore / worshipمِنminfromدُونِdūnibesides ٱللَّهِl-lahiGod."قُلqulSay,لَّآlā"NotأَتَّبِعُattabiʿuI followأَهْوَآءَكُمْahwāakumyour (vain) desires / opinions,قَدْqadcertainlyضَلَلْتُḍalaltuI (would have) gone astrayإِذًاidhanthen,وَمَآwamāand notأَنَا۠anāI (would be)مِنَminaamongٱلْمُهْتَدِينَl-muh'tadīnathe guided ones." ﴿٥٦﴾

[6:57] Say, "I have solid proof from my Lord, and you have rejected it. I do not control the retribution you challenge me to bring. Judgment belongs with GOD alone. He narrates the truth, and He is the best judge."

قُلْqulSay,إِنِّىinnī"Indeed, I amعَلَىٰʿalāuponبَيِّنَةٍbayyinatina clear proofمِّنminfromرَّبِّىrabbīmy Lord,وَكَذَّبْتُمwakadhabtumand you [all] denied / rejectedبِهِۦbihi[in] it.مَاmāNotعِندِىʿindīup to meمَاmāwhatتَسْتَعْجِلُونَtastaʿjilūnayou [all] seek to hasten / challengeبِهِۦٓbihiof it.إِنِiniNot (is)ٱلْحُكْمُl-ḥuk'muthe decision / judgmentإِلَّاillāexceptلِلَّهِlillahiwith God.يَقُصُّyaquṣṣuHe accounts / narratesٱلْحَقَّl-ḥaqathe truth,وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He (is)خَيْرُkhayru(the) Best (of)ٱلْفَـٰصِلِينَl-fāṣilīnathe deciders / judges." ﴿٥٧﴾

[6:58] Say, "If I controlled the retribution you challenge me to bring, the whole matter would have been terminated long ago. GOD knows best who the wicked are."

قُلqulSay,لَّوْlaw"Ifأَنَّannathatعِندِىʿindīup to meمَاmāwhatتَسْتَعْجِلُونَtastaʿjilūnayou [all] seek to hasten / challengeبِهِۦbihiof it,لَقُضِىَlaquḍiyasurely it would have been decidedٱلْأَمْرُl-amruthe matterبَيْنِىbaynībetween meوَبَيْنَكُمْwabaynakumand between you [all].وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Godأَعْلَمُaʿlamuknows bestبِٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَbil-ẓālimīnaof the wrongdoers. ﴿٥٨﴾

[6:59] With Him are the keys to all secrets; none knows them except He. He knows everything on land and in the sea. Not a leaf falls without His knowledge. Nor is there a grain in the depths of the soil. Nor is there anything wet or dry, that is not recorded in a profound record.

وَعِندَهُۥwaʿindahuAnd with Him (are)مَفَاتِحُmafātiḥuthat which opens / keys (of)ٱلْغَيْبِl-ghaybithe unseen / secret,لَاlāno (one)يَعْلَمُهَآyaʿlamuhā[he] knows themإِلَّاillāexceptهُوَhuwaHim.وَيَعْلَمُwayaʿlamuAnd He knowsمَاmāwhat (is)فِىfīinٱلْبَرِّl-barithe landوَٱلْبَحْرِwal-baḥriand the sea.وَمَاwamāAnd notتَسْقُطُtasquṭuit falls / dropsمِنminanyوَرَقَةٍwaraqatinleafإِلَّاillāexcept (that)يَعْلَمُهَاyaʿlamuhāHe knows it.وَلَاwalāAnd notحَبَّةٍḥabbatina grainفِىfīinظُلُمَـٰتِẓulumāti(the) darkness (of)ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthوَلَاwalāand notرَطْبٍraṭbinmoist / wetوَلَاwalāand notيَابِسٍyābisindryإِلَّاillābutفِىfī(is) inكِتَـٰبٍkitābina Recordمُّبِينٍmubīninclear. ﴿٥٩﴾

[6:60] He is the One who puts you to death during the night, and knows even the smallest of your actions during the day. He resurrects you every morning, until your life span is fulfilled, then to Him is your ultimate return. He will then inform you of everything you had done.

وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He (is)ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One whoيَتَوَفَّىٰكُمyatawaffākumHe puts you [all] to deathبِٱلَّيْلِbi-al-layliby the nightوَيَعْلَمُwayaʿlamuand He knowsمَاmāwhatجَرَحْتُمjaraḥtumyou [all] had done / earnedبِٱلنَّهَارِbil-nahāriby the day.ثُمَّthummaThenيَبْعَثُكُمْyabʿathukumHe raises you [all] upفِيهِfīhitherein,لِيُقْضَىٰٓliyuq'ḍāso that [it] may be fulfilledأَجَلٌajalunan appointed termمُّسَمًّىmusammanpredetermined.ثُمَّthummaThenإِلَيْهِilayhito Him (is)مَرْجِعُكُمْmarjiʿukumyour ultimate returnثُمَّthummathenيُنَبِّئُكُمyunabbi-ukumHe will inform you [all]بِمَاbimāabout whatكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] used toتَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūna[you all] do. ﴿٦٠﴾

*6:60 The righteous do not really die; they go straight to the same Paradise where Adam and Eve once lived. The unrighteous die and experience a nightmare that lasts until the Day of Resurrection (see 2:154, 3:169, 8:24, 16:32, 22:58, 36:26-27, 40:46, 44:56, and Appendix 17).

[6:61] He is Supreme over His creatures, and He appoints guards to protect you. When the appointed time of death comes to any of you, our messengers put him to death without delay.

وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He (is)ٱلْقَاهِرُl-qāhiruthe SupremeفَوْقَfawqaoverعِبَادِهِۦʿibādihiHis servants,وَيُرْسِلُwayur'siluand He sendsعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumover you [all]حَفَظَةًḥafaẓatanguardiansحَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntilإِذَاidhāwhenجَآءَjāa[it] cameأَحَدَكُمُaḥadakumu(to) one of you [all]ٱلْمَوْتُl-mawtuthe deathتَوَفَّتْهُtawaffathu[it] puts him to deathرُسُلُنَاrusulunāour (angel) messengers,وَهُمْwahumand theyلَاlā(do) notيُفَرِّطُونَyufarriṭūna[they] neglect (their duty). ﴿٦١﴾

[6:62] Then everyone is returned to GOD, their rightful Lord and Master. Absolutely, He is the ultimate judge; He is the most accurate reckoner.

ثُمَّthummaThenرُدُّوٓا۟ruddūthey were returnedإِلَىilātoٱللَّهِl-lahiGodمَوْلَىٰهُمُmawlāhumutheir Lord and Masterٱلْحَقِّl-ḥaqi[the] rightful.أَلَاalāUnquestionably,لَهُlahufor Him (is)ٱلْحُكْمُl-ḥuk'muthe judgment?وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He (is)أَسْرَعُasraʿuswiftest / most accurate (of)ٱلْحَـٰسِبِينَl-ḥāsibīnathe reckoners. ﴿٦٢﴾

[6:63] Say, "Who can save you from the darkness of the land or the sea?" You implore Him loudly and secretly: "If He saves us this time, we will be eternally appreciative."

قُلْqulSay,مَنman"Whoيُنَجِّيكُمyunajjīkum[He] saves you [all]مِّنminfromظُلُمَـٰتِẓulumātidarkness (of)ٱلْبَرِّl-barithe landوَٱلْبَحْرِwal-baḥriand the sea,تَدْعُونَهُۥtadʿūnahuyou [all] call / implore Himتَضَرُّعًاtaḍarruʿanpublicly / loudlyوَخُفْيَةًwakhuf'yatanand secretly,لَّئِنْla-in"Surely ifأَنجَىٰنَاanjānāHe saved usمِنْminfromهَـٰذِهِۦhādhihithis,لَنَكُونَنَّlanakūnannasurely we will beمِنَminaofٱلشَّـٰكِرِينَl-shākirīnathe appreciative ones." ﴿٦٣﴾

[6:64] Say, "GOD does save you this time, and other times as well, then you still set up idols besides Him."

قُلِquliSay,ٱللَّهُl-lahu"Godيُنَجِّيكُمyunajjīkum[He] saves you [all]مِّنْهَاmin'hāfrom itوَمِنwaminand fromكُلِّkullieveryكَرْبٍkarbindistress,ثُمَّthummayetأَنتُمْantumyou [all]تُشْرِكُونَtush'rikūna[you all] associate partners (with God)." ﴿٦٤﴾

[6:65] Say, "He is certainly able to pour upon you retribution from above you, or from beneath your feet. Or He can divide you into factions and have you taste each others' tyranny. Note how we explain the revelations, that they may understand."

قُلْqulSay,هُوَhuwa"He (is)ٱلْقَادِرُl-qādiru[the] Able / Most Ableعَلَىٰٓʿalā[on]أَنanthatيَبْعَثَyabʿathaHe (can) sendعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you [all]عَذَابًاʿadhābanretributionمِّنminfromفَوْقِكُمْfawqikumabove you [all]أَوْaworمِنminfromتَحْتِtaḥtibeneathأَرْجُلِكُمْarjulikumyour feetأَوْaworيَلْبِسَكُمْyalbisakumHe (can) confuse / divide you [all]شِيَعًاshiyaʿan(into) sects (factions)وَيُذِيقَwayudhīqaand He (can) make (you) tasteبَعْضَكُمbaʿḍakumsome of you [all]بَأْسَbasawrath / violence / tyrannyبَعْضٍbaʿḍin(of) some others."ٱنظُرْunẓurSeeكَيْفَkayfahowنُصَرِّفُnuṣarrifuwe explainٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِl-āyātithe revelationsلَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they mayيَفْقَهُونَyafqahūna[they] understand. ﴿٦٥﴾

[6:66] Your people have rejected this, even though it is the truth. Say, "I am not a guardian over you."

وَكَذَّبَwakadhabaBut [he] deniedبِهِۦbihiitقَوْمُكَqawmukayour peopleوَهُوَwahuwawhile it (is)ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquthe truth.قُلqulSay,لَّسْتُlastu"I am notعَلَيْكُمʿalaykumover you [all]بِوَكِيلٍbiwakīlinever a manager / guardian." ﴿٦٦﴾

[6:67] Every prophecy herein will come to pass, and you will surely find out.

لِّكُلِّlikulliFor everyنَبَإٍnaba-innews / prophecy (is)مُّسْتَقَرٌّmus'taqarruna fixed time,وَسَوْفَwasawfaand soonتَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnayou [all] will know. ﴿٦٧﴾

[6:68] If you see those who mock our revelations, you shall avoid them until they delve into another subject. If the devil causes you to forget, then, as soon as you remember, do not sit with such evil people.

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenرَأَيْتَra-aytayou sawٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoيَخُوضُونَyakhūḍūna[they] mockفِىٓfīaboutءَايَـٰتِنَاāyātināour verses / revelations,فَأَعْرِضْfa-aʿriḍthen turn awayعَنْهُمْʿanhumfrom themحَتَّىٰḥattāuntilيَخُوضُوا۟yakhūḍūthey delveفِىfīinحَدِيثٍḥadīthina conversation / subjectغَيْرِهِۦghayrihiother than it.وَإِمَّاwa-immāAnd ifيُنسِيَنَّكَyunsiyannaka[he] causes you to forgetٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuthe devil,فَلَاfalāthen (do) notتَقْعُدْtaqʿud[you] sit downبَعْدَbaʿdaafterٱلذِّكْرَىٰl-dhik'rāthe reminderمَعَmaʿawithٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmithe peopleٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers. ﴿٦٨﴾

[6:69] The righteous are not responsible for the utterances of those people, but it may help to remind them; perhaps they may be saved.

وَمَاwamāAnd not (is)عَلَىʿalāonٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoيَتَّقُونَyattaqūnathey are righteousمِنْminofحِسَابِهِمḥisābihimtheir account / reckoningمِّنmin[of]شَىْءٍshayinanything;وَلَـٰكِنwalākinbutذِكْرَىٰdhik'rāa reminder,لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they mayيَتَّقُونَyattaqūna[they] be saved. ﴿٦٩﴾

[6:70] You shall disregard those who take their religion in vain, as if it is a social function, and are totally absorbed in this worldly life. Remind with this (Quran), lest a soul may suffer the consequences of its evil earnings. It has none beside GOD as a Lord and Master, nor an intercessor. If it could offer any kind of ransom, it would not be accepted. They suffer the consequences of the evil works they earn; they have incurred hellish drinks, and a painful retribution because of their disbelief.

وَذَرِwadhariAnd leaveٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoٱتَّخَذُوا۟ittakhadhūthey tookدِينَهُمْdīnahumtheir religionلَعِبًاlaʿiban(as) a playوَلَهْوًاwalahwanand amusementوَغَرَّتْهُمُwagharrathumuand [it] deluded themٱلْحَيَوٰةُl-ḥayatuthe life (of)ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe world.وَذَكِّرْwadhakkirBut remindبِهِۦٓbihiwith it,أَنanlestتُبْسَلَtub'sala[it] is given up to destruction / delivered to ruinنَفْسٌۢnafsuna soulبِمَاbimāfor whatكَسَبَتْkasabatit earned,لَيْسَlaysanot (is)لَهَاlahāfor itمِنminfromدُونِdūnibesidesٱللَّهِl-lahiGodوَلِىٌّwaliyyuna protector / Lord and Masterوَلَاwalāand notشَفِيعٌshafīʿunan intercessor.وَإِنwa-inAnd ifتَعْدِلْtaʿdilit offers ransomكُلَّkullaevery (any kind)عَدْلٍʿadlinransom,لَّاlānotيُؤْخَذْyu'khadhit will be takenمِنْهَآmin'hāfrom it.أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose (are)ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathe ones whoأُبْسِلُوا۟ub'silūthey were given to destruction / delivered to ruinبِمَاbimāfor whatكَسَبُوا۟kasabūthey earned.لَهُمْlahumFor them (will be)شَرَابٌsharābuna drinkمِّنْminofحَمِيمٍḥamīminboiling waterوَعَذَابٌwaʿadhābunand a punishment / retributionأَلِيمٌۢalīmunpainfulبِمَاbimābecauseكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toيَكْفُرُونَyakfurūna[they] disbelieve. ﴿٧٠﴾

[6:71] Say, "Shall we implore, beside GOD, what possesses no power to benefit us or hurt us, and turn back on our heels after GOD has guided us? In that case, we would join those possessed by the devils, and rendered utterly confused, while their friends try to save them: 'Stay with us on the right path.'" Say, "GOD's guidance is the right guidance. We are commanded to submit to the Lord of the universe.

قُلْqulSay,أَنَدْعُوا۟anadʿū"Shall we call / imploreمِنminfromدُونِdūnibesidesٱللَّهِl-lahiGodمَاmāwhatلَاlānotيَنفَعُنَاyanfaʿunāit benefits usوَلَاwalāand notيَضُرُّنَاyaḍurrunāit harms us,وَنُرَدُّwanuradduand we turn backعَلَىٰٓʿalāonأَعْقَابِنَاaʿqābināour heelsبَعْدَbaʿdaafterإِذْidhwhenهَدَىٰنَاhadānā[He] guided us,ٱللَّهُl-lahuGod?كَٱلَّذِىka-alladhīLike the one whomٱسْتَهْوَتْهُis'tahwathu[it] beguiled / enticed him,ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينُl-shayāṭīnuthe devilsفِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth,حَيْرَانَḥayrānahe became utterly confused.لَهُۥٓlahuFor him (are)أَصْحَـٰبٌaṣḥābuncompanionsيَدْعُونَهُۥٓyadʿūnahu(who) they call himإِلَىilātoٱلْهُدَىl-hudāthe guidance,ٱئْتِنَاi'tinā 'Come to us.'قُلْqulSay,إِنَّinna"Indeed,هُدَىhudā(the) guidanceٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,هُوَhuwait (is)ٱلْهُدَىٰl-hudāthe (true) guidance,وَأُمِرْنَاwa-umir'nāand we were commandedلِنُسْلِمَlinus'limathat we may submitلِرَبِّlirabbito (the) Lord (of)ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīnathe worlds / universe. ﴿٧١﴾

[6:72] "And to observe the Contact Prayers (Salat), and to reverence Him - He is the One before whom you will be summoned (for the reckoning)."

وَأَنْwa-an"And [that]أَقِيمُوا۟aqīmūobserve [you all]ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe Contact Prayer (Salat)وَٱتَّقُوهُwa-ittaqūhuand reverence Him [you all].وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He (is)ٱلَّذِىٓalladhīthe One whoإِلَيْهِilayhito Himتُحْشَرُونَtuḥ'sharūnayou [all] will be summoned." ﴿٧٢﴾

[6:73] He is the One who created the heavens and the earth, truthfully. Whenever He says, "Be," it is. His word is the absolute truth. All sovereignty belongs to Him the day the horn is blown. Knower of all secrets and declarations, He is the Most Wise, the Cognizant.

وَهُوَwahuwaAnd (it is) Heٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One whoخَلَقَkhalaqaHe createdٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaand the earthبِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiin [the] truth (*truthfully).وَيَوْمَwayawmaAnd (the) DayيَقُولُyaqūluHe says,كُنkun"Be"فَيَكُونُfayakūnuand it becomes.قَوْلُهُqawluhuHis word (is)ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquthe truth.وَلَهُwalahuAnd for Him (is)ٱلْمُلْكُl-mul'kuthe dominion / sovereignty.يَوْمَyawma(On the) dayيُنفَخُyunfakhu[it] will be blownفِىfīofٱلصُّورِl-ṣūrithe horn.عَـٰلِمُʿālimu(He is) Knower (of)ٱلْغَيْبِl-ghaybithe unseen / secretوَٱلشَّهَـٰدَةِwal-shahādatiand the testimony / declaration.وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He (is)ٱلْحَكِيمُl-ḥakīmuMost Wise,ٱلْخَبِيرُl-khabīruthe Cognizant. ﴿٧٣﴾

[6:74] Recall that Abraham said to his father Ãzer, "How could you worship statues as gods? I see that you and your people have gone far astray."

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when / recallقَالَqāla[he] saidإِبْرَٰهِيمُib'rāhīmuAbrahamلِأَبِيهِli-abīhito his father,ءَازَرَāzaraAzer,أَتَتَّخِذُatattakhidhu"Do you takeأَصْنَامًاaṣnāmanidols / statuesءَالِهَةًālihatan(as) gods?إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, Iأَرَىٰكَarāka[I] see youوَقَوْمَكَwaqawmakaand your peopleفِىfīinضَلَـٰلٍḍalālinerrorمُّبِينٍmubīninmanifest." ﴿٧٤﴾

[6:75] We showed Abraham the marvels of the heavens and the earth, and blessed him with certainty:

وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thusنُرِىٓnurīwe showإِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīmaAbrahamمَلَكُوتَmalakūta(the) kingdoms (of)ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth,وَلِيَكُونَwaliyakūnaand so that he may beمِنَminaamongٱلْمُوقِنِينَl-mūqinīnathe ones who are certain. ﴿٧٥﴾

[6:76] When the night fell, he saw a shining planet. "Maybe this is my Lord," he said. When it disappeared, he said, "I do not like (gods) that disappear."

فَلَمَّاfalammāSo whenجَنَّjanna[it] coveredعَلَيْهِʿalayhiover himٱلَّيْلُal-layluthe night,رَءَاraāhe sawكَوْكَبًاkawkabana shining planet.قَالَqālaHe said,هَـٰذَاhādhā"This (is)رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord."فَلَمَّآfalammāBut whenأَفَلَafalait set,قَالَqālahe saidلَآlā"NotأُحِبُّuḥibbuI love / likeٱلْـَٔافِلِينَl-āfilīnathe ones that set." ﴿٧٦﴾

[6:77] When he saw the moon rising, he said, "Maybe this is my Lord!" When it disappeared, he said, "Unless my Lord guides me, I will be with the strayers."

فَلَمَّاfalammāThen whenرَءَاraāhe sawٱلْقَمَرَl-qamarathe moonبَازِغًاbāzighanrisingقَالَqālahe said,هَـٰذَاhādhā"This (is)رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord."فَلَمَّآfalammāBut whenأَفَلَafalait setقَالَqālahe said,لَئِنla-in"Surely ifلَّمْlamnotيَهْدِنِىyahdinī[He] guides meرَبِّىrabbīmy Lord,لَأَكُونَنَّla-akūnannasurely I will beمِنَminaamongٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmithe peopleٱلضَّآلِّينَl-ḍālīnathe strayers." ﴿٧٧﴾

[6:78] When he saw the sun rising, he said, "This must be my Lord. This is the biggest." But when it set, he said, "O my people, I denounce your idolatry.

فَلَمَّاfalammāAnd whenرَءَاraāhe sawٱلشَّمْسَl-shamsathe sunبَازِغَةًbāzighatanrisingقَالَqālahe said,هَـٰذَاhādhā"This (is)رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord,هَـٰذَآhādhāthis (is)أَكْبَرُakbarugreater."فَلَمَّآfalammāBut whenأَفَلَتْafalatit set,قَالَqālahe said,يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmi"O my people!إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I amبَرِىٓءٌbarīonfree from obligations / disown / innocentمِّمَّاmimmāof whatتُشْرِكُونَtush'rikūnayou [all] associate (with God). ﴿٧٨﴾

[6:79] "I have devoted myself absolutely to the One who initiated the heavens and the earth; I will never be an idol worshiper."

إِنِّىinnī"Indeed, Iوَجَّهْتُwajjahtu[I] turned / directedوَجْهِىَwajhiyamy face / aim / full devotion / whole being / purposeلِلَّذِىlilladhīto the One whoفَطَرَfaṭaraHe createdٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaand the earth,حَنِيفًاḥanīfana monotheistوَمَآwamāand notأَنَا۠anāI amمِنَminaofٱلْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīnathe polytheists / idol worshipers." ﴿٧٩﴾

[6:80] His people argued with him. He said, "Do you argue with me about GOD, after He has guided me? I have no fear of the idols you set up. Nothing can happen to me, unless my Lord wills it. My Lord's knowledge encompasses all things. Would you not take heed?

وَحَآجَّهُۥwaḥājjahuAnd [he] argued with himقَوْمُهُۥqawmuhuhis people.قَالَqālaHe said,أَتُحَـٰٓجُّوٓنِّىatuḥājjūnnī"Do you [all] argue with meفِىfīconcerningٱللَّهِl-lahiGodوَقَدْwaqadwhile certainlyهَدَىٰنِhadāniHe guided me?وَلَآwalāand notأَخَافُakhāfuI fearمَاmāwhatتُشْرِكُونَtush'rikūnayou [all] associateبِهِۦٓbihiwith Him,إِلَّآillāunlessأَنan[that]يَشَآءَyashāa[He] willsرَبِّىrabbīmy Lordشَيْـًٔاshayananything.وَسِعَwasiʿa[He] encompassedرَبِّىrabbīmy Lordكُلَّkullaeveryشَىْءٍshayinthingعِلْمًاʿil'man(in) knowledge.أَفَلَاafalāThen will notتَتَذَكَّرُونَtatadhakkarūnayou [all] take heed? ﴿٨٠﴾

[6:81] "Why should I fear your idols? It is you who should be afraid, since you worship instead of GOD idols that are utterly powerless to help you. Which side is more deserving of security, if you know?"

وَكَيْفَwakayfa"And how (could)أَخَافُakhāfuI fearمَآmāwhatأَشْرَكْتُمْashraktumyou [all] associated (with God)وَلَاwalāwhile notتَخَافُونَtakhāfūnayou [all] fearأَنَّكُمْannakumthat you [all]أَشْرَكْتُمashraktum[you all] associated (partners)بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiwith God,مَاmāwhatلَمْlamnotيُنَزِّلْyunazzilHe sends downبِهِۦbihiin itعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumto you [all]سُلْطَـٰنًاsul'ṭānanany authority / power.فَأَىُّfa-ayyuSo which (of)ٱلْفَرِيقَيْنِl-farīqaynithe two groupsأَحَقُّaḥaqqu(has) more rightبِٱلْأَمْنِbil-amniof the securityإِنinifكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all]تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūna[you all] know?" ﴿٨١﴾

[6:82] Those who believe, and do not pollute their belief with idol worship, have deserved the perfect security, and they are truly guided.

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanūthey believedوَلَمْwalamand (did) notيَلْبِسُوٓا۟yalbisū[they] confound / obscure (pollute)إِيمَـٰنَهُمīmānahumtheir beliefبِظُلْمٍbiẓul'minwith wrong,أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikathose,لَهُمُlahumufor them (is)ٱلْأَمْنُl-amnuthe securityوَهُمwahumand they (are)مُّهْتَدُونَmuh'tadūnaones who are rightly guided. ﴿٨٢﴾

[6:83] Such was our argument, with which we supported Abraham against his people. We exalt whomever we will to higher ranks. Your Lord is Most Wise, Omniscient.

وَتِلْكَwatil'kaAnd this (is)حُجَّتُنَآḥujjatunāour argument,ءَاتَيْنَـٰهَآātaynāhāwe gave itإِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīma(to) Abrahamعَلَىٰʿalāagainstقَوْمِهِۦqawmihihis people.نَرْفَعُnarfaʿuWe raise / exaltدَرَجَـٰتٍdarajātin(by) ranksمَّنmanwhomنَّشَآءُnashāuwe will.إِنَّinnaIndeed,رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord (is)حَكِيمٌḥakīmunWise,عَلِيمٌʿalīmunOmniscient. ﴿٨٣﴾

[6:84] And we granted him Isaac and Jacob, and we guided both of them. Similarly, we guided Noah before that, and from his descendants (we guided) David, Solomon, Job, Joseph, Moses, and Aaron. We thus reward the righteous.

وَوَهَبْنَاwawahabnāAnd we bestowed / grantedلَهُۥٓlahuto himإِسْحَـٰقَis'ḥāqaIsaacوَيَعْقُوبَwayaʿqūbaand Jacob,كُلًّاkullanEachهَدَيْنَاhadaynāwe guided.وَنُوحًاwanūḥanAnd Noah,هَدَيْنَاhadaynāwe guidedمِنminfromقَبْلُqablubefore;وَمِنwaminand ofذُرِّيَّتِهِۦdhurriyyatihihis descendants,دَاوُۥدَdāwūdaDavidوَسُلَيْمَـٰنَwasulaymānaand Solomonوَأَيُّوبَwa-ayyūbaand Jobوَيُوسُفَwayūsufaand Josephوَمُوسَىٰwamūsāand Mosesوَهَـٰرُونَwahārūnaand Aaron.وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thusنَجْزِىnajzīwe rewardٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīnathe righteous ones. ﴿٨٤﴾

[6:85] Also, Zachariah, John, Jesus, and Elias; all were righteous.

وَزَكَرِيَّاwazakariyyāAnd Zachariahوَيَحْيَىٰwayaḥyāand Johnوَعِيسَىٰwaʿīsāand Jesusوَإِلْيَاسَwa-il'yāsaand Eliasكُلٌّkullunall (were)مِّنَminaamongٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَl-ṣāliḥīnathe righteous [ones]. ﴿٨٥﴾

[6:86] And Ismail, Elisha, Jonah, and Lot; each of these we distinguished over all the people.

وَإِسْمَـٰعِيلَwa-is'māʿīlaAnd Ismailوَٱلْيَسَعَwal-yasaʿaand Elishaوَيُونُسَwayūnusaand Jonahوَلُوطًاwalūṭanand Lot,وَكُلًّاwakullanand eachفَضَّلْنَاfaḍḍalnāwe preferredعَلَىʿalāoverٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīnaall (the) people. ﴿٨٦﴾

[6:87] From among their ancestors, their descendants, and their siblings, we chose many, and we guided them in a straight path.

وَمِنْwaminAnd fromءَابَآئِهِمْābāihimtheir fathers / ancestorsوَذُرِّيَّـٰتِهِمْwadhurriyyātihimand their descendantsوَإِخْوَٰنِهِمْwa-ikh'wānihimand their brothersوَٱجْتَبَيْنَـٰهُمْwa-ij'tabaynāhumand we chose themوَهَدَيْنَـٰهُمْwahadaynāhumand we guided themإِلَىٰilātoصِرَٰطٍṣirāṭin(the) pathمُّسْتَقِيمٍmus'taqīminstraight. ﴿٨٧﴾

[6:88] Such is GOD's guidance, with which He guides whomever He chooses from among His servants. Had any of them fallen into idolatry, their works would have been nullified.

ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat (is)هُدَىhudā(the) guidanceٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,يَهْدِىyahdīHe guidesبِهِۦbihiwith itمَنmanwhomيَشَآءُyashāuHe willsمِنْminofعِبَادِهِۦʿibādihiHis servants.وَلَوْwalawBut ifأَشْرَكُوا۟ashrakūthey associated partners (with God),لَحَبِطَlaḥabiṭasurely He nullifiedعَنْهُمʿanhumfor themمَّاmāwhatكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toيَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūna[they] do. ﴿٨٨﴾

[6:89] Those were the ones to whom we have given the scripture, wisdom, and prophethood. If these people disbelieve, we will substitute others in their place, and the new people will not be disbelievers.

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose (are)ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathe ones whomءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمُātaynāhumuwe gave themٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe scriptureوَٱلْحُكْمَwal-ḥuk'maand the judgmentوَٱلنُّبُوَّةَwal-nubuwataand the prophethood.فَإِنfa-inBut ifيَكْفُرْyakfurhe disbelievesبِهَاbihāin itهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāithese,فَقَدْfaqadthen indeed,وَكَّلْنَاwakkalnāwe entrustedبِهَاbihāin itقَوْمًاqawman(to) a peopleلَّيْسُوا۟laysūthey would not (be)بِهَاbihāin itبِكَـٰفِرِينَbikāfirīnaever disbelievers. ﴿٨٩﴾

[6:90] These are the ones guided by GOD; you shall be guided in their footsteps. Say, "I do not ask you for any wage. This is but a message for all the people."

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose (are)ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathe ones whomهَدَىhadā[He] guided,ٱللَّهُl-lahuGod فَبِهُدَىٰهُمُfabihudāhumuso in their guidanceٱقْتَدِهْiq'tadihfollow / imitate it.قُلqulSay,لَّآlā"NotأَسْـَٔلُكُمْasalukumI ask you [all]عَلَيْهِʿalayhifor itأَجْرًاajrana reward / wage.إِنْinNot (is)هُوَhuwaitإِلَّاillābutذِكْرَىٰdhik'rāa reminderلِلْعَـٰلَمِينَlil'ʿālamīnafor the worlds / for all (the) people." ﴿٩٠﴾

[6:91] They never valued GOD as He should be valued. Thus, they said, "GOD does not reveal anything to any human being." Say, "Who then revealed the scripture that Moses brought, with light and guidance for the people?" You put it down on paper to proclaim it, while concealing a lot of it. You were taught what you never knew - you and your parents. Say, "GOD (is the One who revealed it)," then leave them in their heedlessness, playing.

وَمَاwamāAnd (did) notقَدَرُوا۟qadarūthey appraised / valuedٱللَّهَl-lahaGodحَقَّḥaqqa(with) trueقَدْرِهِۦٓqadrihiHis appraisal / value,إِذْidhwhenقَالُوا۟qālūthey said,مَآmānotأَنزَلَanzala[He] revealedٱللَّهُl-lahuGodعَلَىٰʿalātoبَشَرٍbasharina human beingمِّنmin[of]شَىْءٍshayinanything."قُلْqulSay,مَنْman"Whoأَنزَلَanzala[he] revealedٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe scriptureٱلَّذِىalladhīwhichجَآءَjāa[he] broughtبِهِۦbihi[in it]مُوسَىٰmūsāMosesنُورًاnūran(as) a lightوَهُدًىwahudanand guidanceلِّلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor the people?تَجْعَلُونَهُۥtajʿalūnahuYou [all] make itقَرَاطِيسَqarāṭīsa(into) parchments,تُبْدُونَهَاtub'dūnahāyou [all] disclose itوَتُخْفُونَwatukh'fūnaand you [all] concealكَثِيرًاkathīranmuch (of it).وَعُلِّمْتُمwaʿullim'tumAnd you [all] were taughtمَّاmāwhatلَمْlamnotتَعْلَمُوٓا۟taʿlamūyou [all] know,أَنتُمْantumyou [all]وَلَآwalāand notءَابَآؤُكُمْābāukumyour forefathers / parents."قُلِquliSay,ٱللَّهُl-lahu"God."ثُمَّthummaThenذَرْهُمْdharhumleave themفِىfīinخَوْضِهِمْkhawḍihimtheir discourse / heedlessnessيَلْعَبُونَyalʿabūna[they] playing. ﴿٩١﴾

[6:92] This too is a blessed scripture that we have revealed, confirming the previous scriptures, that you may warn the most important community* and all those around it. Those who believe in the Hereafter will believe in this (scripture), and will observe the Contact Prayers (Salat).

وَهَـٰذَاwahādhāAnd this (is)كِتَـٰبٌkitābuna scripture,أَنزَلْنَـٰهُanzalnāhuwe revealed it,مُبَارَكٌmubārakunone which is blessed,مُّصَدِّقُmuṣaddiquone which confirmsٱلَّذِىalladhīthat whichبَيْنَbayna between / before*يَدَيْهِyadayhihis hands (*came before it)وَلِتُنذِرَwalitundhiraand so that you may warnأُمَّumma(the) mother / birthplace / center / most important (of)ٱلْقُرَىٰl-qurāthe citiesوَمَنْwamanand who (are)حَوْلَهَاḥawlahāaround it.وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those whoيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnathey believeبِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِbil-ākhiratiin the Hereafter,يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnathey believeبِهِۦbihiin it,وَهُمْwahumand they,عَلَىٰʿalāoverصَلَاتِهِمْṣalātihimtheir Contact Prayers (Salat)يُحَافِظُونَyuḥāfiẓūnathey keep guard. ﴿٩٢﴾

*6:92 Today's "most important community" is America, where God's message is being restored. When the Quran was revealed, Mecca was the most important community.

[6:93] Who is more evil than one who fabricates lies and attributes them to GOD, or says, "I have received divine inspiration," when no such inspiration was given to him, or says, "I can write the same as GOD's revelations"? If only you could see the transgressors at the time of death! The angels extend their hands to them, saying, "Let go of your souls. Today, you have incurred a shameful retribution for saying about GOD other than the truth, and for being too arrogant to accept His revelations.

وَمَنْwamanAnd who (is)أَظْلَمُaẓlamumore unjustمِمَّنِmimmanithan (one) whoٱفْتَرَىٰif'tarāhe fabricatedعَلَىʿalāaboutٱللَّهِl-lahiGodكَذِبًاkadhibana lieأَوْaworقَالَqālahe said,أُوحِىَūḥiya"It was been (divinely) inspiredإِلَىَّilayyato me"وَلَمْwalamwhile notيُوحَyūḥait is inspiredإِلَيْهِilayhito himشَىْءٌshayonanything,وَمَنwamanand (one) whoقَالَqālahe said,سَأُنزِلُsa-unzilu"I will revealمِثْلَmith'lalikeمَآmāwhatأَنزَلَanzala[He] revealedٱللَّهُl-lahuGod."وَلَوْwalawAnd ifتَرَىٰٓtarāyou (could) seeإِذِidhiwhenٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūnathe wrongdoersفِىfī(are) inغَمَرَٰتِghamarātioverwhelming difficulty / perplexity (of)ٱلْمَوْتِl-mawti[the] deathوَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُwal-malāikatuwhile the angelsبَاسِطُوٓا۟bāsiṭū[they] stretched outأَيْدِيهِمْaydīhimtheir hands (saying),أَخْرِجُوٓا۟akhrijū"Get out [you all]أَنفُسَكُمُanfusakumuyour souls!ٱلْيَوْمَl-yawmaTodayتُجْزَوْنَtuj'zawnayou [all] will be requitedعَذَابَʿadhāba(with) punishment / retributionٱلْهُونِl-hūni[the] humiliating / shamefulبِمَاbimābecause (of what)كُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] used toتَقُولُونَtaqūlūna[you all] sayعَلَىʿalāagainstٱللَّهِl-lahiGodغَيْرَghayraother thanٱلْحَقِّl-ḥaqithe truth,وَكُنتُمْwakuntumand you [all] becameعَنْʿanwithءَايَـٰتِهِۦāyātihiHis verses / revelationsتَسْتَكْبِرُونَtastakbirūna[you all] arrogant. ﴿٩٣﴾

[6:94] "You have come back to us as individuals, just as we created you the first time, and you have left behind what we provided for you. We do not see with you the intercessors that you idolized and claimed that they will help you. All ties among you have been severed; the idols you set up have abandoned you."

وَلَقَدْwalaqad"And certainlyجِئْتُمُونَاji'tumūnāyou [all] came to usفُرَٰدَىٰfurādāalone / as individualsكَمَاkamāasخَلَقْنَـٰكُمْkhalaqnākumwe created you [all]أَوَّلَawwala(the) firstمَرَّةٍmarratintime,وَتَرَكْتُمwataraktumand you [all] leftمَّاmāwhateverخَوَّلْنَـٰكُمْkhawwalnākumwe bestowed to you [all]وَرَآءَwarāabehindظُهُورِكُمْẓuhūrikumyour backs.وَمَاwamāAnd notنَرَىٰnarāwe seeمَعَكُمْmaʿakumwith you [all]شُفَعَآءَكُمُshufaʿāakumuyour intercessorsٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whomزَعَمْتُمْzaʿamtumyou [all] claimedأَنَّهُمْannahumthat they (were)فِيكُمْfīkumaccording to you [all]شُرَكَـٰٓؤُا۟shurakāupartners (with God).لَقَدlaqadIndeed,تَّقَطَّعَtaqaṭṭaʿa[it] split up / severed (bonds)بَيْنَكُمْbaynakumbetween you [all]وَضَلَّwaḍallaand it was lost / disowned / abandonedعَنكُمʿankumfrom you [all]مَّاmāwhatكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] used toتَزْعُمُونَtazʿumūna[you all] claim / assert?" ﴿٩٤﴾

[6:95] GOD is the One who causes the grains and the seeds to crack and germinate. He produces the living from the dead, and the dead from the living. Such is GOD; how could you deviate!

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodفَالِقُfāliqu[He] splits / cracksٱلْحَبِّl-ḥabithe grainوَٱلنَّوَىٰwal-nawāand the date-seed.يُخْرِجُyukh'rijuHe producesٱلْحَىَّl-ḥayathe livingمِنَminafromٱلْمَيِّتِl-mayitithe deadوَمُخْرِجُwamukh'rijuand One who producesٱلْمَيِّتِl-mayitithe deadمِنَminafromٱلْحَىِّl-ḥayithe living.ذَٰلِكُمُdhālikumuThat [you all] (is)ٱللَّهُl-lahuGod,فَأَنَّىٰfa-annāso how (can)تُؤْفَكُونَtu'fakūnayou [all] turn away / deviate? ﴿٩٥﴾

[6:96] At the crack of dawn, He causes the morning to emerge. He made the night still, and He rendered the sun and the moon to serve as calculation devices. Such is the design of the Almighty, the Omniscient.

فَالِقُfāliquHe splits / cracks (of)ٱلْإِصْبَاحِl-iṣ'bāḥithe daybreak / dawnوَجَعَلَwajaʿalaand He madeٱلَّيْلَal-laylathe nightسَكَنًاsakananstillوَٱلشَّمْسَwal-shamsaand the sunوَٱلْقَمَرَwal-qamaraand the moonحُسْبَانًاḥus'bānan(for) reckoning / counting.ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThatتَقْدِيرُtaqdīruit is (the) decree (of)ٱلْعَزِيزِl-ʿazīzithe Almighty,ٱلْعَلِيمِl-ʿalīmithe Omniscient. ﴿٩٦﴾

[6:97] And He is the One who made the stars to guide you during the darkness, on land and on sea. We thus clarify the revelations for people who know.

وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He (is)ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One whoجَعَلَjaʿalaHe madeلَكُمُlakumufor you [all]ٱلنُّجُومَl-nujūmathe starsلِتَهْتَدُوا۟litahtadūthat you [all] may be guidedبِهَاbihāwith themفِىfīinظُلُمَـٰتِẓulumāti(the) darkness (of)ٱلْبَرِّl-barithe landوَٱلْبَحْرِwal-baḥriand the sea.قَدْqadCertainly,فَصَّلْنَاfaṣṣalnāwe clarified / explainedٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِl-āyātithe signs / verses / revelationsلِقَوْمٍliqawminfor a peopleيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnathey know. ﴿٩٧﴾

[6:98] He initiated you from one person, and decided your path, as well as your final destiny. We thus clarify the revelations for people who understand.

وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He (is)ٱلَّذِىٓalladhīthe One whoأَنشَأَكُمansha-akumHe produced / initiated you [all]مِّنminfromنَّفْسٍnafsinsoul / personوَٰحِدَةٍwāḥidatinone / single.فَمُسْتَقَرٌّfamus'taqarrunThen a place to seek comfort / restوَمُسْتَوْدَعٌwamus'tawdaʿunand a place to seek deposits.قَدْqadCertainly,فَصَّلْنَاfaṣṣalnāwe clarified / explainedٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِl-āyātithe signs / verses / revelationsلِقَوْمٍliqawminfor a peopleيَفْقَهُونَyafqahūna[they] (who) understand. ﴿٩٨﴾

[6:99] He is the One who sends down from the sky water, whereby we produce all kinds of plants. We produce from the green material multitudes of complex grains, palm trees with hanging clusters, and gardens of grapes, olives and pomegranate; fruits that are similar, yet dissimilar. Note their fruits as they grow and ripen. These are signs for people who believe.

وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He (is)ٱلَّذِىٓalladhīthe One whoأَنزَلَanzalaHe sent downمِنَminafromٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe skyمَآءًmāanwater,فَأَخْرَجْنَاfa-akhrajnāthen we producedبِهِۦbihiwith itنَبَاتَnabātavegetationكُلِّkulli(of) everyشَىْءٍshayinthing.فَأَخْرَجْنَاfa-akhrajnāThen we producedمِنْهُmin'hufrom itخَضِرًاkhaḍirangreen (plant),نُّخْرِجُnukh'rijuwe produceمِنْهُmin'hufrom itحَبًّاḥabbangrainمُّتَرَاكِبًاmutarākibanthick clustered.وَمِنَwaminaAnd fromٱلنَّخْلِl-nakhlithe date-palm,مِنminfromطَلْعِهَاṭalʿihāits spatheقِنْوَانٌqin'wānunclusters of datesدَانِيَةٌdāniyatunhanging low / near.وَجَنَّـٰتٍwajannātinAnd gardensمِّنْminofأَعْنَابٍaʿnābingrapesوَٱلزَّيْتُونَwal-zaytūnaand the olivesوَٱلرُّمَّانَwal-rumānaand the pomegranatesمُشْتَبِهًاmush'tabihansimilarوَغَيْرَwaghayraand notمُتَشَـٰبِهٍmutashābihinsimilar.ٱنظُرُوٓا۟unẓurūLook [you all]إِلَىٰilātoثَمَرِهِۦٓthamarihiits fruitإِذَآidhāwhenأَثْمَرَathmarait bears fruitوَيَنْعِهِۦٓwayanʿihiand its ripening.إِنَّinnaIndeed,فِىfīinذَٰلِكُمْdhālikumthat [you all] (are)لَـَٔايَـٰتٍlaāyātinsurely signsلِّقَوْمٍliqawminfor a peopleيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnathey believe. ﴿٩٩﴾

[6:100] Yet, they set up besides GOD idols from among the jinns, though He is the One who created them. They even attribute to Him sons and daughters, without any knowledge. Be He glorified. He is the Most High, far above their claims.

وَجَعَلُوا۟wajaʿalūAnd they make / set upلِلَّهِlillahiwith Godشُرَكَآءَshurakāapartnersٱلْجِنَّl-jinathe jinnوَخَلَقَهُمْwakhalaqahumthough He created them,وَخَرَقُوا۟wakharaqūand they falsely attributeلَهُۥlahuto Himبَنِينَbanīnasonsوَبَنَـٰتٍۭwabanātinand daughtersبِغَيْرِbighayri[for] withoutعِلْمٍʿil'minknowledge.سُبْحَـٰنَهُۥsub'ḥānahuGlorified is Heوَتَعَـٰلَىٰwataʿālāand high above (all) / Most Highعَمَّاʿammāabove whatيَصِفُونَyaṣifūnathey claim. ﴿١٠٠﴾

[6:101] The Initiator of the heavens and the earth. How can He have a son, when He never had a mate? He created all things, and He is fully aware of all things.

بَدِيعُbadīʿuInitiator (of)ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth.أَنَّىٰannāHow (can)يَكُونُyakūnuthere beلَهُۥlahufor Himوَلَدٌwaladuna sonوَلَمْwalamwhile notتَكُنtakunit beلَّهُۥlahufor Himصَـٰحِبَةٌṣāḥibatuna wife / companion / mate,وَخَلَقَwakhalaqaand He createdكُلَّkullaeveryشَىْءٍshayinthing?وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He (is)بِكُلِّbikulliof everyشَىْءٍshayinthingعَلِيمٌʿalīmunAll-Knower. ﴿١٠١﴾

[6:102] Such is GOD your Lord, there is no god except He, the Creator of all things. You shall worship Him alone. He is in control of all things.

ذَٰلِكُمُdhālikumuThat [you all] (is)ٱللَّهُl-lahuGodرَبُّكُمْrabbukumyour Lord,لَآlā(there is) noإِلَـٰهَilāhagodإِلَّاillāexceptهُوَhuwaHim,خَـٰلِقُkhāliqu(the) Creatorكُلِّkulli(of) everyشَىْءٍshayinthing,فَٱعْبُدُوهُfa-uʿ'budūhuso worship Him [you all].وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He (is)عَلَىٰʿalāoverكُلِّkullieveryشَىْءٍshayinthingوَكِيلٌwakīluna Guardian / Controller. ﴿١٠٢﴾

[6:103] No visions can encompass Him, but He encompasses all visions. He is the Compassionate, the Cognizant.

لَّاlāNot (can)تُدْرِكُهُtud'rikuhu[it] comprehends / encompasses Himٱلْأَبْصَـٰرُl-abṣāruthe visionوَهُوَwahuwabut Heيُدْرِكُyud'riku[He] comprehends / encompassesٱلْأَبْصَـٰرَl-abṣāraall visions,وَهُوَwahuwaand He (is)ٱللَّطِيفُl-laṭīfuthe Subtle / Compassionate,ٱلْخَبِيرُl-khabīruthe Cognizant. ﴿١٠٣﴾

[6:104] Enlightenments have come to you from your Lord. As for those who can see, they do so for their own good, and those who turn blind, do so to their own detriment. I am not your guardian.

قَدْqadVerily,جَآءَكُمjāakum[it] came to you [all]بَصَآئِرُbaṣāiruenlightenmentمِنminfromرَّبِّكُمْrabbikumyour Lord.فَمَنْfamanThen whoeverأَبْصَرَabṣarahe seesفَلِنَفْسِهِۦfalinafsihithen (it is) for his soul,وَمَنْwamanand whoeverعَمِىَʿamiyahe is blindفَعَلَيْهَاfaʿalayhāthen (it is) against it.وَمَآwamāand notأَنَا۠anāI amعَلَيْكُمʿalaykumover you [all]بِحَفِيظٍbiḥafīẓinever a guardian. ﴿١٠٤﴾

[6:105] We thus explain the revelations, to prove that you have received knowledge, and to clarify them for people who know.

وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thusنُصَرِّفُnuṣarrifuwe explainٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِl-āyātithe verses / revelationsوَلِيَقُولُوا۟waliyaqūlūand that they may sayدَرَسْتَdarasta"You studied / learnt well,"وَلِنُبَيِّنَهُۥwalinubayyinahuand that we may clarify itلِقَوْمٍliqawminfor a peopleيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnathey know. ﴿١٠٥﴾

[6:106] Follow what is revealed to you from your Lord, there is no god except He, and disregard the idol worshipers.

ٱتَّبِعْittabiʿObey / Followمَآmāwhatأُوحِىَūḥiyait was inspired / revealedإِلَيْكَilaykato youمِنminfromرَّبِّكَrabbikayour Lord,لَآlā(there is) noإِلَـٰهَilāhagodإِلَّاillāexceptهُوَhuwaHim,وَأَعْرِضْwa-aʿriḍand turn awayعَنِʿanifromٱلْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīnathe polytheists / idol worshipers. ﴿١٠٦﴾

[6:107] Had GOD willed, they would not have worshiped idols. We did not appoint you as their guardian, nor are you their advocate.

وَلَوْwalawAnd ifشَآءَshāa[He] willed,ٱللَّهُl-lahuGodمَآmānotأَشْرَكُوا۟ashrakūthey associated partners (with God).وَمَاwamāAnd notجَعَلْنَـٰكَjaʿalnākawe made youعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimover themحَفِيظًاḥafīẓana guardian,وَمَآwamāand notأَنتَantayou (are)عَلَيْهِمʿalayhimover themبِوَكِيلٍbiwakīlinever an advocate. ﴿١٠٧﴾

[6:108] Do not curse the idols they set up beside GOD, lest they blaspheme and curse GOD, out of ignorance. We have adorned the works of every group in their eyes. Ultimately, they return to their Lord, then He informs them of everything they had done.

وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتَسُبُّوا۟tasubbū[you all] insult / curseٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whomيَدْعُونَyadʿūnathey invokeمِنminfromدُونِdūniother thanٱللَّهِl-lahiGod,فَيَسُبُّوا۟fayasubbūlest they insult / curseٱللَّهَl-lahaGodعَدْوًۢاʿadwanspitefully / (with) enmityبِغَيْرِbighayri[for] withoutعِلْمٍʿil'minknowledge.كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThusزَيَّنَّاzayyannāwe adornedلِكُلِّlikullifor everyأُمَّةٍummatincommunityعَمَلَهُمْʿamalahumtheir deed / work.ثُمَّthummaThenإِلَىٰilātoرَبِّهِمrabbihimtheir Lord (is)مَّرْجِعُهُمْmarjiʿuhumtheir ultimate return,فَيُنَبِّئُهُمfayunabbi-uhumthen He will inform themبِمَاbimāabout whatكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toيَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūna[they] do. ﴿١٠٨﴾

[6:109] They swore by GOD, solemnly, that if a miracle came to them, they would surely believe. Say, "Miracles come only from GOD." For all you know, if a miracle did come to them, they would continue to disbelieve.

وَأَقْسَمُوا۟wa-aqsamūAnd they sworeبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiby Godجَهْدَjahdasolemnlyأَيْمَـٰنِهِمْaymānihim(of) their oathsلَئِنla-insurely ifجَآءَتْهُمْjāathum[it] came to themءَايَةٌāyatuna sign / miracle,لَّيُؤْمِنُنَّlayu'minunnasurely they will believeبِهَاbihāin it.قُلْqulSay,إِنَّمَاinnamā"Onlyٱلْـَٔايَـٰتُl-āyātuthe signs / miraclesعِندَʿinda(are) withٱللَّهِl-lahiGod."وَمَاwamāAnd whatيُشْعِرُكُمْyush'ʿirukumit will make you [all] perceiveأَنَّهَآannahāthat [it]إِذَاidhāwhen [in the future]جَآءَتْjāatit cameلَاlānotيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnathey believe. ﴿١٠٩﴾

[6:110] We control their minds and their hearts. Thus, since their decision is to disbelieve, we leave them in their transgressions, blundering.

وَنُقَلِّبُwanuqallibuAnd we will turn backأَفْـِٔدَتَهُمْafidatahumtheir heartsوَأَبْصَـٰرَهُمْwa-abṣārahumand their sightsكَمَاkamāsinceلَمْlamnotيُؤْمِنُوا۟yu'minūthey believeبِهِۦٓbihiin itأَوَّلَawwala(the) firstمَرَّةٍmarratintime.وَنَذَرُهُمْwanadharuhumAnd we will leave themفِىfīinطُغْيَـٰنِهِمْṭugh'yānihimtheir transgressionsيَعْمَهُونَyaʿmahūna[they] wander blindly / blunder. ﴿١١٠﴾

[6:111] Even if we sent down the angels to them; even if the dead spoke to them; even if we summoned every miracle before them; they cannot believe unless GOD wills it. Indeed, most of them are ignorant.

وَلَوْwalawEven ifأَنَّنَاannanā[that] weنَزَّلْنَآnazzalnā[we] sent downإِلَيْهِمُilayhimuto themٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَl-malāikatathe angelsوَكَلَّمَهُمُwakallamahumuand [it] spoken to them,ٱلْمَوْتَىٰl-mawtāthe dead,وَحَشَرْنَاwaḥasharnāand we summonedعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimfor themكُلَّkullaeveryشَىْءٍshayinthingقُبُلًاqubulanbefore (them) (*face to face),مَّاmānotكَانُوا۟kānūthey wereلِيُؤْمِنُوٓا۟liyu'minū[they] to believeإِلَّآillāunlessأَنan[that]يَشَآءَyashāa[He] willsٱللَّهُl-lahuGod.وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnaButأَكْثَرَهُمْaktharahummost of them (are)يَجْهَلُونَyajhalūnathey are ignorant. ﴿١١١﴾

[6:112] We have permitted the enemies of every prophet - human and jinn devils - to inspire in each other fancy words, in order to deceive. Had your Lord willed, they would not have done it. You shall disregard them and their fabrications.

وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thusجَعَلْنَاjaʿalnāwe madeلِكُلِّlikullifor everyنَبِىٍّnabiyyinprophetعَدُوًّاʿaduwwanan enemyشَيَـٰطِينَshayāṭīnadevilsٱلْإِنسِl-insi(from) the peopleوَٱلْجِنِّwal-jiniand the jinn,يُوحِىyūḥī[he] inspiredبَعْضُهُمْbaʿḍuhumsome of them*إِلَىٰilāto*بَعْضٍbaʿḍinsome others (*in each other)زُخْرُفَzukh'rufa(with) embellished / fancyٱلْقَوْلِl-qawli[the] speechغُرُورًاghurūran(in) deception.وَلَوْwalawBut ifشَآءَshāa[He] willedرَبُّكَrabbukayour Lordمَاmānotفَعَلُوهُfaʿalūhuthey (would have) done it,فَذَرْهُمْfadharhumso leave themوَمَاwamāand whatيَفْتَرُونَyaftarūnathey fabricate. ﴿١١٢﴾

[6:113] This is to let the minds of those who do not believe in the Hereafter listen to such fabrications, and accept them, and thus expose their real convictions.*

وَلِتَصْغَىٰٓwalitaṣghāAnd so that [it] may incline / pay attentionإِلَيْهِilayhito itأَفْـِٔدَةُafidatuheartsٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those whoلَاlā(do) notيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūna[they] believeبِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِbil-ākhiratiin the Hereafter,وَلِيَرْضَوْهُwaliyarḍawhuand so that they may be pleased with itوَلِيَقْتَرِفُوا۟waliyaqtarifūand so that they may earn / acquire / gainمَاmāwhatهُمhumtheyمُّقْتَرِفُونَmuq'tarifūna[ones who] commit. ﴿١١٣﴾

"*6:113 The Quran provides criteria that tell us whether we truly believe in the Hereafter or merely give it lip service. These important criteria are stated here and in 17:45-46 and 39:45. *6:113-115 Upholding any source beside the Quran reflects disbelief in the Quran (Appendix 18)."

[6:114] Shall I seek other than GOD as a source of law, when He has revealed to you this book fully detailed?* Those who received the scripture recognize that it has been revealed from your Lord, truthfully. You shall not harbor any doubt.

أَفَغَيْرَafaghayraThen is it other thanٱللَّهِl-lahiGodأَبْتَغِىabtaghīI seekحَكَمًاḥakaman(as) judge,وَهُوَwahuwawhile He (is)ٱلَّذِىٓalladhīthe One whoأَنزَلَanzala[He] revealedإِلَيْكُمُilaykumuto you [all]ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe scriptureمُفَصَّلًاmufaṣṣalan[one] explained in detail / fully detailed?وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those (to) whomءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمُātaynāhumuwe gave themٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe scripture,يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnathey knowأَنَّهُۥannahuthat it (is)مُنَزَّلٌmunazzalun[one] sent downمِّنminfromرَّبِّكَrabbikayour Lordبِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiin the truth (*truthfully),فَلَاfalāso (do) notتَكُونَنَّtakūnanna[you all] beمِنَminaamongٱلْمُمْتَرِينَl-mum'tarīnathe ones who doubt. ﴿١١٤﴾

[6:115] The word of your Lord is complete,* in truth and justice. Nothing shall abrogate His words. He is the Hearer, the Omniscient.

وَتَمَّتْwatammatAnd [it is] fulfilled / completedكَلِمَتُkalimatu(the) wordرَبِّكَrabbika(of) your Lordصِدْقًاṣid'qan(in) truthوَعَدْلًاwaʿadlanand justice.لَّاlāNoمُبَدِّلَmubaddilaone [who] can change / abrogateلِكَلِمَـٰتِهِۦlikalimātihi[to] His words,وَهُوَwahuwaand He (is)ٱلسَّمِيعُl-samīʿuthe Hearer,ٱلْعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmuthe Omniscient. ﴿١١٥﴾

[6:116] If you obey the majority of people on earth, they will divert you from the path of GOD. They follow only conjecture; they only guess.

وَإِنwa-inAnd ifتُطِعْtuṭiʿyou obeyأَكْثَرَaktharamostمَنman(of) thoseفِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthيُضِلُّوكَyuḍillūkathey will mislead youعَنʿanfromسَبِيلِsabīli(the) pathٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God.إِنinNotيَتَّبِعُونَyattabiʿūnathey followإِلَّاillāexceptٱلظَّنَّl-ẓana[the] assumption / conjecture,وَإِنْwa-inand notهُمْhumthey (do)إِلَّاillāexceptيَخْرُصُونَyakhruṣūnathey guess. ﴿١١٦﴾

[6:117] Your Lord is fully aware of those who stray off His path, and He is fully aware of those who are guided.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord,هُوَhuwaHeأَعْلَمُaʿlamuknows bestمَنmanwhoيَضِلُّyaḍillu[he] straysعَنʿanfromسَبِيلِهِۦsabīlihiHis path,وَهُوَwahuwaand Heأَعْلَمُaʿlamuknows best / (is) fully awareبِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَbil-muh'tadīnaof the guided ones. ﴿١١٧﴾

[6:118] You shall eat from that upon which GOD's name has been pronounced, if you truly believe in His revelations.

فَكُلُوا۟fakulūSo eat [you all]مِمَّاmimmāof whatذُكِرَdhukira[it] was mentioned,ٱسْمُus'mu(the) nameٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godعَلَيْهِʿalayhion it,إِنinifكُنتُمkuntumyou [all] areبِـَٔايَـٰتِهِۦbiāyātihiin His verses / revelationsمُؤْمِنِينَmu'minīnabelievers. ﴿١١٨﴾

[6:119] Why should you not eat from that upon which GOD's name has been mentioned? He has detailed for you what is prohibited for you, unless you are forced. Indeed, many people mislead others with their personal opinions, without knowledge. Your Lord is fully aware of the transgressors.

وَمَاwamāAnd thatلَكُمْlakumfor you [all]أَلَّاallāthat notتَأْكُلُوا۟takulūyou [all] eatمِمَّاmimmāof whatذُكِرَdhukira[it] was mentioned,ٱسْمُus'mu(the) nameٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godعَلَيْهِʿalayhion it.وَقَدْwaqadAnd indeed,فَصَّلَfaṣṣalaHe explained in detailلَكُمlakumto you [all]مَّاmāwhatحَرَّمَḥarramaHe forbid / prohibitedعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumfor you [all],إِلَّاillāexcept / unlessمَاmāthatٱضْطُرِرْتُمْuḍ'ṭurir'tumyou [all] were constrained / forced by necessityإِلَيْهِilayhito it.وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed,كَثِيرًاkathīranmanyلَّيُضِلُّونَlayuḍillūnasurely [they] lead astrayبِأَهْوَآئِهِمbi-ahwāihimwith their vain desires / personal opinionsبِغَيْرِbighayri[for] withoutعِلْمٍʿil'minknowledge.إِنَّinnaIndeed,رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord,هُوَhuwaHeأَعْلَمُaʿlamuknows best / (is) fully awareبِٱلْمُعْتَدِينَbil-muʿ'tadīnaof the transgressors. ﴿١١٩﴾

[6:120] You shall avoid obvious sins, as well as the hidden ones. Those who have earned sins will surely pay for their transgressions.

وَذَرُوا۟wadharūAnd desist / leave alone / avoid [you all]ظَـٰهِرَẓāhiraopen / obviousٱلْإِثْمِl-ith'mi[the] sin(s)وَبَاطِنَهُۥٓwabāṭinahuand its hidden (ones). إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoيَكْسِبُونَyaksibūna[they] earnٱلْإِثْمَl-ith'ma[the] sinسَيُجْزَوْنَsayuj'zawnathey will payبِمَاbimāfor whatكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toيَقْتَرِفُونَyaqtarifūna[they] commit. ﴿١٢٠﴾

[6:121] Do not eat from that upon which the name of GOD has not been mentioned, for it is an abomination. The devils inspire their allies to argue with you; if you obey them, you will be idol worshipers.*

وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتَأْكُلُوا۟takulū[you all] eatمِمَّاmimmāfrom that whichلَمْlamnotيُذْكَرِyudh'kari[it] mentionsٱسْمُus'mu(the) name (of)ٱللَّهِl-lahiGodعَلَيْهِʿalayhion it,وَإِنَّهُۥwa-innahuand indeed it (is)لَفِسْقٌlafis'qunsurely a grave disobedience / abomination.وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeedٱلشَّيَـٰطِينَl-shayāṭīnathe devilsلَيُوحُونَlayūḥūnasurely they inspireإِلَىٰٓilātoأَوْلِيَآئِهِمْawliyāihimtheir friends / alliesلِيُجَـٰدِلُوكُمْliyujādilūkumso that they may argue with you [all],وَإِنْwa-inand ifأَطَعْتُمُوهُمْaṭaʿtumūhumyou [all] obeyed them,إِنَّكُمْinnakumIndeed you [all]لَمُشْرِكُونَlamush'rikūnasurely (would be) polytheists / idol worshipers. ﴿١٢١﴾

*6:121 Dietary prohibitions instituted by other than God represent idolatry.

[6:122] Is one who was dead and we granted him life, and provided him with light that enables him to move among the people, equal to one in total darkness from which he can never exit? The works of the disbelievers are thus adorned in their eyes.

أَوَمَنawamanIs (one) whoكَانَkāna[he] wasمَيْتًاmaytandeadفَأَحْيَيْنَـٰهُfa-aḥyaynāhuand we gave him lifeوَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāand we madeلَهُۥlahufor himنُورًاnūranlight,يَمْشِىyamshīhe walksبِهِۦbihithereinفِىfīamongٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe people,كَمَنkamanlike (one) whoمَّثَلُهُۥmathaluhusimilar to himفِىfīinٱلظُّلُمَـٰتِl-ẓulumātithe darkness,لَيْسَlaysanotبِخَارِجٍbikhārijinever comes outمِّنْهَاmin'hāof it?كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThusزُيِّنَzuyyinait was adornedلِلْكَـٰفِرِينَlil'kāfirīnafor the disbelieversمَاmāwhatكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toيَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūna[they] do. ﴿١٢٢﴾

[6:123] We allow the leading criminals of every community to plot and scheme. But they only plot and scheme against their own souls, without perceiving.

وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thusجَعَلْنَاjaʿalnāwe placed / appointedفِىfīinكُلِّkullieveryقَرْيَةٍqaryatincity / communityأَكَـٰبِرَakābiragreatest (of)مُجْرِمِيهَاmuj'rimīhāits criminals,لِيَمْكُرُوا۟liyamkurūthat they may schemeفِيهَاfīhātherein.وَمَاwamāAnd notيَمْكُرُونَyamkurūnathey plotإِلَّاillāexceptبِأَنفُسِهِمْbi-anfusihimagainst themselvesوَمَاwamāand notيَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūnathey perceive. ﴿١٢٣﴾

[6:124] When a powerful proof comes to them, they say, "We will not believe, unless we are given what is given to GOD's messengers!" GOD knows exactly who is best qualified to deliver His message.* Such criminals will suffer debasement at GOD, and terrible retribution as a consequence of their evil scheming.

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenجَآءَتْهُمْjāathum[it] came to themءَايَةٌāyatuna sign / proof / miracleقَالُوا۟qālūthey said,لَنlan"Neverنُّؤْمِنَnu'minawe will believeحَتَّىٰḥattāuntilنُؤْتَىٰnu'tāwe are givenمِثْلَmith'lalikeمَآmāwhatأُوتِىَūtiya[it] was given (to)رُسُلُrusulu(the) messengersٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God."ٱللَّهُl-lahuGodأَعْلَمُaʿlamuknows bestحَيْثُḥaythuwhereيَجْعَلُyajʿaluHe places / ordains (to deliver) رِسَالَتَهُۥrisālatahuHis messages.سَيُصِيبُsayuṣībuHe will afflictٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoأَجْرَمُوا۟ajramūthey committed crimesصَغَارٌṣaghārun(with) humiliation / debasementعِندَʿindabyٱللَّهِl-lahiGodوَعَذَابٌwaʿadhābunand a punishment / retributionشَدِيدٌۢshadīdunsevereبِمَاbimāfor whatكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toيَمْكُرُونَyamkurūna[they] plot. ﴿١٢٤﴾

*6:124 Jealousy and ego are human traits that provoke some people to question God's wisdom in selecting His messengers. Corrupted Muslim scholars have uttered this same utterance regarding the revelation of the Quran's mathematical code through God's Messenger of the Covenant.

[6:125] Whomever GOD wills to guide, He renders his chest wide open to Submission. And whomever He wills to send astray, He renders his chest intolerant and straitened, like one who climbs towards the sky.* GOD thus places a curse upon those who refuse to believe.

فَمَنfamanSo whoeverيُرِدِyuridi[He] wants / intends / desiresٱللَّهُl-lahuGodأَنanthatيَهْدِيَهُۥyahdiyahuHe guides himيَشْرَحْyashraḥHe expandsصَدْرَهُۥṣadrahuhis chestلِلْإِسْلَـٰمِlil'is'lāmito the Submission;وَمَنwamanand whoeverيُرِدْyuridHe wants / intends / desiresأَنanthatيُضِلَّهُۥyuḍillahuHe sends him astrayيَجْعَلْyajʿalHe makesصَدْرَهُۥṣadrahuhis chestضَيِّقًاḍayyiqanstraitened,حَرَجًاḥarajan(and) straitened / intolerantكَأَنَّمَاka-annamāas thoughيَصَّعَّدُyaṣṣaʿʿaduhe climbs upفِىfīintoٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe sky.كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThusيَجْعَلُyajʿalu[He] placesٱللَّهُl-lahuGodٱلرِّجْسَl-rij'sathe curseعَلَىʿalāonٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoلَاlā(do) notيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnathey believe. ﴿١٢٥﴾

*6:125 Centuries after the revelation of the Quran, we learned that the proportion of oxygen diminishes as we climb towards the sky, and we gasp for air.

[6:126] This is the straight path to your Lord. We have explained the revelations for people who take heed.

وَهَـٰذَاwahādhāAnd this (is)صِرَٰطُṣirāṭu(the) pathرَبِّكَrabbika(of) your Lordمُسْتَقِيمًاmus'taqīmanstraight and right.قَدْqadCertainlyفَصَّلْنَاfaṣṣalnāwe clarified / detailed / explainedٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِl-āyātithe verses / revelationsلِقَوْمٍliqawminfor a peopleيَذَّكَّرُونَyadhakkarūna(who) [they] take heed. ﴿١٢٦﴾

[6:127] They have deserved the abode of peace at their Lord; He is their Lord and Master, as a reward for their works.

لَهُمْlahumFor themدَارُdāru(will be) abode (of)ٱلسَّلَـٰمِl-salāmi[the] peaceعِندَʿindaatرَبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lord.وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He (is)وَلِيُّهُمwaliyyuhumtheir Guardian / Lord and Master.بِمَاbimāfor whatكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toيَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūna[they] do. ﴿١٢٧﴾

[6:128] The day will come when He summons all of them (and says): "O you jinns, you have claimed multitudes of humans." Their human companions will say, "Our Lord, we enjoyed each others' company until we wasted the life span You had set for us." He will say, "Hell is your destiny." They abide therein forever, in accordance with GOD's will. Your Lord is Wise, Omniscient.

وَيَوْمَwayawmaAnd (the) DayيَحْشُرُهُمْyaḥshuruhumHe summons themجَمِيعًاjamīʿanall together,يَـٰمَعْشَرَyāmaʿshara(and will say), "O multitude / company / race (of)ٱلْجِنِّl-jini[the] jinn!قَدِqadiCertainly,ٱسْتَكْثَرْتُمis'takthartumyou [all] sought many / multitudeمِّنَminaofٱلْإِنسِl-insithe people."وَقَالَwaqālaAnd he said -أَوْلِيَآؤُهُمawliyāuhumtheir friends / companionsمِّنَminaamongٱلْإِنسِl-insithe men / humans,رَبَّنَاrabbanā"Our Lordٱسْتَمْتَعَis'tamtaʿa[he] sought enjoymentبَعْضُنَاbaʿḍunāsome of us*بِبَعْضٍbibaʿḍinby some others (*each others),وَبَلَغْنَآwabalaghnāand we reachedأَجَلَنَاajalanāour term / appointmentٱلَّذِىٓalladhīwhichأَجَّلْتَajjaltaYou appointedلَنَاlanāfor us."قَالَqālaHe said,ٱلنَّارُl-nāru"The Fire (is)مَثْوَىٰكُمْmathwākumyour abode,خَـٰلِدِينَkhālidīna[ones] abiding foreverفِيهَآfīhāin it,إِلَّاillāexceptمَاmāwhatشَآءَshāa[He] willedٱللَّهُl-lahuGod.إِنَّinnaIndeed,رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord (is)حَكِيمٌḥakīmunWise,عَلِيمٌʿalīmunOmniscient. ﴿١٢٨﴾

[6:129] We thus match the wicked to be companions of each other, as a punishment for their transgressions.

وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thusنُوَلِّىnuwallīwe make friends / allies / companions,بَعْضَbaʿḍasome (of)*ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoersبَعْضًۢاbaʿḍan(to) some others (*of each other)بِمَاbimāfor whatكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toيَكْسِبُونَyaksibūna[they] earn. ﴿١٢٩﴾

[6:130] O you jinns and humans, did you not receive messengers from among you, who narrated to you My revelations, and warned you about the meeting of this day? They will say, "We bear witness against ourselves." They were totally preoccupied with the worldly life, and they will bear witness against themselves that they were disbelievers.

يَـٰمَعْشَرَyāmaʿsharaO multitude / company / race (of)ٱلْجِنِّl-jini[the] jinnوَٱلْإِنسِwal-insiand [the] men / humans!أَلَمْalamDid notيَأْتِكُمْyatikum[it] come to you [all]رُسُلٌrusulunmessengersمِّنكُمْminkumfrom (among) you [all],يَقُصُّونَyaquṣṣūna[they] narrateعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumto you [all]ءَايَـٰتِىāyātīMy verses / revelationsوَيُنذِرُونَكُمْwayundhirūnakumand they warn you [all] (about)لِقَآءَliqāa(the) meeting (of)يَوْمِكُمْyawmikumyour dayهَـٰذَاhādhāthis?"قَالُوا۟qālūThey said,شَهِدْنَاshahid'nā"We bore witnessعَلَىٰٓʿalāagainstأَنفُسِنَاanfusināourselves."وَغَرَّتْهُمُwagharrathumuAnd [it] deluded themٱلْحَيَوٰةُl-ḥayatuthe life (of)ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe world,وَشَهِدُوا۟washahidūand they bore witnessعَلَىٰٓʿalāagainstأَنفُسِهِمْanfusihimthemselvesأَنَّهُمْannahumthat theyكَانُوا۟kānū[they] wereكَـٰفِرِينَkāfirīnadisbelievers. ﴿١٣٠﴾

[6:131] This is to show that your Lord never annihilates any community unjustly, while its people are unaware.

ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat (is because)أَنan[that]لَّمْlamnotيَكُنyakun[He] willرَّبُّكَrabbukayour Lordمُهْلِكَmuh'likadestroy / annihilateٱلْقُرَىٰl-qurāthe cities / communitiesبِظُلْمٍbiẓul'minfor (their) wrongdoingوَأَهْلُهَاwa-ahluhāwhile its people (are)غَـٰفِلُونَghāfilūnaheedless / unaware [ones]. ﴿١٣١﴾

[6:132] Everyone will attain a rank commensurate with their deeds. Your Lord is never unaware of anything they do.

وَلِكُلٍّwalikullinAnd for allدَرَجَـٰتٌdarajātun(will be) ranksمِّمَّاmimmāfor whatعَمِلُوا۟ʿamilūthey did.وَمَاwamāAnd not (is)رَبُّكَrabbukayour Lordبِغَـٰفِلٍbighāfilinever unawareعَمَّاʿammāabout whatيَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnathey do. ﴿١٣٢﴾

[6:133] Your Lord is the Rich One; possessor of all mercy. If He wills, He can remove you, and substitute whomever He wills in your place, just as He produced you from the progeny of other people.

وَرَبُّكَwarabbukaAnd your Lord (is)ٱلْغَنِىُّl-ghaniyuthe Self-Sufficient / Rich,ذُوdhūPossessor ofٱلرَّحْمَةِl-raḥmatiall mercy.إِنinIfيَشَأْyashaHe willsيُذْهِبْكُمْyudh'hib'kumHe (can) take you [all] awayوَيَسْتَخْلِفْwayastakhlifand He will seek to replace / alternate / substituteمِنۢminfromبَعْدِكُمbaʿdikumafter you [all]مَّاmāwhoeverيَشَآءُyashāuHe wills,كَمَآkamājust asأَنشَأَكُمansha-akumHe raised you [all]مِّنminfromذُرِّيَّةِdhurriyyati(the) descendants / progenyقَوْمٍqawmin(of) peopleءَاخَرِينَākharīnaothers / later generations. ﴿١٣٣﴾

[6:134] What is promised to you will come to pass, and you can never evade it.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,مَاmāwhatتُوعَدُونَtūʿadūnayou [all] are promised (is)لَـَٔاتٍlaātinsurely coming.وَمَآwamāAnd notأَنتُمantumyou [all] (are)بِمُعْجِزِينَbimuʿ'jizīnaever ones who can escape. ﴿١٣٤﴾

[6:135] Say, "O my people, do your best, and so will I. You will surely find out who the ultimate victors are." Certainly, the wicked will never succeed.

قُلْqulSay,يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmi"O my people!ٱعْمَلُوا۟iʿ'malūWork [you all]عَلَىٰʿalāaccording toمَكَانَتِكُمْmakānatikumyour positions / abilities.إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I amعَامِلٌʿāmiluna worker / doer (as well).فَسَوْفَfasawfaAnd soonتَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnayou [all] will knowمَنmanwhoتَكُونُtakūnu[it] will beلَهُۥlahufor himعَـٰقِبَةُʿāqibatu(the) end / ultimate outcome (victory),ٱلدَّارِl-dāri[the] abode (Hereafter).إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, [he]لَاlānotيُفْلِحُyuf'liḥu[he] succeeds,ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūnathe wrongdoers." ﴿١٣٥﴾

[6:136] They even set aside a share of GOD's provisions of crops and livestock, saying, "This share belongs to GOD," according to their claims, "and this share belongs to our idols." However, what was set aside for their idols never reached GOD, while the share they set aside for GOD invariably went to their idols. Miserable indeed is their judgment.

وَجَعَلُوا۟wajaʿalūAnd they set up / made / assignedلِلَّهِlillahito Godمِمَّاmimmāfrom whatذَرَأَdhara-aHe producedمِنَminaofٱلْحَرْثِl-ḥarthithe cropsوَٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِwal-anʿāmiand the cattleنَصِيبًاnaṣībana shareفَقَالُوا۟faqālūand they said,هَـٰذَاhādhā"This (is)لِلَّهِlillahifor God,"بِزَعْمِهِمْbizaʿmihimby their claim,وَهَـٰذَاwahādhā"And this (is)لِشُرَكَآئِنَاlishurakāināfor our partners / idols."فَمَاfamāBut whatكَانَkānait wasلِشُرَكَآئِهِمْlishurakāihimfor their partners / idolsفَلَاfalāthen notيَصِلُyaṣiluit reachesإِلَىilātoٱللَّهِl-lahiGod,وَمَاwamāwhile whatكَانَkānait wasلِلَّهِlillahifor Godفَهُوَfahuwathen itيَصِلُyaṣilu[it] reachesإِلَىٰilātoشُرَكَآئِهِمْshurakāihimtheir partners / idols.سَآءَsāaEvil / Miserable (is)مَاmāwhatيَحْكُمُونَyaḥkumūnathey judge. ﴿١٣٦﴾

[6:137] Thus were the idol worshipers duped by their idols, to the extent of killing their own children.* In fact, their idols inflict great pain upon them, and confuse their religion for them. Had GOD willed, they would not have done it. You shall disregard them and their fabrications.

وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thusزَيَّنَzayyanait was adornedلِكَثِيرٍlikathīrinfor manyمِّنَminaofٱلْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīnathe polytheists / idol worshipersقَتْلَqatla(the) killingأَوْلَـٰدِهِمْawlādihim(of) their childrenشُرَكَآؤُهُمْshurakāuhum(by) their partners / idolsلِيُرْدُوهُمْliyur'dūhumso that they may ruin them / cause them to perishوَلِيَلْبِسُوا۟waliyalbisūand that they confuseعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimfor themدِينَهُمْdīnahumtheir religion.وَلَوْwalawAnd ifشَآءَshāa[He] willedٱللَّهُl-lahuGodمَاmānotفَعَلُوهُfaʿalūhuthey (would have) done it.فَذَرْهُمْfadharhumSo leave themوَمَاwamāand whatيَفْتَرُونَyaftarūnathey fabricate. ﴿١٣٧﴾

*6:137 A perfect example is the internationally infamous incident of the execution of a Saudi Arabian princess in 1978 for alleged adultery. God's law institutes whipping, not execution, as a punishment for adultery (24:1-2), while the idolatrous laws stipulate execution. As pointed out in 42:21, the traditionalists follow a religion that is not authorized by God.

[6:138] They said, "These are livestock and crops that are prohibited; no one shall eat them except whomever we permit," so they claimed. They also prohibited the riding of certain livestock. Even the livestock they ate, they never pronounced GOD's name as they sacrificed them. Such are innovations attributed to Him. He will surely requite them for their innovations.

وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they said,هَـٰذِهِۦٓhādhihi"Theseأَنْعَـٰمٌanʿāmuncattle / livestockوَحَرْثٌwaḥarthunand cropsحِجْرٌḥij'run(are) prohibited / blocked / restricted;لَّاlāno (one)يَطْعَمُهَآyaṭʿamuhā[he] (can) eat itإِلَّاillāexceptمَنmanwhomنَّشَآءُnashāuwe will,"بِزَعْمِهِمْbizaʿmihimby their claim.وَأَنْعَـٰمٌwa-anʿāmunAnd cattle / livestockحُرِّمَتْḥurrimat[it] was prohibitedظُهُورُهَاẓuhūruhātheir backs (for riding or carrying).وَأَنْعَـٰمٌwa-anʿāmunEven cattle / livestockلَّاlānotيَذْكُرُونَyadhkurūnathey commemorate / pronouncedٱسْمَis'ma(the) name ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godعَلَيْهَاʿalayhāon it,ٱفْتِرَآءًif'tirāanan innovationعَلَيْهِʿalayhiagainst Him.سَيَجْزِيهِمsayajzīhimHe will requite themبِمَاbimāfor whatكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toيَفْتَرُونَyaftarūna[they] fabricate / innovate. ﴿١٣٨﴾

[6:139] They also said, "What is in the bellies of these livestock is reserved exclusively for the males among us, and prohibited for our wives." But if it was a stillbirth, they permitted their wives to share therein. He will certainly requite them for their innovations. He is Most Wise, Omniscient.

وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they said,مَاmā"What (is)فِىfīinبُطُونِbuṭūni(the) wombs / belliesهَـٰذِهِhādhihi(of) theseٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِl-anʿāmi[the] cattle / livestock (is)خَالِصَةٌkhāliṣatunexclusivelyلِّذُكُورِنَاlidhukūrināfor our malesوَمُحَرَّمٌwamuḥarramunand forbidden / prohibitedعَلَىٰٓʿalāforأَزْوَٰجِنَاazwājināour spouses."وَإِنwa-inBut ifيَكُنyakunit isمَّيْتَةًmaytatan(born) dead (*stillbirth),فَهُمْfahumthen they (all)فِيهِfīhi(consume) of itشُرَكَآءُshurakāu(as) partners.سَيَجْزِيهِمْsayajzīhimHe will requite themوَصْفَهُمْwaṣfahum(for) their assertions / claims.إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He (is)حَكِيمٌḥakīmunWise,عَلِيمٌʿalīmunOmniscient. ﴿١٣٩﴾

[6:140] Losers indeed are those who killed their children foolishly, due to their lack of knowledge, and prohibited what GOD has provided for them, and followed innovations attributed to GOD. They have gone astray; they are not guided.

قَدْqadCertainly,خَسِرَkhasira[he] incurred loss / lostٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoقَتَلُوٓا۟qatalū[they] killedأَوْلَـٰدَهُمْawlādahumtheir childrenسَفَهًۢاsafahan(in) foolishnessبِغَيْرِbighayri[for] withoutعِلْمٍʿil'minknowledgeوَحَرَّمُوا۟waḥarramūand they forbidمَاmāwhatرَزَقَهُمُrazaqahumu[He] provided themٱللَّهُl-lahuGod,ٱفْتِرَآءًif'tirāaninnovating (lies)عَلَىʿalāagainstٱللَّهِl-lahiGod.قَدْqadCertainly,ضَلُّوا۟ḍallū[they] strayedوَمَاwamāand notكَانُوا۟kānūthey wereمُهْتَدِينَmuh'tadīnaguided ones. ﴿١٤٠﴾

[6:141] He is the One who established gardens, trellised and untrellised, and palm trees, and crops with different tastes, and olives, and pomegranate - fruits that are similar, yet dissimilar. Eat from their fruits, and give the due alms on the day of harvest,* and do not waste anything. He does not love the wasters.

وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He (is)ٱلَّذِىٓalladhīthe One whoأَنشَأَansha-a[He] produced / establishedجَنَّـٰتٍjannātingardensمَّعْرُوشَـٰتٍmaʿrūshātintrellisedوَغَيْرَwaghayraand notمَعْرُوشَـٰتٍmaʿrūshātintrellisedوَٱلنَّخْلَwal-nakhlaand the date-palmوَٱلزَّرْعَwal-zarʿaand the crops,مُخْتَلِفًاmukh'talifandiverse / different (are)أُكُلُهُۥukuluhuits taste,وَٱلزَّيْتُونَwal-zaytūnaand the olivesوَٱلرُّمَّانَwal-rumānaand the pomegranatesمُتَشَـٰبِهًاmutashābihansimilarوَغَيْرَwaghayraand notمُتَشَـٰبِهٍmutashābihinsimilar.كُلُوا۟kulūEat [you all]مِنminofثَمَرِهِۦٓthamarihiits fruitإِذَآidhāwhenأَثْمَرَathmarait bore fruit,وَءَاتُوا۟waātūand give [you all]حَقَّهُۥḥaqqahuits right / dueيَوْمَyawma(on the) day (of)حَصَادِهِۦḥaṣādihiits harvest.وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتُسْرِفُوٓا۟tus'rifū[you all] be extravagant / wasteful.إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, HeلَاlānotيُحِبُّyuḥibbuHe lovesٱلْمُسْرِفِينَl-mus'rifīnathe extravagant / wasteful ones. ﴿١٤١﴾

*6:141 Zakat charity is so important, the Most Merciful has restricted His mercy to those who give it (7:156). Yet, the corrupted Muslims have lost this most important commandment; they give Zakat only once a year. We see here that Zakat must be given away "On the day we receive income." The proportion that came to us through Abraham is 2.5% of our net income.

[6:142] Some livestock supply you with transportation, as well as bedding materials. Eat from GOD's provisions to you, and do not follow the steps of Satan; he is your most ardent enemy.

وَمِنَwaminaAnd ofٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِl-anʿāmithe cattle / livestockحَمُولَةًḥamūlatan(are some for) carrying loadsوَفَرْشًاwafarshanand (some for) bedding materials.كُلُوا۟kulūEat [you all]مِمَّاmimmāof whatرَزَقَكُمُrazaqakumu[He] provided you [all],ٱللَّهُl-lahuGod وَلَاwalāand (do) notتَتَّبِعُوا۟tattabiʿūyou [all] followخُطُوَٰتِkhuṭuwāti(the) footsteps (of)ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِl-shayṭāni[the] Satan.إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he (is)لَكُمْlakumto you [all]عَدُوٌّʿaduwwunan enemyمُّبِينٌmubīnunmanifest / obvious / flagrant (ardent). ﴿١٤٢﴾

[6:143] Eight kinds of livestock: regarding the two kinds of sheep, and the two kinds of goats, say, "Is it the two males that He prohibited, or the two females, or the contents of the wombs of the two females? Tell me what you know, if you are truthful."

ثَمَـٰنِيَةَthamāniyataEightأَزْوَٰجٍazwājinpairsمِّنَminaofٱلضَّأْنِl-ḍanithe sheepٱثْنَيْنِith'naynitwo,وَمِنَwaminaand ofٱلْمَعْزِl-maʿzithe goatsٱثْنَيْنِith'naynitwo.قُلْqulSay,ءَآلذَّكَرَيْنِāldhakarayni"Is it the two malesحَرَّمَḥarramaHe prohibitedأَمِamior ٱلْأُنثَيَيْنِl-unthayaynithe two femalesأَمَّاammāor whatٱشْتَمَلَتْish'tamalat[it] containedعَلَيْهِʿalayhiin itأَرْحَامُarḥāmu(the) wombs (of)ٱلْأُنثَيَيْنِl-unthayaynithe two females?نَبِّـُٔونِىnabbiūnīInform me [you all]بِعِلْمٍbiʿil'minwith knowledge,إِنinifكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] areصَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīnatruthful [ones]." ﴿١٤٣﴾

[6:144] Regarding the two kinds of camels, and the two kinds of cattle, say, "Is it the two males that He prohibited, or the two females, or the contents of the wombs of the two females? Were you witnesses when GOD decreed such prohibitions for you? Who is more evil than those who invent such lies and attribute them to GOD? They thus mislead the people without knowledge. GOD does not guide such evil people."

وَمِنَwaminaAnd ofٱلْإِبِلِl-ibilithe camelsٱثْنَيْنِith'naynitwo,وَمِنَwaminaand ofٱلْبَقَرِl-baqarithe cows / cattleٱثْنَيْنِith'naynitwo.قُلْqulSay,ءَآلذَّكَرَيْنِāldhakarayni"Is it the two malesحَرَّمَḥarramaHe prohibitedأَمِamior ٱلْأُنثَيَيْنِl-unthayaynithe two femalesأَمَّاammāor whatٱشْتَمَلَتْish'tamalat[it] containedعَلَيْهِʿalayhiin itأَرْحَامُarḥāmu(the) wombs (of)ٱلْأُنثَيَيْنِl-unthayaynithe two females?أَمْamOr wereكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all]شُهَدَآءَshuhadāawitnessesإِذْidhwhenوَصَّىٰكُمُwaṣṣākumu[He] enjoined you [all]ٱللَّهُl-lahuGodبِهَـٰذَاbihādhāwith this?فَمَنْfamanThen who (is)أَظْلَمُaẓlamumore unjustمِمَّنِmimmanithan (one) whoٱفْتَرَىٰif'tarā[he] fabricatedعَلَىʿalāagainstٱللَّهِl-lahiGodكَذِبًاkadhibana lieلِّيُضِلَّliyuḍillathat he may misleadٱلنَّاسَl-nāsathe peopleبِغَيْرِbighayri[for] withoutعِلْمٍʿil'minknowledge?إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodلَاlānotيَهْدِىyahdīHe guidesٱلْقَوْمَl-qawmathe peopleٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīna[the] wrongdoers." ﴿١٤٤﴾

[6:145] Say, "I do not find in the revelations given to me any food that is prohibited for any eater except: (1) carrion, (2) running blood, (3) the meat* of pigs, for it is contaminated, and (4) the meat of animals blasphemously dedicated to other than GOD." If one is forced (to eat these), without being deliberate or malicious, then your Lord is Forgiver, Most Merciful.

قُلqulSay,لَّآlā"notأَجِدُajiduI findفِىfīinمَآmāwhatأُوحِىَūḥiyait was inspired / revealedإِلَىَّilayyato meمُحَرَّمًاmuḥarramana prohibitionعَلَىٰʿalāforطَاعِمٍṭāʿimina taster / an eater (of food)يَطْعَمُهُۥٓyaṭʿamuhu(who) he eats it / tastes itإِلَّآillāexceptأَنanthatيَكُونَyakūnait beمَيْتَةًmaytatandead / carrion (*not slaughtered for human consumption)أَوْaworدَمًاdamanbloodمَّسْفُوحًاmasfūḥanpoured forth (*running)أَوْaworلَحْمَlaḥma(the) meat (of)خِنزِيرٍkhinzīrinswine / pigفَإِنَّهُۥfa-innahufor indeed, it (is)رِجْسٌrij'sunpolluted / contaminatedأَوْawor (what)فِسْقًاfis'qanblasphemouslyأُهِلَّuhillait was dedicated at the time of slaughterلِغَيْرِlighayrito other thanٱللَّهِl-lahiGodبِهِۦbihithereby.فَمَنِfamaniBut whoever (is)ٱضْطُرَّuḍ'ṭurraforced by necessityغَيْرَghayranotبَاغٍbāghindefiant / desiringوَلَاwalāand notعَادٍʿādintransgressing,فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed,رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord (is)غَفُورٌghafūrunForgiving,رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMerciful." ﴿١٤٥﴾

*6:145-146 Only four kinds of animal products are prohibited: animals that die of themselves, running blood (not trapped within the meat), the meat of pigs, and animals dedicated to other than their Creator. Verse 146 informs us that such prohibitions are very specific; God prohibits either "the meat" or "the fat," or both, if He so wills.

[6:146] For those who are Jewish we prohibited animals with undivided hoofs; and of the cattle and sheep we prohibited the fat, except that which is carried on their backs, or in the viscera, or mixed with bones. That was a retribution for their transgressions, and we are truthful.

وَعَلَىwaʿalāAnd toٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoهَادُوا۟hādūthey were Jewishحَرَّمْنَاḥarramnāwe prohibitedكُلَّkullaeveryذِىdhīpossessor ofظُفُرٍẓufurinclaws / undivided hooves,وَمِنَwaminaand ofٱلْبَقَرِl-baqarithe cowsوَٱلْغَنَمِwal-ghanamiand the sheepحَرَّمْنَاḥarramnāwe prohibitedعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimfor themشُحُومَهُمَآshuḥūmahumāboth their fatإِلَّاillāexceptمَاmāwhatحَمَلَتْḥamalatit was carried (on)ظُهُورُهُمَآẓuhūruhumāboth their backsأَوِawiorٱلْحَوَايَآl-ḥawāyāthe visceraأَوْaworمَاmāwhatٱخْتَلَطَikh'talaṭait is mixedبِعَظْمٍbiʿaẓminwith the bone.ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThatجَزَيْنَـٰهُمjazaynāhumwe requited themبِبَغْيِهِمْbibaghyihimfor their rebellion.وَإِنَّاwa-innāAnd indeed, we (are)لَصَـٰدِقُونَlaṣādiqūnasurely truthful [ones]. ﴿١٤٦﴾

[6:147] If they disbelieve you, then say, "Your Lord possesses infinite mercy, but His retribution is unavoidable for the guilty people."

فَإِنfa-inBut ifكَذَّبُوكَkadhabūkathey denied youفَقُلfaqulthen say,رَّبُّكُمْrabbukum"Your Lord (is)ذُوdhūPossessor ofرَحْمَةٍraḥmatinmercyوَٰسِعَةٍwāsiʿatinvast,وَلَاwalābut notيُرَدُّyuradduHe will turn backبَأْسُهُۥbasuhuHis wrathعَنِʿanifromٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmithe people (who are)ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَl-muj'rimīnathe guilty ones." ﴿١٤٧﴾

[6:148] The idol worshipers say, "Had GOD willed, we would not practice idolatry, nor would our parents, nor would we prohibit anything." Thus did those before them disbelieve, until they incurred our retribution. Say, "Do you have any proven knowledge that you can show us? You follow nothing but conjecture; you only guess."

سَيَقُولُsayaqūlu[He] will sayٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoأَشْرَكُوا۟ashrakū[they] associated partners (with God),لَوْlaw"Ifشَآءَshāa[He] willed,ٱللَّهُl-lahuGodمَآmānotأَشْرَكْنَاashraknāwe associated partners (with God)وَلَآwalāand notءَابَآؤُنَاābāunāour forefathers / parentsوَلَاwalāand notحَرَّمْنَاḥarramnāwe (would have) prohibitedمِنmin[of]شَىْءٍshayinanything."كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaLikewise / Thusكَذَّبَkadhaba[he] denied / disbelievedٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoمِنmin(were) fromقَبْلِهِمْqablihimbefore themحَتَّىٰḥattāuntilذَاقُوا۟dhāqūthey tastedبَأْسَنَاbasanāour wrath / retribution.قُلْqulSay,هَلْhal"Is thereعِندَكُمʿindakumwith you [all]مِّنْminanyعِلْمٍʿil'minknowledgeفَتُخْرِجُوهُfatukh'rijūhuthen (will) you [all] produce itلَنَآlanāfor us?إِنinNotتَتَّبِعُونَtattabiʿūnayou [all] followإِلَّاillāexceptٱلظَّنَّl-ẓanathe assumption / conjecture,وَإِنْwa-inand notأَنتُمْantumyou [all]إِلَّاillābutتَخْرُصُونَtakhruṣūna[you all] conjecture / guess." ﴿١٤٨﴾

[6:149] Say, "GOD possesses the most powerful argument; if He wills He can guide all of you."

قُلْqulSay,فَلِلَّهِfalillahi"Then to God (is)ٱلْحُجَّةُl-ḥujatuthe argumentٱلْبَـٰلِغَةُl-bālighatuthe excellent / eloquent / conclusive.فَلَوْfalawAnd ifشَآءَshāaHe willed,لَهَدَىٰكُمْlahadākumsurely He would have guided you [all]أَجْمَعِينَajmaʿīnaall together." ﴿١٤٩﴾

*6:149 The Quran's mathematical code is a tangible and utterly incontrovertible proof that this is God's message to the world. It takes divine intervention to prevent any reader from appreciating this extraordinary phenomenon, then falling prostrate, and accepting this overwhelming miracle (see 17:45-46, 18:57, 56:79, and Appendix One).

[6:150] Say, "Bring your witnesses who would testify that GOD has prohibited this or that." If they testify, do not testify with them. Nor shall you follow the opinions of those who reject our revelations, and those who disbelieve in the Hereafter, and those who stray away from their Lord.

قُلْqulSay,هَلُمَّhalumma"Bring forwardشُهَدَآءَكُمُshuhadāakumuyour witnesses,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoيَشْهَدُونَyashhadūna[they] testifyأَنَّannathatٱللَّهَl-lahaGodحَرَّمَḥarrama[He] prohibitedهَـٰذَاhādhāthis."فَإِنfa-inThen ifشَهِدُوا۟shahidūthey testifiedفَلَاfalāthen (do) notتَشْهَدْtashhad[you] testifyمَعَهُمْmaʿahumwith them.وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتَتَّبِعْtattabiʿ[you] followأَهْوَآءَahwāa(the) desires / opinionsٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those whoكَذَّبُوا۟kadhabū[they] denied / rejectedبِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināin our signs / revelationsوَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those whoلَاlā(do) notيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūna[they] believeبِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِbil-ākhiratiin the Hereafter,وَهُمwahumand theyبِرَبِّهِمْbirabbihimwith their Lordيَعْدِلُونَyaʿdilūnathey ascribe equals. ﴿١٥٠﴾

[6:151] Say, "Come let me tell you what your Lord has really prohibited for you: You shall not set up idols besides Him. You shall honor your parents. You shall not kill your children from fear of poverty - we provide for you and for them. You shall not commit gross sins, obvious or hidden. You shall not kill - GOD has made life sacred - except in the course of justice. These are His commandments to you, that you may understand."

قُلْqulSay,تَعَالَوْا۟taʿālaw"Come [you all],أَتْلُatluI will reciteمَاmāwhatحَرَّمَḥarrama[He] prohibitedرَبُّكُمْrabbukumyour Lordعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumfor you [all].أَلَّاallāDo notتُشْرِكُوا۟tush'rikū[you all] associate partnersبِهِۦbihiwith Himشَيْـًٔاshayananything,وَبِٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِwabil-wālidayniand with the parentsإِحْسَـٰنًاiḥ'sānangoodness / kindness, وَلَاwalāand (do) notتَقْتُلُوٓا۟taqtulū[you all] kill / murderأَوْلَـٰدَكُمawlādakumyour childrenمِّنْminfrom (fear of)إِمْلَـٰقٍim'lāqinfalling in poverty.نَّحْنُnaḥnuWeنَرْزُقُكُمْnarzuqukum[we] provide for you [all]وَإِيَّاهُمْwa-iyyāhumand for them.وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتَقْرَبُوا۟taqrabū[you all] go nearٱلْفَوَٰحِشَl-fawāḥisha[the] immoralities / gross sinsمَاmāwhatظَهَرَẓaharait was apparent / obviousمِنْهَاmin'hāthereofوَمَاwamāand whatبَطَنَbaṭanait was hidden.وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتَقْتُلُوا۟taqtulū[you all] kill / murderٱلنَّفْسَl-nafsathe person,ٱلَّتِىallatīwhichحَرَّمَḥarrama[He] made sacredٱللَّهُl-lahuGod إِلَّاillāexceptبِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiby the (legal) right.ذَٰلِكُمْdhālikumThat [you all] (is what)وَصَّىٰكُمwaṣṣākumHe enjoined / commanded you [all]بِهِۦbihitherein,لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you [all] mayتَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūna[you all] understand." ﴿١٥١﴾

[6:152] You shall not touch the orphans' money except in the most righteous manner, until they reach maturity. You shall give full weight and a full measure when you trade, equitably. We do not burden any soul beyond its means. You shall be absolutely just when you bear witness, even against your relatives. You shall fulfill your covenant with GOD. These are His commandments to you, that you may take heed.

وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتَقْرَبُوا۟taqrabū[you all] go nearمَالَmālawealth (of)ٱلْيَتِيمِl-yatīmithe orphansإِلَّاillāexceptبِٱلَّتِىbi-allatīby whichهِىَhiyait (is)أَحْسَنُaḥsanubestحَتَّىٰḥattāuntilيَبْلُغَyablughahe reachesأَشُدَّهُۥashuddahuhis maturity.وَأَوْفُوا۟wa-awfūAnd give full [you all] ٱلْكَيْلَl-kayla[the] measureوَٱلْمِيزَانَwal-mīzānaand the weight / scaleبِٱلْقِسْطِbil-qis'ṭiwith [the] justice (*justly / equitably).لَاlāNotنُكَلِّفُnukallifuwe burdenنَفْسًاnafsanany soulإِلَّاillāexceptوُسْعَهَاwus'ʿahā(to) its capacity.وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenقُلْتُمْqul'tumyou [all] speakفَٱعْدِلُوا۟fa-iʿ'dilūthen be just [you all]وَلَوْwalaweven ifكَانَkānahe wasذَاdhāofقُرْبَىٰqur'bāa near relative.وَبِعَهْدِwabiʿahdiAnd [in] (the) covenantٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godأَوْفُوا۟awfūfulfill [you all].ذَٰلِكُمْdhālikumThat [you all] (is what)وَصَّىٰكُمwaṣṣākumHe enjoined / commanded you [all]بِهِۦbihitherein,لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you [all] mayتَذَكَّرُونَtadhakkarūna[you all] take heed. ﴿١٥٢﴾

[6:153] This is My path - a straight one. You shall follow it, and do not follow any other paths, lest they divert you from His path. These are His commandments to you, that you may be saved.

وَأَنَّwa-annaAnd that,هَـٰذَاhādhāthis (is)صِرَٰطِىṣirāṭīMy path,مُسْتَقِيمًاmus'taqīmanstraight and rightفَٱتَّبِعُوهُfa-ittabiʿūhuso follow it [you all].وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتَتَّبِعُوا۟tattabiʿūyou [all] followٱلسُّبُلَl-subulathe (other) paths,فَتَفَرَّقَfatafarraqathen [it] will separateبِكُمْbikumfrom you [all]عَنʿanfromسَبِيلِهِۦsabīlihiHis path.ذَٰلِكُمْdhālikumThat [you all] (is what)وَصَّىٰكُمwaṣṣākumHe enjoined/ commanded you [all]بِهِۦbihitherein,لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you [all] mayتَتَّقُونَtattaqūna[you all] be righteous / be saved. ﴿١٥٣﴾

[6:154] And we gave Moses the scripture, complete with the best commandments, and detailing everything, and a beacon and mercy, that they may believe in meeting their Lord.

ثُمَّthummaMoreover,ءَاتَيْنَاātaynāwe gaveمُوسَىmūsāMosesٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe book / scriptureتَمَامًاtamāmancompleteعَلَىʿalāwithٱلَّذِىٓalladhīthat which (is)أَحْسَنَaḥsanabestوَتَفْصِيلًاwatafṣīlanand a detailed explanationلِّكُلِّlikulliof everyشَىْءٍshayinthing,وَهُدًىwahudanand a guidance / beaconوَرَحْمَةًwaraḥmatanand mercy,لَّعَلَّهُمlaʿallahumso that they mayبِلِقَآءِbiliqāiin (the) meetingرَبِّهِمْrabbihim(with) their Lordيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnathey believe. ﴿١٥٤﴾

[6:155] This too is a blessed scripture that we have revealed; you shall follow it and lead a righteous life, that you may attain mercy.

وَهَـٰذَاwahādhāAnd this (is)كِتَـٰبٌkitābuna book / scriptureأَنزَلْنَـٰهُanzalnāhuwe revealed itمُبَارَكٌmubārakunone which is blessed,فَٱتَّبِعُوهُfa-ittabiʿūhuso follow it [you all]وَٱتَّقُوا۟wa-ittaqūand lead a righteous life [you all]لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you [all] mayتُرْحَمُونَtur'ḥamūna[you all] receive mercy. ﴿١٥٥﴾

[6:156] Now you can no longer say, "The scripture was sent down to two groups before us, and we were unaware of their teachings."

أَنanLestتَقُولُوٓا۟taqūlūyou [all] say,إِنَّمَآinnamā"Onlyأُنزِلَunzila[it] was revealedٱلْكِتَـٰبُl-kitābuthe book / scriptureعَلَىٰʿalātoطَآئِفَتَيْنِṭāifataynitwo groupsمِنminfromقَبْلِنَاqablinābefore us,وَإِنwa-inand indeedكُنَّاkunnāwe wereعَنʿanaboutدِرَاسَتِهِمْdirāsatihimtheir study / teachingلَغَـٰفِلِينَlaghāfilīnacertainly unaware [ones]." ﴿١٥٦﴾

[6:157] Nor can you say, "If only a scripture could come down to us, we would be better guided than they." A proven scripture has now come to you from your Lord, and a beacon, and a mercy. Now, who is more evil than one who rejects these proofs from GOD, and disregards them? We will commit those who disregard our proofs to the worst retribution, for their heedlessness.

أَوْaworتَقُولُوا۟taqūlūyou [all] say,لَوْlaw"Ifأَنَّآannā[that we]أُنزِلَunzilait was revealedعَلَيْنَاʿalaynāto usٱلْكِتَـٰبُl-kitābuthe scriptureلَكُنَّآlakunnāsurely we would have beenأَهْدَىٰahdābetter guidedمِنْهُمْmin'humthan them.فَقَدْfaqadSo verilyجَآءَكُمjāakum[it] came to you [all]بَيِّنَةٌbayyinatunclear proofمِّنminfromرَّبِّكُمْrabbikumyour Lordوَهُدًىwahudanand a guidanceوَرَحْمَةٌwaraḥmatunand a mercy.فَمَنْfamanThen who (is)أَظْلَمُaẓlamumore unjustمِمَّنmimmanthan (he) whoكَذَّبَkadhaba[he] denied / rejectedبِـَٔايَـٰتِbiāyāti[of] (the) verses / proofsٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,وَصَدَفَwaṣadafaand [he] turned awayعَنْهَاʿanhāconcerning it?سَنَجْزِىsanajzīWe will requiteٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoيَصْدِفُونَyaṣdifūnathey turn awayعَنْʿanfromءَايَـٰتِنَاāyātināour signs / miracles / proofsسُوٓءَsūa(with) an evilٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābi[the] punishmentبِمَاbimābecauseكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toيَصْدِفُونَyaṣdifūna[they] turn away. ﴿١٥٧﴾

*6:157 The role of the Quran's mathematical code is evident from the fact that the sum of the verse number (157) plus the gematrical value of "Rashad Khalifa" (1230), through whom the code was revealed, gives 1387, or 19x73.

[6:158] Are they waiting for the angels to come to them, or your Lord, or some physical manifestations of your Lord? The day this happens, no soul will benefit from believing if it did not believe before that, and did not reap the benefits of belief by leading a righteous life.* Say, "Keep on waiting; we too are waiting."

هَلْhalAreيَنظُرُونَyanẓurūnathey waitingإِلَّآillāexcept / untilأَنanthatتَأْتِيَهُمُtatiyahumu[it] comes to themٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُl-malāikatuthe angelsأَوْaworيَأْتِىَyatiya[He] comesرَبُّكَrabbukayour Lordأَوْaworيَأْتِىَyatiya[it] comesبَعْضُbaʿḍusome (of)ءَايَـٰتِāyāti(the) signsرَبِّكَrabbika(of) your Lord?يَوْمَyawma(The) Dayيَأْتِىyatī(when) it comesبَعْضُbaʿḍusome (of)ءَايَـٰتِāyāti(the) signsرَبِّكَrabbika(of) your Lord,لَاlānotيَنفَعُyanfaʿu[it] will benefitنَفْسًاnafsana soulإِيمَـٰنُهَاīmānuhāits faith,لَمْlamnotتَكُنْtakun(if) it hadءَامَنَتْāmanat[it] believedمِنminfromقَبْلُqablubeforeأَوْaworكَسَبَتْkasabatit earnedفِىٓfīthroughإِيمَـٰنِهَاīmānihāits faithخَيْرًاkhayranany good.قُلِquliSay,ٱنتَظِرُوٓا۟intaẓirū"Wait [you all].إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we (are)مُنتَظِرُونَmuntaẓirūnathose who wait." ﴿١٥٨﴾

*6:158 After believing, the soul must grow and develop through the worship practices prescribed by God.

[6:159] Those who divide themselves into sects do not belong with you. Their judgment rests with GOD, then He will inform them of everything they had done.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoفَرَّقُوا۟farraqū[they] dividedدِينَهُمْdīnahumtheir religionوَكَانُوا۟wakānūand they becameشِيَعًاshiyaʿansects,لَّسْتَlastayou (are) notمِنْهُمْmin'hum(in) relation (with) themفِىfīin شَىْءٍshayinanything.إِنَّمَآinnamāOnlyأَمْرُهُمْamruhumtheir decisionإِلَىilāends withٱللَّهِl-lahiGod,ثُمَّthummathenيُنَبِّئُهُمyunabbi-uhumHe will inform themبِمَاbimāof whatكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toيَفْعَلُونَyafʿalūna[they] do. ﴿١٥٩﴾

[6:160] Whoever does a righteous work receives the reward for ten, and the one who commits a sin is requited for only one. No one suffers the slightest injustice.

مَنmanWhoeverجَآءَjāa[he] cameبِٱلْحَسَنَةِbil-ḥasanatiwith the righteous (works),فَلَهُۥfalahuthen for him (is)عَشْرُʿashruten (times)أَمْثَالِهَاamthālihā(the) like of it.وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverجَآءَjāa[he] cameبِٱلسَّيِّئَةِbil-sayi-atiwith [the] evil (works)فَلَاfalāthen notيُجْزَىٰٓyuj'zāhe is requitedإِلَّاillāexceptمِثْلَهَاmith'lahā(the) like of it,وَهُمْwahumand theyلَاlānotيُظْلَمُونَyuẓ'lamūna[they] will be wronged / suffer injustice. ﴿١٦٠﴾

[6:161] Say, "My Lord has guided me in a straight path - the perfect religion of Abraham, monotheism. He never was an idol worshiper."

قُلْqulSay,إِنَّنِىinnanī"Indeed, [me],هَدَىٰنِىhadānī[He] guided meرَبِّىٓrabbīmy Lordإِلَىٰilātoصِرَٰطٍṣirāṭinpathمُّسْتَقِيمٍmus'taqīminstraightدِينًاdīnana religionقِيَمًاqiyamanright / perfect,مِّلَّةَmillata(the) religion (of)إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīmaAbrahamحَنِيفًاḥanīfanmonotheism.وَمَاwamāAnd notكَانَkānahe wasمِنَminaamongٱلْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīnathe polytheists / idol worshipers. ﴿١٦١﴾

[6:162] Say, "My Contact Prayers (Salat), my worship practices, my life and my death, are all devoted absolutely to GOD alone, the Lord of the universe.

قُلْqulSay,إِنَّinna"Indeed,صَلَاتِىṣalātīmy Contact Prayers (Salat),وَنُسُكِىwanusukīand my rites of sacrifice / worship practices,وَمَحْيَاىَwamaḥyāyaand my living,وَمَمَاتِىwamamātīand my dyingلِلَّهِlillahi(are) for God,رَبِّrabbiLord (of)ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīnathe worlds / universe. ﴿١٦٢﴾

[6:163] "He has no partner. This is what I am commanded to believe, and I am the first to submit."

لَاlā"Noشَرِيكَsharīkapartnersلَهُۥlahufor Him;وَبِذَٰلِكَwabidhālikaand with thatأُمِرْتُumir'tuI was commanded.وَأَنَا۠wa-anāAnd I amأَوَّلُawwalufirst (of)ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَl-mus'limīnathe ones who submit." ﴿١٦٣﴾

[6:164] Say, "Shall I seek other than GOD as a lord, when He is the Lord of all things? No soul benefits except from its own works, and none bears the burden of another. Ultimately, you return to your Lord, then He informs you regarding all your disputes."

قُلْqulSay,أَغَيْرَaghayra"Is it other thanٱللَّهِl-lahiGodأَبْغِىabghīI (should) seekرَبًّاrabban(as) a lord,وَهُوَwahuwawhile He (is)رَبُّrabbuLord (of)كُلِّkullieveryشَىْءٍshayinthing?"وَلَاwalāAnd notتَكْسِبُtaksibu[it] earnsكُلُّkullueveryنَفْسٍnafsinsoulإِلَّاillāexceptعَلَيْهَاʿalayhāagainst it(self),وَلَاwalāand notتَزِرُtaziruit bearsوَازِرَةٌwāziratuna bearer of burdensوِزْرَwiz'ra(the) burden (of)أُخْرَىٰukh'rāanother.ثُمَّthummaThenإِلَىٰilātoرَبِّكُمrabbikumyour Lord (is)مَّرْجِعُكُمْmarjiʿukumyour ultimate returnفَيُنَبِّئُكُمfayunabbi-ukumthen He will inform you [all]بِمَاbimāabout whatكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] wereفِيهِfīhiconcerning itتَخْتَلِفُونَtakhtalifūnayou [all] differ / dispute. ﴿١٦٤﴾

[6:165] He is the One who made you inheritors of the earth, and He raised some of you above others in rank, in order to test you in accordance with what He has given you. Surely, your Lord is efficient in enforcing retribution, and He is Forgiver, Most Merciful.

وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He (is)ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One whoجَعَلَكُمْjaʿalakumHe made you [all]خَلَـٰٓئِفَkhalāifaalternatives / successors / inheritors (of)ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthوَرَفَعَwarafaʿaand He raisedبَعْضَكُمْbaʿḍakumsome of you [all]فَوْقَfawqaaboveبَعْضٍbaʿḍinsome othersدَرَجَـٰتٍdarajātin(in) ranks,لِّيَبْلُوَكُمْliyabluwakumso that He may test you [all].فِىfīinمَآmāwhatءَاتَىٰكُمْātākumHe gave you [all].إِنَّinnaIndeed,رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord (is)سَرِيعُsarīʿuswift / efficient (in)ٱلْعِقَابِl-ʿiqābithe punishment / retribution,وَإِنَّهُۥwa-innahuand indeed, He (is)لَغَفُورٌlaghafūrunsurely Forgiving,رَّحِيمٌۢraḥīmunMerciful. ﴿١٦٥﴾

Sura 6: Al-An'am (The Livestock) الأنعام

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