Surah Al-An'aam

ٱلْحَمْدُلِلَّهِٱلَّذِىخَلَقَٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضَوَجَعَلَٱلظُّلُمَٰتِوَٱلنُّورَثُمَّٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟بِرَبِّهِمْيَعْدِلُونَ

ALL PRAISE is due to God, who has created the heavens and the earth, and brought into being deep darkness as well as light: and yet, those who are bent on denying the truth regard other powers as their Sustainer's equals!

هُوَٱلَّذِىخَلَقَكُممِّنطِينٍۢثُمَّقَضَىٰٓأَجَلًۭاوَأَجَلٌۭمُّسَمًّىعِندَهُۥثُمَّأَنتُمْتَمْتَرُونَ

He it is who has created you out of clay, and then has decreed a term [for you] - a term known [only] to him. And yet you doubt –

وَهُوَٱللَّهُفِىٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَفِىٱلْأَرْضِيَعْلَمُسِرَّكُمْوَجَهْرَكُمْوَيَعْلَمُمَاتَكْسِبُونَ

although He is God in the heavens and on earth, knowing all that you keep secret as well as all that you do openly, and knowing what you deserve.

وَمَاتَأْتِيهِممِّنْءَايَةٍۢمِّنْءَايَٰتِرَبِّهِمْإِلَّاكَانُوا۟عَنْهَامُعْرِضِينَ

Yet whenever any of their Sustainer's messages comes unto them, they [who are bent on denying the truth] turn their backs upon it:

فَقَدْكَذَّبُوا۟بِٱلْحَقِّلَمَّاجَآءَهُمْفَسَوْفَيَأْتِيهِمْأَنۢبَٰٓؤُا۟مَاكَانُوا۟بِهِۦيَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

and so they give the lie to this truth now that it has come unto them. In time, however, they will come to understand what it was that they were wont to deride.

أَلَمْيَرَوْا۟كَمْأَهْلَكْنَامِنقَبْلِهِممِّنقَرْنٍۢمَّكَّنَّٰهُمْفِىٱلْأَرْضِمَالَمْنُمَكِّنلَّكُمْوَأَرْسَلْنَاٱلسَّمَآءَعَلَيْهِممِّدْرَارًۭاوَجَعَلْنَاٱلْأَنْهَٰرَتَجْرِىمِنتَحْتِهِمْفَأَهْلَكْنَٰهُمبِذُنُوبِهِمْوَأَنشَأْنَامِنۢبَعْدِهِمْقَرْنًاءَاخَرِينَ

Do they not see how many a generation We have destroyed before their time - [people] whom We had given a [bountiful] place on earth, the like of which We never gave unto you, and upon whom We showered heavenly blessings abundant, and at whose feet We made running waters flow? And yet we destroyed them for their sins, and gave rise to other people in their stead.

وَلَوْنَزَّلْنَاعَلَيْكَكِتَٰبًۭافِىقِرْطَاسٍۢفَلَمَسُوهُبِأَيْدِيهِمْلَقَالَٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوٓا۟إِنْهَٰذَآإِلَّاسِحْرٌۭمُّبِينٌۭ

But even if we had sent down unto thee [O Prophet] a writing on paper, and they had touched it with their own hands - those who are bent on denying the truth would indeed have said, "This is clearly nothing but a deception!"

وَقَالُوا۟لَوْلَآأُنزِلَعَلَيْهِمَلَكٌۭوَلَوْأَنزَلْنَامَلَكًۭالَّقُضِىَٱلْأَمْرُثُمَّلَايُنظَرُونَ

They are saying, too, "Why has not an angel (visibly] been sent down unto him?" But had we sent down an angel, all would indeed have been decided, and they would have been allowed no further respite [for repentance.

وَلَوْجَعَلْنَٰهُمَلَكًۭالَّجَعَلْنَٰهُرَجُلًۭاوَلَلَبَسْنَاعَلَيْهِممَّايَلْبِسُونَ

And (even] if We had appointed an angel as Our message-bearer, We would certainly have made him [appear as] a man - and thus We would only have confused them in the same way as they are now confusing themselves.

وَلَقَدِٱسْتُهْزِئَبِرُسُلٍۢمِّنقَبْلِكَفَحَاقَبِٱلَّذِينَسَخِرُوا۟مِنْهُممَّاكَانُوا۟بِهِۦيَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

And, indeed, [even] before thy time have apostles been derided - but those who scoffed at them were [in the end] overwhelmed by the very thing which they were wont to deride.

قُلْسِيرُوا۟فِىٱلْأَرْضِثُمَّٱنظُرُوا۟كَيْفَكَانَعَٰقِبَةُٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

Say: "Go all over the earth, and behold what happened in the end to those who gave the lie to the truth!"

قُللِّمَنمَّافِىٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضِقُللِّلَّهِكَتَبَعَلَىٰنَفْسِهِٱلرَّحْمَةَلَيَجْمَعَنَّكُمْإِلَىٰيَوْمِٱلْقِيَٰمَةِلَارَيْبَفِيهِٱلَّذِينَخَسِرُوٓا۟أَنفُسَهُمْفَهُمْلَايُؤْمِنُونَ

Say: "Unto whom belongs all that is in the heavens and on earth?" Say: "Unto God, who has willed upon Himself the law of grace and mercy. He will assuredly gather you all together on the Day of Resurrection, [the coming of] which is beyond all doubt: yet those who have squandered their own selves-it is they who refuse to believe [in Him],

وَلَهُۥمَاسَكَنَفِىٱلَّيْلِوَٱلنَّهَارِوَهُوَٱلسَّمِيعُٱلْعَلِيمُ

although His is all that dwells in the night and the day, and He alone is all-hearing, all-knowing.

قُلْأَغَيْرَٱللَّهِأَتَّخِذُوَلِيًّۭافَاطِرِٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضِوَهُوَيُطْعِمُوَلَايُطْعَمُقُلْإِنِّىٓأُمِرْتُأَنْأَكُونَأَوَّلَمَنْأَسْلَمَوَلَاتَكُونَنَّمِنَٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ

Say: "Am I to take for my master anyone but God, the Originator of the heavens and the earth, when it is He who gives nourishment and Himself needs none?” Say: "I am bidden to be foremost among those who surrender themselves unto God, and not to be among those who ascribe divinity to aught beside Him."

قُلْإِنِّىٓأَخَافُإِنْعَصَيْتُرَبِّىعَذَابَيَوْمٍعَظِيمٍۢ

Say: "Behold, I would dread, were I [thus] to rebel against my Sustainer, the suffering [which would befall me] on that awesome Day [of Judgment]."

مَّنيُصْرَفْعَنْهُيَوْمَئِذٍۢفَقَدْرَحِمَهُۥوَذَٰلِكَٱلْفَوْزُٱلْمُبِينُ

Upon him who shall be spared on that Day, He will indeed have bestowed His grace: and this will be a manifest triumph.

وَإِنيَمْسَسْكَٱللَّهُبِضُرٍّۢفَلَاكَاشِفَلَهُۥٓإِلَّاهُوَوَإِنيَمْسَسْكَبِخَيْرٍۢفَهُوَعَلَىٰكُلِّشَىْءٍۢقَدِيرٌۭ

And if God should touch thee with misfortune, there is none who could remove it but He; and if He should touch thee with good fortune -it is He who has the power to will anything:

وَهُوَٱلْقَاهِرُفَوْقَعِبَادِهِۦوَهُوَٱلْحَكِيمُٱلْخَبِيرُ

for He alone holds sway over His creatures, and He alone is truly wise, all-aware.

قُلْأَىُّشَىْءٍأَكْبَرُشَهَٰدَةًۭقُلِٱللَّهُشَهِيدٌۢبَيْنِىوَبَيْنَكُمْوَأُوحِىَإِلَىَّهَٰذَاٱلْقُرْءَانُلِأُنذِرَكُمبِهِۦوَمَنۢبَلَغَأَئِنَّكُمْلَتَشْهَدُونَأَنَّمَعَٱللَّهِءَالِهَةًأُخْرَىٰقُللَّآأَشْهَدُقُلْإِنَّمَاهُوَإِلَٰهٌۭوَٰحِدٌۭوَإِنَّنِىبَرِىٓءٌۭمِّمَّاتُشْرِكُونَ

Say: "What could most weightily bear witness to the truth?" Say: "God is witness between me and you; and this Qur’an has been revealed unto me so that on the strength thereof I might warn you and all whom it may reach." Could you in truth bear witness that there are other deities side by side with God? Say: "I bear no [such] witness!" Say: "He is the One God; and, behold, far be it from me to ascribe divinity, as, you do, to aught beside Him!"

ٱلَّذِينَءَاتَيْنَٰهُمُٱلْكِتَٰبَيَعْرِفُونَهُۥكَمَايَعْرِفُونَأَبْنَآءَهُمُٱلَّذِينَخَسِرُوٓا۟أَنفُسَهُمْفَهُمْلَايُؤْمِنُونَ

They unto whom we have vouchsafed revelation aforetime know this as they know their own children; yet those [of them] who have squandered their own selves -it is they who refuse to believe.