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The Cattle
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
[6.1] All praise is due to Allah, Who created the heavens
and the earth and made the darkness and the light; yet
those who disbelieve set up equals with their
Lord.
[6.2] He it is Who created you from clay, then He decreed a
term; and there is a term named with Him; still you doubt.
[6.3] And He is Allah in the heavens and in the earth; He
knows your secret (thoughts) and your open (words), and He
knows what you earn.
[6.4] And there does not come to them any communication of
the communications of their Lord but they turn aside from
it
[6.5] So they have indeed rejected the truth when it came
to them; therefore the truth of what they mocked at will
shine upon them.
[6.6] Do they not consider how many a generation We have
destroyed before them, whom We had established in the earth
as We have not established you, and We sent
the clouds pouring rain on them in abundance, and We made
the rivers to flow beneath them, then We destroyed them on
account of their faults and raised up after them another
generation.
[6.7] And if We had sent to you a writing on a paper, then
they had touched it with their hands, certainly those who
disbelieve would have said: This is nothing but clear
enchantment.
[6.8] And they say: Why has not an angel been sent down to
him? And had We sent down an angel, the matter would have
certainly been decided and then they would
not have been respited.
[6.9] And if We had made him angel, We would certainly have
made him a man, and We would certainly have made confused
to them what they make confused.
[6.10] And certainly apostles before you were mocked at,
but that which they mocked at encompassed the scoffers
among them.
[6.11] Say: Travel in the land, then see what was the end
of the rejecters.
[6.12] Say: To whom belongs what is in the heavens and the
earth? Say: To Allah; He has ordained mercy on Himself;
most certainly He will gather you on the
resurrection day-- there is no doubt about it. (As for)
those who have lost their souls, they will not believe.
[6.13] And to Him belongs whatever dwells in the night and
the day; and He is the Hearing, the Knowing.
[6.14] Say: Shall I take a guardian besides Allah, the
Originator of the heavens and the earth, and He feeds
(others) and is not (Himself) fed. Say: I am
commanded to be the first who submits himself, and you
should not be of the polytheists.
[6.15] Say: Surely I fear, if I disobey my Lord, the
chastisement of a grievous day.
[6.16] He from whom it is averted on that day, Allah indeed
has shown mercy to him; and this is a manifest achievement.
[6.17] And if Allah touch you with affliction, there is
none to take it off but He; and if He visit you with good,
then He has power over all things.
[6.18] And He is the Supreme, above His servants; and He is
the Wise, the Aware.
[6.19] Say: What thing is the weightiest in testimony? Say:
Allah is witness between you and me; and this Quran has
been revealed to me that with it I may warn you and
whomsoever it reaches. Do you really bear witness that
there are other gods with Allah? Say: I do not bear
witness. Say: He is only one God, and surely I am clear of
that which you set up (with Him).
[6.20] Those whom We have given the Book recognize him as
they recognize their sons; (as for) those who have lost
their souls, they will not believe.
[6.21] And who is more unjust than he who forges a lie
against Allah or (he who) gives the lie to His
communications; surely the unjust will not be successful.
[6.22] And on the day when We shall gather them all
together, then shall We say to those who associated others
(with Allah): Where are your associates whom you
asserted?
[6.23] Then their excuse would be nothing but that they
would say: By Allah, our Lord, we were not polytheists.
[6.24] See how they lie against their own souls, and that
which they forged has passed away from them.
[6.25] And of them is he who hearkens to you, and We have
cast veils over their hearts lest they understand it and a
heaviness into their ears; and even if they
see every sign they will not believe in it; so much so that
when they come to you they only dispute with you; those who
disbelieve say: This is naught but the stories of the
ancients.
[6.26] And they prohibit (others) from it and go far away
from it, and they only bring destruction upon their own
souls while they do not perceive.
[6.27] And could you see when they are made to stand before
the fire, then they shall say: Would that we were sent
back, and we would not reject the communications of our
Lord and we would be of the believers.
[6.28] Nay, what they concealed before shall become
manifest to them; and if they were sent back, they would
certainly go back to that which they are
forbidden, and most surely they are liars.
[6.29] And they say: There is nothing but our life of this
world, and we shall not be raised.
[6.30] And could you see when they are made to stand before
their Lord. He will say: Is not this the truth? They will
say: Yea! by our Lord. He will say: Taste
then the chastisement because you disbelieved.
[6.31] They are losers indeed who reject the meeting of
Allah; until when the hour comes upon them all of a sudden
they shall say: O our grief for our neglecting it! and they
shall bear their burdens on their backs; now surely evil
is that which they bear.
[6.32] And this world's life is naught but a play and an
idle sport and certainly the abode of the hereafter is
better for those who guard (against evil); do you not then
understand?
[6.33] We know indeed that what they say certainly grieves
you, but surely they do not call you a liar; but the unjust
deny the communications of Allah.
[6.34] And certainly apostles before you were rejected, but
they were patient on being rejected and persecuted until
Our help came to them; and there is none to
change the words of Allah, and certainly there has come to
you some information about the messengers.
[6.35] And if their turning away is hard on you, then if
you can seek an opening (to go down) into the earth or a
ladder (to ascend up) to heaven so that you
should bring them a sign and if Allah had pleased He would
certainly have gathered them all on guidance, therefore be
not of the ignorant.
[6.36] Only those accept who listen; and (as to) the dead,
Allah will raise them, then to Him they shall be returned.
[6.37] And they say: Why has not a sign been sent down to
him from his Lord? Say: Surely Allah is able to send down a
sign, but most of them do not know. 38 And there is no
animal that walks upon the earth nor a bird that flies with
its two wings but (they are) genera like yourselves; We
have not neglected anything in the Book, then to their Lord
shall they be gathered.
[6.39] And they who reject Our communications are deaf and
dumb, in utter darkness; whom Allah pleases He causes to
err and whom He pleases He puts on the right way.
[6.40] Say: Tell me if the chastisement of Allah should
overtake you or the hour should come upon you, will you
call (on others) besides Allah, if you are
truthful?
[6.41] Nay, Him you call upon, so He clears away that for
which you pray if He pleases and you forget what you set up
(with Him).
[6.42] And certainly We sent (apostles) to nations before
you then We seized them with distress and affliction in
order that they might humble themselves.
[6.43] Yet why did they not, when Our punishment came to
them, humble themselves? But their hearts hardened and the
Shaitan made what they did fair-seeming to them.
[6.44] But when they neglected that with which they had
been admonished, We opened for them the doors of all
things, until when they rejoiced in what they
were given We seized them suddenly; then lo! they were in
utter despair.
[6.45] So the roots of the people who were unjust were cut
off; and all praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the
worlds.
[6.46] Say: Have you considered that if Allah takes away
your hearing and your sight and sets a seal on your hearts,
who is the god besides Allah that can bring it to you? See
how We repeat the communications, yet they turn away.
[6.47] Say: Have you considered if the chastisement of
Allah should overtake you suddenly or openly, will any be
destroyed but the unjust people?
[6.48] And We send not messengers but as announcers of good
news and givers of warning, then whoever believes and acts
aright, they shall have no fear, nor shall they grieve.
[6.49] And (as for) those who reject Our communications,
chastisement shall afflict them because they transgressed.
[6.50] Say: I do not say to you, I have with me the
treasures of Allah, nor do I know the unseen, nor do I say
to you that I am an angel; I do not follow aught
save that which is revealed to me. Say: Are the blind and
the seeing one alike? Do you not then reflect?
[6.51] And warn with it those who fear that they shall be
gathered to their Lord-- there is no guardian for them, nor
any intercessor besides Him-- that they may guard (against
evil).
[6.52] And do not drive away those who call upon their Lord
in the morning and the evening, they desire only His favor;
neither are you answerable for any reckoning of theirs, nor
are they answerable for any reckoning of yours, so that
you should drive them away and thus be of the unjust.
[6.53] And thus do We try some of them by others so that
they say: Are these they upon whom Allah has conferred
benefit from among us? Does not Allah best
know the grateful?
[6.54] And when those who believe in Our communications
come to you, say: Peace be on you, your Lord has ordained
mercy on Himself, (so) that if any one of you
does evil in ignorance, then turns after that and acts
aright, then He is Forgiving, Merciful.
[6.55] And thus do We make distinct the communications and
so that the way of the guilty may become clear.
[6.56] Say: I am forbidden to serve those whom you call
upon besides Allah. Say: I do not follow your low desires.
for then indeed I should have gone astray and
I should not be of those who go aright.
[6.57] Say: Surely I have manifest proof from my Lord and
you call it a lie; I have not with me that which you would
hasten; the t judgment is only Allah's; He
relates the truth and He is the best of deciders.
[6.58] Say: If that which you desire to hasten were with
me, the matter would have certainly been decided between
you and me; and Allah best knows the unjust.
[6.59] And with Him are the keys of the unseen treasures--
none knows them but He; and He knows what is in the land
and the sea, and there falls not a leaf but
He knows it, nor a grain in the darkness of the earth, nor
anything green nor dry but (it is all) in a clear book.
[6.60] And He it is Who takes your souls at night (in
sleep), and He knows what you acquire in the day, then He
raises you up therein that an appointed term may
be fulfilled; then to Him is your return, then He will
inform you of what you were doing.
[6.61] And He is the Supreme, above His servants, and He
sends keepers over you; until when death comes to one of
you, Our messengers cause him to die, and they
are not remiss.
[6.62] Then are they sent back to Allah, their Master, the
True one; now surely His is the judgment and He is swiftest
in taking account.
[6.63] Say: Who is it that delivers you from the dangers of
the land and the sea (when) you call upon Him (openly)
humiliating yourselves, and in secret: If He
delivers us from this, we should certainly be of the
grateful ones.
[6.64] Say: Allah delivers you from them and from every
distress, but again you set up others (with Him).
[6.65] Say: He has the power that He should send on you a
chastisement from above you or from beneath your feet, or
that He should throw you into confusion,
(making you) of different parties; and make some of you
taste the fighting of others. See how We repeat the
communications that they may understand.
[6.66] And your people call it a lie and it is the very
truth. Say: I am not placed in charge of you.
[6.67] For every prophecy is a term, and you will come to
know (it).
[6.68] And when you see those who enter into false
discourses about Our communications, withdraw from them
until they enter into some other discourse,
and if the Shaitan causes you to forget, then do not sit
after recollection with the unjust people.
[6.69] And nought of the reckoning of their (deeds) shall
be against those who guard (against evil), but (theirs) is
only to remind, haply they may guard.
[6.70] And leave those who have taken their religion for a
play and an idle sport, and whom this world's life has
deceived, and remind (them) thereby lest a
soul should be given up to destruction for what it has
earned; it shall not have besides Allah any guardian nor an
intercessor, and if it should seek to give
every compensation, it shall not be accepted from it; these
are they who shall be given up to destruction for what they
earned; they shall have a drink of boiling water and a
painful chastisement because they disbelieved.
[6.71] Say: Shall we call on that besides Allah, which does
not benefit us nor harm us, and shall we be returned back
on our heels after Allah has guided us,
like him whom the Shaitans have made to fall down perplexed
in the earth? He has companions who call him to the right
way, (saying): Come to us. Say: Surely the
guidance of Allah, that is the (true) guidance, and we are
commanded that we should submit to the Lord of the worlds.
[6.72] And that you should keep up prayer and be careful of
(your duty to) Him; and He it is to Whom you shall be
gathered.
[6.73] And He it is Who has created the heavens and the
earth with truth, and on the day He says: Be, it is. His
word is the truth, and His is the kingdom on the
day when the trumpet shall be blown; the Knower of the
unseen and the seen; and He is the Wise, the Aware.
[6.74] And when Ibrahim said to his sire, Azar: Do you take
idols for gods? Surely I see you and your people in
manifest error.
[6.75] And thus did We show Ibrahim the kingdom of the
heavens and the earth and that he might be of those who are
sure.
[6.76] So when the night over-shadowed him, he saw a star;
said he: Is this my Lord? So when it set, he said: I do not
love the setting ones.
[6.77] Then when he saw the moon rising, he said: Is this
my Lord? So when it set, he said: If my Lord had not guided
me I should certainly be of the erring people.
[6.78] Then when he saw the sun rising, he said: Is this my
Lord? Is this the greatest? So when it set, he said: O my
people! surely I am clear of what you set up (with Allah).
[6.79] Surely I have turned myself, being upright, wholly
to Him Who originated the heavens and the earth, and I am
not of the polytheists.
[6.80] And his people disputed with him. He said: Do you
dispute with me respecting Allah? And He has guided me
indeed; and I do not fear in any way those that you set up
with Him, unless my Lord pleases; my Lord comprehends all
things in His knowledge; will you not then mind?
[6.81] And how should I fear what you have set up (with
Him), while you do not fear that you have set up with Allah
that for which He has not sent down to you
any authority; which then of the two parties is surer of
security, if you know?
[6.82] Those who believe and do not mix up their faith with
iniquity, those are they who shall have the security and
they are those who go aright.
[6.83] And this was Our argument which we gave to Ibrahim
against his people; We exalt in dignity whom We please;
surely your Lord is Wise, Knowing.
[6.84] And We gave to him Ishaq and Yaqoub; each did We
guide, and Nuh did We guide before, and of his descendants,
Dawood and Sulaiman and Ayub and Yusuf and
Haroun; and thus do We reward those who do good (to
others).
[6.85] And Zakariya and Yahya and Isa and Ilyas; every one
was of the good;
[6.86] And Ismail and Al-Yasha and Yunus and Lut; and every
one We made to excel (in) the worlds:
[6.87] And from among their fathers and their descendants
and their brethren, and We chose them and guided them into
the right way.
[6.88] This is Allah's guidance, He guides thereby whom He
pleases of His servants; and if they had set up others
(with Him), certainly what they did would have become
ineffectual for them.
[6.89] These are they to whom We gave the book and the
wisdom and the prophecy; therefore if these disbelieve in
it We have already entrusted with it a people
who are not disbelievers in it.
[6.90] These are they whom Allah guided, therefore follow
their guidance. Say: I do not ask you for any reward for
it; it is nothing but a reminder to the
nations.
[6.91] And they do not assign to Allah the attributes due
to Him when they say: Allah has not revealed anything to a
mortal. Say: Who revealed the Book which
Musa brought, a light and a guidance to men, which you make
into scattered writings which you show while you conceal
much? And you were taught what you did not know, (neither)
you nor your fathers. Say: Allah then leave them sporting
in their vain discourses.
[6.92] And this is a Book We have revealed, blessed,
verifying that which is before it, and that you may warn
the metropolis and those around her; and those
who believe in the hereafter believe in it, and they attend
to their prayers constantly.
[6.93] And who is more unjust than he who forges a lie
against Allah, or says: It has been revealed to me; while
nothing has been revealed to him, and he who
says: I can reveal the like of what Allah has revealed? and
if you had seen when the unjust shall be in the agonies of
death and the angels shall spread forth
their hands: Give up your souls; today shall you be
recompensed with an ignominious chastisement because you
spoke against Allah other than the truth
and (because) you showed pride against His communications.
[6.94] And certainly you have come to Us alone as We
created you at first, and you have left behind your backs
the things which We gave you, and We do not see
with you your intercessors about whom you asserted that
they were (Allah's) associates in respect to you; certainly
the ties between you are now cut off and
what you asserted is gone from you.
[6.95] Surely Allah causes the grain and the stone to
germinate; He brings forth the living from the dead and He
is the bringer forth of the dead from the
living; that is Allah! how are you then turned away.
[6.96] He causes the dawn to break; and He has made the
night for rest, and the sun and the moon for reckoning;
this is an arrangement of the Mighty, the
Knowing.
[6.97] And He it is Who has made the stars for you that you
might follow the right way thereby in the darkness of the
land and the sea; truly We have made plain the
communications for a people who know.
[6.98] And He it is Who has brought you into being from a
single soul, then there is (for you) a resting-place and a
depository; indeed We have made plain the communications
for a people who understand.
[6.99] And He it is Who sends down water from the cloud,
then We bring forth with it buds of all (plants), then We
bring forth from it green (foliage) from
which We produce grain piled up (in the ear); and of the
palm-tree, of the sheaths of it, come forth clusters (of
dates) within reach, and gardens of grapes and olives and
pomegranates, alike and unlike; behold the fruit of it
when it yields the fruit and the ripening of it; most
surely there are signs in this for a people who believe.
[6.100] And they make the jinn associates with Allah, while
He created them, and they falsely attribute to Him sons and
daughters without knowledge; glory be to
Him, and highly exalted is He above what they ascribe (to
Him).
[6.101] Wonderful Originator of the heavens and the earth!
How could He have a son when He has no consort, and He
(Himself) created everything, and He is the
Knower of all things.
[6.102] That is Allah, your Lord, there is no god but He;
the Creator of all things, therefore serve Him, and He has
charge of all things.
[6.103] Vision comprehends Him not, and He comprehends
(all) vision; and He is the Knower of subtleties, the
Aware.
[6.104] Indeed there have come to you clear proofs from
your Lord; whoever will therefore see, it is for his own
soul and whoever will be blind, it shall be
against himself and I am not a keeper over you.
[6.105] And thus do We repeat the communications and that
they may say: You have read; and that We may make it clear
to a people who know.
[6.106] Follow what is revealed to you from your Lord;
there is no god but He; and withdraw from the polytheists.
[6.107] And if Allah had pleased, they would not have set
up others (with Him) and We have not appointed you a keeper
over them, and you are not placed in charge of them.
[6.108] And do not abuse those whom they call upon besides
Allah, lest exceeding the limits they should abuse Allah
out of ignorance. Thus have We made fair
seeming to every people their deeds; then to their Lord
shall be their return, so He will inform them of what they
did.
[6.109] And they swear by Allah with the strongest of their
oaths, that if a sign came to them they would most
certainly believe in it. Say: Signs are only
with Allah; and what should make you know that when it
comes they will not believe?
[6.110] And We will turn their hearts and their sights,
even as they did not believe in it the first time, and We
will leave them in their inordinacy, blindly wandering on.
[6.111] And even if We had sent down to them the angels and
the dead had spoken to them and We had brought together all
things before them, they would not believe unless Allah
pleases, but most of them are ignorant.
[6.112] And thus did We make for every prophet an enemy,
the Shaitans from among men and jinn, some of them
suggesting to others varnished falsehood to deceive
(them), and had your Lord pleased they would not have done
it, therefore leave them and that which they forge.
[6.113] And that the hearts of those who do not believe in
the hereafter may incline to it and that they may be well
pleased with it and that they may earn what they are going
to earn (of evil).
[6.114] Shall I then seek a judge other than Allah? And He
it is Who has revealed to you the Book (which is) made
plain; and those whom We have given the
Book know that it is revealed by your Lord with truth,
therefore you should not be of the disputers.
[6.115] And the word of your Lord has been accomplished
truly and justly; there is none who can change His words,
and He is the Hearing, the Knowing.
[6.116] And if you obey most of those in the earth, they
will lead you astray from Allah's way; they follow but
conjecture and they only lie.
[6.117] Surely your Lord-- He best knows who goes astray
from His way, and He best knows those who follow the right
course.
[6.118] Therefore eat of that on which Allah's name has
been mentioned if you are believers in His communications.
[6.119] And what reason have you that you should not eat of
that on which Allah's name has been mentioned, and He has
already made plain to you what He has forbidden to you--
excepting what you are compelled to; and most surely many
would lead (people) astray by their low desires out of
ignorance; surely your Lord-- He best knows those who
exceed the limits.
[6.120] And abandon open and secret sin; surely they who
earn sin shall be recompensed with what they earned.
[6.121] And do not eat of that on which Allah's name has
not been mentioned, and that is most surely a
transgression; and most surely the Shaitans suggest to
their friends that they should contend with you; and if you
obey them, you shall most surely be polytheists.
[6.122] Is he who was dead then We raised him to life and
made for him a light by which he walks among the people,
like him whose likeness is that of one in
utter darkness whence he cannot come forth? Thus what they
did was made fair seeming to the unbelievers.
[6.123] And thus have We made in every town the great ones
to be its guilty ones, that they may plan therein; and they
do not plan but against their own souls, and they do not
perceive.
[6.124] And when a communication comes to them they say: We
will not believe till we are given the like of what Allah's
apostles are given. Allah best knows where He places His
message. There shall befall those who are guilty
humiliation from Allah and severe chastisement because of
what they planned.
[6.125] Therefore (for) whomsoever Allah intends that He
would guide him aright, He expands his breast for Islam,
and (for) whomsoever He intends that He should
cause him to err, He makes his breast strait and narrow as
though he were ascending upwards; thus does Allah lay
uncleanness on those who do not believe.
[6.126] And this is the path of your Lord, (a) right
(path); indeed We have made the communications clear for a
people who mind.
[6.127] They shall have the abode of peace with their Lord,
and He is their guardian because of what they did.
[6.128] And on the day when He shall gather them all
together: O assembly of jinn! you took away a great part of
mankind. And their friends from among the
men shall say: Our Lord! some of us profited by others and
we have reached our appointed term which Thou didst appoint
for us. He shall say: The fire is your abode, to abide in
it, except as Allah is pleased; surely your Lord is Wise,
Knowing.
[6.129] And thus do We make some of the iniquitous to
befriend others on account of what they earned.
[6.130] O assembly of jinn and men! did there not come to
you apostles from among you, relating to you My
communications and warning you of the meeting of
this day of yours? They shall say: We bear witness against
ourselves; and this world's life deceived them, and they
shall bear witness against their own souls
that they were unbelievers.
[6.131] This is because your Lord would not destroy towns
unjustly while their people were negligent.
[6.132] And all have degrees according to what they do; and
your Lord is not heedless of what they do.
[6.133] And your Lord is the Self-sufficient one, the Lord
of mercy; if He pleases, He may take you off, and make whom
He pleases successors after you, even as He raised you up
from the seed of another people.
[6.134] Surely what you are threatened with must come to
pass and you cannot escape (it).
[6.135] Say: O my people! act according to your ability; I
too am acting; so you will soon come to know, for whom (of
us) will be the (good) end of the abode;
surely the unjust shall not be successful.
[6.136] And they set apart a portion for Allah out of what
He has created of tilth and cattle, and say: This is for
Allah-- so they assert-- and this for our
associates; then what is for their associates, it reaches
not to Allah, and whatever is (set apart) for Allah, it
reaches to their associates; evil is that
which they judge.
[6.137] And thus their associates have made fair seeming to
most of the polytheists the killing of their children, that
they may cause them to perish and obscure for them their
religion; and if Allah had pleased, they would not
have done it, therefore leave them and that which they
forge.
[6.138] And they say: These are cattle and tilth
prohibited, none shall eat them except such as We please--
so they assert-- and cattle whose backs are
forbidden, and cattle on which they would not mention
Allah's name-- forging a lie against Him; He shall requite
them for what they forged.
[6.139] And they say: What is in the wombs of these cattle
is specially for our males, and forbidden to our wives, and
if it be stillborn, then they are all partners in it; He
will reward them for their attributing (falsehood to
Allah); surely He is Wise, Knowing.
[6.140] They are lost indeed who kill their children
foolishly without knowledge, and forbid.what Allah has
given to them forging a lie against Allah;
they have indeed gone astray, and they are not the
followers of the right course.
[6.141] And He it is Who produces gardens (of vine),
trellised and untrellised, and palms and seed-produce of
which the fruits are of various sorts, and olives
and pomegranates, like and unlike; eat of its fruit when it
bears fruit, and pay the due of it on the day of its
reaping, and do not act extravagantly; surely He
does not love the extravagant.
[6.142] And of cattle (He created) beasts of burden and
those which are fit for slaughter only; eat of what Allah
has given you and do not follow the footsteps
of the Shaitan; surely he is your open enemy.
[6.143] Eight in pairs-- two of sheep and two of goats.
Say: Has He forbidden the two males or the two females or
that which the wombs of the two females
contain? Inform me with knowledge if you are truthful.
[6.144] And two of camels and two of cows. Say: Has He
forbidden the two males or the two females or that which
the wombs of the two females contain? Or were
you witnesses when Allah enjoined you this? Who, then, is
more unjust than he who forges a lie against Allah that he
should lead astray men without knowledge?
Surely Allah does not guide the unjust people.
[6.145] Say: I do not find in that which has been revealed
to me anything forbidden for an eater to eat of except that
it be what has died of itself, or blood poured forth, or
flesh of swine-- for that surely is unclean-- or that
which is a transgression, other than (the name of) Allah
having been invoked on it; but whoever is driven to
necessity, not desiring nor exceeding the limit,
then surely your Lord is Forgiving, Merciful.
[6.146] And to those who were Jews We made unlawful every
animal having claws, and of oxen and sheep We made unlawful
to them the fat of both, except such as
was on their backs or the entrails or what was mixed with
bones: this was a punishment We gave them on account of
their rebellion, and We are surely Truthful.
[6.147] But if they give you the lie, then say: Your Lord
is the Lord of All-encompassing mercy; and His punishment
cannot be averted from the guilty people.
[6.148] Those who are polytheists will say: If Allah had
pleased we would not have associated (aught with Him) nor
our fathers, nor would we have forbidden
(to ourselves) anything; even so did those before them
reject until they tasted Our punishment. Say: Have you any
knowledge with you so you should bring it
forth to us? You only follow a conjecture and you only tell
lies.
[6.149] Say: Then Allah's is the conclusive argument; so if
He please, He would certainly guide you all.
[6.150] Say: Bring your witnesses who should bear witness
that Allah has forbidden this, then if they bear witness,
do not bear witness with them; and follow not the low
desires of those who reject Our communications and of those
who do not believe in the hereafter, and they make (others)
equal to their Lord.
[6.151] Say: Come I will recite what your Lord has
forbidden to you-- (remember) that you do not associate
anything with Him and show kindness to your parents,
and do not slay your children for (fear of) poverty-- We
provide for you and for them-- and do not draw nigh to
indecencies, those of them which are apparent and
those which are concealed, and do not kill the soul which
Allah has forbidden except for the requirements of justice;
this He has enjoined you with that you may understand.
[6.152] And do not approach the property of the orphan
except in the best manner until he attains his maturity,
and give full measure and weight with justice--
We do not impose on any soul a duty except to the extent of
its ability; and when you speak, then be just though it be
(against) a relative, and fulfill Allah's covenant; this He
has enjoined you with that you may be mindful;
[6.153] And (know) that this is My path, the right one
therefore follow it, and follow not (other) ways, for they
will lead you away from His way; this He has
enjoined you with that you may guard (against evil).
[6.154] Again, We gave the Book to Musa to complete (Our
blessings) on him who would do good (to others), and making
plain all things and a guidance and a mercy, so that they
should believe in the meeting of their Lord.
[6.155] And this is a Book We have revealed, blessed;
therefore follow it and guard (against evil) that mercy may
be shown to you.
[6.156] Lest you say that the Book was only revealed to two
parties before us and We were truly unaware of what they
read.
[6.157] Or lest you should say: If the Book had been
revealed to us, we would certainly have been better guided
than they, so indeed there has come to you
clear proof from your Lord, and guidance and mercy. Who
then is more unjust than he who rejects Allah's
communications and turns away from them? We will reward
those who turn away from Our communications with an evil
chastisement because they turned away.
[6.158] They do not wait aught but that the angels should
come to them, or that your Lord should come, or that some
of the signs of your Lord should come. On
the day when some of the signs of your Lord shall come, its
faith shall not profit a soul which did not believe before,
or earn good through its faith. Say: Wait; we too are
waiting.
[6.159] Surely they who divided their religion into parts
and became sects, you have no concern with them; their
affair is only with Allah, then He will inform
them of what they did.
[6.160] Whoever brings a good deed, he shall have ten like
it, and whoever brings an evil deed, he shall be
recompensed only with the like of it, and they
shall not be dealt with unjustly.
[6.161] Say: Surely, (as for) me, my Lord has guided me to
the right path; (to) a most right religion, the faith of
Ibrahim the upright one, and he was not of
the polytheists.
[6.162] Say. Surely my prayer and my sacrifice and my life
and my death are (all) for Allah, the Lord of the worlds;
[6.163] No associate has He; and this am I commanded, and I
am the first of those who submit.
[6.164] Say: What! shall I seek a Lord other than Allah?
And He is the Lord of all things; and no soul earns (evil)
but against itself, and no bearer of burden
shall bear the burden of another; then to your Lord is your
return, so He will inform you of that in which you
differed.
[6.165] And He it is Who has made you successors in the
land and raised some of you above others by (various)
grades, that He might try you by what He has given
you; surely your Lord is quick to requite (evil), and He is
most surely the Forgiving, the Merciful.
