Cattle
In the name of Allah, the
Beneficent, the Merciful.
[6:1]
Praise be to Allah, Who hath created the heavens
and the earth, and hath appointed darkness and light. Yet those who disbelieve ascribe
rivals unto their Lord.
[6:2]
He it is Who hath created you from clay, and
hath decreed a term for you. A term is fixed with Him. Yet still ye doubt!
[6:3]
He is Allah in the heavens and in the earth. He
knoweth both your secret and your utterance, and He knoweth what ye earn.
[6:4]
Never came there unto them a revelation of the
revelations of Allah but they did turn away from it.
[6:5]
And they denied the truth when it came unto
them. But there will come unto them the tidings of that which they used to
deride.
[6:6]
See they not how many a generation We destroyed
before them, whom We had established in the earth more firmly than We have
established you, and We shed on them abundant showers from the sky, and made
the rivers flow beneath them. Yet we destroyed them for their sins, and created
after them another generation.
[6:7]
Had we sent down unto thee (Muhammad) (actual)
writing upon parchment, so that they could feel it with their hands, those who
disbelieve would have said: This is naught else than mere magic.
[6:8]
They say: Why hath not an angel been sent down
unto him ? If We sent down an angel, then the matter would be judged; no
further time would be allowed them (for reflection).
[6:9]
Had we appointed him (Our messenger) an angel,
We assuredly had made him (as) a man (that he might speak to men); and (thus)
obscured for them (the truth) they (now) obscure.
[6:10]
Messengers (of Allah) have been derided before
thee, but that whereat they scoffed surrounded such of them as did deride.
[6:11]
Say (unto the disbelievers): Travel in the land,
and see the nature of the consequence for the rejecters!
[6:12]
Say: Unto whom belongeth whatsoever is in the
heavens and the earth ? Say: Unto Allah. He hath prescribed for Himself mercy, that
He may bring you all together to the Day of Resurrection whereof there is no
doubt. Those who ruin their souls will not believe.
[6:13]
Unto Him belongeth whatsoever resteth in the
night and the day. He is the Hearer, the Knower.
[6:14]
Say: Shall I choose for a protecting friend
other than Allah, the Originator of the heavens and the earth, Who feedeth and
is never fed ? Say: I am ordered to be the first to surrender (unto Him). And
be not thou (O Muhammad) of the idolaters.
[6:15]
Say: I fear, if I rebel against my Lord, the
retribution of an Awful Day.
[6:16]
He from whom (such retribution) is averted on
that day, (Allah) hath in truth had mercy on him. That will be the signal
triumph.
[6:17]
If Allah touch thee with affliction, there is
none that can relieve therefrom save Him, and if He touch thee with good
fortune (there is none that can impair it); for He is Able to do all things.
[6:18]
He is the Omnipotent over His slaves, and He is
the Wise, the Knower.
[6:19]
Say (O Muhammad): What thing is of most weight
in testimony ? Say: Allah is Witness between me and you. And this Qur’an hath
been inspired in me, that I may warn therewith you and whomsoever it may reach.
Do ye in sooth bear witness that there are gods beside Allah ? Say: I bear no
such witness. Say: He is only One God. Lo! I am innocent of that which ye
associate (with Him).
[6:20]
Those unto whom We gave the Scripture recognise
(this revelation) as they recognise their sons. Those who ruin their own souls
will not believe.
[6:21]
Who doth greater wrong than he who inventeth a
lie against Allah or denieth His revelations ? Lo! the wrongdoers will not be
successful.
[6:22]
And on the day We gather them together We shall
say unto those who ascribed partners (unto Allah): Where are (now) those
partners of your make-believe ?
[6:23]
Then will they have no contention save that they
will say: By Allah, our Lord, we never were idolaters.
[6:24]
See how they lie against themselves, and (how)
the thing which they devised hath failed them!
[6:25]
Of them are some who listen unto thee, but We
have placed upon their hearts veils, lest they should understand, and in their
ears a deafness. If they saw every token they would not believe therein; to the
point that, when they come unto thee to argue with thee, the disbelievers say:
This is naught else than fables of the men of old.
[6:26]
And they forbid (men) from it and avoid it, and
they ruin none save themselves, though they perceive not.
[6:27]
If thou couldst see when they are set before the
Fire and say: Oh, would that we might return! Then would we not deny the
revelations of our Lord but we would be of the believers!
[6:28]
Nay, but that hath become clear unto them which
before they used to hide. And if they were sent back they would return unto
that which they are forbidden. Lo! they are liars.
[6:29]
And they say: There is naught save our life of
the world, and we shall not be raised (again).
[6:30]
If thou couldst see when they are set before
their Lord! He will say: Is not this real ? They will say: Yea, verily, by our
Lord! He will say: Taste now the retribution for that ye used to disbelieve.
[6:31]
They indeed are losers who deny their meeting
with Allah until, when the Hour cometh on them suddenly, they cry: Alas for us,
that we neglected it! They bear upon their backs their burdens. Ah, evil is
that which they bear!
[6:32]
Naught is the life of the world save a pastime
and a spot. Better far is the abode of the Hereafter for those who keep their
duty (to Allah). Have ye then no sense ?
[6:33]
We know well how their talk grieveth thee,
though in truth they deny not thee (Muhammad) but evil-doers flout the
revelations of Allah.
[6:34]
Messengers indeed have been denied before thee, and
they were patient under the denial and the persecution till Our succour reached
them. There is none to alter the decisions of Allah. Already there hath reached
thee (somewhat) of the tidings of the messengers (We sent before).
[6:35]
And if their aversion is grievous unto thee,
then, if thou canst, seek a way down into the earth or a ladder unto the sky
that thou mayst bring unto them a portent (to convince them all)! - If Allah
willed, He could have brought them all together to the guidance - So be not
thou among the foolish ones.
[6:36]
Only those can accept who hear. As for the dead,
Allah will raise them up; then unto Him they will be returned.
[6:37]
They say: Why hath no portent been sent down
upon him from his Lord ? Say: Lo! Allah is Able to send down a portent. But
most of them know not.
[6:38]
There is not an animal in the earth, nor a
flying creature flying on two wings, but they are peoples like unto you. We
have neglected nothing in the Book (of Our decrees). Then unto their Lord they
will be gathered.
[6:39]
Those who deny Our revelations are deaf and dumb
in darkness. Whom Allah will sendeth astray, and whom He will He placeth on a
straight path.
[6:40]
Say: Can ye see yourselves, if the punishment of
Allah come upon you or the Hour come upon you, (calling upon other than Allah)
? Do ye then call (for help) to any other than Allah ? (Answer that) if ye are
truthful.
[6:41]
Nay, but unto Him ye call, and He removeth that because
of which ye call unto Him, if He will, and ye forget whatever partners ye
ascribed unto Him.
[6:42]
We have sent already unto peoples that were
before thee, and We visited them with tribulation and adversity, in order that
they might grow humble.
[6:43]
If only, when Our disaster came on them, they
had been humble! But their hearts were hardened and the devil made all that
they used to do seem fair unto them!
[6:44]
Then, when they forgot that whereof they had
been reminded, We opened unto them the gates of all things till, even as they
were rejoicing in that which they were given, We seized them unawares, and lo!
they were dumbfounded.
[6:45]
So of the people who did wrong the last remnant
was cut off. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds!
[6:46]
Say: Have ye imagined, if Allah should take away
your hearing and your sight and seal your hearts, Who is the God Who could
restore it to you save Allah ? See how We display the revelations unto them!
Yet still they turn away.
[6:47]
Say: Can ye see yourselves, if the punishment of
Allah come upon you unawares or openly ? Would any perish save wrongdoing folk
?
[6:48]
We send not the messengers save as bearers of
good news and warners. Whoso believeth and doeth right, there shall no fear
come upon them neither shall they grieve.
[6:49]
But as for those who deny Our revelations,
torment will afflict them for that they used to disobey.
[6:50]
Say (O Muhammad, to the disbelievers): I say not
unto you (that) I possess the treasures of Allah, nor that I have knowledge of
the Unseen; and I say not unto you: Lo! I am an angel. I follow only that which
is inspired in me. Say: Are the blind man and the seer equal ? Will ye not then
take thought ?
[6:51]
Warn hereby those who fear (because they know)
that they will be gathered unto their Lord, for whom there is no protecting
ally nor intercessor beside Him, that they may ward off (evil).
[6:52]
Repel not those who call upon their Lord at morn
and evening, seeking His Countenance. Thou art not accountable for them in aught,
nor are they accountable for thee in aught, that thou shouldst repel them and
be of the wrong-doers.
[6:53]
And even so do We try some of them by others,
that they say: Are these they whom Allah favoureth among us ? Is not Allah best
Aware of the thanksgivers ?
[6:54]
And when those who believe in Our revelations
come unto thee, say: Peace be unto you! Your Lord hath prescribed for Himself
mercy, that whoso of you doeth evil through ignorance and repenteth afterward
thereof and doeth right, (for him) lo! He is Forgiving, Merciful.
[6:55]
Thus do We expound the revelations that the way
of the unrighteous may be manifest.
[6:56]
Say: I am forbidden to worship those on whom ye
call instead of Allah. Say: I will not follow your desires, for then should I go
astray and I should not be of the rightly guided.
[6:57]
Say: I am (relying) on clear proof from my Lord,
while ye deny Him. I have not that for which ye are impatient. The decision is
for Allah only. He telleth the truth and He is the Best of Deciders.
[6:58]
Say: If I had that for which ye are impatient,
then would the case (ere this) have been decided between me and you. Allah is
Best Aware of the wrong-doers.
[6:59]
And with Him are the keys of the Invisible. None
but He knoweth them. And He knoweth what is in the land and the sea. Not a leaf
falleth but He knoweth it, not a grain amid the darkness of the earth, naught
of wet or dry but (it is noted) in a clear record.
[6:60]
He it is Who gathereth you at night and knoweth
that which ye commit by day. Then He raiseth you again to life therein, that
the term appointed (for you) may be accomplished. And afterward unto Him is
your return. Then He will proclaim unto you what ye used to do.
[6:61]
He is the Omnipotent over His slaves. He sendeth
guardians over you until, when death cometh unto one of you, Our messengers
receive him, and they neglect not.
[6:62]
Then are they restored unto Allah, their Lord,
the Just. Surely His is the judgment. And He is the most swift of reckoners.
[6:63]
Say: Who delivereth you from the darkness of the
land and the sea ? Ye call upon Him humbly and in secret, (saying): If we are
delivered from this (fear) we truly will be of the thankful.
[6:64]
Say: Allah delivereth you from this and from all
affliction. Yet ye attribute partners unto Him.
[6:65]
Say: He is able to send punishment upon you from
above you or from beneath your feet, or to bewilder you with dissension and
make you taste the tyranny one of another. See how We display the revelations
so that they may understand.
[6:66]
Thy people (O Muhammad) have denied it, though
it is the Truth. Say: I am not put in charge of you.
[6:67]
For every announcement there is a term, and ye
will come to know.
[6:68]
And when thou seest those who meddle with Our
revelations, withdraw from them until they meddle with another topic. And if
the devil cause thee to forget, sit not, after the remembrance, with the
congregation of wrong-doers.
[6:69]
Those who ward off (evil) are not accountable
for them in aught, but the Reminder (must be given them) that haply they (too)
may ward off (evil).
[6:70]
And forsake those who take their religion for a
pastime and a jest, and whom the life of the world beguileth. Remind (mankind) hereby
lest a soul be destroyed by what it earneth. It hath beside Allah no protecting
ally nor intercessor, and though it offer every compensation it will not be
accepted from it. Those are they who perish by their own deserts. For them is
drink of boiling water and a painful doom, because they disbelieved.
[6:71]
Say: Shall we cry, instead of unto Allah, unto
that which neither profiteth us nor hurteth us, and shall we turn back after
Allah hath guided us, like one bewildered whom the devils have infatuated in
the earth, who hath companions who invite him to the guidance (saying): Come
unto us ? Say: Lo! the guidance of Allah is Guidance, and we are ordered to
surrender to the Lord of the Worlds,
[6:72]
And to establish worship and be dutiful to Him,
and He it is unto Whom ye will be gathered.
[6:73]
He it is Who created the heavens and the earth
in truth. In the day when He saith: Be! it is. His Word is the Truth, and His
will be the Sovereignty on the day when the trumpet is blown. Knower of the
Invisible and the Visible, He is the Wise, the Aware.
[6:74]
(Remember) when Abraham said unto his father
Azar: Takest thou idols for gods ? Lo! I see thee and thy folk in error
manifest.
[6:75]
Thus did We show Abraham the kingdom of the
heavens and the earth that he might be of those possessing certainty:
[6:76]
When the night grew dark upon him he beheld a
star. He said: This is my Lord. But when it set, he said: I love not things
that set.
[6:77]
And when he saw the moon uprising, he exclaimed:
This is my Lord. But when it set, he said: Unless my Lord guide me, I surely
shall become one of the folk who are astray.
[6:78]
And when he saw the sun uprising, he cried: This
is my Lord! This is greater! And when it set he exclaimed: O my people! Lo! I am
free from all that ye associate (with Him).
[6:79]
Lo! I have turned my face toward Him Who created
the heavens and the earth, as one by nature upright, and I am not of the
idolaters.
[6:80]
His people argued with him. He said: Dispute ye
with me concerning Allah when He hath guided me ? I fear not at all that which
ye set up beside Him unless my Lord willeth aught. My Lord includeth all things
in His knowledge. Will ye not then remember ?
[6:81]
How should I fear that which ye set up beside
Him, when ye fear not to set up beside Allah that for which He hath revealed
unto you no warrant ? Which of the two factions hath more right to safety ?
(Answer me that) if ye have knowledge.
[6:82]
Those who believe and obscure not their belief
by wrongdoing, theirs is safety; and they are rightly guided.
[6:83]
That is Our argument. We gave it unto Abraham
against his folk. We raise unto degrees of wisdom whom We will. Lo! thy Lord is
Wise, Aware.
[6:84]
And We bestowed upon him Isaac and Jacob; each
of them We guided; and Noah did We guide aforetime; and of his seed (We guided)
David and Solomon and Job and Joseph and Moses and Aaron. Thus do We reward the
good.
[6:85]
And Zachariah and John and Jesus and Elias. Each
one (of them) was of the righteous.
[6:86]
And Ishmael and Elisha and Jonah and
[6:87]
With some of their forefathers and their
offspring and their brethren; and We chose them and guided them unto a straight
path.
[6:88]
Such is the guidance of Allah wherewith He
guideth whom He will of His bondmen. But if they had set up (for worship) aught
beside Him, (all) that they did would have been vain.
[6:89]
Those are they unto whom We gave the Scripture
and command and prophethood. But if these disbelieve therein, then indeed We
shall entrust it to a people who will not be disbelievers therein.
[6:90]
Those are they whom Allah guideth, so follow
their guidance. Say (O Muhammad, unto mankind): I ask of you no fee for it. Lo!
it is naught but a Reminder to (His) creatures.
[6:91]
And they measure not the power of Allah its true
measure when they say: Allah hath naught revealed unto a human being. Say (unto
the Jews who speak thus): Who revealed the Book which Moses brought, a light
and guidance for mankind, which ye have put on parchments which ye show, but ye
hide much (thereof), and (by which) ye were taught that which ye knew not
yourselves nor (did) your fathers (know it) ? Say: Allah. Then leave them to
their play of cavilling.
[6:92]
And this is a blessed Scripture which We have
revealed, confirming that which (was revealed) before it, that thou mayst warn
the Mother of Villages and those around her. Those who believe in the Hereafter
believe herein, and they are careful of their worship.
[6:93]
Who is guilty of more wrong than he who forgeth
a lie against Allah, or saith: I am inspired, when he is not inspired in aught;
and who saith: I will reveal the like of that which Allah hath revealed ? If
thou couldst see, when the wrong-doers reach the pangs of death and the angels
stretch their hands out (saying): Deliver up your souls. This day ye are
awarded doom of degradation for that ye spake concerning Allah other than the
truth, and used to scorn His portents.
[6:94]
Now have ye come unto Us solitary as We did
create you at the first, and ye have left behind you all that We bestowed upon
you, and We behold not with you those your intercessors, of whom ye claimed
that they possessed a share in you. Now is the bond between you severed, and
that which ye presumed hath failed you.
[6:95]
Lo! Allah (it is) Who splitteth the grain of
corn and the date- stone (for sprouting). He bringeth forth the living from the
dead, and is the bringer-forth of the dead from the living. Such is Allah. How
then are ye perverted ?
[6:96]
He is the Cleaver of the Daybreak, and He hath
appointed the night for stillness, and the sun and the moon for reckoning. That
is the measuring of the Mighty, the Wise.
[6:97]
And He it is Who hath set for you the stars that
ye may guide your course by them amid the darkness of the land and the sea. We
have detailed Our revelations for a people who have knowledge.
[6:98]
And He it is Who hath produced you from a single
being, and (hath given you) a habitation and a repository. We have detailed Our
revelations for a people who have understanding.
[6:99]
He it is Who sendeth down water from the sky,
and therewith We bring forth buds of every kind; We bring forth the green blade
from which We bring forth the thick-clustered grain; and from the date-palm,
from the pollen thereof, spring pendant bunches; and (We bring forth) gardens
of grapes, and the olive and the pomegranate, alike and unlike. Look upon the
fruit thereof, when they bear fruit, and upon its ripening. Lo! herein verily
are portents for a people who believe.
[6:100]
Yet they ascribe as partners unto Him the jinn,
although He did create them, and impute falsely, without knowledge, sons and
daughters unto Him. Glorified be He and High Exalted above (all) that they
ascribe (unto Him).
[6:101]
The Originator of the heavens and the earth! How
can He have a child, when there is for Him no consort, when He created all
things and is Aware of all things ?
[6:102]
Such is Allah, your Lord. There is no God save
Him, the Creator of all things, so worship Him. And He taketh care of all
things.
[6:103]
Vision comprehendeth Him not, but He
comprehendeth (all) vision. He is the Subtile, the Aware.
[6:104]
Proofs have come unto you from your Lord, so
whoso seeth, it is for his own good, and whoso is blind is blind to his own
hurt. And I am not a keeper over you.
[6:105]
Thus do We display Our revelations that they may
say (unto thee, Muhammad): "Thou hast studied," and that We may make
(it) clear for people who have knowledge.
[6:106]
Follow that which is inspired in thee from thy
Lord; there is no God save Him; and turn away from the idolaters.
[6:107]
Had Allah willed, they had not been idolatrous.
We have not set thee as a keeper over them, nor art thou responsible for them.
[6:108]
Revile not those unto whom they pray beside
Allah lest they wrongfully revile Allah through ignorance. Thus unto every
nation have We made their deed seem fair. Then unto their Lord is their return,
and He will tell them what they used to do.
[6:109]
And they swear a solemn oath by Allah that if
there come unto them a portent they will believe therein. Say; Portents are
with Allah and (so is) that which telleth you that if such came unto them they
would not believe.
[6:110]
We confound their hearts and their eyes. As they
believed not therein at the first, We let them wander blindly on in their
contumacy.
[6:111]
And though We should send down the angels unto
them, and the dead should speak unto them, and We should gather against them
all things in array, they would not believe unless Allah so willed. Howbeit,
most of them are ignorant.
[6:112]
Thus have We appointed unto every prophet an
adversary - devils of humankind and jinn who inspire in one another plausible
discourse through guile. If thy Lord willed, they would not do so; so leave
them alone with their devising;
[6:113]
That the hearts of those who believe not in the
Hereafter may incline thereto, and that they may take pleasure therein, and
that they may earn what they are earning.
[6:114]
Shall I seek other than Allah for judge, when He
it is Who hath revealed unto you (this) Scripture, fully explained ? Those unto
whom We gave the Scripture (aforetime) know that it is revealed from thy Lord in
truth. So be not thou (O Muhammad) of the waverers.
[6:115]
Perfected is the Word of thy Lord in truth and
justice. There is naught that can change His words. He is the Hearer, the
Knower.
[6:116]
If thou obeyedst most of those on earth they
would mislead thee far from Allah’s way. They follow naught but an opinion, and
they do but guess.
[6:117]
Lo! thy Lord, He knoweth best who erreth from
His way; and He knoweth best (who are) the rightly guided.
[6:118]
Eat of that over which the name of Allah hath been
mentioned, if ye are believers in His revelations.
[6:119]
How should ye not eat of that over which the
name of Allah hath been mentioned, when He hath explained unto you that which
is forbidden unto you unless ye are compelled thereto. But lo! many are led
astray by their own lusts through ignorance. Lo! thy Lord, He is Best Aware of
the transgressors.
[6:120]
Forsake the outwardness of sin and the
inwardness thereof. Lo! those who garner sin will be awarded that which they
have earned.
[6:121]
And eat not of that whereon Allah’s name hath
not been mentioned, for lo! it is abomination. Lo! the devils do inspire their
minions to dispute with you. But if ye obey them, ye will be in truth
idolaters.
[6:122]
Is he who was dead and We have raised him unto
life, and set for him a light wherein he walketh among men, as him whose
similitude is in utter darkness whence he cannot emerge ? Thus is their conduct
made fairseeming for the disbelievers.
[6:123]
And thus have We made in every city great ones
of its wicked ones, that they should plot therein. They do but plot against
themselves, though they perceive not.
[6:124]
And when a token cometh unto them, they say: We
will not believe till we are given that which Allah’s messengers are given.
Allah knoweth best with whom to place His message. Humiliation from Allah and
heavy punishment will smite the guilty for their scheming.
[6:125]
And whomsoever it is Allah’s will to guide, He
expandeth his bosom unto the Surrender, and whomsoever it is His Will to send astray,
He maketh his bosom close and narrow as if he were engaged in sheer ascent.
Thus Allah layeth ignominy upon those who believe not.
[6:126]
This is the path of thy Lord, a straight path.
We have detailed Our revelations for a people who take heed.
[6:127]
For them is the abode of peace with their Lord.
He will be their Protecting Friend because of what they used to do.
[6:128]
In the day when He will gather them together (He
will say): O ye assembly of the jinn! Many of humankind did ye seduce. And their
adherents among humankind will say: Our Lord! We enjoyed one another, but now
we have arrived at the appointed term which Thou appointedst for us. He will
say: Fire is your home. Abide therein for ever, save him whom Allah willeth (to
deliver). Lo! thy Lord is Wise, Aware.
[6:129]
Thus We let some of the wrong-doers have power
over others because of what they are wont to earn.
[6:130]
O ye assembly of the jinn and humankind! Came
there not unto you messengers of your own who recounted unto you My tokens and
warned you of the meeting of this your Day ? They will say: We testify against
ourselves. And the life of the world beguiled them. And they testify against
themselves that they were disbelievers.
[6:131]
This is because thy Lord destroyeth not the townships
arbitrarily while their people are unconscious (of the wrong they do).
[6:132]
For all there will be ranks from what they did.
Thy Lord is not unaware of what they do.
[6:133]
Thy Lord is the Absolute, the Lord of Mercy. If
He will, He can remove you and can cause what He will to follow after you, even
as He raised you from the seed of other folk.
[6:134]
Lo! that which ye are promised will surely come
to pass, and ye cannot escape.
[6:135]
Say (O Muhammad): O my people! Work according to
your power. Lo! I too am working. Thus ye will come to know for which of us
will be the happy sequel. Lo! the wrong-doers will not be successful.
[6:136]
They assign unto Allah, of the crops and cattle
which He created, a portion, and they say: "This is Allah’s" - in
their make-believe - "and this is for (His) partners in regard to
us." Thus that which (they assign) unto His partners in them reacheth not
Allah and that which (they assign) unto Allah goeth to their (so-called)
partners. Evil is their ordinance.
[6:137]
Thus have their (so-called) partners (of Allah)
made the killing of their children to seem fair unto many of the idolaters,
that they may ruin them and make their faith obscure for them. Had Allah willed
(it otherwise), they had not done so. So leave them alone with their devices.
[6:138]
And they say: Such cattle and crops are
forbidden. No-one is to eat of them save whom we will - in their make-believe -
cattle whose backs are forbidden, cattle over which they mention not the name
of Allah. (All that is) a lie against Him. He will repay them for that which
they invent.
[6:139]
And they say: That which is in the bellies of
such cattle is reserved for our males and is forbidden to our wives; but if it
be born dead, then they (all) may be partakers thereof. He will reward them for
their attribution (of such ordinances unto Him). Lo, He is Wise, Aware.
[6:140]
They are losers who besottedly have slain their
children without knowledge, and have forbidden that which Allah bestowed upon
them, inventing a lie against Allah. They indeed have gone astray and are not
guided.
[6:141]
He it is Who produceth gardens trellised and
untrellised, and the date-palm, and crops of divers flavour, and the olive and
the pomegranate, like and unlike. Eat ye of the fruit thereof when it fruiteth,
and pay the due thereof upon the harvest day, and be not prodigal. Lo! Allah
loveth not the prodigals.
[6:142]
And of the cattle (He produceth) some for
burdens, some for food. Eat of that which Allah hath bestowed upon you, and
follow not the footsteps of the devil, for lo! he is an open foe to you.
[6:143]
Eight pairs: Of the sheep twain, and of the
goats twain. Say: Hath He forbidden the two males or the two females, or that which
the wombs of the two females contain ? Expound to me (the case) with knowledge,
if ye are truthful.
[6:144]
And of the camels twain and of the oxen twain.
Say: Hath He forbidden the two males or the two females, or that which the
wombs of the two females contain; or were ye by to witness when Allah commanded
you (all) this ? Then who doth greater wrong than he who deviseth a lie
concerning Allah, that he may lead mankind astray without knowledge. Lo! Allah
guideth not wrongdoing folk.
[6:145]
Say: I find not in that which is revealed unto
me aught prohibited to an eater that he eat thereof, except it be carrion, or
blood poured forth, or swineflesh - for that verily is foul - or the
abomination which was immolated to the name of other than Allah. But whoso is
compelled (thereto), neither craving nor transgressing, (for him) lo! thy Lord
is Forgiving, Merciful.
[6:146]
Unto those who are Jews We forbade every animal
with claws. And of the oxen and the sheep forbade We unto them the fat thereof
save that upon the backs or the entrails, or that which is mixed with the bone.
That we awarded them for their rebellion. And lo! we verily are truthful.
[6:147]
So if they give the lie to thee (Muhammad), say:
Your Lord is a Lord of All-Embracing Mercy, and His wrath will never be
withdrawn from guilty folk.
[6:148]
They who are idolaters will say: Had Allah
willed, we had not ascribed (unto Him) partners neither had our fathers, nor
had we forbidden aught. Thus did those who were before them give the lie (to
Allah’s messengers) till they tasted of the fear of Us. Say: Have ye any
knowledge that ye can adduce for Us ? Lo! ye follow naught but an opinion, Lo!
ye do but guess.
[6:149]
Say - For Allah’s is the final argument - Had He
willed He could indeed have guided all of you.
[6:150]
Say: Come, bring your witnesses who can bear
witness that Allah forbade (all) this. And if they bear witness, do not thou
bear witness with them. Follow thou not the whims of those who deny Our
revelations, those who believe not in the Hereafter and deem (others) equal
with their Lord.
[6:151]
Say: Come, I will recite unto you that which
your Lord hath made a sacred duty for you: That ye ascribe no thing as partner
unto Him and that ye do good to parents, and that ye slay not your children
because of penury - We provide for you and for them - and that ye draw not nigh
to lewd things whether open or concealed. And that ye slay not the life which
Allah hath made sacred, save in the course of justice. This He hath command
you, in order that ye may discern.
[6:152]
And approach not the wealth of the orphan save
with that which is better, till he reach maturity. Give full measure and full
weight, in justice. We task not any soul beyond its scope. And if ye give your
word, do justice thereunto, even though it be (against) a kinsman; and fulfil
the covenant of Allah. This He commandeth you that haply ye may remember.
[6:153]
And (He commandeth you, saying): This is My
straight path, so follow it. Follow not other ways, lest ye be parted from His
way. This hath He ordained for you, that ye may ward off (evil).
[6:154]
Again, We gave the Scripture unto Moses,
complete for him who would do good, an explanation of all things, a guidance
and a mercy, that they might believe in the meeting with their Lord.
[6:155]
And this is a blessed Scripture which We have
revealed. So follow it and ward off (evil), that ye may find mercy.
[6:156]
Lest ye should say: The Scripture was revealed
only to two sects before us, and we in sooth were unaware of what they read;
[6:157]
Or lest ye should say: If the Scripture had been
revealed unto us, we surely had been better guided than are they. Now hath
there come unto you a clear proof from your Lord, a guidance and mercy; and who
doeth greater wrong than he who denieth the revelations of Allah, and turneth
away from them ? We award unto those who turn away from Our revelations an evil
doom because of their aversion.
[6:158]
Wait they, indeed, for nothing less than that
the angels should come unto them, or thy Lord should come, or there should come
one of the portents from thy Lord ? In the day when one of the portents from
thy Lord cometh, its belief availeth naught a soul which theretofore believed
not, nor in its belief earned good (by works). Say: Wait ye! Lo! We (too) are
waiting.
[6:159]
Lo! As for those who sunder their religion and
become schismatics, no concern at all hast thou with them. Their case will go
to Allah, Who then will tell them what they used to do.
[6:160]
Whoso bringeth a good deed will receive tenfold
the like thereof, while whoso bringeth an ill-deed will be awarded but the like
thereof; and they will not be wronged.
[6:161]
Say: Lo! As for me, my Lord hath guided me unto
a straight path, a right religion, the community of Abraham, the upright, who
was no idolater.
[6:162]
Say: Lo! my worship and my sacrifice and my
living and my dying are for Allah, Lord of the Worlds.
[6:163]
He hath no partner. This am I commanded, and I
am first of those who surrender (unto Him).
[6:164]
Say: Shall I seek another than Allah for Lord,
when He is Lord of all things ? Each soul earneth only on its own account, nor
doth any laden bear another’s load. Then unto your Lord is your return and He
will tell you that wherein ye differed.
[6:165]
He it is Who hath placed you as viceroys of the
earth and hath exalted some of you in rank above others, that He may try you by
(the test of) that which He hath given you. Lo! Thy Lord is swift in
prosecution, and Lo! He verily is Forgiving, Merciful.