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 Lot. Each one (of them) did
We prefer above (Our) creatures,
[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.