Quran-6:36 Surah Al-anam English Translation,Transliteration and Tafsir(Tafseer).

۞إِنَّمَا يَسۡتَجِيبُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَسۡمَعُونَۘ وَٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ يَبۡعَثُهُمُ ٱللَّهُ ثُمَّ إِلَيۡهِ يُرۡجَعُونَ

Transliteration:( Innamaa yastajeebul lazeena yasma'oon; walmawtaa yab'asuhumul laahu summa ilaihi yurja'oon )

36. Only those who listen can respond [72], and Allah will raise the dead [73]. Then, towards Him will they be returned. (Kanzul Imaan Translation)

(36) Only those who hear will respond. But the dead[301] - Allāh will resurrect them; then to Him they will be returned. (Saheen International Translation)

Surah Al-Anam Ayat 36 Tafsir (Commentry)



  • Tafseer-e-Naeemi (Ahmad Yaar Khan)
  • Ibn Kathir
  • Ala-Madudi
  • Shaheen International

📖 Commentary of Surah Al-An’aam – Verse 36

"Only those who listen can respond [72], and Allah will raise the dead [73]. Then, towards Him will they be returned."


✅ True Listening Means Acceptance [72]

The phrase “Only those who listen can respond” refers to listening with the heartlistening that leads to belief and submission. Those who reject the truth are considered spiritually dead, as their hearts are closed to guidance. This verse distinguishes between the receptive hearts of believers and the deadened hearts of disbelievers, who are alive physically but lifeless in spirit.


✅ Resurrection for Judgment, Not Belief [73]

Allah will raise the dead—including the disbelievers—but not for the purpose of guiding them, rather to hold them accountable. These individuals, whose hearts were dead in the world, will not be given another chance to believe after death. Their resurrection is for punishment and reckoning, and ultimately, all will return to Allah for final judgment.

Ibn-Kathir

The tafsir of Surah Al-Anam verse 36 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Anam ayat 33 which provides the complete commentary from verse 33 through 36.

(6:36) Only they who listen can respond to the call of the Truth; as for the dead,[25] Allah will raise them and then to Him they will be returned.

Ala-Maududi

(6:36) Only they who listen can respond to the call of the Truth; as for the dead,[25] Allah will raise them and then to Him they will be returned.


25. ‘Those who hear’ refers to those whose consciences are alive, who have not atrophied their intellect and reason, and who have not closed their hearts to the Truth out of irrational prejudice and menta! inflexibility. In contrast to such people are those who are characterized as ‘dead’ – who blindly follow the old familiar beaten tracks, and can never deviate from the ways they have inherited, even when these ways are plainly at variance with the Truth.

(36) Only those who hear will respond. But the dead[301] - Allāh will resurrect them; then to Him they will be returned.

[301]- i.e., the dead of heart, meaning the disbelievers.

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