Quran Quote  :  Allah knows whatever is in the heavens and the earth. - 29:52

    • Surah Al-Anam English Translation,Transliteration Tafsir [1-10]

    About surah Al-An'am 

    Surah Al-An'am (Arabic: الأنعام, al-Anʿām; meaning: "The Cattle") is the sixth chapter (Surah) of the Quran, with 165 verses (Ayat).

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    Summary/Theme of Surah Al-An'am

    Surah Al-An'am, revealed in Mecca, emphasizes the Oneness of God (Tawhid). Throughout the chapter, the name of Allah is mentioned seventy times, with a strong condemnation of idolatry and polytheism. The surah serves as a reminder of God's sovereignty and the importance of adhering to monotheism.

    Lessons Learned from Surah Al-An'am

    1. Historical Precedents: Allah has sent many nations before us; those who disbelieved faced His punishment and were replaced by others.
    2. Consequences of Mockery: Those who mock Allah’s punishments will ultimately face the same consequences they mocked.
    3. Day of Judgement: All disputes in this world will be clarified on the Day of Judgement.
    4. Human Nature: People often turn to Allah in times of difficulty but neglect Him once relief comes.
    5. Majority Influence: Following the majority may lead one astray from the right path.
    6. Abstinence from Sin: All forms of sin should be avoided.
    7. Prophethood: Allah is the best judge of who deserves prophethood.
    8. Provision for Offspring: Do not harm your children out of fear of poverty; Allah is their Sustainer.
    9. Honesty in Transactions: Deceit in measuring and weighing is condemned.
    10. Blessings of the Quran: Practicing the Quran brings Allah’s Mercy.
    11. Reward System: Every good deed is rewarded tenfold, while a sin is only recompensed with its equivalent.
    12. Divine Testing: Allah has created some individuals of higher rank than others to test them with their blessings.

    Benefits of Reciting Surah Al-An'am

    1. Spiritual Blessings: Writing Surah Al-An'am in musk or saffron and drinking it for six consecutive days will bring blessings and relief from ailments.
    2. Angelic Intercession: Reciting this surah attracts the prayers of seventy thousand angels who glorified Allah upon its revelation, seeking forgiveness for the reciter until the Day of Judgement.
    3. Fulfillment of Desires: For the fulfillment of legitimate desires, perform a four-unit prayer (Salat) with Surah Al-Fatihah and Surah Al-An'am in each unit, followed by specific supplications.
    4. Rewards of Worship: Reciting Surah Al-An'am up to the verse "taksibun" brings the reward of worship equal to that of forty thousand angels until the Day of Judgement. The same reward applies to those who recite it in the morning.

    Special Supplication

    After reciting Surah Al-An'am, the following invocation can be made to seek fulfillment of legitimate desires:

    Supplication:

    • YA KARIM YA KARIM YA KARIM
    • YA AZIM YA AZIM YA AZIM
    • YA AZAM MIN KULLI AZIM
    • YA SAMI AL DU-A-I
    • YA MAN LA TUGHAYYIRUTUL AYYAMU WAL LAYLI
    • SALLI ALA MUHAMMADIN WA ALI MUHAMMAD
    • WARHAM ZAFI WA FAQRI WA FAQATI WA MASKANATI
    • FA INNAK ALAMU BIHA MINNI
    • WA ANTA ALAMU HAJATI
    • YA MAN RAHIMA SHAYKHA YAQUBA RADDA
    • ALAYHI YUSUFA QURRATA AYNIHI
    • YA MAN RAHIMA AYYUBA BADA HULULI BALA-IHI
    • YA MAN RAHIMA MUHAMMADAN ALAYHI WA ALIHIS SALAMU
    • WA MANIL YATIMA AWAHU
    • WA NASARAHU ALA JABABIRATI QURAYSH WA TAWAGHITIHA WA AMKANAHU MIN HUM
    • YA MUGHITHU YA MUGHITHU YA MUGHITHU

    Through sincere invocation, one can beseech Allah to fulfill their legitimate desires, trusting that He will respond positively.

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    بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

     

    ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَجَعَلَ ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ وَٱلنُّورَۖ ثُمَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِرَبِّهِمۡ يَعۡدِلُونَ

    Transliteration:( Alhamdu lillaahil lazee khalaqas samaawaati wal arda wa ja'alaz zulumaati wannoor; summal lazeena kafaroo bi Rabbihim ya'diloon )
    1. All praise be to Allah Who created the heavens [1], and the earth and established the darkness and the light [2], yet the infidels ascribe equals to their Lord [3].
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    Topic Discussed: Earth(Direct Word)   | Heaven(Sky)   | Earth and Heavens Belongs to Allah   | All praise to Allah, the Lord of the heavens and earth   | Allah(Word)   | Darkness   | Rab(Word)   | Infidels/Non-Believers   |

    هُوَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَكُم مِّن طِينٖ ثُمَّ قَضَىٰٓ أَجَلٗاۖ وَأَجَلٞ مُّسَمًّى عِندَهُۥۖ ثُمَّ أَنتُمۡ تَمۡتَرُونَ

    Transliteration:( Huwal lazee khalaqakum min teenin summa qadaaa ajalanw wa ajalum musamman 'indahoo summa antum tamtaroon )
    2. It is He Who created you from clay [4], then He appointed a term [5], and a specified time is with Him [6], yet you doubt.
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    Topic Discussed: Men is created Black Mud ringing clay   | Promise(Word)   |

    وَهُوَ ٱللَّهُ فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَفِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ يَعۡلَمُ سِرَّكُمۡ وَجَهۡرَكُمۡ وَيَعۡلَمُ مَا تَكۡسِبُونَ

    Transliteration:( Wa Huwal laahu fissamaawaati wa fil ardi ya'lamu sirrakum wa jahrakum wa ya'lamu maa taksiboon )
    3. And He is the very Allah of the heavens and the earth [7]; He knows your secret and your open [8], and He knows what you earn.
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    Topic Discussed: Allah is the True God in the heavens and in the earth   | Allah(Word)   | Heaven(Sky)   | Earth(Direct Word)   |

    وَمَا تَأۡتِيهِم مِّنۡ ءَايَةٖ مِّنۡ ءَايَٰتِ رَبِّهِمۡ إِلَّا كَانُواْ عَنۡهَا مُعۡرِضِينَ

    Transliteration:( Wa maa ta'teehim min Aayatim min Aayaati Rabbihim illaa kaanoo 'anhaa mu'rideen )
    4. And there comes to them no sign of their Lord’s signs, but they turn away from it.
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    Topic Discussed: Deny Signs of Allah   | Signs(Word)   | Rab(Word)   | Faces   |

    فَقَدۡ كَذَّبُواْ بِٱلۡحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمۡ فَسَوۡفَ يَأۡتِيهِمۡ أَنۢبَـٰٓؤُاْ مَا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ يَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ

    Transliteration:( Faqad kazzaboo bilhaqqi lammaa jaaa'ahum fasawfa ya'teehim ambaaa'u maa kaanoo bihee yastahzi'oon )
    5. Then indeed they falsified [9] the truth when it came to them, so now the news will come to them of that which they were mocking [10].
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    Topic Discussed: Gave the lie to the Truth   | Truth   |

    أَلَمۡ يَرَوۡاْ كَمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِهِم مِّن قَرۡنٖ مَّكَّنَّـٰهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مَا لَمۡ نُمَكِّن لَّكُمۡ وَأَرۡسَلۡنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ عَلَيۡهِم مِّدۡرَارٗا وَجَعَلۡنَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرَ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهِمۡ فَأَهۡلَكۡنَٰهُم بِذُنُوبِهِمۡ وَأَنشَأۡنَا مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡ قَرۡنًا ءَاخَرِينَ

    Transliteration:( Alam yaraw kam ahlaknaa min qablihim min qarnim makkannaahum fil ardi maa lam numakkil lakum wa arsalnas samaaa'a 'alaihim midraaranw wa ja'alnal anhaara tajree min tahtihim fa ahlak naahum bizunoobihim wa ansha'naa mim ba'dihim qarnan aakhareen )
    6. Have they not observed [11] how many generations We have destroyed before them? We had established them on the earth with that which We did not establish for you [12], and We sent the sky upon them with abundant rain and made rivers flow beneath them [13]. Then We destroyed them for their sins and raised up another generation after them [14].
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    Topic Discussed: Earth(Direct Word)   | Rain(Word)   | Say, Journey the earth and see How We(Allah) have destroyed the sinners   | We destroyed sinners and raised another people   | Generations   | Sin(Word)   | Rivers(Word)   | Destroy(Word)   |

    وَلَوۡ نَزَّلۡنَا عَلَيۡكَ كِتَٰبٗا فِي قِرۡطَاسٖ فَلَمَسُوهُ بِأَيۡدِيهِمۡ لَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحۡرٞ مُّبِينٞ

    Transliteration:( Wa law nazzalnaa 'alaika Kitaaban fee qirtaasin falamasoohu bi aideehim laqaalal lazeena kafarooo in haazaaa illaa sihrum mubeen )
    7. And if We had revealed to you (O Muhammad) something written on a paper so that they would have touched it with their hands, even then the infidels would have said: "This is nothing but manifest magic" [15].
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    Topic Discussed: Revelation   | Infidels/Non-Believers   | Hands   | Had I sent you Quran as Book(Hard Copy) still they would not believe   |

    وَقَالُواْ لَوۡلَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيۡهِ مَلَكٞۖ وَلَوۡ أَنزَلۡنَا مَلَكٗا لَّقُضِيَ ٱلۡأَمۡرُ ثُمَّ لَا يُنظَرُونَ

    Transliteration:( Wa qaaloo law laaa unzila alaihi malakunw wa law anzalna malakal laqudiyal amru summa laa yunzaroon )
    8. And they said: "Why has not an angel been sent down to him?" [16] And if We had sent down an angel, the matter would have been settled [17], and they would not have been given respite.
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    Topic Discussed: Non Believers say Why has no angel been sent down to this Prophet   | Angels   |

    وَلَوۡ جَعَلۡنَٰهُ مَلَكٗا لَّجَعَلۡنَٰهُ رَجُلٗا وَلَلَبَسۡنَا عَلَيۡهِم مَّا يَلۡبِسُونَ

    Transliteration:( Wa law ja'alnaahu malakal laja'alnaahu rajulanw wa lalabasnaa 'alaihim maa yalbisoon )
    9. And if We had appointed an angel (as Messenger), We would surely have made him a man [18], and they would have had the same doubt about him as they have now [19].
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    Topic Discussed: Had I sent Angel to them they would have still told same   | Rasool/Messanger   | Angels   | Man(Word)   |

    وَلَقَدِ ٱسۡتُهۡزِئَ بِرُسُلٖ مِّن قَبۡلِكَ فَحَاقَ بِٱلَّذِينَ سَخِرُواْ مِنۡهُم مَّا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ يَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ

    Transliteration:( Wa laqadis tuhzi'a bi-Rusulim min qablika fahaaqa billazeena sakhiroo minhum maa kaanoo bihee yastahzi'oon )
    10. And assuredly (O Beloved Prophet)! Messengers before you were mocked at, then those who were mocking them, their mockery surrounded them [20].
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    Topic Discussed: Before you also other messengers were mocked at   | Rasool/Messanger   |

    Tawhid is highly emphasized in this Surah. It contains the basic principles of Tawhid. It provides beautiful descriptions of Allah's creative power. It criticizes Shirk and its manifestations.

    The following Important points have been discussed in this Surah Al-Anam

    • in this universe, Allah's Oneness is the reality.
    • There is no foundation for polytheism.
    • Tawhid was preached by Prophet Ibrahim, peace be upon him. Other Prophets also preached it.
    • The truth will prevail when Allah's judgment comes.
    • Food and other matters of life are guided by Allah.

    You can read Surah Al-Anam English translation and Tafseer above. Two Fafseer are included, one is tafseer-e-naeemi and another one is tafseer Ib-Kathir.

    Surah Al-Anam English Translation and Transliteration

    In Surah Al-Anam you can read the translation of Ahmad Raza Khan who was a renowned scholar of the Islamic world and his translation book is known as Kanzul Imaan. You can read the transliteration of Surah Al-Anam which will help you to understand how to read the Arabic text. Apart from that, we have included a Word-By-Word English Translation of the Arabic text of Surah Al-Anam.

    Surah Al-Anam English Tafsir/Tafseer (Commentry)

    In Surah Al-Anam we have included two Tafseer (Commentary) in English. The first one is from Mufti Ahmad Yaar Khan who was a well-known scholar. In this tafsir, we have also included the most popular Tafsir Ibn-Kathir which is the most comprehensive tafsir available in the world. You can read both or any one of your choice.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    There are 165 verses / Ayat in Surah Al-Anam

    Surah Al-Anam was revealed in Makkah

    Surah Al-Anam can be found in Juz or Para 7-8

    There are 20 Ruku in Surah Al-Anam

    Surah number of Surah Al-Anam is 6

    The meaning of Surah Al-Anam is The Cattle

    You can find English Translation, Transliteration and Tafseer/Tafsir of Surah Al-Anam here at quran4ever.com. Here two tafseer are currently.One is Tafsir Ibn-Kathir and another one is Tafsir-e-Naeemi.

    Dear bothers and sisters as a Sunni Muslim we cannot say any Translation and Tafseer was as long it conforms with the 4 school of thoughts. But here at quran4ever.com, we have included Tafsir Ibn-Kathir which is most comprehensive tafsir. Apart from that we have also included tafsir of Mufti Ahmad Yaar khan, Tafsir-e-Naeemi of Surah Al-Anam.

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