Surah Al-Anam Englsh Translation, Transliteration Tafsir [-9-0]

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

 

ذَٰلِكَ أَن لَّمۡ يَكُن رَّبُّكَ مُهۡلِكَ ٱلۡقُرَىٰ بِظُلۡمٖ وَأَهۡلُهَا غَٰفِلُونَ

Transliteration:( Zaalika al lam yakkur Rabbuka muhlikal quraa bizulminw wa ahluhaa ghaafiloon )
131. This is so because your Lord does not destroy the towns unjustly [291], while their people are unaware [292].

وَلِكُلّٖ دَرَجَٰتٞ مِّمَّا عَمِلُواْۚ وَمَا رَبُّكَ بِغَٰفِلٍ عَمَّا يَعۡمَلُونَ

Transliteration:( Wa likullin darajaatum mimmaa 'amiloo; wa maa Rabbuka bighaafilin 'ammaa ya'maloon )
132. And for everyone are degrees according to what they have done [293]. And your Lord is not unaware of what they do.

وَرَبُّكَ ٱلۡغَنِيُّ ذُو ٱلرَّحۡمَةِۚ إِن يَشَأۡ يُذۡهِبۡكُمۡ وَيَسۡتَخۡلِفۡ مِنۢ بَعۡدِكُم مَّا يَشَآءُ كَمَآ أَنشَأَكُم مِّن ذُرِّيَّةِ قَوۡمٍ ءَاخَرِينَ

Transliteration:( Wa Rabbukal ghaniyyu zur rahmah; iny yasha' yuz hibkum wa yastakhlif mim ba'dikum maa yashaaa'u kamaaa ansha akum min zurriyyati qawmin aakhareen )
133. And your Lord is the Self-Sufficient, Full of Mercy. If He wills, He may take you away and replace you with others as He wills, just as He brought you forth from the descendants of other people [294].

إِنَّ مَا تُوعَدُونَ لَأٓتٖۖ وَمَآ أَنتُم بِمُعۡجِزِينَ

Transliteration:( Inna maa too'adoona la aatinw wa maaa antum bimu'jizeen )
134. Indeed, what you are promised [295] is bound to happen, and you cannot escape it.

قُلۡ يَٰقَوۡمِ ٱعۡمَلُواْ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِكُمۡ إِنِّي عَامِلٞۖ فَسَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَ مَن تَكُونُ لَهُۥ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلدَّارِۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُفۡلِحُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ

Transliteration:( Qul yaa qawmi' maloo 'alaa makaanatikum innee 'aamilun fasawfa ta'lamoona man takoonu lahoo 'aaqibatud daar; innahoo laa yuflihuz zaalimoon )
135. Say: "O my people! Work according to your positions. Indeed, I am working" [296]. Soon you will know who will have the ultimate outcome of the abode [297]. Indeed, the wrongdoers will not succeed.

وَجَعَلُواْ لِلَّهِ مِمَّا ذَرَأَ مِنَ ٱلۡحَرۡثِ وَٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِ نَصِيبٗا فَقَالُواْ هَٰذَا لِلَّهِ بِزَعۡمِهِمۡ وَهَٰذَا لِشُرَكَآئِنَاۖ فَمَا كَانَ لِشُرَكَآئِهِمۡ فَلَا يَصِلُ إِلَى ٱللَّهِۖ وَمَا كَانَ لِلَّهِ فَهُوَ يَصِلُ إِلَىٰ شُرَكَآئِهِمۡۗ سَآءَ مَا يَحۡكُمُونَ

Transliteration:( Wa ja'aloo lillaahi mimmaa zara-a minal harsi walan'aami naseeban faqaaloo haazaa lillaahi biza'mihim wa haaza lishurakaa'inaa famaa kaana lishurakaaa'ihim falaa yasilu ilal laahi wa maa kaana lillaahi fahuwa yasilu ilaa shurakaaa'ihim; saaa'a maa yahkumoon )
136. And whatever Allah has produced from the crops by tillage and created cattle, they say: "This is for Allah, according to their fancy, and this is for our associates [298]. Then that which is of their associates does not reach God [299], and that which is for God reaches their associates. What an evil judgment they assign [300].

وَكَذَٰلِكَ زَيَّنَ لِكَثِيرٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ قَتۡلَ أَوۡلَٰدِهِمۡ شُرَكَآؤُهُمۡ لِيُرۡدُوهُمۡ وَلِيَلۡبِسُواْ عَلَيۡهِمۡ دِينَهُمۡۖ وَلَوۡ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَا فَعَلُوهُۖ فَذَرۡهُمۡ وَمَا يَفۡتَرُونَ

Transliteration:( Wa kazaalika zaiyana likaseerim minal mushrikeena qatla awlaadihim shurakaaa'uhum liyurdoohum wa liyalbisoo 'alaihim deenahum wa law shaaa'al laahu maa fa'aloohu fazarhum wa maa yaftaroon )
137. And thus their associates have made to appear fair the killing of their offspring [301], in the eyes of many polytheists, so that they may kill them and may confuse them in their religion [302]. And had Allah willed, they would not have done so. Therefore, you leave them, for they are [303], with their fabrications [304].

وَقَالُواْ هَٰذِهِۦٓ أَنۡعَٰمٞ وَحَرۡثٌ حِجۡرٞ لَّا يَطۡعَمُهَآ إِلَّا مَن نَّشَآءُ بِزَعۡمِهِمۡ وَأَنۡعَٰمٌ حُرِّمَتۡ ظُهُورُهَا وَأَنۡعَٰمٞ لَّا يَذۡكُرُونَ ٱسۡمَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيۡهَا ٱفۡتِرَآءً عَلَيۡهِۚ سَيَجۡزِيهِم بِمَا كَانُواْ يَفۡتَرُونَ

Transliteration:( Wa qaaloo haaziheee an'aamunw wa harsun hijrun laa yat'amuhaaa illaa man nashaaa'u biza'mihim wa an'aamun hurrimat zuhooruhaa wa an'aamul laa yazkuroonas mal laahi 'alaihaf tiraaa'an 'alaiyyh; sa yajzeehim bimaa kaanoo yaftaroon )
138. And they said: "These cattle and crops are forbidden [305], only those could cut them whom We accept". So they have false notions [306]. And there are some cattle over which riding is forbidden [307], and some cattle over which they do not pronounce the name of Allah at the time of slaughtering. This is all to assert a lie against [308] Allah. Soon, He will give the award for their fabrication.

وَقَالُواْ مَا فِي بُطُونِ هَٰذِهِ ٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِ خَالِصَةٞ لِّذُكُورِنَا وَمُحَرَّمٌ عَلَىٰٓ أَزۡوَٰجِنَاۖ وَإِن يَكُن مَّيۡتَةٗ فَهُمۡ فِيهِ شُرَكَآءُۚ سَيَجۡزِيهِمۡ وَصۡفَهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُۥ حَكِيمٌ عَلِيمٞ

Transliteration:( Wa qaaloo maa fee butooni haazihil an'aami khaalisatul lizukoorinaa wa muharramun 'alaaa azwaajinaa wa iny yakum maitatan fahum feehi shurakaaa'; sa yajzeehim wasfahum; innahoo Hakeemun 'Aleem )
139. And they say: "Whatever is in the bellies of these cattle solely belongs to our males and is forbidden to our females. And if it were born dead, then all of them are partners therein [309]. Soon Allah will award them for their actions. Surely, He is Most Wise, All-Knowing.

قَدۡ خَسِرَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَتَلُوٓاْ أَوۡلَٰدَهُمۡ سَفَهَۢا بِغَيۡرِ عِلۡمٖ وَحَرَّمُواْ مَا رَزَقَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱفۡتِرَآءً عَلَى ٱللَّهِۚ قَدۡ ضَلُّواْ وَمَا كَانُواْ مُهۡتَدِينَ

Transliteration:( Qad khasiral lazeena qatalooo awlaadahum safaham bighairi 'ilminw wa harramoo maa razaqahumul laahuf tiraaa'an 'alal laah; qad dalloo wa maa kaanoo muhtadeen )
140. Indeed, those who kill their offspring [310], by their foolishness and ignorance [311], are ruined [312], and make unlawful what Allah has provided for them, forging a lie against Allah [313]. Indeed, they have strayed and have not adopted the correct way [314].

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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