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    • 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

     

    وَمَنۡ أَظۡلَمُ مِمَّنِ ٱفۡتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا أَوۡ كَذَّبَ بِـَٔايَٰتِهِۦٓۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُفۡلِحُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ

    Transliteration:( Wa man azlamu mim manif tara 'alal laahi kaziban aw kazzaba bi Aayaatih; innahoo laa yuflihuz zaalimoon )
    21. And who is more unjust than the one who forges a lie against Allah [43], or belies His signs? Surely, the unjust will never get prosperity.
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    Topic Discussed: Deny Signs of Allah   | Unjust   | Who could be more wrong-doing who lie about Allah   | Allah(Word)   |

    وَيَوۡمَ نَحۡشُرُهُمۡ جَمِيعٗا ثُمَّ نَقُولُ لِلَّذِينَ أَشۡرَكُوٓاْ أَيۡنَ شُرَكَآؤُكُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كُنتُمۡ تَزۡعُمُونَ

    Transliteration:( Wa yawma nahshuruhum jamee'an summa naqoolu lillazeena ashrakooo ayna shurakaaa' ukumul lazeena kuntum taz'umoon )
    22. And the day when We shall raise them altogether [44], then We shall say to the polytheists: "Where are those associates whom you used to assert?" [45].
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    Topic Discussed: Where is the Deities you worshiped?   | People will be mustered on the day of Judgement   | Polytheists   | Day(Word)   |

    ثُمَّ لَمۡ تَكُن فِتۡنَتُهُمۡ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُواْ وَٱللَّهِ رَبِّنَا مَا كُنَّا مُشۡرِكِينَ

    Transliteration:( Summa lam takun fitnatuhum illaaa an qaaloo wallaahi Rabbinaa maa kunnaa mushrikeen )
    23. Then there will remain no fabrication for them, but to say: "By Allah, our Lord! We were not polytheists" [46].
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    Topic Discussed: Rab(Word)   | Allah(Word)   | Polytheists   | Who could be more wrong-doing who lie about Allah   |

    ٱنظُرۡ كَيۡفَ كَذَبُواْ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمۡۚ وَضَلَّ عَنۡهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يَفۡتَرُونَ

    Transliteration:( Unzur kaifa kazaboo 'alaaa anfusihim, wa dalla 'anhum maa kaanoo yaftaroon )
    24. Please look! How they lied against themselves and were lost from those things which they were concocting [47].
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    Topic Discussed: Their will tell lie about themselves and false God will leave them   |

    وَمِنۡهُم مَّن يَسۡتَمِعُ إِلَيۡكَۖ وَجَعَلۡنَا عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمۡ أَكِنَّةً أَن يَفۡقَهُوهُ وَفِيٓ ءَاذَانِهِمۡ وَقۡرٗاۚ وَإِن يَرَوۡاْ كُلَّ ءَايَةٖ لَّا يُؤۡمِنُواْ بِهَاۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءُوكَ يُجَٰدِلُونَكَ يَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ

    Transliteration:( Wa minhum mai yastami'u ilaika wa ja'alnaa 'alaa quloobihim akinnatan ai yafqahoohu wa feee aazaanihim waqraa; wa ai yaraw kulla Aayatil laa yu'minoo bihaa; hattaaa izaa jaaa'ooka yujaadiloonaka yaqoolul lazeena kafaroo in haazaa illaaa asaateerul awwaleen )
    25. And among them are some who listen to you [48], and We have put veils over their hearts so that they understand it not [49], and in their ears is heaviness. And if they may see all the signs, even then they will not believe [50] in them. In as much as they may come to you disputing, these infidels say: "These (verses) contain only stories of the past generations."
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    Topic Discussed: Infidels say Quran is the tales of the past   | In spite of every Signs they dont believe   | Ears   | Allah has laid covering in their heart and ear they will not believe   | Believe   | Heart(Word)   | Infidels/Non-Believers   |

    وَهُمۡ يَنۡهَوۡنَ عَنۡهُ وَيَنۡـَٔوۡنَ عَنۡهُۖ وَإِن يُهۡلِكُونَ إِلَّآ أَنفُسَهُمۡ وَمَا يَشۡعُرُونَ

    Transliteration:( Wa hum yanhawna 'anhu wa yan'awna 'anhu wa iny yuhlikoona illaa anfusahum wa maa yash'uroon )
    26. And they forbid from it and keep far from it [51], and they ruin not but their own souls, but they do not understand it.
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    Topic Discussed: They prevent others from embracing the truth   | Soul(Word)   | Soul(Word)   | Forbid   |

    وَلَوۡ تَرَىٰٓ إِذۡ وُقِفُواْ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ فَقَالُواْ يَٰلَيۡتَنَا نُرَدُّ وَلَا نُكَذِّبَ بِـَٔايَٰتِ رَبِّنَا وَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ

    Transliteration:( Wa law taraaa iz wuqifoo 'alan Naari faqaaloo yaa laitanaa nuraddu wa laa nukaz ziba bi Aayaati Rabbinaa wa nakoona minal mu'mineen )
    27. And if you could see when they will be made to stand [52] before the fire, then they will say: "Would that we are returned (to earth). Then we will not falsify the verses of our Lord and might become Muslims."
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    Topic Discussed: Rab(Word)   | They will say Would that we were brought back to life   | When they will see the Hellfire, they will say,return us to World, will be Muslim   | Earth(Direct Word)   | Verses   |

    بَلۡ بَدَا لَهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يُخۡفُونَ مِن قَبۡلُۖ وَلَوۡ رُدُّواْ لَعَادُواْ لِمَا نُهُواْ عَنۡهُ وَإِنَّهُمۡ لَكَٰذِبُونَ

    Transliteration:( Bal badaa lahum maa kaanoo yukhfoona min qablu wa law ruddoo la'aadoo limaa nuhoo 'anhu wa innahum lakaaziboon )
    28. But it has become clear to them what they used to conceal [53] before. And if they were sent back, they would do the same from which they were forbidden. And surely, they are liars [54].
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    Topic Discussed: Liars   | If they were sent back, they will still do the same sins   |

    وَقَالُوٓاْ إِنۡ هِيَ إِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَبۡعُوثِينَ

    Transliteration:( Wa qaalooo in hiya illaa hayaatunad dunyaa wa maa nahnu bimab'ooseen )
    29. And they say: "This is the only life we have in this world, and we are not to be raised [55] alive again."
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    Topic Discussed: Shall I be raised to life after I die?   | World   | Life(Word)   |

    وَلَوۡ تَرَىٰٓ إِذۡ وُقِفُواْ عَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمۡۚ قَالَ أَلَيۡسَ هَٰذَا بِٱلۡحَقِّۚ قَالُواْ بَلَىٰ وَرَبِّنَاۚ قَالَ فَذُوقُواْ ٱلۡعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَكۡفُرُونَ

    Transliteration:( Wa law taraa iz wuqifoo 'alaa Rabbihim; qaala alaisa haazaa bilhaqq; qaaloo balaa wa Rabbinaa; qaala fazooqul 'azaaba bimaa kuntum takfuroon )
    30. And if you could see when they shall be made to stand before their Lord [56]. He will say: "Is not this (second life) the truth?" [57] They will say: "Yes, by our Lord." He will say: "Then now taste the punishment as a retribution for your infidelity" [58].
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    Topic Discussed: Retribution(Word)   | Life(Word)   | Punishment(Word)   | Allah will ask, is this not the truth? They will say yes   | Rab(Word)   |

    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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