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 Surah Al-An'am 6:61-68 [8/20]
  
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وَهُوَAnd He
ٱلْقَاهِرُ(is) the Subjugator
فَوْقَover
عِبَادِهِۦ‌ۖHis slaves,
وَيُرْسِلُand He sends
عَلَيْكُمْover you
حَفَظَةًguardians
حَتَّىٰٓuntil
إِذَاwhen
جَآءَcomes
أَحَدَكُمُ(to) anyone of you
ٱلْمَوْتُthe death
تَوَفَّتْهُtake him
رُسُلُنَاOur messengers,
وَهُمْand they
لَا(do) not
يُفَرِّطُونَfail.
﴿٦١﴾
ثُمَّThen
رُدُّوٓاْthey are returned
إِلَىto
ٱللَّهِAllah
مَوْلَـٰهُمُtheir Protector -
ٱلْحَقِّ‌ۚ[the] True,
أَلَاUnquestionably,
لَهُfor Him
ٱلْحُكْمُ(is) the judgment?
وَهُوَAnd He
أَسْرَعُ(is) swiftest
ٱلْحَـٰسِبِينَ(in taking) account.
﴿٦٢﴾
قُلْSay,
مَن`Who
يُنَجِّيكُمsaves you
مِّنfrom
ظُلُمَـٰتِdarkness[es]
ٱلْبَرِّ(of) the land
وَٱلْبَحْرِand the sea,
تَدْعُونَهُۥyou call Him
تَضَرُّعًاhumbly
وَخُفْيَةًand secretly,
لَّئِنْ`If
أَنجَـٰنَاHe saves us
مِنْfrom
هَـٰذِهِۦthis,
لَنَكُونَنَّsurely we will be
مِنَfrom
ٱلشَّـٰكِرِينَthe grateful ones.``
﴿٦٣﴾
قُلِSay,
ٱللَّهُ`Allah
يُنَجِّيكُمsaves you
مِّنْهَاfrom it
وَمِنand from
كُلِّevery
كَرْبٍdistress,
ثُمَّyet
أَنتُمْyou
تُشْرِكُونَassociate partners (with Allah).`
﴿٦٤﴾
قُلْSay,
هُوَ`He
ٱلْقَادِرُ(is) All Able
عَلَىٰٓ[on]
أَنto
يَبْعَثَsend
عَلَيْكُمْupon you
عَذَابًاpunishment
مِّنfrom
فَوْقِكُمْabove you
أَوْor
مِنfrom
تَحْتِbeneath
أَرْجُلِكُمْyour feet
أَوْor
يَلْبِسَكُمْ(to) confuse you
شِيَعًا(into) sects
وَيُذِيقَand make (you) taste -
بَعْضَكُمsome of you
بَأْسَviolence
بَعْضٍ‌ۗ(of) others.`
ٱنظُرْSee
كَيْفَhow
نُصَرِّفُWe explain
ٱلْأَيَـٰتِthe Signs
لَعَلَّهُمْso that they may
يَفْقَهُونَunderstand.
﴿٦٥﴾
وَكَذَّبَBut denied
بِهِۦit -
قَوْمُكَyour people
وَهُوَwhile it
ٱلْحَقُّ‌ۚ(is) the truth.
قُلSay,
لَّسْتُ`I am not
عَلَيْكُمover you
بِوَكِيلٍa manager.`
﴿٦٦﴾
لِّكُلِّFor every
نَبَإٍnews
مُّسْتَقَرٌّ‌ۚ(is) a fixed time,
وَسَوْفَand soon
تَعْلَمُونَyou will know.
﴿٦٧﴾
وَإِذَاAnd when
رَأَيْتَyou see
ٱلَّذِينَthose who
يَخُوضُونَengage (in vain talks)
فِىٓabout
ءَايَـٰتِنَاOur Verses,
فَأَعْرِضْthen turn away
عَنْهُمْfrom them
حَتَّىٰuntil
يَخُوضُواْthey engage
فِىin
حَدِيثٍa talk
غَيْرِهِۦ‌ۚother than it.
وَإِمَّاAnd if
يُنسِيَنَّكَcauses you to forget
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُthe Shaitaan,
فَلَاthen (do) not
تَقْعُدْsit
بَعْدَafter
ٱلذِّكْرَىٰthe reminder
مَعَwith
ٱلْقَوْمِthe people -
ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَthe wrongdoers.
﴿٦٨﴾


وَهُوَ الۡقَاهِرُ فَوۡقَ عِبَادِهٖ​ وَيُرۡسِلُ عَلَيۡكُمۡ حَفَظَةً  ؕ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا جَآءَ اَحَدَكُمُ الۡمَوۡتُ تَوَفَّتۡهُ رُسُلُـنَا وَهُمۡ لَا يُفَرِّطُوۡنَ‏   ثُمَّ رُدُّوۡۤا اِلَى اللّٰهِ مَوۡلٰٮهُمُ الۡحَـقِّ​ؕ اَلَا لَهُ الۡحُكۡمُ وَهُوَ اَسۡرَعُ الۡحَاسِبِيۡنَ‏  قُلۡ مَنۡ يُّنَجِّيۡكُمۡ مِّنۡ ظُلُمٰتِ الۡبَرِّ وَالۡبَحۡرِ تَدۡعُوۡنَهٗ تَضَرُّعًا وَّخُفۡيَةً ۚ لَـئِنۡ اَنۡجٰٮنَا مِنۡ هٰذِهٖ لَـنَكُوۡنَنَّ مِنَ الشّٰكِرِيۡنَ‏   قُلِ اللّٰهُ يُنَجِّيۡكُمۡ مِّنۡهَا وَمِنۡ كُلِّ كَرۡبٍ ثُمَّ اَنۡـتُمۡ تُشۡرِكُوۡنَ‏   قُلۡ هُوَ الۡقَادِرُ عَلٰٓى اَنۡ يَّبۡعَثَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ عَذَابًا مِّنۡ فَوۡقِكُمۡ اَوۡ مِنۡ تَحۡتِ اَرۡجُلِكُمۡ اَوۡ يَلۡبِسَكُمۡ شِيَـعًا وَّيُذِيۡقَ بَعۡضَكُمۡ بَاۡسَ بَعۡضٍ​ؕ اُنْظُرۡ كَيۡفَ نُصَرِّفُ الۡاٰيٰتِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَفۡقَهُوۡنَ‏  وَكَذَّبَ بِهٖ قَوۡمُكَ وَهُوَ الۡحَـقُّ​ ؕ قُلْ لَّسۡتُ عَلَيۡكُمۡ بِوَكِيۡلٍؕ‏   لِّـكُلِّ نَبَاٍ مُّسۡتَقَرٌّ​ وَّسَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُوۡنَ‏  وَاِذَا رَاَيۡتَ الَّذِيۡنَ يَخُوۡضُوۡنَ فِىۡۤ اٰيٰتِنَا فَاَعۡرِضۡ عَنۡهُمۡ حَتّٰى يَخُوۡضُوۡا فِىۡ حَدِيۡثٍ غَيۡرِهٖ​ ؕ وَاِمَّا يُنۡسِيَنَّكَ الشَّيۡطٰنُ فَلَا تَقۡعُدۡ بَعۡدَ الذِّكۡرٰى مَعَ الۡقَوۡمِ الظّٰلِمِيۡنَ‏ 

Translation
(6:61) And He alone holds sway over His servants and sets guardians over you40 till death approaches any of you and Our deputed angels take his soul, neglecting no part of their task. (6:62) Then all are restored to Allah, their true protector. Behold, His is the judgement. He is the swiftest of those who take account.' (6:63) Ask them (O Muhammad!): 'Who is it that delivers you from dangers in the deep darknesses of the land and the sea, and to whom do you call in humility and in the secrecy of your hearts? To whom do you pray: "If He will but save us from this distress, we shall most certainly be among the thankful?" (6:64) Say: "It is Allah alone Who delivers you from this and from every distress, and yet you associate others with Allah in His divinity."41 (6:65) Say: "It is He Who has the power to send forth chastisement upon you from above you, or from beneath your feet, or split you into hostile groups and make some of you taste each others' violence. Behold, how We set forth Our signs in diverse forms, so that maybe they will understand the Truth".42 (6:66) Your people have denied it even though it is the Truth. Say: "I am not a guardian over You.43 (6:67) Every tiding has its appointed time; you yourselves will soon know (the end)." (6:68) When you see those who are engaged in blasphemy against Our signs, turn away from them until they begin to talk of other things; and should Satan ever cause you to forget,44 then do not remain, after recollection, in the company of those wrong-doing people.

Commentary

40. The angels who keep watch and maintain a record of everything, i.e. all their movements, deeds and so on.

41. That God alone possesses all power and authority, and has full control over the things which cause either benefit or harm to men, and that He alone holds the reins of their destiny are facts to which there is ample testimony in man's own being. For instance, whenever man is faced with a really hard time, and when the resources upon which he normally fails back seem to fail him, he instinctively turns to God. In spite of such a clear sign, people set up partners to God without any shred of evidence that anyone other than God has any share in His power and authority.

42. God's punishment can strike in an instant. This is the warning to those who, supposing such punishment to he remote, were growing bolder in their hostility towards the Truth. They could be destroyed in a moment by a hurricane. Just a few earthquake trernors could raze villages and cities to the ground. Likewise, a few spark, of hostility could ultimately wreak such havoc among tribes. nations and countries that bloodshed and lawlessness plague them for years on end. Hence if they are spared punishments for a while that should not drug them to heedlessness and lead them to live in total disregard of distinctions between right and wrong. They should rather he grateful that God had given thern respite and by means of a number of signs He was making it possible for thern to recognize the Truth and foliow it.

43. A Prophet is neither required to compel People to see what they are not prepared to see nor to force into their hearts what they fail to comprehend. It is not a Prophet's task to chastise people for failing to see and comprehend the Truth. His task is merely to proclaim Truth as distinct from falsehood. If people fail thereafter to accept it, they will be overwhelmed by the very misfortunes against which that Prophet had warned.

44. In case the Muslims fail to remember this directive and mistakenly continue to remain in the company of those who were indulging in making fun of their faith, they should withdraw from such company as soon as they remember this directive.