Surat Al An`am (11-20)

{قُلْ سِيرُواْ فِي الأَرْضِ ثُمَّ انظُرُواْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُكَذِّبِينَ} [الأنعام: 11]

11- O Prophet, say to those deniers and mockers: walk on earth, consider and reflect on the traces, incidents, and stories of the formers and see the bad consequences of the deniers as a result of their disbelief and mockery at their prophets, in addition to the punishment which awaits them.

{قُل لِّمَن مَّا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ قُل لِلّهِ كَتَبَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ الرَّحْمَةَ لَيَجْمَعَنَّكُمْ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ لاَ رَيْبَ فِيهِ الَّذِينَ خَسِرُواْ أَنفُسَهُمْ فَهُمْ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ} [الأنعام: 12]

12- Remind them saying: to whom belongs the earth and what on it: in creation, dominion, and behaviors? Say to them: If you thought and reflected, your disposition would have admitted the truth and would have realized that the entire universe would be solely for Allah.

Allah (Glory be to Him) decreed on Himself to show mercy to His Servants, do not hasten their punishment, and to accept their repentance out of His Benevolence and Favor. He shall gather you for a Day in which there is no doubt; this is the Day of Account and the Day of Reward and Punishment. Those loser are the ones who lost themselves on that Day because they mocked at the messages of their Lord in the world. And they are the ones who insist on atheism who refuse to accept the truth, do not believe in the Day of Recompense, and do not fear the evil of that Day.

{وَلَهُ مَا سَكَنَ فِي اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ} [الأنعام: 13]

13- And to Him (Glory be to Him) everything that settled in the Heavens and on earth, by day and night, because all creatures are His Servants , under His Control, and He is the All-Hearing to their sayings and their voices and the All-Knowing of their movements and secrets.

{قُلْ أَغَيْرَ اللّهِ أَتَّخِذُ وَلِيّاً فَاطِرِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ وَهُوَ يُطْعِمُ وَلاَ يُطْعَمُ قُلْ إِنِّيَ أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَسْلَمَ وَلاَ تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكَينَ} [الأنعام: 14]

14- Say to them, O honorable Messenger: I shall not take a god, a supporter, and a helper other than Allah. Glory be to Him, no partner is with Him. He is the Creator of Heavens and the Earth Who provides sustenance but is not given sustenance; He provides sustenance to all creatures without being in need to them.

Say to them: I was commanded by Lord (may He be Glorified and Exalted) to be the first Muslim of this nation, directing to Him and devoting my religion to Him.

It was said to me: Do not be of the polytheists in any religious affair.

{قُلْ إِنِّيَ أَخَافُ إِنْ عَصَيْتُ رَبِّي عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ} [الأنعام: 15]

15- Say to them in fear and humility to your Lord: I fear if I disobey the commands of my Lord to be torture severely on the Day of Recompense.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) is infallible and will not do this, but it is an admonition and threat for the people to fear the anger and punishment of Allah for those who disbelieve and disobey.

{مَّن يُصْرَفْ عَنْهُ يَوْمَئِذٍ فَقَدْ رَحِمَهُ وَذَلِكَ الْفَوْزُ الْمُبِينُ} [الأنعام: 16]

16- Those from whom Allah removed punishment in that horrid Day Allah would bestow mercy on him. This is salvation and success which a person shall gain in the eternal Paradise of Allah.

{وَإِن يَمْسَسْكَ اللّهُ بِضُرٍّ فَلاَ كَاشِفَ لَهُ إِلاَّ هُوَ وَإِن يَمْسَسْكَ بِخَيْرٍ فَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدُيرٌ} [الأنعام: 17]

17- When your Lord inflicts you with diseases and drowning, none but He is Able to remove it. And when He inflicts you with health and blessings, such as health and richness, none will prevent His Favor. No one is able to withhold His Good from you because He is the All Able for everything, good, evil, harm and benefit.

{وَهُوَ الْقَاهِرُ فَوْقَ عِبَادِهِ وَهُوَ الْحَكِيمُ الْخَبِيرُ} [الأنعام: 18]

18- He is the Omnipotent to whom all people subject, the Prevalent to Whom tyrants subject, and the Able to Whom all faces direct. He is the All-Wise in the management of things, the benevolent in estimating it, the most knowledgeable of the secrets of His Servants, and the All-Aware of their conditions.

{قُلْ أَيُّ شَيْءٍ أَكْبَرُ شَهَادةً قُلِ اللّهِ شَهِيدٌ بِيْنِي وَبَيْنَكُمْ وَأُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ هَذَا الْقُرْآنُ لأُنذِرَكُم بِهِ وَمَن بَلَغَ أَئِنَّكُمْ لَتَشْهَدُونَ أَنَّ مَعَ اللّهِ آلِهَةً أُخْرَى قُل لاَّ أَشْهَدُ قُلْ إِنَّمَا هُوَ إِلَـهٌ وَاحِدٌ وَإِنَّنِي بَرِيءٌ مِّمَّا تُشْرِكُونَ} [الأنعام: 19]

19- If polytheists turned against you and increased their haughtiness and denial of your message, O Prophet of Allah, say to them: What is the greatest certificate and most truthful? Say to them: The greatest and the most truthful is the testimony of Allah because He is most knowledgeable of what I brought to you and He is the One who attest for me with the truth. Allah revealed to me this miraculous Qur'an and He is the One who testifies with the truthfulness of my message to you to warn you as well as the Jinn of His Threat until the Day of Recompense.

O polytheists, do you testify that there are other gods with Allah? say to them: I do not bear witness to that even if you testify because this is wrong and there is no evidence to it.

Say to them, after declaring monotheism and deity to Allah, and teaching them: Allah is one true god, there is no partner nor equal to Him. He has no family nor equivalent for Him and there is no true god but He; with that I bear witness, and I am free of your polytheism and of what you worship.

{الَّذِينَ آتَيْنَاهُمُ الْكِتَابَ يَعْرِفُونَهُ كَمَا يَعْرِفُونَ أَبْنَاءهُمُ الَّذِينَ خَسِرُواْ أَنفُسَهُمْ فَهُمْ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ} [الأنعام: 20]

20- Verily, those to whom We gave the scriptures from the Jews and the Christians know Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) as they know their children. Knowing one's own children is an example to be given for certainty, because they do not doubt that. All messengers gave their nations glad tidings with the coming of the Prophet (peace be upon him), his mission, his conditions, and his nation. Those who lost themselves truly are the polytheists and the People of the scriptures who did not believe in things that should be believed in. It is well-known because of the glad tidings of all prophets and all nations knew him old time ago.