Surat Al An`am (121-130)

{ولا تأكلوا مما لم يذكر اسم الله عليه وإنه لفسق وإن الشياطين ليوحون إلى أوليآئهم ليجادلوكم وإن أطعتموهم إنكم لمشركون} [الأنعام: 121]

121- Do not eat the meat of lawful animals which the name of Allah was not mentioned upon its slaughtering because it is part of lewdness and straying. Some scholars adopt the view that the animals which Allah's name was not mentioned upon slaughtering were slaughtered for other than Allah because of the last portion of the Ayah and other Hadiths; mentioning the name of Allah is desirable and not obligatory.

Devils cast to their followers of humans and jinn false speech to argue you with and set rivalry against you, such as their saying: Dead animals are killed by Allah, so why do not you eat them?! If you obey them in lawfulizing what Allah prohibited such as eating dead animals, you shall become polytheists where you left the obedience of Allah and His Legislation to the obedience of the polytheists and their false speech, and lawfulized what Allah prohibited and preferred others to Him or you made an associate with Him in judgment. Allah (Glory be to Him) says: }They (Jews and Christians) took their rabbis and their monks to be their lords besides Allâh (by obeying them in things which they made lawful or unlawful according to their own desires without being ordered by Allâh).} [Surat At-Tawbah: 31].

{أَوَ مَن كَانَ مَيْتاً فَأَحْيَيْنَاهُ وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُ نُوراً يَمْشِي بِهِ فِي النَّاسِ كَمَن مَّثَلُهُ فِي الظُّلُمَاتِ لَيْسَ بِخَارِجٍ مِّنْهَا كَذَلِكَ زُيِّنَ لِلْكَافِرِينَ مَا كَانُواْ يَعْمَلُونَ} [الأنعام: 122]

122- Is the one who was dead by following disbelief and aberrance then we revived his heart by faith, guided him to the way of truth and right, and made the Qur'an a light for him to enlighten his way in life, to know the nature of things in life, the facts of the universe are revealed to him, and to know how to behave like the one who lives in the darkness of disbelief, ignorance, and aberrance and cannot find a light to go out and remains in confusion, hesitation, distress, and embarrass? There is a big difference in between.

Likewise, we decorated for the disbelievers darkness, aberrant work, and pervert behavior to taste the retribution of their disbelief, stubbornness, and their refusal to follow the truth.

{وَكَذَلِكَ جَعَلْنَا فِي كُلِّ قَرْيَةٍ أَكَابِرَ مُجَرِمِيهَا لِيَمْكُرُواْ فِيهَا وَمَا يَمْكُرُونَ إِلاَّ بِأَنفُسِهِمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ} [الأنعام: 123]

123- As we made major criminals in Makkah who call to disbelief and prevent the people from following the way of Allah and insist on defying you, O Prophet, We have senior evil people in all cities to defy the Prophets and reformers and call to aberrance and adorn it in peoples' hearts, and the battle between the truth and falsehood is old and permanent. The truth is that they misled themselves and the bad consequences of their mockery and aberrance will turn against themselves while they do not feel that, but they rather think that mockery shall fall on others.

{وَإِذَا جَاءتْهُمْ آيَةٌ قَالُواْ لَن نُّؤْمِنَ حَتَّى نُؤْتَى مِثْلَ مَا أُوتِيَ رُسُلُ اللّهِ اللّهُ أَعْلَمُ حَيْثُ يَجْعَلُ رِسَالَتَهُ سَيُصِيبُ الَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُواْ صَغَارٌ عِندَ اللّهِ وَعَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَمْكُرُونَ} [الأنعام: 124]

124- If an Ayah or a sign comes down from Allah through revelation to Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), you find those criminal idolaters deny and do not believe. They said: We shall not believe until the revelation comes down to us by angels, as it was revealed to the previous Prophets and the Messengers of Allah. Allah knows best whom He chooses for conveying the message and revelation among His Servants, and not the criminal disbelievers. Those haughty people shall see humiliation as a result of their haughtiness and a painful torment as a retribution to their continuous disbelief and error and their harm to the Messengers of Allah and to the believers.

{فَمَن يُرِدِ اللّهُ أَن يَهْدِيَهُ يَشْرَحْ صَدْرَهُ لِلإِسْلاَمِ وَمَن يُرِدْ أَن يُضِلَّهُ يَجْعَلْ صَدْرَهُ ضَيِّقاً حَرَجاً كَأَنَّمَا يَصَّعَّدُ فِي السَّمَاء كَذَلِكَ يَجْعَلُ اللّهُ الرِّجْسَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ} [الأنعام: 125]

125- When Allah wills to guide a person and let him know the Straight Way, He facilitates for him the reasons of guidance, expands his heart to Islam and to faith, and makes the righteous deeds more beloved to him.

However, when Allah wants to lead someone astray, He tightens his heart to accept the truth so that goodness will have no access to him, so it will be like the one who tries to climb then he finds a difficulty in reaching the top, or as if he climbs to the sky and the oxygen is decreased, letting him feel narrowness while breezing. This fact is scientifically proven starting from 3 kms to 16 kms above sea level, then after that distance one cannot live without breathing apparatus.

As Allah made narrowness in the hearts of those who want aberrance to prevail, He shall make the curse, torture, and failure on those who refuse faith and insist on disbelief.

{وَهَـذَا صِرَاطُ رَبِّكَ مُسْتَقِيماً قَدْ فَصَّلْنَا الآيَاتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَذَّكَّرُونَ} [الأنعام: 126 [

126- O Prophet, the guidance which Allah revealed to you is the Straight Path and His Guidance to the people, so there is no deviation in it as the Ayahs explained to those who contemplate in the instructions of Allah and His Messenger.

{لَهُمْ دَارُ السَّلاَمِ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ وَهُوَ وَلِيُّهُمْ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَعْمَلُونَ} [الأنعام: 127 [

127- For those aware believers on the Day of Recompense the permanent Paradise of Allah which is safe from all drawbacks and pests, and Allah shall protect them due to their following of the Straight Path and the Path of their Lord.

{وَيَوْمَ يِحْشُرُهُمْ جَمِيعاً يَا مَعْشَرَ الْجِنِّ قَدِ اسْتَكْثَرْتُم مِّنَ الإِنسِ وَقَالَ أَوْلِيَآؤُهُم مِّنَ الإِنسِ رَبَّنَا اسْتَمْتَعَ بَعْضُنَا بِبَعْضٍ وَبَلَغْنَا أَجَلَنَا الَّذِيَ أَجَّلْتَ لَنَا قَالَ النَّارُ مَثْوَاكُمْ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا إِلاَّ مَا شَاء اللّهُ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ حَكِيمٌ عَليمٌ} [الأنعام: 128]

128- O Prophet, recall when Allah gathers humans and Jinn for the display and reckoning. Some of them used to cast false speech to one another, so it will be said to the Jinn: O people of the Jinn, you misled humans, tempted them with lusts, and made them followers to you, and now they follow your steps, therefore they shall be gathered with you. Their followers of humans will say: O Lord, Jinn tempted us and we obeyed them and we both had become companions in this world until we passed away.

Allah shall say: Your dwelling is Hell-Fire because you cooperated with one another for disbelief and error, and you shall abide therein forever except Allah wills something else. Verily, Allah is All-Wise in estimating the retribution and All-Knowing of people's sayings and actions.

As for the exception which is mentioned in the Ayah, it is disagreeable among scholars of Tafsir, see the details in Ayah (107) of Surat Hud.

{وَكَذَلِكَ نُوَلِّي بَعْضَ الظَّالِمِينَ بَعْضاً بِمَا كَانُواْ يَكْسِبُونَ} [الأنعام: 129]

129- Because of the companionship between Jinn and humans in error, they shall be companions in torment on the Day of Recompense as a result of their wicked actions.

Qatadah said: A believer is the guardian of a believer wherever he is and a disbeliever is the guardian of a disbeliever wherever he is.

Fakhrud-Din Ar-Razy said in the explanation of the Ayah: The Ayah indicates that if the people are oppressors, Allah shall send to them oppressing rulers like them.

{يَا مَعْشَرَ الْجِنِّ وَالإِنسِ أَلَمْ يَأْتِكُمْ رُسُلٌ مِّنكُمْ يَقُصُّونَ عَلَيْكُمْ آيَاتِي وَيُنذِرُونَكُمْ لِقَاء يَوْمِكُمْ هَـذَا قَالُواْ شَهِدْنَا عَلَى أَنفُسِنَا وَغَرَّتْهُمُ الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا وَشَهِدُواْ عَلَى أَنفُسِهِمْ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُواْ كَافِرِينَ} [الأنعام: 130]

130- O disbelievers of humans and Jinn, did not Allah send to you in the world human messengers (the Jinn should follow human messengers as well) to tell you about My Clear Signs and warn you -if you disobey- against My Torment on the Day of Recompense?

They shall say: We admit and bear witness against ourselves that the Messengers had conveyed the message and warned us against Hell-Fire but we did not respond to them.

The world distracted and tempted them with its decorations and lusts and they followed their lusts and disobeyed the commands of the Messengers, accordingly they bear witness against themselves on the Day of Recompense because they disbelieved in the signs and warnings in the world.