Al-An'am 6:140
The Cattle · Juz 8 · Page 146
قَدۡ خَسِرَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَتَلُوٓاْ أَوۡلَٰدَهُمۡ سَفَهَۢا بِغَيۡرِ عِلۡمٖ وَحَرَّمُواْ مَا رَزَقَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱفۡتِرَآءً عَلَى ٱللَّهِۚ قَدۡ ضَلُّواْ وَمَا كَانُواْ مُهۡتَدِينَ ١٤٠
They will have lost who killed their children in foolishness without knowledge and prohibited what Allāh had provided for them, inventing untruth about Allāh. They have gone astray and were not [rightly] guided.
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﴿قَدْ خَسِرَ الَّذِينَ قَتَلُوا أوْلادَهُمْ﴾ وهُمُ العَرَبُ الَّذِينَ كانُوا يَقْتُلُونَ أوْلادَهم عَلى ما مَرَّ وأخْرَجَ ابْنُ المُنْذِرِ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ أنَّها نَزَلَتْ فِيمَن كانَ يَئِدُ البَناتَ مِن رَبِيعَةَ ومُضَرَ أيْ هَلَكَتْ نُفُوسُهم بِاسْتِحْقاقِهِمْ عَلى ذَلِكَ العِقابَ أوْ ذَهَبَ دِينُهم وُدُنْياهم.
وقَرَأ ابْنُ كَثِيرٍ وابْنُ عامِرٍ ( قَتَّلُوا ) بِالتَّشْدِيدِ لِمَعْنى التَّكْثِيرِ أيْ فَعَلُوا ذَلِكَ كَثِيرًا ﴿سَفَهًا بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ﴾ أيْ لِخِفَّةِ عَقْلِهِمْ وجَهْلِهِمْ بِصِفاتِ رَبِّهِمْ سُبْحانَهُ ونُصِبَ ﴿سَفَهًا﴾ عَلى أنَّهُ عِلَّةٌ لَقَتَلُوا أوْ عَلى أنَّهُ حالٌ مِن فاعِلِهِ ويُؤَيِّدُهُ أنَّهُ قُرِئَ ( سُفَهاءَ ) أوْ عَلى المَصْدَرِيَّةِ لِفِعْلٍ مَحْذُوفٍ دَلَّ عَلَيْهِ الكَلامُ والجارُّ والمَجْرُورُ إمّا صِفَةٌ أوْ حالٌ.
﴿وحَرَّمُوا ما رَزَقَهُمُ اللَّهُ﴾ مِنَ البَحائِرِ والسَّوائِبِ ونَحْوِها ﴿افْتِراءً عَلى اللَّهِ﴾ نُصِبَ عَلى أحَدِ الأوْجُهِ المَذْكُورَةِ وإظْهارُ الِاسْمِ الجَلِيلِ في مَوْضِعِ الإضْمارِ لِإظْهارِ كَمالِ عُتُوِّهم وطُغْيانِهِمْ ﴿قَدْ ضَلُّوا﴾ عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ السَّوِيِّ ﴿وما كانُوا مُهْتَدِينَ﴾ (140) إلَيْهِ وإنْ هُدُوا بِفُنُونِ الهِداياتِ أوْ ما كانُوا مُهْتَدِينَ مِنَ الأصْلِ والمُرادُ المُبالَغَةُ في نَفْيِ الهِدايَةِ عَنْهم لِأنَّ صِيغَةَ الفِعْلِ تَقْتَضِي حُدُوثَ الضَّلالِ بَعْدَ أنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ فَأرْدَفَ ذَلِكَ بِهَذِهِ الحالِ لِبَيانِ عَراقَتِهِمْ في الضَّلالِ وأنَّ ضَلالَهُمُ الحادِثَ ظُلُماتٌ بَعْضُها فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ وصَرَّحَ بَعْضُ المُحَقِّقِينَ بِأنَّ الجُمْلَةَ عَطْفٌ عَلى ( ضَلُّوا ) عَلى الأوَّلِ واعْتِراضٌ عَلى الثّانِي وقَرَأ ابْنُ رَزِينٍ ( قَدْ ضَلُّوا قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ وما كانُوا مُهْتَدِينَ ) .
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6:138
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 ١٣٨
And they say, "These animals1 and crops are forbidden; no one may eat from them except whom we will," by their claim. And there are those [camels] whose backs are forbidden [by them]2 and those upon which the name of Allāh is not mentioned3 - [all of this] an invention of untruth about Him.4 He will punish them for what they were inventing.
6:139
وَقَالُواْ مَا فِي بُطُونِ هَٰذِهِ ٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِ خَالِصَةٞ لِّذُكُورِنَا وَمُحَرَّمٌ عَلَىٰٓ أَزۡوَٰجِنَاۖ وَإِن يَكُن مَّيۡتَةٗ فَهُمۡ فِيهِ شُرَكَآءُۚ سَيَجۡزِيهِمۡ وَصۡفَهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُۥ حَكِيمٌ عَلِيمٞ ١٣٩
And they say, "What is in the bellies of these animals1 is exclusively for our males and forbidden to our females. But if it is [born] dead, then all of them have shares therein." He will punish them for their description.2 Indeed, He is Wise and Knowing.
6:140
قَدۡ خَسِرَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَتَلُوٓاْ أَوۡلَٰدَهُمۡ سَفَهَۢا بِغَيۡرِ عِلۡمٖ وَحَرَّمُواْ مَا رَزَقَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱفۡتِرَآءً عَلَى ٱللَّهِۚ قَدۡ ضَلُّواْ وَمَا كَانُواْ مُهۡتَدِينَ ١٤٠
They will have lost who killed their children in foolishness without knowledge and prohibited what Allāh had provided for them, inventing untruth about Allāh. They have gone astray and were not [rightly] guided.
6:141
۞ وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَنشَأَ جَنَّٰتٖ مَّعۡرُوشَٰتٖ وَغَيۡرَ مَعۡرُوشَٰتٖ وَٱلنَّخۡلَ وَٱلزَّرۡعَ مُخۡتَلِفًا أُكُلُهُۥ وَٱلزَّيۡتُونَ وَٱلرُّمَّانَ مُتَشَٰبِهٗا وَغَيۡرَ مُتَشَٰبِهٖۚ كُلُواْ مِن ثَمَرِهِۦٓ إِذَآ أَثۡمَرَ وَءَاتُواْ حَقَّهُۥ يَوۡمَ حَصَادِهِۦۖ وَلَا تُسۡرِفُوٓاْۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ ١٤١
And He it is who causes gardens to grow, [both] trellised and untrellised, and palm trees and crops of different [kinds of] food and olives and pomegranates, similar and dissimilar. Eat of [each of] its fruit when it yields and give its due [zakāh] on the day of its harvest. And be not excessive.1 Indeed, He does not like those who commit excess.
1 translator’s note
- In eating, as well as in all things generally. ↩
6:142
وَمِنَ ٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِ حَمُولَةٗ وَفَرۡشٗاۚ كُلُواْ مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُواْ خُطُوَٰتِ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنِۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَكُمۡ عَدُوّٞ مُّبِينٞ ١٤٢
And of the grazing livestock are carriers [of burdens] and those [too] small. Eat of what Allāh has provided for you and do not follow the footsteps of Satan.1 Indeed, he is to you a clear enemy.
1 translator’s note
- As the disbelievers have done in making their own rulings about what is permissible and what is prohibited. ↩