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Surah 6 Al-An'aam — Ayah 70

سُورَةُ الأَنۡعَامِ · Meccan · Mahmud Muhammad Abduh

70

وَذَرِ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ دِينَهُمْ لَعِبًۭا وَلَهْوًۭا وَغَرَّتْهُمُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۚ وَذَكِّرْ بِهِۦٓ أَن تُبْسَلَ نَفْسٌۢ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ لَيْسَ لَهَا مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَلِىٌّۭ وَلَا شَفِيعٌۭ وَإِن تَعْدِلْ كُلَّ عَدْلٍۢ لَّا يُؤْخَذْ مِنْهَآ ۗ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُبْسِلُوا۟ بِمَا كَسَبُوا۟ ۖ لَهُمْ شَرَابٌۭ مِّنْ حَمِيمٍۢ وَعَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْفُرُونَ

Iskaga tag Kuwa ka Yeeshay Diintooda Ciyaar iyo Madaddaalo kuna Kadsoomay Nolosha Dhaw Xusuusina intaan laga Abaalmarinin (Loa Xabisin) Nafi waxay kasbatay lyadoon Lahayn Eebe ka sokow Wali «Sokeeye» iyo Shafeece midna. Hadday isku Furato Furasho oo Dhanna lagama Qaado, Kuwaasu waa kuwa loo Dhiibay (Ilaag) waxay kasbadeen Dartiis, waxayna Mudan Cabbid KuluI iyo Cadaab daran, Gaalnimadooda Darteed.

wadhari alladhīna ittakhadhū dīnahum laʿiban walahwan wagharrathumu l-ḥayatu l-dun'yā wadhakkir bihi an tub'sala nafsun bimā kasabat laysa lahā min dūni l-lahi waliyyun walā shafīʿun wa-in taʿdil kulla ʿadlin lā yu'khadh min'hā ulāika alladhīna ub'silū bimā kasabū lahum sharābun min ḥamīmin waʿadhābun alīmun bimā kānū yakfurūna

Word by word

  • وَذَرِ wadhari And leave
  • ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those who
  • ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ ittakhadhū take
  • دِينَهُمْ dīnahum their religion
  • لَعِبًۭا laʿiban (as) a play
  • وَلَهْوًۭا walahwan and amusement
  • وَغَرَّتْهُمُ wagharrathumu and deluded them
  • ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ l-ḥayatu the life
  • ٱلدُّنْيَا ۚ l-dun'yā (of) the world
  • وَذَكِّرْ wadhakkir But remind
  • بِهِۦٓ bihi with it
  • أَن an lest
  • تُبْسَلَ tub'sala is given up to destruction
  • نَفْسٌۢ nafsun a soul
  • بِمَا bimā for what
  • كَسَبَتْ kasabat it (has) earned
  • لَيْسَ laysa not
  • لَهَا lahā (is) for it
  • مِن min from
  • دُونِ dūni besides
  • ٱللَّهِ l-lahi Allah
  • وَلِىٌّۭ waliyyun any protector
  • وَلَا walā and not
  • شَفِيعٌۭ shafīʿun any intercessor
  • وَإِن wa-in And if
  • تَعْدِلْ taʿdil it offers ransom
  • كُلَّ kulla every
  • عَدْلٍۢ ʿadlin ransom
  • لَّا lā not
  • يُؤْخَذْ yu'khadh will it be taken
  • مِنْهَآ ۗ min'hā from it
  • أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ulāika Those
  • ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna (are) ones who
  • أُبْسِلُوا۟ ub'silū are given to destruction
  • بِمَا bimā for what
  • كَسَبُوا۟ ۖ kasabū they earned
  • لَهُمْ lahum For them
  • شَرَابٌۭ sharābun (will be) a drink
  • مِّنْ min of
  • حَمِيمٍۢ ḥamīmin boiling water
  • وَعَذَابٌ waʿadhābun and a punishment
  • أَلِيمٌۢ alīmun painful
  • بِمَا bimā because
  • كَانُوا۟ kānū they used to
  • يَكْفُرُونَ yakfurūna disbelieve
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
وَذَرِ الَّذِينَ اتَّخَذُواْ دِينَهُمْ لَعِباً وَلَهْواً وَغَرَّتْهُمُ الْحَيَوةُ الدُّنْيَا

(And leave alone those who take their religion as play and amusement, and are deceived by the life of this world.) The Ayah commands to leave such people, ignore them and give them respite, for soon, they will taste a tremendous torment. This is why Allah said,

وَذَكِّرْ بِهِ

(But remind with it) meaning, remind the people with this Qur'an and warn them against Allah's revenge and painful torment on the Day of Resurrection. Allah said;

أَن تُبْسَلَ نَفْسٌ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ

(lest a soul Tubsal for that which one has earned,) meaning, so that it is not Tubsal. Ad-Dahhak from Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid, `Ikrimah, Al-Hasan and As-Suddi said that Tubsal means, be submissive. Al-Walibi said that Ibn `Abbas said that Tubsal means, `be exposed'. Qatadah said that Tubsal means, `be prevented', Murrah and Ibn Zayd said that it means, `be recompensed', Al-Kalbi said, `be reckoned'. All these statements and expressions are similar, for they all mean exposure to destruction, being kept away from all that is good, and being restrained from attaining what is desired. Allah also said;

كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ - إِلاَّ أَصْحَـبَ الْيَمِينِ

(Every person is restrained by what he has earned. Except those on the Right.) 74:38-39, and

لَيْسَ لَهَا مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ وَلِىٌّ وَلاَ شَفِيعٌ

(when he will find for himself no protector or intercessor besides Allah,) and,

وَإِن تَعْدِلْ كُلَّ عَدْلٍ لاَّ يُؤْخَذْ مِنْهَآ

(and even if he offers every ransom, it will not be accepted from him.) meaning, whatever the ransom such people offer, it will not be accepted from them. Allah said in a similar statement,

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَمَاتُواْ وَهُمْ كُفَّارٌ فَلَن يُقْبَلَ مِنْ أَحَدِهِم مِّلْءُ الاٌّرْضِ ذَهَبًا

(Verily, those who disbelieved, and died while they were disbelievers, the (whole) earth full of gold will not be accepted from anyone of them.) 3:91 Allah said here,

أُوْلَـئِكَ الَّذِينَ أُبْسِلُواْ بِمَا كَسَبُواْ لَهُمْ شَرَابٌ مِّنْ حَمِيمٍ وَعَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَكْفُرُونَ

(Such are they who are given up to destruction because of that which they have earned. For them will be a drink of boiling water and a painful torment because they used to disbelieve. )