al-Mīzān⌕
Sūrah 6
ٱلْأَنْعَام

Al-Anam (The Cattle)

Tafsīr al-Mīzān by ʿAllāmah Muḥammad Ḥusayn Ṭabāṭabāʾī (English translation). Source: vol 13 pp 13–25, vol 13 pp 26–36, vol 13 pp 37–50, vol 13 pp 51–57, vol 13 pp 58–79, vol 13 pp 80–88, vol 13 pp 89–141, vol 13 pp 142–197, vol 13 pp 198–299, vol 14 pp 13–47, vol 14 pp 48–114, vol 14 pp 115–138, vol 14 pp 139–154, vol 14 pp 155–177, vol 14 pp 178–189, vol 14 pp 190–214, vol 14 pp 215–236, vol 14 pp 237–247, vol 14 pp 248–254

  1. Verses 1–3He it is Who created you from clay, then He decreed a term;Examining Narrations
  2. Verses 4–11So they have indeed rejected the truth when it came to them;
  3. Verses 12–18And to Him belongs whatever dwells in the night and the day; and He is the Hearing, the Knowing.
  4. Verses 19–20Examining Narrations
  5. Verses 21–32And who is more unjust than he who forges a lie against Allah or (he who) gives the lie to His communications; surely the unjust will not be successful.Examining Narrations · (On Faith (īmān) of Abū Ṭālib)
  6. Verses 33–36And certainly messengers before you were rejected, but they were patient on being rejected and persecuted until our help came to them; and there is none to chanExamining Narrations
  7. Verses 37–55And there is no animal that walks upon the earth or a bird that flies with its two wings but (they are) genera like yourselves; We have not neglected anything iA Talk on Animal Societies · Examining Narrations
  8. Verses 56–73A Talk on the Meaning of Judgment and that it Belongs to God Only · A Talk on the Meaning of Reality of God’s Action and Judgment · Examining Narrations
  9. Verses 74–83And (remember) when Abraham said to his sire, Azar: “Do you take idols for gods? Surely I see you and your people in manifest error”;(On Usage of Masculine Pronoun for a Feminine Noun): · Examining Narrations · The Story of Abraham and His Personality · 1. The Story of Abraham in the Qur’an: · 2. The Status of Abraham Before God, and his State of · 3. Abraham’s Blessed Impact in Human Society: · 4. Abraham’s Story in the Present Torah: · 5. Contradictions & Inconsistencies in Torah’s Narration: · 6. The Torah Ignores Ishmael · 7. Two Objections on the Qur’anic Narration of Abraham: · 8. A Brief History of the Sabaeans:
  10. Verses 84–90And Zachariah, John, Jesus and Elias; every one was of the righteous;Introduction · Commentary · Discussion on the Meaning of “Book” in the Qur’an · Discussion on the Meaning of “Judgment” in the Qur’an · Examining Narrations · Examining Narrations: Islam Considers the Children of one’s Daughter to be one’s own Children and Descendants
  11. Verses 91–105And this is a Book We have revealed, blessed, verifying that which was before it, and that you may warn the Mother of Cities and those around her; and those whoIntroduction · Discussion on the Meaning of “Blessedness” (Barakah) in the Qur’an · Discussion on the Universality of Creation and its Inclusion of Everything · (1) Ascription of Sins to God · (2) The Theory of God’s Habitual Custom (ʿĀdah) · (3) The Retired Architect · Examining Narrations
  12. Verses 106–113And if Allah had willed, they would not have set up others (with Him) and We have not appointed you a keeper over them, and you are not their guardian.Commentary · Examining Narrations
  13. Verses 114–121And if you obey most of those in the earth, they will lead you astray from Allah’s way; they follow but uncertainty and they only speculate.Introduction · Commentary · Examining Narrations
  14. Verses 122–127And when a communication comes to them they say: We will not believe till we are given the like of what Allah’s messengers are given. Allah best knows where He Commentary · Discussion on the Meaning of Divine Guidance · Examining Narrations
  15. Verses 128–135And thus do We authorize some of the wrongdoers over others on account of what they earned.Introduction · Commentary · Examining Narrations
  16. Verses 136–150And they say: These are cattle and crops prohibited, none shall eat them except such as we will—in their make-believe—and cattle whose backs are forbidden, and Commentary · Examining Narrations
  17. Verses 151–157And (know) that this is my path, the straight one therefore follow it, and follow not (other) ways, for they will lead you away from His way; this He enjoins yoIntroduction · Commentary · Examining Narrations
  18. Verses 158–160Surely they who divided their religion into parts and became sects. You have nothing to do with them; their affair is only with Allah, then He will inform them Commentary · Examining Narrations
  19. Verses 161–165Say. Surely my prayer and my sacrifice and my life and my death are (all) for Allah, the Lord of the nations.Commentary · Examining Narrations