Surah Al-An'aam — The Cattle

A sweeping Meccan surah arguing for God's oneness through nature, reason and the fate of earlier nations.

بِسمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحمٰنِ الرَّحيمِ الحَمدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذى خَلَقَ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالأَرضَ وَجَعَلَ الظُّلُمٰتِ وَالنّورَ ثُمَّ الَّذينَ كَفَروا بِرَبِّهِم يَعدِلونَ

Alhamdu lillahi allathee khalaqa alssamawati waalarda wajaAAala alththulumati waalnnoora thumma allatheena kafaroo birabbihim yaAAdiloona

1. Praise be to Allah, Who hath created the heavens and the earth, and hath appointed darkness and light. Yet those who disbelieve ascribe rivals unto their Lord

هُوَ الَّذى خَلَقَكُم مِن طينٍ ثُمَّ قَضىٰ أَجَلًا وَأَجَلٌ مُسَمًّى عِندَهُ ثُمَّ أَنتُم تَمتَرونَ

Huwa allathee khalaqakum min teenin thumma qada ajalan waajalun musamman AAindahu thumma antum tamtaroona

2. He it is Who hath created you from clay, and hath decreed a term for you. A term is fixed with Him. Yet still ye doubt

وَهُوَ اللَّهُ فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ وَفِى الأَرضِ يَعلَمُ سِرَّكُم وَجَهرَكُم وَيَعلَمُ ما تَكسِبونَ

Wahuwa Allahu fee alssamawati wafee alardi yaAAlamu sirrakum wajahrakum wayaAAlamu ma taksiboona

3. He is Allah in the heavens and in the earth. He knoweth both your secret and your utterance, and He knoweth what ye earn

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