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Chapter 6, The Cattle (Al-An‘am) · verses 1–3The system inherent in the governance of heaven and earth is so perfect in its coordination and its unitary nature—despite the magnitude of the task—that it proclaims aloud the fact that its Creator and Organiser can be none other than the one and only God.Chapter 6, The Cattle (Al-An‘am) · verses 4–6The message of God and the Hereafter, issued directly by God Himself, is accompanied by clear signs which establish it as a true call from the Almighty.Chapter 6, The Cattle (Al-An‘am) · verses 7–11The reason for a man going astray in this world is that here he has complete freedom to reject the Truth.Chapter 6, The Cattle (Al-An‘am) · verses 12–16In this world communicating the Word of God is a task of some complexity.Chapter 6, The Cattle (Al-An‘am) · verses 17–19The different parts of the vast universe spread out before us are so interconnected that for an event to occur, the coordination of the whole universe is necessary.Chapter 6, The Cattle (Al-An‘am) · verses 20–24Reality is a familiar thing for man, because it is part of man’s own nature and it speaks the same silent language throughout the universe.Chapter 6, The Cattle (Al-An‘am) · verses 25–28In the present world of trial, man has every opportunity to find pretexts or justifications for anything that suits his interests.Chapter 6, The Cattle (Al-An‘am) · verses 29–32a) Whenever a man denies the Truth or follows the desires of his self, it is because he does not live his life in this world on the understanding that he will be resurrected after death and made to stand before the Lord of the universe to give an account of himself in everyday life.Chapter 6, The Cattle (Al-An‘am) · verses 33–36Abu Jahl said to the Prophet, ‘O, Muhammad!Chapter 6, The Cattle (Al-An‘am) · verses 37–39If the brief import of these verses is expanded, it will be as follows: They ask us why extraordinary signs do not accompany the Prophet in order to establish that his message is truthful.Chapter 6, The Cattle (Al-An‘am) · verses 40–41History bears witness to the fact that a man starts invoking the name of God in crucial moments; even one who relied on beings other than God or did not believe in God’s existence at all.Chapter 6, The Cattle (Al-An‘am) · verses 42–45When a man is faced with the truth and he does not accept it, God does not seize him immediately, but gives him some jolts by way of monetary loss or physical trouble, so that he should review his way of life, and his thinking should be revolutionised.Chapter 6, The Cattle (Al-An‘am) · verses 46–50The granting of ears, eyes and heart to man indicates what his Creator wants from him.Chapter 6, The Cattle (Al-An‘am) · verses 51–53Admonition is effective only for those who live in fear of God.Chapter 6, The Cattle (Al-An‘am) · verses 54–55During the period of the Prophet Muhammad, there were those who demanded miracles before accepting his bona fides.Chapter 6, The Cattle (Al-An‘am) · verses 56–59Man’s own wishful thinking—which he presumes to be a reality, is all too often raised to the status of something worth worshipping.Chapter 6, The Cattle (Al-An‘am) · verses 60–62God has created this world in such a way that it provides practical examples of those facts to which the attention of human beings is called.Chapter 6, The Cattle (Al-An‘am) · verses 63–67No other living creature in this world faces so many troubles as human beings do.Chapter 6, The Cattle (Al-An‘am) · verses 68–70If due consideration were to be given to the human condition, no one would ever be proud.Chapter 6, The Cattle (Al-An‘am) · verses 71–73When communities go astray, all religious acts undergo this change.Chapter 6, The Cattle (Al-An‘am) · verses 74–79The seeking of things other than God is a futile pursuit of entities that have no power to benefit or harm anybody.Chapter 6, The Cattle (Al-An‘am) · verses 80–83The story of Abraham narrated here is not the story of his search for Truth but that of his observation of Truth.Chapter 6, The Cattle (Al-An‘am) · verses 84–90In this world there is only one Supreme Being—God, whose majesty and greatness are based on sound arguments.Chapter 6, The Cattle (Al-An‘am) · verses 91–92When the call of the Prophet Muhammad reached the people of Makkah, some of them asked certain Jews what they thought about it and whether God’s Word had really been revealed to the Prophet Mohammad.Chapter 6, The Cattle (Al-An‘am) · verse 93When God chooses one of His subjects for the purpose of conveying His will to mankind, He blesses him with capability to do dawah work.Chapter 6, The Cattle (Al-An‘am) · verses 94–97When God chooses one of His subjects for the purpose of conveying His will to mankind, He blesses him with capability to do dawah work.Chapter 6, The Cattle (Al-An‘am) · verses 98–99Man-made workshops, or factories, are not capable of making a machine which can start giving birth to similar countless machines.Chapter 6, The Cattle (Al-An‘am) · verses 100–104Since ancient times it has been a weakness on the part of man to find some distinction or mysticism in a thing and then to consider that thing to be a partner of God and start worshipping it in order to seek its help or save himself from any harm it may do him.Chapter 6, The Cattle (Al-An‘am) · verses 105–108There are some who have the urge to acquire knowledge and learn; who are in search of Truth.Chapter 6, The Cattle (Al-An‘am) · verses 109–111The truth may be laid before a man with all its supporting arguments and he will still reject it.Chapter 6, The Cattle (Al-An‘am) · verses 112–113Ibn Jarir has quoted Abu Dharr al-Ghifari as saying, ‘I attended a meeting of the Prophet Muhammad.Chapter 6, The Cattle (Al-An‘am) · verses 114–117Rules about the sacrifice of animals were given in the Quran, it being specified where sacrificed animals might be eaten.Chapter 6, The Cattle (Al-An‘am) · verses 118–121Whatever there is in the world is all ‘others’ property’ for us, because all of it belongs to God.Chapter 6, The Cattle (Al-An‘am) · verses 122–124In the eyes of God that person has life who accepts the light of guidance which appears before him and makes it the illumination of his path.Chapter 6, The Cattle (Al-An‘am) · verses 125–127Truth by its very nature is so clear that it is not difficult for anyone to understand it.Chapter 6, The Cattle (Al-An‘am) · verses 128–131If someone is misled by another, it is not a one-sided affair.Chapter 6, The Cattle (Al-An‘am) · verses 132–135In the life of this world we see that there is a difference between the status of one man and another.Chapter 6, The Cattle (Al-An‘am) · verses 136–137Man invents tangible deities because he does not have full faith in the intangible Supreme Being—God.Chapter 6, The Cattle (Al-An‘am) · verses 138–140In ancient times, the people of Arabia used to attribute their religion to Abraham and Ishmael.Chapter 6, The Cattle (Al-An‘am) · verses 141–142God has created different types of food for man, some spreading out over the ground, like melons, and leafy vegetables; some growing on climbing plants like the grapes on the vine; and some growing high up in the trees, like dates and mangoes.Chapter 6, The Cattle (Al-An‘am) · verses 143–145By nature, there is in man the consciousness of God and the realisation of what is permitted and what is forbidden.Chapter 6, The Cattle (Al-An‘am) · verses 146–147According to the divine Shariah (Islamic regulations), the truly forbidden things have always been the same as mentioned in the foregoing verse, viz. carrion, out- pouring blood, the meat of pigs and animals slaughtered in the name of any thing or being other than God.Chapter 6, The Cattle (Al-An‘am) · verses 148–150The unadulterated missionary call for Truth always stands out as something rather strange.Chapter 6, The Cattle (Al-An‘am) · verse 151In the name of Divine restrictions, people introduce different types of formal and outward restrictions, and by paying particular attention to these formalities, they feel satisfied that they have completely fulfilled their duty to God.Chapter 6, The Cattle (Al-An‘am) · verse 152The orphan is the least likely to receive good treatment, because he is the weakest member of any society.Chapter 6, The Cattle (Al-An‘am) · verses 153–158The orphan is the least likely to receive good treatment, because he is the weakest member of any society.Chapter 6, The Cattle (Al-An‘am) · verses 159–160Adherence to religion requires that the individual should not give a higher status to anyone in his life than God.Chapter 6, The Cattle (Al-An‘am) · verses 161–165In the pages of the Quran, God has revealed His religion in the uncorrupted state in which He had given it to Abraham and other prophets.