Al-An'am


Cattle is the sixth chapter of the Quran, with 165 verses. Coming in order in the Quran after al-Baqarah, Al 'Imran, an-Nisa', and al-Ma'idah, all of which were revealed in Medina, this surah dwells on such themes as rejecting polytheism and unbelief, the establishment of Tawhid, the Revelation, Messengership, and Resurrection. Regarding the timing and contextual background of the revelation, it is a "Meccan surah," as it is believed to have been revealed in its entirety during the final year of the Meccan period of Islam. The surah also reports the story of the prophet Ibrahim, who calls others to stop worshiping celestial bodies and turns towards Allah.

Interpretation

Q6:32 Hedonism

- warns against hedonism:

Q6.59 God is Omniscient

- teaches that none but God is Omniscient:

Q6:68 Disbelievers

- commands avoiding talking to disbelievers about revelation :

Q6:73 God's Omnipotence

- teaches about God's Omnipotence:

Q6:78 hints at an important reality

Then, when he beheld the sun rising in all its splendor, he said; "This is my Lord, ? This one is the greatest of all!" But when it set, he said: "O my people! Surely I am free from your association of partner with God and from whatever you associate with Him as partners." 6:78
This verse hints at an important reality through a grammatical rule which is impossible to render in translation according to Unal: The sun is a feminine word in Arabic; whereas prophet Abraham, used a masculine pronoun when pointing to it. This means that his people, like almost all other polytheist peoples, considered their greatest deity as being male. As pointed to in note 26 of his interpretation of 4:117, Unal states that "Whatever they may claim, in nearly all communities that reject Divine Religion in the establishment of their society, women are only objects exploited by men for their interest and tools used to satisfy their carnal desires. Men hold the sovereignty. This is because those reject God's authority depend on and adore force and might; this is possessed and represented by men, rather than women. Therefore a god, in such a system, cannot be seen as being female."

Q6:112 "humanity" and "the jinn"

Q6:127 Divisions of the world in Islam

The "abode of peace" is also known as Dar al-Islam, or house/abode of Submission. The term also appears in Quran Yunus 10.25 as a name of Paradise.

Q6:151-152 Ten Commandments

- Mildly resembles parts of The Ten Commandments.

Q6:159 sects and denominations

Verse is known for forbidding sects and denominations.