Surah Anam ayat 112 Tafsir Quran 6:112

﴿وَكَذَٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَا لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ عَدُوًّا شَيَاطِينَ الْإِنسِ وَالْجِنِّ يُوحِي بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَىٰ بَعْضٍ زُخْرُفَ الْقَوْلِ غُرُورًا ۚ وَلَوْ شَاءَ رَبُّكَ مَا فَعَلُوهُ ۖ فَذَرْهُمْ وَمَا يَفْتَرُونَ﴾
[ الأنعام: 112]

6:112 And thus We have made for every prophet an enemy - devils from mankind and jinn, inspiring to one another decorative speech in delusion. But if your Lord had willed, they would not have done it, so leave them and that which they invent.

And so We have appointed to every Prophet an enemy just as We have appointed these your enemies and this ‘adūwwan ‘an enemy’ is substituted by the following shayātīn ‘devils’ devils the rebels of mankind and jinn who inspire whisper fine speech to each other the falsehood that is disguised as such fine speech in delusion that is in order to delude them; yet had your Lord willed they would never have done it that mutual inspiration. So leave them let the disbelievers be with what they fabricate of disbelief and otherwise of what has been adorned for them — this was revealed before the command to fight them.

Thus did We apply to every Prophet enemies characterized with Satanic attributes among both mankind and the Jinn who actuate each other with the feeling of confidence pertaining to fair-spoken discourse with implication of deceit. Had Allah willed they would never have dwelled on such settled behaviour as representative of feeling or opinion nor lingered round it. Therefore, let them sink under the vexations of their thoughtless minds and befool the minds and judgement of the people so as to cause what is false to be accepted as true

Every Prophet Has Enemies Allah says, just as We made enemies for you, O Muhammad, who will oppose and rebel against you and become your adversaries, We also made enemies for every Prophet who came before you.
Therefore, do not be saddened by this fact.
Allah said in other Ayat: وَلَقَدْ كُذِّبَتْ رُسُلٌ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَصَبَرُواْ عَلَى مَا كُذِّبُواْ وَأُوذُواْ ( Verily, Messengers were denied before you, but with patience they bore the denial, and they were hurt... ) 6:34, and, مَّا يُقَالُ لَكَ إِلاَّ مَا قَدْ قِيلَ لِلرُّسُلِ مِن قَبْلِكَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَذُو مَغْفِرَةَ وَذُو عِقَابٍ أَلِيمٍ ( Nothing is said to you except what was said to the Messengers before you.
Verily, your Lord is the Possessor of forgiveness, and (also ) the Possessor of painful punishment.) 41:43 and, وَكَذَلِكَ جَعَلْنَا لِكُلِّ نَبِىٍّ عَدُوّاً مِّنَ الْمُجْرِمِينَ ( Thus have We made for every Prophet an enemy among the criminals. ) 25:31.
Waraqah bin Nawfal said to Allah's Messenger ﷺ, "None came with what you came with but he was the subject of enmity." Allah's statement, شَيَـطِينَ الإِنْسِ ( Shayatin among mankind... ) refers to, عَدُوًّا ( enemies.
.. ) meaning, the Prophets have enemies among the devils of mankind and the devils of the Jinns.
The word, Shaytan, describes one who is dissimilar to his kind due to his or her wickedness.
Indeed, only the Shayatin, may Allah humiliate and curse them, from among mankind and the Jinns oppose the Messengers.
`Abdur-Razzaq said that Ma`mar narrated that Qatadah commented on Allah's statement, شَيَـطِينَ الإِنْسِ وَالْجِنِّ ( Shayatin (devils ) among mankind and Jinn...) "There are devils among the Jinns and devils among mankind who inspire each other." Allah's statement, يُوحِى بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَى بَعْضٍ زُخْرُفَ الْقَوْلِ غُرُوراً ( inspiring one another with adorned speech as a delusion. ) means, they inspire each other with beautified, adorned speech that deceives the ignorant who hear it, وَلَوْ شَآءَ رَبُّكَ مَا فَعَلُوهُ ( If your Lord had so willed, they would not have done it; ) for all this occurs by Allah's decree, will and decision, that every Prophet had enemies from these devils, فَذَرْهُمْ وَمَا يَفْتَرُونَ ( so leave them alone with their fabrications. ) and lies.
This Ayah orders patience in the face of the harm of the wicked and to trust in Allah against their enmity, for, "Allah shall suffice for you ( O Muhammad ) and aid you against them." Allah's statement, وَلِتَصْغَى إِلَيْهِ ( And Tasgha to it. ) means, according to Ibn `Abbas, "incline to it." أَفْئِدَةُ الَّذِينَ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالاٌّخِرَةِ ( the hearts of those who do not believe in the Hereafter... ) their hearts, mind and hearing.
As-Suddi said that this Ayah refers to the hearts of the disbelievers. وَلِيَرْضَوْهُ ( And that they may remain pleased with it. ) they like and adore it.
Only those who disbelieve in the Hereafter accept this evil speech, being enemies of the Prophets, etc., just as Allah said in other Ayat, فَإِنَّكُمْ وَمَا تَعْبُدُونَ - مَآ أَنتُمْ عَلَيْهِ بِفَـتِنِينَ - إِلاَّ مَنْ هُوَ صَالِ الْجَحِيمِ ( So, verily, you (pagans ) and those whom you worship ( idols ).
Cannot lead astray.
Except those who are predestined to burn in Hell!) 37:161-163 and, إِنَّكُمْ لَفِى قَوْلٍ مُّخْتَلِفٍ - يُؤْفَكُ عَنْهُ مَنْ أُفِكَ ( Certainly, you have different ideas.
Turned aside therefrom is he who is turned aside. ) 51:8-9 Allah said; وَلِيَقْتَرِفُواْ مَا هُم مُّقْتَرِفُونَ ( And that they may commit what they are committing.
) meaning, "let them earn whatever they will earn", according to `Ali bin Abi Talhah who reported this from Ibn `Abbas.
As-Suddi and Ibn Zayd also commented, "Let them do whatever they will do."

(6:112) And so it is that against every Prophet We have set up the evil ones from among men and jinn, some of them inspire others with specious speech only by way of. delusion. *79 Had it been your Lord's will, they would not have done it. *80 Leave them alone to fabricate what they will.

And thus We have made for every meaning

*79).
The Prophet ( peace be on him ) is told that he should not be unnerved even if the evil ones among both mankind and the jinn stood united against him and opposed him with all their might.
For this was not the first time that such a thing had happened.
Whenever a Prophet came and tried to lead people to the Truth, all the satanic forces joined hands to defeat his mission.
'Specious talk' signifies all the trickery and manoeuvring to which the enemy resorts, all his efforts aimed at sowing doubts about Islam and undermining people's faith in it, so as to arouse them against both the Prophet ( peace be on him ) and his message.
Taken as a whole, these are characterized as 'delusion', for the weapons used in their crusade by the opponents of the Truth have the effect of deluding others as well as themselves, no matter how beneficial and successful those weapons may appear to be.

*80).
Furthermore, we should always bear in mind that, according to the Qur'an, there is a tremendous difference between 'God's will' and 'God's good pleasure'.
The failure to differentiate between the two often gives rise to serious misconceptions.
If a certain thing takes place in accord with the universal will of God, and thus by His sanction, that does not necessarily mean that God is pleased with it.
Nothing at all takes place in the world unless God permits it to take place, unless He makes it a part of His scheme, and unless He makes it possible for that event to take place by creating its necessary conditions.
The act of stealing on the part of a thief, the act of homicide on the part of a murderer, the wrong and corruption of the wrong-doer and the corrupt, the unbelief of the unbeliever and the polytheism of the polytheist - none of these are possible without the will of God.
Likewise, the faith of the believer and the piety of the pious are inconceivable without the will of God.
In short, both these require the will of God.
But whereas the things in the first category do not please Him, those in the second do.

Even though the will of God is oriented to ultimate good, the course of the realization of that good is paved with conflict between the forces of light and darkness, of good and evil, of what is sound and pure on the one hand and what is corrupt and defiled on the other.
With larger interests in view, God has endowed man with the disposition of obedience as well as of disobedience.
He has created in man Abrahamic and Mosaic as well as Nimrodic and Pharaonic potentialities.
Both the pure, unadulterated human nature and the satanic urges are ingrained in man's being and have been provided with the opportunity to work themselves out by coming into conflict with each other.
He has granted those species of His creatures who are possessed of authority ( viz.
man and jinn ) the freedom to choose between good and evil.
Whosoever chooses to act righteously has been given the power to do so, and the same is the case with him who chooses to be evil.
People of both categories are in a position to use material resources within the framework of the broader considerations underlying God's- governance of His universe.
God will be pleased, however, only with those who are working for good.
God likes His creatures to exercise their freedom of choice properly and commit themselves to good of their own volition.

Unlike the angels, who carry out God's commands without resistance from any quarter, the task entrusted to men is to strive to establish the way of life sanctioned by God in the face of opposition and hostility from evil-doers and rebels against Him.
In the framework of His universal will, God allows even those who have chosen the path of rebellion to strive for the realization of their goals, even as He grants the believers every opportunity to strive along the path of obedience and service to God.
Despite this granting of freedom and choice to all there is no doubt that God is pleased with, and guides, directs, supports and strengthens the believers alone because their overall direction is to His liking.
Nevertheless, they should not expect that by His supernatural intervention God will either force those who are disinclined to believe into believing or that He will forcibly remove the satanic forces - among both men and jinn - who are resolved to spare neither their mental and physical energy nor their material resources to impede the triumph of the Truth.
Those determined to strive in the cause of the Truth, and of virtue and righteousness are told that they must prove their earnest devotion by waging a fierce struggle against the devotees of falsehood.
For had God wanted to use miracles to obliterate falsehood and usher in the reign of the Truth, He would not have required human beings to accomplish the task.
He could have simply seen to it that no evil one remained in the world, leaving no possibility for polytheism and unbelief to exist.

 

Every Prophet Has Enemies Allah says, just as We made enemies for you, O Muhammad, who will oppose and rebel against you and become your adversaries, We also made enemies for every Prophet who came before you.
Therefore, do not be saddened by this fact.
Allah said in other Ayat: وَلَقَدْ كُذِّبَتْ رُسُلٌ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَصَبَرُواْ عَلَى مَا كُذِّبُواْ وَأُوذُواْ ( Verily, Messengers were denied before you, but with patience they bore the denial, and they were hurt... ) 6:34, and, مَّا يُقَالُ لَكَ إِلاَّ مَا قَدْ قِيلَ لِلرُّسُلِ مِن قَبْلِكَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَذُو مَغْفِرَةَ وَذُو عِقَابٍ أَلِيمٍ ( Nothing is said to you except what was said to the Messengers before you.
Verily, your Lord is the Possessor of forgiveness, and (also ) the Possessor of painful punishment.) 41:43 and, وَكَذَلِكَ جَعَلْنَا لِكُلِّ نَبِىٍّ عَدُوّاً مِّنَ الْمُجْرِمِينَ ( Thus have We made for every Prophet an enemy among the criminals. ) 25:31.
Waraqah bin Nawfal said to Allah's Messenger ﷺ, "None came with what you came with but he was the subject of enmity." Allah's statement, شَيَـطِينَ الإِنْسِ ( Shayatin among mankind... ) refers to, عَدُوًّا ( enemies.
.. ) meaning, the Prophets have enemies among the devils of mankind and the devils of the Jinns.
The word, Shaytan, describes one who is dissimilar to his kind due to his or her wickedness.
Indeed, only the Shayatin, may Allah humiliate and curse them, from among mankind and the Jinns oppose the Messengers.
`Abdur-Razzaq said that Ma`mar narrated that Qatadah commented on Allah's statement, شَيَـطِينَ الإِنْسِ وَالْجِنِّ ( Shayatin (devils ) among mankind and Jinn...) "There are devils among the Jinns and devils among mankind who inspire each other." Allah's statement, يُوحِى بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَى بَعْضٍ زُخْرُفَ الْقَوْلِ غُرُوراً ( inspiring one another with adorned speech as a delusion. ) means, they inspire each other with beautified, adorned speech that deceives the ignorant who hear it, وَلَوْ شَآءَ رَبُّكَ مَا فَعَلُوهُ ( If your Lord had so willed, they would not have done it; ) for all this occurs by Allah's decree, will and decision, that every Prophet had enemies from these devils, فَذَرْهُمْ وَمَا يَفْتَرُونَ ( so leave them alone with their fabrications. ) and lies.
This Ayah orders patience in the face of the harm of the wicked and to trust in Allah against their enmity, for, "Allah shall suffice for you ( O Muhammad ) and aid you against them." Allah's statement, وَلِتَصْغَى إِلَيْهِ ( And Tasgha to it. ) means, according to Ibn `Abbas, "incline to it." أَفْئِدَةُ الَّذِينَ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالاٌّخِرَةِ ( the hearts of those who do not believe in the Hereafter... ) their hearts, mind and hearing.
As-Suddi said that this Ayah refers to the hearts of the disbelievers. وَلِيَرْضَوْهُ ( And that they may remain pleased with it. ) they like and adore it.
Only those who disbelieve in the Hereafter accept this evil speech, being enemies of the Prophets, etc., just as Allah said in other Ayat, فَإِنَّكُمْ وَمَا تَعْبُدُونَ - مَآ أَنتُمْ عَلَيْهِ بِفَـتِنِينَ - إِلاَّ مَنْ هُوَ صَالِ الْجَحِيمِ ( So, verily, you (pagans ) and those whom you worship ( idols ).
Cannot lead astray.
Except those who are predestined to burn in Hell!) 37:161-163 and, إِنَّكُمْ لَفِى قَوْلٍ مُّخْتَلِفٍ - يُؤْفَكُ عَنْهُ مَنْ أُفِكَ ( Certainly, you have different ideas.
Turned aside therefrom is he who is turned aside. ) 51:8-9 Allah said; وَلِيَقْتَرِفُواْ مَا هُم مُّقْتَرِفُونَ ( And that they may commit what they are committing.
) meaning, "let them earn whatever they will earn", according to `Ali bin Abi Talhah who reported this from Ibn `Abbas.
As-Suddi and Ibn Zayd also commented, "Let them do whatever they will do."

( Thus ) just as We have appointed Abu Jahl and those who sneer as your enemies, so ( have We appointed unto every Prophet an adversary ) a tyrant ( devils of humankind and jinn ) He says: We appointed human and jinn devils ( who inspire in ) dictate to ( one another plausible discourse through guile ) in order to deceive the son of Adam. ( If thy Lord willed they would not do so ) i.e. dictate plausible discourse and beguiling; ( so leave them alone ) leave, O Muhammad, those who sneer and their folk ( with their devising ) their embellishment of words and deception;

And so We have appointed for every Prophet enemies - Shayatin (devils) among mankind and jinns, inspiring one another with adorned speech as a delusion (or by way of deception). If your Lord had so willed, they would not have done it, so leave them alone with their fabrications. (Tafseer Qurtubi, Vol. 7, Page 67)

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