Surah Anam ayat 133 Tafsir Quran 6:133

﴿وَرَبُّكَ الْغَنِيُّ ذُو الرَّحْمَةِ ۚ إِن يَشَأْ يُذْهِبْكُمْ وَيَسْتَخْلِفْ مِن بَعْدِكُم مَّا يَشَاءُ كَمَا أَنشَأَكُم مِّن ذُرِّيَّةِ قَوْمٍ آخَرِينَ﴾
[ الأنعام: 133]

6:133 And your Lord is the Free of need, the possessor of mercy. If He wills, he can do away with you and give succession after you to whomever He wills, just as He produced you from the descendants of another people.

Your Lord is Independent of His creatures and their worship the Lord of Mercy. If He will He can remove you O people of Mecca by destroying you and leave whom He will of creatures to succeed after you just as He produced you from the seed of another folk whom He removed; but He has spared you as a mercy to you.

Allah, your Creator, is the Independent, the Absolute and the Source of mercy; if He wills, He can do away with you people and replace you by others of His choice just as He brought you into being from the posterity of other people

If They Disobey, They Will Perish Allah said, وَرَبُّكَ ( And your Lord... ), O Muhammad, الْغَنِىُّ ( is Al-Ghani ) Rich, free from needing His creatures in any way or form, while they stand in need of Him in all situations, ذُو الرَّحْمَةِ ( full of mercy; ) towards creation.
Allah said in another Ayah, إِنَّ اللَّهَ بِالنَّاسِ لَرَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ ( Truly, Allah is full of kindness, the Most Merciful towards mankind. ) 2:143 إِن يَشَأْ يُذْهِبْكُمْ ( if He wills, He can destroy you. ) if you defy His commandments, وَيَسْتَخْلِفْ مِن بَعْدِكُم مَّا يَشَآءُ ( And in your place make whom He wills as your successors, ) who behave obediently, كَمَآ أَنشَأَكُمْ مِّن ذُرِّيَّةِ قَوْمٍ ءَاخَرِينَ ( As He raised you from the seed of other people. ) and surely, He is able to do this, and it is easy for Him.
And just as Allah has destroyed the earlier nations and brought their successors, He is able to do away with these generations and bring other people in their place.
Allah has also said; إِن يَشَأْ يُذْهِبْكُمْ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ وَيَأْتِ بِـاخَرِينَ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ عَلَى ذلِكَ قَدِيراً ( If He wills, He can take you away, O people, and bring others.
And Allah is Ever Capable over that. ) 4:133, يأَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أَنتُمُ الْفُقَرَآءُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَاللَّهُ هُوَ الْغَنِىُّ الْحَمِيدُ - إِن يَشَأْ يُذْهِبْكُـمْ وَيَأْتِ بِخَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ وَمَا ذَلِكَ عَلَى اللَّهِ بِعَزِيزٍ ( O mankind! It is you who stand in need of Allah.
But Allah is Rich (free of all needs ), Worthy of all praise.
If He willed, He could destroy you and bring about a new creation.
And that is not hard for Allah.) 35:15-17, and, نَّفْسِهِ وَاللَّهُ الْغَنِىُّ وَأَنتُمُ الْفُقَرَآءُ وَإِن تَتَوَلَّوْاْ يَسْتَبْدِلْ قَوْماً غَيْرَكُمْ ثُمَّ لاَ يَكُونُواْ ( But Allah is Rich (free of all needs ), and you are poor.
And if you turn away, He will exchange you for some other people and they will not be your likes.) 47:38.
Muhammad bin Ishaq said that Ya`qub bin `Utbah said that he heard Aban bin `Uthman saying about this Ayah, كَمَآ أَنشَأَكُمْ مِّن ذُرِّيَّةِ قَوْمٍ ءَاخَرِينَ ( As He raised you from the seed of other people.
) "`The seed' means the offspring and the children." Allah's statement, إِنَّ مَا تُوعَدُونَ لأَتٍ وَمَآ أَنتُم بِمُعْجِزِينَ ( Surely, that which you are promised, will verily, come to pass and you cannot escape. ) means, tell them, O Muhammad, that what they have been promised of Resurrection will surely occur, وَمَآ أَنتُم بِمُعْجِزِينَ ( and you cannot escape. ) from Allah.
Rather, He is able to resurrect you even after you become dust and bones.
Certainly, Allah is able to do all things and nothing ever escapes His power.
Allah said; قُلْ يَـقَوْمِ اعْمَلُواْ عَلَى مَكَانَتِكُمْ إِنِّى عَامِلٌ فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ( Say: "O my people! Work according to your way, surely, I too am working and you will come to know." ) This contains a stern warning and a sure promise, saying; remain on your way, if you think that you are rightly guided, for I will remain on mine.
Allah said in another Ayah, وَقُل لِّلَّذِينَ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ اعْمَلُواْ عَلَى مَكَانَتِكُمْ إِنَّا عَامِلُونَ - وَانْتَظِرُواْ إِنَّا مُنتَظِرُونَ ( And say to those who do not believe: "Act according to Makanatikum, We are acting (in our way ).
And you wait! We ( too ) are waiting.") 11:121-122.
`Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that Ibn `Abbas said that, عَلَى مَكَانَتِكُمْ ( according to Makanatikum... ) means, your way. فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ مَن تَكُونُ لَهُ عَـقِبَةُ الدَّارِ إِنَّهُ لاَ يُفْلِحُ الظَّـلِمُونَ ( And you will come to know for which of us will be the (happy ) end in the Hereafter.
Certainly the wrongdoers will not be successful) 6:135, You will come to know if the happy end will be mine ( Muhammad's ) or yours ( the disbelievers ).
Allah has indeed kept His promise and allowed Muhammad ﷺ to prevail in the land and rise above those who defied him.
He conquered Makkah for him and made him triumphant over his people who rejected and showed enmity towards him.
The Prophet's rule soon spread over the Arabian Peninsula, Yemen and Bahrain, and all this occurred during his lifetime.
After his death, the various lands and provinces were conquered during the time of his successors, may Allah be pleased with them all.
Allah also said, كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لاّغْلِبَنَّ أَنَاْ وَرُسُلِى إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَوِىٌّ عَزِيزٌ ( Allah has decreed: "Verily, it is I and My Messengers who shall be the victorious." Verily, Allah is All-Powerful, Almighty. ) 58:21 إِنَّا لَنَنصُرُ رُسُلَنَا وَالَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ فِى الْحَيَوةِ الدُّنْيَا وَيَوْمَ يَقُومُ الاٌّشْهَـدُ - يَوْمَ لاَ يَنفَعُ الظَّـلِمِينَ مَعْذِرَتُهُمْ وَلَهُمُ الْلَّعْنَةُ وَلَهُمْ سُوءُ الدَّارِ ( Verily, We will indeed make victorious Our Messengers and those who believe in this world's life and on the Day when the witnesses will stand forth.
The Day when their excuses will be of no profit to the wrongdoers.
Theirs will be the curse, and theirs will be the evil abode. ) 40:51-52 and, وَلَقَدْ كَتَبْنَا فِى الزَّبُورِ مِن بَعْدِ الذِّكْرِ أَنَّ الاٌّرْضَ يَرِثُهَا عِبَادِىَ الصَّـلِحُونَ ( And indeed We have written in the Zabur after the Dhikr that My righteous servants shall inherit the land. ) 21:105

(6:133) Your Lord is Self-Sufficient, full of compassion. *101 If He wills, He can put you away and cause whomever He wills to succeed you just as He has produced you from the seed of another people.

And your Lord is the Free of meaning

*101).
The Qur'anic statement: 'Your Lord is Self-Sufficient' signifies that God is in need of nothing from anyone, that none of His interests will be jeopardized by disobedience to Him, and that no benefit will accrue to Him from obedience.
Even if all human beings became disobedient, God's dominion will not shrink.
Nor will His dominion expand if everybody were to become obedient and serve and worship Him as they ought to.
God is dependent neither upon their show of veneration nor upon their offerings.
He lavishes His limitless treasures on human beings and seeks nothing in return.

The other statement, namely that 'Your Lord is full of compassion', has been made here to emphasize two things.
First, that when God urges human beings to follow the Right Way, and asks them not to do anything in conflict with Ultimate Reality, He does not do so because their good behaviour benefits Him or their misconduct harms Him.
He does so because good conduct is beneficial to man himself, as evil conduct is harmful to him.
Hence it is out of sheer benevolence that God urges man to develop righteous conduct, for it will raise him to great heights, and He urges him to avoid evil conduct because it will lead to his own degradation.
Second, that God is not unduly stern in judging man.
He gets no pleasure from punishing people.
He is not on the look-out for slight lapses for which to convict and persecute people.
God is highly compassionate towards all His creatures and governs with utmost mercy and benevolence, and the same characterizes His dealings with human beings as well.
Hence, He constantly forgives the sins of people.
Many disobey, indulge in sins, commit crimes, disregard God's commands, even though they are nourished by the sustenance He provides.
God, nevertheless, continually treats them with forbearance and forgives them.
Again and again, He grants them respite in order that they may take heed, understand things properly and reform themselves.
Had He been excessively stern, He could even have obliterated them instantly and raised up another people.
He could have put an end to humanity and brought into being an altogether different species of creation.

 

If They Disobey, They Will Perish Allah said, وَرَبُّكَ ( And your Lord... ), O Muhammad, الْغَنِىُّ ( is Al-Ghani ) Rich, free from needing His creatures in any way or form, while they stand in need of Him in all situations, ذُو الرَّحْمَةِ ( full of mercy; ) towards creation.
Allah said in another Ayah, إِنَّ اللَّهَ بِالنَّاسِ لَرَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ ( Truly, Allah is full of kindness, the Most Merciful towards mankind. ) 2:143 إِن يَشَأْ يُذْهِبْكُمْ ( if He wills, He can destroy you. ) if you defy His commandments, وَيَسْتَخْلِفْ مِن بَعْدِكُم مَّا يَشَآءُ ( And in your place make whom He wills as your successors, ) who behave obediently, كَمَآ أَنشَأَكُمْ مِّن ذُرِّيَّةِ قَوْمٍ ءَاخَرِينَ ( As He raised you from the seed of other people. ) and surely, He is able to do this, and it is easy for Him.
And just as Allah has destroyed the earlier nations and brought their successors, He is able to do away with these generations and bring other people in their place.
Allah has also said; إِن يَشَأْ يُذْهِبْكُمْ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ وَيَأْتِ بِـاخَرِينَ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ عَلَى ذلِكَ قَدِيراً ( If He wills, He can take you away, O people, and bring others.
And Allah is Ever Capable over that. ) 4:133, يأَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أَنتُمُ الْفُقَرَآءُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَاللَّهُ هُوَ الْغَنِىُّ الْحَمِيدُ - إِن يَشَأْ يُذْهِبْكُـمْ وَيَأْتِ بِخَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ وَمَا ذَلِكَ عَلَى اللَّهِ بِعَزِيزٍ ( O mankind! It is you who stand in need of Allah.
But Allah is Rich (free of all needs ), Worthy of all praise.
If He willed, He could destroy you and bring about a new creation.
And that is not hard for Allah.) 35:15-17, and, نَّفْسِهِ وَاللَّهُ الْغَنِىُّ وَأَنتُمُ الْفُقَرَآءُ وَإِن تَتَوَلَّوْاْ يَسْتَبْدِلْ قَوْماً غَيْرَكُمْ ثُمَّ لاَ يَكُونُواْ ( But Allah is Rich (free of all needs ), and you are poor.
And if you turn away, He will exchange you for some other people and they will not be your likes.) 47:38.
Muhammad bin Ishaq said that Ya`qub bin `Utbah said that he heard Aban bin `Uthman saying about this Ayah, كَمَآ أَنشَأَكُمْ مِّن ذُرِّيَّةِ قَوْمٍ ءَاخَرِينَ ( As He raised you from the seed of other people.
) "`The seed' means the offspring and the children." Allah's statement, إِنَّ مَا تُوعَدُونَ لأَتٍ وَمَآ أَنتُم بِمُعْجِزِينَ ( Surely, that which you are promised, will verily, come to pass and you cannot escape. ) means, tell them, O Muhammad, that what they have been promised of Resurrection will surely occur, وَمَآ أَنتُم بِمُعْجِزِينَ ( and you cannot escape. ) from Allah.
Rather, He is able to resurrect you even after you become dust and bones.
Certainly, Allah is able to do all things and nothing ever escapes His power.
Allah said; قُلْ يَـقَوْمِ اعْمَلُواْ عَلَى مَكَانَتِكُمْ إِنِّى عَامِلٌ فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ( Say: "O my people! Work according to your way, surely, I too am working and you will come to know." ) This contains a stern warning and a sure promise, saying; remain on your way, if you think that you are rightly guided, for I will remain on mine.
Allah said in another Ayah, وَقُل لِّلَّذِينَ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ اعْمَلُواْ عَلَى مَكَانَتِكُمْ إِنَّا عَامِلُونَ - وَانْتَظِرُواْ إِنَّا مُنتَظِرُونَ ( And say to those who do not believe: "Act according to Makanatikum, We are acting (in our way ).
And you wait! We ( too ) are waiting.") 11:121-122.
`Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that Ibn `Abbas said that, عَلَى مَكَانَتِكُمْ ( according to Makanatikum... ) means, your way. فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ مَن تَكُونُ لَهُ عَـقِبَةُ الدَّارِ إِنَّهُ لاَ يُفْلِحُ الظَّـلِمُونَ ( And you will come to know for which of us will be the (happy ) end in the Hereafter.
Certainly the wrongdoers will not be successful) 6:135, You will come to know if the happy end will be mine ( Muhammad's ) or yours ( the disbelievers ).
Allah has indeed kept His promise and allowed Muhammad ﷺ to prevail in the land and rise above those who defied him.
He conquered Makkah for him and made him triumphant over his people who rejected and showed enmity towards him.
The Prophet's rule soon spread over the Arabian Peninsula, Yemen and Bahrain, and all this occurred during his lifetime.
After his death, the various lands and provinces were conquered during the time of his successors, may Allah be pleased with them all.
Allah also said, كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لاّغْلِبَنَّ أَنَاْ وَرُسُلِى إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَوِىٌّ عَزِيزٌ ( Allah has decreed: "Verily, it is I and My Messengers who shall be the victorious." Verily, Allah is All-Powerful, Almighty. ) 58:21 إِنَّا لَنَنصُرُ رُسُلَنَا وَالَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ فِى الْحَيَوةِ الدُّنْيَا وَيَوْمَ يَقُومُ الاٌّشْهَـدُ - يَوْمَ لاَ يَنفَعُ الظَّـلِمِينَ مَعْذِرَتُهُمْ وَلَهُمُ الْلَّعْنَةُ وَلَهُمْ سُوءُ الدَّارِ ( Verily, We will indeed make victorious Our Messengers and those who believe in this world's life and on the Day when the witnesses will stand forth.
The Day when their excuses will be of no profit to the wrongdoers.
Theirs will be the curse, and theirs will be the evil abode. ) 40:51-52 and, وَلَقَدْ كَتَبْنَا فِى الزَّبُورِ مِن بَعْدِ الذِّكْرِ أَنَّ الاٌّرْضَ يَرِثُهَا عِبَادِىَ الصَّـلِحُونَ ( And indeed We have written in the Zabur after the Dhikr that My righteous servants shall inherit the land. ) 21:105

( Thy Lord is the Absolute ) free of the need for their faith, ( the Lord of Mercy ) in that He defers punishment for him who believes in Him. ( If He will, He can remove you ) destroy you, O people of Mecca ( and can cause what He will to follow after you, even as He raised you from the seed of other folk ) generation after generation.

And your Lord is Rich (Free of all wants), full of Mercy, if He will, He can destroy you, and in your place make whom He will as your successors, as He raised you from the seed of other people.

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