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Al-An'am (The Cattle)

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَجَعَلَ ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ وَٱلنُّورَ ۖ ثُمَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِرَبِّهِمْ يَعْدِلُونَ﴿١﴾

Translation (Sahih International)

[All] praise is [due] to Allah, who created the heavens and the earth and made the darkness and the light. Then those who disbelieve equate [others] with their Lord.

Word-by-word meaning

ٱلْحَمْدُal-ḥamdu(All) the praises and thanks
لِلَّهِlillahi(be) to Allah
ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One Who
خَلَقَkhalaqacreated
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaand the earth
وَجَعَلَwajaʿalaand made
ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتِl-ẓulumātithe darkness[es]
وَٱلنُّورَ ۖwal-nūraand the light
ثُمَّthummaThen
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
بِرَبِّهِمْbirabbihimin their Lord
يَعْدِلُونَyaʿdilūnaequate others with Him

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Which was revealed in MakkahThe Virtue of Surat Al-An`am and When it Was RevealedAl-`Awfi, `Ikrimah and `Ata' said that Ibn `Abbas said, "Surat Al-An`am was revealed in Makkah" At-Tabarani recorded that Ibn `Abbas said, "All of Surat Al-An`am was revealed in Makkah at night, accompanied by seventy thousand angels, raising their voices in glorification of Allah" As-Suddi said that Murrah said that `Abdullah said, "Surat Al-An`am was revealed in the company of seventy thousand angels.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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