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Surah Al-An'am, Ayah 116 (6:116)

ٱلْأَنْعَام

وَإِن تُطِعْ أَكْثَرَ مَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ يُضِلُّوكَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا …

Quran 6:116 is ayah 116 of Surah Al-An'am (“The Cattle”), a Meccan surah of 165 ayahs. It is in Juz 8, on page 142 of the Madani Mushaf.

6:116
وَإِنتُطِعْأَكْثَرَمَنفِىٱلْأَرْضِيُضِلُّوكَعَنسَبِيلِٱللَّهِ ۚإِنيَتَّبِعُونَإِلَّاٱلظَّنَّوَإِنْهُمْإِلَّايَخْرُصُونَ١١٦
wa-in tuṭiʿ akthara man fī l-arḍi yuḍillūka ʿan sabīli l-lahi in yattabiʿūna illā l-ẓana wa-in hum illā yakhruṣūna

And if you obey most of those upon the earth, they will mislead you from the way of Allāh. They follow not except assumption, and they are not but misjudging.(116)

Word by word

  1. وَإِنwa-inAnd if
  2. تُطِعْtuṭiʿyou obey
  3. أَكْثَرَaktharamost
  4. مَنmanof
  5. فِىfī(those) in
  6. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
  7. يُضِلُّوكَyuḍillūkathey will mislead you
  8. عَنʿanfrom
  9. سَبِيلِsabīli(the) way
  10. ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahi(of) Allah
  11. إِنinNot
  12. يَتَّبِعُونَyattabiʿūnathey follow
  13. إِلَّاillāexcept
  14. ٱلظَّنَّl-ẓana[the] assumption
  15. وَإِنْwa-inand not
  16. هُمْhumthey (do)
  17. إِلَّاillāexcept
  18. يَخْرُصُونَyakhruṣūnaguess

Tafsir (commentary) of 6:116

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This commentary explains ayahs 6:116–117 together.

Most People are Misguided

Allah states that most of the people of the earth, are misguided. Allah said in other Ayat,

وَلَقَدْ ضَلَّ قَبْلَهُمْ أَكْثَرُ الاٌّوَّلِينَ

(And indeed most of the men of old went astray before them.) 37:71 and,

وَمَآ أَكْثَرُ النَّاسِ وَلَوْ حَرَصْتَ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ

(And most of mankind will not believe even if you eagerly desire it.)12:103 They are misguided, yet they have doubts about their way, and they rely on wishful thinking and delusions.

إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلاَّ الظَّنَّ وَإِنْ هُمْ إِلاَّ يَخْرُصُونَ

(They follow nothing but conjecture, and they do nothing but lie.) Thus, they fulfill Allah's decree and decision concerning them,

هُوَ أَعْلَمُ مَن يَضِلُّ عَن سَبِيلِهِ

(It is He Who knows best who strays from His way.) and facilitates that for him,

وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِينَ

(And He knows best the rightly guided.) He facilitates that for them, all of them are facilitated for what He created them.

فَكُلُواْ مِمَّا ذُكِرَ اسْمُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ إِن كُنتُم بِآيَـتِهِ مُؤْمِنِينَ

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