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Surah Al-An'am, Ayah 70 (6:70)

ٱلْأَنْعَام

وَذَرِ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ دِينَهُمْ لَعِبًا وَلَهْوًا وَغَرَّتْهُمُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۚ وَذَكِّرْ …

Quran 6:70 is ayah 70 of Surah Al-An'am (“The Cattle”), a Meccan surah of 165 ayahs. It is in Juz 7, on page 136 of the Madani Mushaf.

6:70
وَذَرِٱلَّذِينَٱتَّخَذُوا۟دِينَهُمْلَعِبًاوَلَهْوًاوَغَرَّتْهُمُٱلْحَيَوٰةُٱلدُّنْيَا ۚوَذَكِّرْبِهِۦٓأَنتُبْسَلَنَفْسٌۢبِمَاكَسَبَتْلَيْسَلَهَامِندُونِٱللَّهِوَلِىٌّوَلَاشَفِيعٌوَإِنتَعْدِلْكُلَّعَدْلٍلَّايُؤْخَذْمِنْهَآ ۗأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَٱلَّذِينَأُبْسِلُوا۟بِمَاكَسَبُوا۟ ۖلَهُمْشَرَابٌمِّنْحَمِيمٍوَعَذَابٌأَلِيمٌۢبِمَاكَانُوا۟يَكْفُرُونَ٧٠
wadhari alladhīna ittakhadhū dīnahum laʿiban walahwan wagharrathumu l-ḥayatu l-dun'yā wadhakkir bihi an tub'sala nafsun bimā kasabat laysa lahā min dūni l-lahi waliyyun walā shafīʿun wa-in taʿdil kulla ʿadlin lā yu'khadh min'hā ulāika alladhīna ub'silū bimā kasabū lahum sharābun min ḥamīmin waʿadhābun alīmun bimā kānū yakfurūna

And leave those who take their religion as amusement and diversion and whom the worldly life has deluded. But remind with it [i.e., the Qur’ān], lest a soul be given up to destruction for what it earned; it will have other than Allāh no protector and no intercessor. And if it should offer every compensation, it would not be taken from it [i.e., that soul]. Those are the ones who are given to destruction for what they have earned. For them will be a drink of scalding water and a painful punishment because they used to disbelieve.(70)

Word by word

  1. وَذَرِwadhariAnd leave
  2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  3. ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ittakhadhūtake
  4. دِينَهُمْdīnahumtheir religion
  5. لَعِبًاlaʿiban(as) a play
  6. وَلَهْوًاwalahwanand amusement
  7. وَغَرَّتْهُمُwagharrathumuand deluded them
  8. ٱلْحَيَوٰةُl-ḥayatuthe life
  9. ٱلدُّنْيَا ۚl-dun'yā(of) the world
  10. وَذَكِّرْwadhakkirBut remind
  11. بِهِۦٓbihiwith it
  12. أَنanlest
  13. تُبْسَلَtub'salais given up to destruction
  14. نَفْسٌۢnafsuna soul
  15. بِمَاbimāfor what
  16. كَسَبَتْkasabatit (has) earned
  17. لَيْسَlaysanot
  18. لَهَاlahā(is) for it
  19. مِنminfrom
  20. دُونِdūnibesides
  21. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  22. وَلِىٌّwaliyyunany protector
  23. وَلَاwalāand not
  24. شَفِيعٌshafīʿunany intercessor
  25. وَإِنwa-inAnd if
  26. تَعْدِلْtaʿdilit offers ransom
  27. كُلَّkullaevery
  28. عَدْلٍʿadlinransom
  29. لَّاlānot
  30. يُؤْخَذْyu'khadhwill it be taken
  31. مِنْهَآ ۗmin'hāfrom it
  32. أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
  33. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(are) ones who
  34. أُبْسِلُوا۟ub'silūare given to destruction
  35. بِمَاbimāfor what
  36. كَسَبُوا۟ ۖkasabūthey earned
  37. لَهُمْlahumFor them
  38. شَرَابٌsharābun(will be) a drink
  39. مِّنْminof
  40. حَمِيمٍḥamīminboiling water
  41. وَعَذَابٌwaʿadhābunand a punishment
  42. أَلِيمٌۢalīmunpainful
  43. بِمَاbimābecause
  44. كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
  45. يَكْفُرُونَyakfurūnadisbelieve

Tafsir (commentary) of 6:70

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وَذَرِ الَّذِينَ اتَّخَذُواْ دِينَهُمْ لَعِباً وَلَهْواً وَغَرَّتْهُمُ الْحَيَوةُ الدُّنْيَا

(And leave alone those who take their religion as play and amusement, and are deceived by the life of this world.) The Ayah commands to leave such people, ignore them and give them respite, for soon, they will taste a tremendous torment. This is why Allah said,

وَذَكِّرْ بِهِ

(But remind with it) meaning, remind the people with this Qur'an and warn them against Allah's revenge and painful torment on the Day of Resurrection. Allah said;

أَن تُبْسَلَ نَفْسٌ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ

(lest a soul Tubsal for that which one has earned,) meaning, so that it is not Tubsal. Ad-Dahhak from Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid, `Ikrimah, Al-Hasan and As-Suddi said that Tubsal means, be submissive. Al-Walibi said that Ibn `Abbas said that Tubsal means, `be exposed'. Qatadah said that Tubsal means, `be prevented', Murrah and Ibn Zayd said that it means, `be recompensed', Al-Kalbi said, `be reckoned'. All these statements and expressions are similar, for they all mean exposure to destruction, being kept away from all that is good, and being restrained from attaining what is desired. Allah also said;

كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ - إِلاَّ أَصْحَـبَ الْيَمِينِ

(Every person is restrained by what he has earned. Except those on the Right.) 74:38-39, and

لَيْسَ لَهَا مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ وَلِىٌّ وَلاَ شَفِيعٌ

(when he will find for himself no protector or intercessor besides Allah,) and,

وَإِن تَعْدِلْ كُلَّ عَدْلٍ لاَّ يُؤْخَذْ مِنْهَآ

(and even if he offers every ransom, it will not be accepted from him.) meaning, whatever the ransom such people offer, it will not be accepted from them. Allah said in a similar statement,

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَمَاتُواْ وَهُمْ كُفَّارٌ فَلَن يُقْبَلَ مِنْ أَحَدِهِم مِّلْءُ الاٌّرْضِ ذَهَبًا

(Verily, those who disbelieved, and died while they were disbelievers, the (whole) earth full of gold will not be accepted from anyone of them.) 3:91 Allah said here,

أُوْلَـئِكَ الَّذِينَ أُبْسِلُواْ بِمَا كَسَبُواْ لَهُمْ شَرَابٌ مِّنْ حَمِيمٍ وَعَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَكْفُرُونَ

(Such are they who are given up to destruction because of that which they have earned. For them will be a drink of boiling water and a painful torment because they used to disbelieve. )

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