Surah Al-An’am Ayat 100 in Arabic Text
English Translation
Here you can read various translations of verse 100
But they have attributed to Allah partners – the jinn, while He has created them – and have fabricated for Him sons and daughters. Exalted is He and high above what they describe
Yet they make the Jinns equals with Allah, though Allah did create the Jinns; and they falsely, having no knowledge, attribute to Him sons and daughters. Praise and glory be to Him! (for He is) above what they attribute to Him!
And yet, some people have come to associate the jinn with Allah in His divinity, even though it is He Who created them; and in ignorance they impute to Him sons and daughters. He is Holy and Exalted far above that which they attribute to Him.
Yet, they join the jinns as partners in worship with Allah, though He has created them (the jinns), and they attribute falsely without knowledge sons and daughters to Him. Be He Glorified and Exalted above (all) that they attribute to Him.
Yet they ascribe as partners unto Him the jinn, although He did create them, and impute falsely, without knowledge, sons and daughters unto Him. Glorified be He and High Exalted above (all) that they ascribe (unto Him).
And they have made to Allah, as associates, the jinn; and He created them, and they have falsely imputed to Him sons and daughters without any knowledge. All Extolment be to Him and be He Supremely Exalted above what they describe.
Yet they made the jinn partners with God, though He created them, and without any true knowledge they attribute sons and daughters to Him. Glory be to Him! He is far higher than what they ascribe to Him,
اور لوگوں نے شیاطین کو اللہ تعالیٰ کا شریک قرار دے رکھا ہے حاﻻنکہ ان لوگوں کو اللہ ہی نے پیدا کیا ہے اور ان لوگوں نے اللہ کے حق میں بیٹے اور بیٹیاں بلا سند تراش رکھی ہیں اور وه پاک اور برتر ہے ان باتوں سے جو یہ کرتے ہیں
Quran 6 Verse 100 Explanation
For those looking for commentary to help with the understanding of Surah Al-An’am ayat 100, we’ve provided two Tafseer works below. The first is the tafseer of Abul Ala Maududi, the second is of Ibn Kathir.
Ala-Maududi
(6:100) And yet, some people have come to associate the jinn with Allah in His divinity,[67] even though it is He Who created them; and in ignorance they impute to Him sons and daughters.[68] He is Holy and Exalted far above that which they attribute to Him.
67. Because of man’s imaginativeness and superstitious disposition, he has often held other invisible beings to be associated with God in His governance of the universe and in making and marring man’s destiny. For example, the deity of rain, and the deity of vegetation, the god of wealth and the god of health, and so on. Such beliefs are found among all the polytheistic nations of the world.
68. The ignorant Arabs considered angels to be the daughters of God. In the same way, other polytheistic nations wove a network of bloodrelationships with God, producing thereby a whole crop of gods and goddesses descended from the Creator.
Ibn-Kathir
100. Yet, they join the Jinns as partners in worship with Allah, though He has created them, and they attribute, falsely without knowledge – sons and daughters to Him. Be He Glorified and Exalted above what that they attribute to Him.
This Ayah refutes the idolators who worshipped others besides Allah and associated the Jinns with Him in worship. Glory be to Allah above this Shirk and Kufr. If someone asks, how did the idolators worship the Jinns, although they only were idol worshippers The answer is that in fact, they worshipped the idols by obeying the Jinns who commanded them to do so. Allah said in other Ayat,
(They invoke nothing but female deities besides Him, and they invoke nothing but Shaytan, a persistent rebel! Allah cursed him. And he ﴿Shaytan﴾ said: “I will take an appointed portion of your servants. Verily, I will mislead them, and surely, I will arouse in them false desires; and certainly, I will order them to slit the ears of cattle, and indeed I will order them to change the nature created by Allah.” And whoever takes Shaytan as a protector instead of Allah, has surely suffered a manifest loss. He ﴿Shaytan﴾ makes promises to them, and arouses in them false desires; and Shaytan’s promises are nothing but deceptions. ) ﴿4:117-120﴾ and,
(Will you then take him (Iblis) and his offspring as protectors and helpers rather than Me) ﴿18:50﴾ Ibrahim said to his father,
(“O my father! Worship not Shaytan. Verily! Shaytan has been a rebel against the Most Beneficent (Allah).”) ﴿19:44﴾ Allah said,
(Did I not ordain for you, O Children of Adam, that you should not worship Shaytan. Verily, he is a plain enemy to you. And that you should worship Me. That is a straight path.) ﴿36:60-61﴾ On the Day of Resurrection, the angels will proclaim,
(Glorified be You! You are our Protector instead of them. Nay, but they used to worship the Jinn; most of them were believers in them.) ﴿34:41﴾ This is why Allah said here,
(Yet, they join the Jinns as partners in worship with Allah, though He has created them.) ﴿6:100﴾, Alone without partners. Consequently, how is it that another deity is being worshipped along with Him As Ibrahim said,
(“Worship you that which you (yourselves) carve While Allah has created you and what you make!”) ﴿37:95-96﴾ Allah alone is the Creator without partners. Therefore, He Alone deserves to be worshipped without partners. Allah said next,
(And they Kharaqu (attribute falsely) without knowledge, sons and daughters to Him.) Allah mentions the misguidance of those who were led astray and claimed a son or offspring for Him, as the Jews did with `Uzayr, the Christians with `Isa and the Arab pagans with the angels whom they claimed were Allah’s daughters. Allah is far holier than what the unjust, polytheist people associate with Him. The word, Kharaqu, means `falsely attributed, invented, claimed and lied’, according to the scholars of the Salaf. Allah’s statement next,
(Be He Glorified and Exalted above (all) that they attribute to Him.) means, He is holier than, hallowed, and Exalted above the sons, rivals, equals and partners that these ignorant, misled people attribute to Him.
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