Surah Al-An’am Ayat 130 in Arabic Text
English Translation
Here you can read various translations of verse 130
“O company of jinn and mankind, did there not come to you messengers from among you, relating to you My verses and warning you of the meeting of this Day of yours?” They will say, “We bear witness against ourselves”; and the worldly life had deluded them, and they will bear witness against themselves that they were disbelievers.
“O ye assembly of Jinns and men! came there not unto you messengers from amongst you, setting forth unto you My signs, and warning you of the meeting of this Day of yours?” They will say: “We bear witness against ourselves.” It was the life of this world that deceived them. So against themselves will they bear witness that they rejected Faith.
(Then Allah will also ask them): ‘O assembly of jinn and men! Did there not come to y ou Messengers from among yourselves, relating to you My signs, and warning you of the encounter of this your Day (of Judgement)?’ They will say: ‘Yes, we bear witness against ourselves.’ They have been deluded by the life of this world, and they will bear witness against themselves that they had disbelieved.
O you assembly of jinns and mankind! “Did not there come to you Messengers from amongst you, reciting unto you My Verses and warning you of the meeting of this Day of yours?” They will say: “We bear witness against ourselves.” It was the life of this world that deceived them. And they will bear witness against themselves that they were disbelievers.
O ye assembly of the jinn and humankind! Came there not unto you messengers of your own who recounted unto you My tokens and warned you of the meeting of this your Day? They will say: We testify against ourselves. And the life of the world beguiled them. And they testify against themselves that they were disbelievers.
“O company of jinn and humankind, did Messengers not come up to you from among you, (who) narrated to you My signs and warned you of the meeting of this your Day?” They will say, “We bear witness against ourselves.” And the present life (Literally: the lowly life, i.e., the life of this world) deluded them, and they bore witness against themselves that they were disbelievers.
‘Company of jinn and mankind! Did messengers not come from among you to recite My revelations to you and warn that you would meet this Day?’ They will say, ‘We testify against ourselves.’ The life of this world seduced them, but they will testify against themselves that they rejected the truth:
اے جنات اور انسانوں کی جماعت! کیا تمہارے پاس تم میں سے ہی پیغمبر نہیں آئے تھے، جو تم سے میرے احکام بیان کرتے اور تم کو اس آج کے دن کی خبر دیتے؟ وه سب عرض کریں گے کہ ہم اپنے اوپر اقرار کرتے ہیں اور ان کو دنیاوی زندگی نے بھول میں ڈالے رکھا اور یہ لوگ اقرار کرنے والے ہوں گے کہ وه کافر تھے
Quran 6 Verse 130 Explanation
For those looking for commentary to help with the understanding of Surah Al-An’am ayat 130, we’ve provided two Tafseer works below. The first is the tafseer of Abul Ala Maududi, the second is of Ibn Kathir.
Ala-Maududi
(6:130) (Then Allah will also ask them): ‘O assembly of jinn and men! Did there not come to y ou Messengers from among yourselves, relating to you My signs, and warning you of the encounter of this your Day (of Judgement)?’ They will say: ‘Yes, we bear witness against ourselves.’[98] They have been deluded by the life of this world, and they will bear witness against themselves that they had disbelieved.[99]
98. The wrong-doers would confess that even though the Prophets had come, in succession, in order to inform them of the Truth, it was their own fault that they did not respond to their call.
99. They were deniers of, and disbelievers in, rather than ignorant of the Truth. They acknowledged tha! the Truth had been conveyed to them and that they had refused to accept it.
Ibn-Kathir
130. O you assembly of Jinn and humans! “Did not there come to you Messengers from amongst you, reciting unto you My verses and warning you of the meeting of this Day of yours” They will say: “We bear witness against ourselves.” It was the life of this world that deceived them. And they will bear witness against themselves that they were disbelievers.
Allah will chastise the disbelieving Jinns and humans on the Day of Resurrection, when He asks them, while having better knowledge, if the Messengers delivered His Messages to them,
(“O you assembly of Jinn and humans! Did not there come to you Messengers from among you”) We should note here that the Messengers are from among mankind only, not vice versa, as Mujahid, Ibn Jurayj and others from the Imams of Salaf and later generations have stated. The proof for this is that Allah said,
(Verily, We have sent the revelation to you as We sent the revelation to Nuh and the Prophets after him.) ﴿4:163﴾, until,
(Messengers as bearers of good news as well as of warning in order that mankind should have no plea against Allah after the (coming of) Messengers.) ﴿4:165﴾ Allah said, concerning the Prophet Ibrahim,
(And We ordained among his offspring prophethood and the Book) ﴿29: 27﴾, thus sending the prophethood and the Book exclusively through the offspring of the Prophet Ibrahim. No one has claimed that there were Prophets from among the Jinns before the time of Ibrahim, but not after that. Allah said,
(And We never sent before you any of the Messengers but verily, they ate food and walked in the markets.) ﴿25:20﴾, and,
(And We sent not before you any but men unto whom We revealed, from among the people of townships.) ﴿12:109﴾ Therefore, concerning prophethood, the Jinns follow mankind in this regard and this is why Allah said about them,
(And (remember) when We sent towards you a group of the Jinn, listening to the Qur’an. When they stood in the presence thereof, they said: “Listen in silence!” And when it was finished, they returned to their people, as warners. They said: “O our people! Verily, we have heard a Book sent down after Musa, confirming what came before it, it guides to the truth and to the straight way. O our people! Respond to Allah’s caller, and believe in him. He (Allah) will forgive you your sins, and will save you from a painful torment (i.e. Hell-fire). And whosoever does not respond to Allah’s caller, he cannot escape on earth, and there will be no helpers for him besides Allah. Those are in manifest error.) ﴿46:29-32﴾ A Hadith collected by At-Tirmidhi stated that the Messenger of Allah recited Surat Ar-Rahman, to these Jinns, in which Allah said,
(We shall attend to you, O you two classes (Jinn and men)! Then which of the blessings of your Lord will you both (Jinn and men) deny) ﴿55:31-32﴾ Allah said in this honorable Ayah,
(O you assembly of Jinn and humans! “Did not there come to you Messengers from amongst you, reciting unto you My verses and warning you of the meeting of this Day of yours” They will say: “We bear witness against ourselves.”) meaning, we affirm that the Messengers have conveyed Your Messages to us and warned us about the meeting with You, and that this Day will certainly occur. Allah said next,
(It was the life of this world that deceived them.) and they wasted their lives and brought destruction to themselves by rejecting the Messengers and denying their miracles. This is because they were deceived by the beauty, adornment and lusts of this life.
(And they will bear witness against themselves) on the Day of Resurrection,
(that they were disbelievers…) in this worldly life, rejecting what the Messengers, may Allah’s peace and blessings be on them, brought them.
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