Surah Al-An’am Ayat 21 in Arabic Text
English Translation
Here you can read various translations of verse 21
And who is more unjust than one who invents about Allah a lie or denies His verses? Indeed, the wrongdoers will not succeed.
Who doth more wrong than he who inventeth a lie against Allah or rejecteth His signs? But verily the wrong-doers never shall prosper.
And who could be more wrong-doing than he who either foists a lie on Allah or gives the lie to His signs? Surely such wrong-doers shall not attain success.
And who does more wrong than he who invents a lie against Allah or rejects His Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, revelations, etc.)? Verily, the Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers, etc.) shall never be successful.
Who doth greater wrong than he who inventeth a lie against Allah or denieth His revelations? Lo! the wrongdoers will not be successful.
And who is more unjust than he who fabricates against Allah a lie, or cries lies to His signs? Sure it is that the unjust will not prosper.
Who does greater wrong than someone who fabricates a lie against God or denies His revelation? Those who do such wrong will not prosper.
اور اس سے زیاده بےانصاف کون ہوگا جو اللہ تعالیٰ پر جھوٹ بہتان باندھے یا اللہ کی آیات کو جھوٹا بتلائے ایسے بےانصافوں کو کامیابی نہ ہوگی
Quran 6 Verse 21 Explanation
For those looking for commentary to help with the understanding of Surah Al-An’am ayat 21, we’ve provided two Tafseer works below. The first is the tafseer of Abul Ala Maududi, the second is of Ibn Kathir.
Ala-Maududi
(6:21) And who could be more wrong-doing than he who either foists a lie on Allah[15] or gives the lie to His signs? [16] Surely such wrong-doers shall not attain success.
15. This refers to those who asserted that there were also other beings which shared with God in His godhead, were possessed of divine attributes and powers, and rightly deserved to claim from man worship and absolute service. It is also a slander to claim that God has selected certain beings to be His chosen intimates and that lie has commanded – or is at least agreeable to the idea – that they should he considered to possess divine attributes, and that people should serve and revere them as they would serve and revere God, their Lord.
16. By ‘signs of God’ are meant the signs found within man’s own being, as well as those scattered throughout the universe. They also include the signs which are manifest from the lives and achievements of the Prophets, as well as those embodied in the Scriptures. All these point towards one and the same truth – that in the entire realm of existence there is one God alone and that all else are merely His subjects. Who could be more unjust than one who, in utter disregard of all these signs, invests others than the One True God with attributes of godhead, considering them to merit the same rights as God. And does so merely on grounds of either conjecture, or speculation or out of blind adherence to the beliefs of his forefathers although there is not so much as a shred of evidence founded on true knowledge, observation or experience in support of such beliefs. Such a person subjects truth and reality to grave injustice. He also wrongs his own self and everything else in this universe with which he has to deal on the basis of this false assumption.
Ibn-Kathir
The tafsir of Surah Al-Anam verse 21 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Anam ayat 17 which provides the complete commentary from verse 17 through 21.
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