Surah Al-An’am Ayat 65 in Arabic Text
English Translation
Here you can read various translations of verse 65
Say, “He is the [one] Able to send upon you affliction from above you or from beneath your feet or to confuse you [so you become] sects and make you taste the violence of one another.” Look how We diversify the signs that they might understand.
Say: “He hath power to send calamities on you, from above and below, or to cover you with confusion in party strife, giving you a taste of mutual vengeance – each from the other.” See how We explain the signs by various (symbols); that they may understand.
Say: “It is He Who has the power to send forth chastisement upon you from above you, or from beneath your feet, or split you into hostile groups and make some of you taste each others’ violence. Behold, how We set forth Our signs in diverse forms, so that maybe they will understand the Truth”.
Say: “He has power to send torment on you from above or from under your feet, or to cover you with confusion in party strife, and make you to taste the violence of one another.” See how variously We explain the Ayat (proofs, evidences, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), so that they may understand.
Say: He is able to send punishment upon you from above you or from beneath your feet, or to bewilder you with dissension and make you taste the tyranny one of another. See how We display the revelations so that they may understand.
Say, “He is The Determiner over sending forth upon you a torment, from above you or from beneath your legs, (i.e., under your feet) or to confound you in sects and to make you taste the violence of one another.” (Literally: some of you the violence of some) Look how We propound the signs that possibly they would comprehend.
Say, ‘He has power to send punishment on you from above or from under your very feet, or to divide you into discordant factions and make some taste the violence of others.’ See how We explain Our revelation in various ways, so that they may understand,
آپ کہئے کہ اس پر بھی وہی قادر ہے کہ تم پر کوئی عذاب تمہارے اوپر سے بھیج دے یا تمہارے پاؤں تلے سے یا کہ تم کو گروه گروه کرکے سب کو بھڑا دے اور تمہارے ایک کو دوسرے کی لڑائی چکھا دے۔ آپ دیکھیے تو سہی ہم کس طرح دﻻئل مختلف پہلوؤں سے بیان کرتے ہیں شاید وه سمجھ جائیں
Quran 6 Verse 65 Explanation
For those looking for commentary to help with the understanding of Surah Al-An’am ayat 65, we’ve provided two Tafseer works below. The first is the tafseer of Abul Ala Maududi, the second is of Ibn Kathir.
Ala-Maududi
(6:65) Say: “It is He Who has the power to send forth chastisement upon you from above you, or from beneath your feet, or split you into hostile groups and make some of you taste each others’ violence. Behold, how We set forth Our signs in diverse forms, so that maybe they will understand the Truth”.[42]
42. God’s punishment can strike in an instant. This is the warning to those who, supposing such punishment to he remote, were growing bolder in their hostility towards the Truth. They could be destroyed in a moment by a hurricane. Just a few earthquake trernors could raze villages and cities to the ground. Likewise, a few spark, of hostility could ultimately wreak such havoc among tribes. nations and countries that bloodshed and lawlessness plague them for years on end. Hence if they are spared punishments for a while that should not drug them to heedlessness and lead them to live in total disregard of distinctions between right and wrong. They should rather he grateful that God had given thern respite and by means of a number of signs He was making it possible for thern to recognize the Truth and foliow it.
Ibn-Kathir
The tafsir of Surah Al-Anam verse 65 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Anam ayat 63 which provides the complete commentary from verse 63 through 65.
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