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{{Short description|6th chapter of the Quran}}
{{infobox surah
| number         = 6
| name           = Al-Anʿām
| name-ar        = {{lang|ar|ٱلْأَنْعَامْ}}
| name-en        = The Grazing Livestock
| prev_sura      = Quran 5
| next_sura      = Quran 7
| classification = Makkan
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| time           =
| juz            = 7—8
| hizb           = 13—15
| rukus          = 20
| verses         = 165
| words          = 3056
| letters        = 12,726
| muqattaat      =
| sajdahs        = None
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[[File:Bifolium Mushal al-Hadina Quran Met 2007.191.jpg|thumb|[[Folio|Bifolium]] from the [[Nurse's Qur'an]] (Mushaf al-Hadina) with fragment of the Surah Al-An'am. [[Kairouan]], [[Zirid dynasty]], 1020. [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]]]]

'''Al-An'am'''<ref>[[George Sale translation]]</ref> ({{langx|ar|ٱلْأَنْعَامْ}}, {{transliteration|ar|al-ʾanʿām}}; {{small|meaning:}} The Cattle)<ref name="Quran 4 U">{{cite web|url=http://www.quran4u.com/Tafsir%20Ibn%20Kathir/006%20An%27am.htm  |title=Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Surah Al An'am |work=Quran 4 U|author= Ibn Kathir (d. 1373)|author-link= Ibn Kathir|access-date=21 December 2019}}</ref> is the [[List of chapters in the Quran|sixth chapter]] ([[sūrah]]) of the [[Quran]],  with 165 verses ([[āyāt]]). Coming in order in the Quran after [[Al-Fatiha]], [[Al-Baqarah]], [[Al Imran|Al 'Imran]], [[An-Nisa, 34|An-Nisa']], and [[Al-Ma'idah]], this surah dwells on such themes as the clear signs of Allah's Dominion and Power, rejecting polytheism and unbelief, the establishment of [[Tawhid]] (pure monotheism), the Revelation, Messengership, and Resurrection. It is a "[[Meccan surah]]", and it is believed to have been revealed in its entirety during the middle stage of the Meccan period of Islam.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Ünal, Ali.|title=The Qurʼan with annotated interpretation in modern English|date=2008|publisher=Tughra Books|isbn=978-1-59784-144-3|location=Somerset, N.J.|pages=267|oclc=234244740}}</ref> This explains the timing and contextual background of the believed [[revelation in Islam|revelation]] (''[[Asbāb al-nuzūl]]''). The surah also reports the story of [[Abraham in Islam|Ibrahim]],<ref>{{qref|6|74-80|c=y}}</ref> who calls others to stop worshiping celestial bodies and turn towards Allah.

Groups of modern Islamic scholars from [[Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University]] in Yemen and Mauritania have issued ''fatwa'' taking the interpretation of [[Ibn Kathir]] regarding the 61st verse of Al-An'am <ref>{{qref|6|61|c=y}})</ref> and a Hadith transmitted by [[Abu Hurairah]] and [[Ibn Abbas]], that the [[Azrael#Significance in Islam|Angel of death]] has assistants among angels who help him to take souls.<ref name="Angel of death seizes many souls simultaneously">{{cite web |author1=Abdullaah Al-Faqeeh |title=Angel of death seizes many souls simultaneously; Fatwa No: 20657 |url=https://www.islamweb.net/en/fatwa/20657/angel-of-death-seizes-many-souls-simultaneously |website=Islamweb.net |publisher=Fatwa center of Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Yemen, and Mauritania Islamic educational institutes |access-date=14 March 2022 |language=en |date=2003}}</ref>

==Summary==
* '''1-3''' Praise to the Almighty and [[Omniscient in Islam|Omniscient]] [[Creator in Islam|Creator]]
* '''4-5''' [[Muhammad in Mecca#Opposition and persecution of early Muslims|The wilful unbelief of the Makkah infidels]] 
* '''6''' They are threatened with the [[divine judgment in Islam|divine judgment]] 
* '''7''' The people of Makkah hopelessly unbelieving
* '''8-9''' Why [[angels in Islam|angels]] were not sent to the infidels
* '''10-11''' Those who rejected the former prophets were punished
* '''12-18''' Why the true God should be served
* '''19''' God the witness between Muhammad and the infidels
* '''20''' The Jews recognise Muhammad as a prophet
* '''21-23''' Idolaters on the judgment-day—their condition 
* '''24-29''' Scoffing idolaters rebuked and threatened
* '''30-31''' The condition of believers and unbelievers after death
* '''32-33''' Unbelievers make God a liar 
* '''33''' God's word and purposes unchangeable
* '''34''' Miracles of no avail to convince infidels
* '''35''' God will raise the dead to life
* '''36''' Why God did not grant the signs asked by unbelievers
* '''37''' Animals and birds to be brought into judgment
* '''38''' Infidels are deaf and dumb 
* '''39-40''' Idolaters will call upon God in their distress 
* '''41-44''' Adversity and prosperity alike unmeaning to infidels
* '''45''' God is the only helper in trouble 
* '''46-48''' Unbelievers, if impenitent, sure to perish
* '''49''' Muhammad unacquainted with the secrets of God
* '''50''' There shall be no [[intercessor in Islam|intercessor]] on the judgment-day
* '''51-54''' The motives of professing [[Muslims]] not to be judged
* '''55-57''' Muhammad declines the proposals of idolaters
* '''58-61''' God the Omniscient and Sovereign Ruler 
* '''62-64''' God the Almighty Deliverer
* '''65''' Muhammad charged with imposture
* '''66''' Unbelievers will certainly be punished
* '''67-69''' Mockers to be avoided by Muslims 
* '''70-71''' The punishment of idolaters certain and dreadful 
* '''71-74''' Muslims commanded to obey God only 
* '''75-84''' [[Abraham#Islam|Abraham]]'s testimony against idolatry 
* '''85-91''' The [[prophets in Islam|prophets]] who succeeded Abraham 
* '''92''' [[Muhammad in Medina#Relationship with followers of Abrahamic religions|The unbelieving Jews (of Madína)]] rebuked 
* '''[https://www.islamawakened.com/quran/6/93/ 93]''' The Quran confirms the former Scriptures 
* '''94''' The fate of those who forge Scriptures
* '''95''' Idolaters deserted by their gods on the judgment-day 
* '''96-100''' The God of nature the true God 
* '''101-103''' God has no offspring 
* '''104-105''' God's favour in sending the Quran
* '''106-108''' The command to retire from Makkah 
* '''109''' Muhammad not permitted to work miracles 
* '''110-113''' The people of Makkah given over to unbelief 
* '''114''' Muhammad the prophet of God 
* '''114-117''' The direction of Muslims and idolaters contrasted 
* '''118-121''' Law of permitted and forbidden meats 
* '''122''' The righteous and unbelievers compared 
* '''122-125''' [[wicked in Islam|wicked]] leaders of the people—conduct and punishment 
* '''126-127''' The blessedness of the faithful 
* '''128-130''' God's threatenings against unbelieving men and genii 
* '''131''' God always warns men before punishing idolatry
* '''132-133''' Rewards and punishments shall be according to works 
* '''134''' The punishment of unbelievers certain 
* '''135-136''' The idolaters of Makkah rebuked 
* '''137-139''' Evil customs of the Quraish exposed
* '''140''' The idolaters of Makkah threatened
* '''141''' The fruit of trees to be eaten 
* '''142-144''' Controversy between the Quraish and Muhammad concerning forbidden meats referred to 
* '''145''' The law concerning forbidden meats rehearsed 
* '''146''' The Jewish law of forbidden meats
* '''147''' God will punish those who accuse the prophets of imposture
* '''148-149''' The idolaters of Makkah are reprobate 
* '''150''' Their testimony unworthy of credit
* '''151-153''' Forbidden things rehearsed 
* '''154-157''' The Quran attests the teaching of Moses and Jesus
* '''158''' The fate of the wicked on the judgment-day 
* '''159''' [[Sectaries]] reproved 
* '''160''' The reward of the righteous and wicked compared
* '''161-162''' Islam the true religion 
* '''163''' Muhammad's self-consecration to God 
* '''164-165''' The idolaters [[exhortation|exhorted]] to believe in God  <ref>{{cite book |last1=Wherry |first1=Elwood Morris |author1-link=Elwood Morris Wherry |title=A Complete Index to Sale's Text, Preliminary Discourse, and Notes |date=1896 |publisher=Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, and Co |location=London}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>

==Placement and coherence with other surahs==
The idea of textual relation between the verses of a chapter has been discussed under various titles such as ''nazm'' and ''munasabah'' in non-English literature and ''coherence'', ''text relations'', ''intertextuality'', and ''unity'' in English literature. [[Hamiduddin Farahi]], an [[Islamic]] scholar of the [[Indian subcontinent]], is known for his work on the concept of nazm, or coherence, in the Quran. [[Fakhruddin al-Razi]] (died 1209 CE),  Zarkashi (died 1392) and several other classical as well as contemporary Quranic scholars have contributed to the studies.<ref name=farrahi>{{cite book|last=Hamiduddin Farahi|author-link=Hamiduddin Farahi|first=translated by Tariq Mahmood Hashmi|title=Exordium to coherence in the Quran : an English translation of Fātiḥah Niẓām al-Qurʼān|year=2008|publisher=al-Mawrid|location=Lahore|isbn=978-9698799571|edition=1st}}</ref> The entire Qur'an thus emerges as a well-connected and systematic book.<ref>{{Citation
 | contribution = Islahi, Amin Ahsan
 | year = 2003
 | editor-link = John Esposito
 | title = [[The Oxford Dictionary of Islam]]
 | editor-last = Esposito
 | editor-first = John
 | publisher = [[Oxford University Press]]
 | isbn = 0-19-512558-4
 | contribution-url = http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/article/opr/t125/e1086 }}</ref> Each division has a distinct theme. Topics within a division are more or less in the order of revelation. Within each division, each member of the pair complements the other in various ways. The seven divisions are as follows:

{|class="wikitable"
! Group !! From !! To !! Central theme
|-
| 1 || [[Al-Fatiha]] {{qref|1|1|b=y|s=y}} || [[Al-Ma'ida]] {{qref|5|120|b=y|s=y}} || [[Sharia|Islamic law]]
|-
| 2 || Al-An'am {{qref|6|1|b=y|s=y}} || [[At-Tawba]] {{qref|9|129|b=y|s=y}} || The consequences of denying [[Muhammad]] for the [[polytheists]] of [[Mecca]]
|-
| 3 || [[Yunus (sura)|Yunus]] {{qref|10|1|b=y|s=y}} || [[An-Nur]] {{qref|24|64|b=y|s=y}} || Glad tidings of Muhammad's domination
|-
| 4 || [[Al-Furqan]] {{qref|25|1|b=y|s=y}} || [[Al-Ahzab]] {{qref|33|73|b=y|s=y}} || Arguments on the prophethood of Muhammad and the requirements of faith in him
|-
| 5 || [[Saba (sura)|Saba]] {{qref|34|1|b=y|s=y}} || [[Al-Hujraat]] {{qref|49|18|b=y|s=y}} || Arguments on [[monotheism]] and the requirements of [[faith]] in Allah. 
|-
| 6 || [[Qaf (sura)|Qaf]] {{qref|50|1|b=y|s=y}} || [[At-Tahrim]] {{qref|66|12|b=y|s=y}} || Arguments on [[afterlife]] and the requirements of faith in it
|-
| 7 || [[Al-Mulk]] {{qref|67|1|b=y|s=y}} || [[An-Nas]] {{qref|114|6|b=y|s=y}} || Admonition to the [[Quraysh (tribe)|Quraysh]] about their fate in the Herein and the Hereafter if they deny Muhammad
|}

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://quran.com/6 Quran 6] [[Clear Quran translation]]
* [https://www.islamawakened.com/quran/6/59/ Q6:59], 50+ translations, islamawakened.com

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