سورة الاٴنعَام
Surah Al-An‘âm 6:65
The Cattle · Verse 65 of 165
قُلْ هُوَ الْقَادِرُ عَلَىٰ أَنْ يَبْعَثَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابًا مِنْ فَوْقِكُمْ أَوْ مِنْ تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِكُمْ أَوْ يَلْبِسَكُمْ شِيَعًا وَيُذِيقَ بَعْضَكُمْ بَأْسَ بَعْضٍ ۗ انْظُرْ كَيْفَ نُصَرِّفُ الْآيَاتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَفْقَهُونَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
Say, `He has power to send upon you a calamity from above and from beneath your feet or He may throw you into confusion by making you confront with conflicting parties, and make you taste the dissension (and violence) of one another.´ Behold! how We explain Our Messages in different ways so that they may give thought.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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.
Ahmed Ali
Say: "He has power to send you retribution from the skies above, or the earth beneath your feet, or confound you with divisions among you, and give one the taste of the vengeance of the other." See, how distinctly We explain Our signs that they may understand.
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Ali Unal
Say: "He it is Who has the power to send punishment upon you from above you or from beneath your feet, or to confound you by splitting you into hostile groups and make you taste the violence of one another. Look, how We set out the signs (of God’s Existence and Unity and other truths of faith) in diverse ways, so that they may ponder and penetrate the essence of matters to grasp the truth.
Daryabadi
Say thou: He is Able to stir up torment on you from above you or from beneath your feet or to confound you by factions and make you taste the violence of one anot her. Behold! how variously We propound the signs that haply they may understand.
Faridul Haque
Say, “He is Able to send punishment upon you from above you or from beneath your feet, or to cause you to fight each other by dividing you into different groups, and make you taste the harshness of one another”; observe how We explain the verses so that they may understand.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Say: He has the power to send on you a chastisement from above you or from beneath your feet, or to throw you into confusion, (making you) of different parties, and make some of you taste the violence of others. See how We repeat the messages that they may understand!
Maulvi Sher Ali
Say, `HE has the power to send punishment upon you from above you or from beneath your feet, or to confound you by splitting you into sects and make you taste the violence of one another. See how WE expound the Signs in various ways that they may understand !
Muhammad Asad
Say: "It is He alone who has the power to let loose upon you suffering from above you or from beneath your feet, or to confound you with mutual discord and let you taste the fear of one another."
Muhammad Musin Khan
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.
Muhammad Pickthall
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.
Muhammad Sarwar
Say, "God has the power to send torment on you from above or below your feet, or to divide you into different groups quite hostile to one another, and make you suffer from each other's animosity." Consider how plainly We show them a variety of evidence (of the Truth) so that they may have understanding.
Muhammed ali Shakir
Say: He has the power that He should send on you a chastisement from above you or from beneath your feet, or that He should throw you into confusion, (making you) of different parties; and make some of you taste the fighting of others. See how We repeat the communications that they may understand.
Rashad Khalifa
Say, "He is certainly able to pour upon you retribution from above you, or from beneath your feet. Or He can divide you into factions and have you taste each others' tyranny. Note how we explain the revelations, that they may understand."
Shabbir Ahmed
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 of one another. (Violation of His laws can inflict you from the top in the form of tyrannical rule, or from the bottom in the form of popular rebellion. You could then divide into hateful parties, and taste smite of one another.) Note how We use Tasreef, explaining Our verses from various vantage points, that men and women may understand.
Commentary 6:65 “Calamity from above” عَذَابًا مِّن فَوْقِكُمْ signifies storms, famines, earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, torrential rains, blizzards, punishment at the…
قُلْ هُوَ الْقَادِرُ عَلَىٰ أَن يَبْعَثَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابًا مِّن فَوْقِكُمْ أَوْ مِن تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِكُمْ أَوْ يَلْبِسَكُمْ شِيَعًا وَيُذِيقَ بَعْضَكُم بَأْسَ بَعْضٍ
6:65 “Calamity from above” عَذَابًا مِّن فَوْقِكُمْ signifies storms, famines, earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, torrential rains, blizzards, punishment at the hands of corrupt leaders, or tyrants of nations. Punishments مِن تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِكُمْ “from beneath your feet” signify droughts, diseases, pestilence, violent revolts against the rulers, or punishment at the hands of servants (Ibn ‘Abbâs, Râzî). The third type of punishment is in the form of civil unrest, discord, disunity and dissension, which sometimes provokes civil wars. All these forms of punishment are under the control of Allâh and He alone has the power to send down punishment. The Holy Prophets opponents witnessed the three forms of punishments. The punishment from above in the form of a storm was witnessed in the Battle of the Confederates, when the army of the enemy took flight because of a storm. The punishment from beneath was in the form of drought that brought great affliction upon the Pagans for seven years, and at the same time they were experienced the third type of punishment as they suffered defeats and losses at the hands of the Muslims in the battles, which they themselves started.