(Chapter - 6) Which was Revealed in Makkah The Virtue of Surat Al-An`am and When it Was Revealed All Praise is Due to Allah for His Glorious Ability and Great Power Threatening the Idolators for their Stubbornness Censuring the Rebellious and their Refusal to Accept Human Messengers Allah is the Creator and the Sustainer Allah is the Irresistible, Able to Bring Benefit and Protect from Harm People of the Book Recognize the Prophet Just as They Recognize Their Own Children The Polythiests Shall be Questioned About the Shirk They Committed The Miserable Do Not Benefit from the Qur'an Wishes and Hopes Do Not Help One When He Sees the Torment Allah describes the regret of the disbelievers when facing Him, and their disappointment at the commencement, along with their sorrow for not performing good deeds and for their evil deeds. Comforting the Prophet The Idolators Ask for a Miracle The Meaning of Umam The Disbelievers will be Deaf and Mute in Darkness The Idolators Call On Allah Alone During Torment and Distress The Messenger Neither has the Key to Allah's Treasures, Nor Knows the Unseen Prohibiting the Messenger from Turning the Weak Away and the Order to Honor Them The Prophet Understands What He Conveys; Torment is in Allah's Hands Not the Prophet's Only Allah Knows the Unseen The Servants are in Allah's Hands Before and After Death Allah's Compassion and Generosity, and His Power and Torment Another Hadith Another Hadith The Invitation to the Truth is Guidance Without Coercion The Prohibition of Sitting with Those Who Deny and Mock Allah's Ayat The Parable of Those Who Revert to Disbelief After Faith and Good Deeds As-Sur; The Trumpet Ibrahim Advises his Father Tawhid Becomes Apparent to Ibrahim Prophet Ibrahim Debates with his People Shirk is the Greatest Zulm (Wrong) Ibrahim Receives the News of Ishaq and Ya`qub During His Old Age Qualities of Nuh and Ibrahim Shirk Eradicates the Deeds, Even the Deeds of the Messengers The Messenger is but a Human to Whom the Book was Revealed by Inspiration None is Worse Than One who Invents a Lie Against Allah and Claims that Revelation Came to Him The Condition of These Unjust People Upon Death and on the Day of Resurrection Recognizing Allah Through Some of His Ayat Rebuking the Idolators Meaning of Badi` Allah is Your Lord The Meaning of Basa'ir The Command to Follow the Revelation The Prohibition of Insulting the False gods of the Disbelievers, So that they Do not Insult Allah Asking for Miracles and Swearing to Believe if They Come Every Prophet Has Enemies Most People are Misguided Allowing What was Slaughtered in the Name of Allah The Prohibition of what was Slaughtered in other than Allah's Name The Devil's Inspiration Giving Preference to Anyone's Saying Over the Legislation of Allah is Shirk The Parable of the Disbeliever and the Believer Evil Plots of the Leaders of the Criminals and their Subsequent Demise The Disbelievers Admit to the Prophet's Nobility of Lineage The Wrongdoers Are the Supporters of Each other Chastising the Jinns and Humans after their Admission that Allah Sent Messengers to Them If They Disobey, They Will Perish Some Acts of Shirk Shaytan Lured the Idolators to Kill Their Children The Idolators Forbade Certain Types of Cattle Allah says that those who committed these evil acts have earned the loss of this life and the Hereafter. Allah Created the Produce, Seed Grains and Cattle Prohibiting Extravagance Benefits of Cattle Eat the Meat of These Cattle, But Do Not Follow Shaytan's Law Concerning Them These Ayat demonstrate the ignorance of the Arabs before Islam. Forbidden Things Foods that were Prohibited for the Jews Because of their Transgression The Tricks of the Jews, and Allah's Curse A False Notion and its Rebuttal Ten Commandments Shirk is Forbidden The Order for Kindness to Parents Killing Children is Forbidden The Prohibition of Unjustified Killing The Prohibition of Consuming the Orphan's Property The Command to Give Full Measure and Full Weight with Justice The Order for Just Testimony Fulfilling the Covenant of Allah is an Obligation The Command to Follow Allah's Straight Path and to Avoid All Other Paths Praising the Tawrah and the Qur'an The Qur'an is Allah's Proof Against His Creation The Disbelievers Await the Commencement of the Hereafter, or Some of its Portents Criticizing Division in the Religion The Good Deed is Multiplied Tenfold, While the Sin is Recompensed with the Same Islam is the Straight Path The Command for Sincerity in Worship Islam is the Religion of all Prophets The Command to Sincerely Trust in Allah Every Person Carries His Own Burden Allah Made Mankind Dwellers on the earth, Generation After Generation, of Various Grades, in order to Test Them 7. Al-A'raf (Chapter - 7) Which was revealed in Makkah Nations that were destroyed The Meaning of weighing the Deeds All Bounties in the Heavens and Earth are for the Benefit of Mankind Prostration of the Angels to Adam and Shaytan's Arrogance Iblis was the First to use Qiyas (Analogical Comparison) Shaytan's Deceit with Adam and Hawwa' and Their eating from the Forbidden Tree Sending Them All Down to Earth Bestowing Raiment and Adornment on Mankind Warning against the Lures of Shaytan Disbelievers commit Sins and claim that Allah commanded Them to do so! Allah does not order Fahsha', but orders Justice and Sincerity The Meaning of being brought into Being in the Beginning and brought back again Allah commands taking Adornment when going to the Masjid Prohibiting Extravagance Allah refutes those who prohibit any type of food, drink or clothes according to their own understanding, without relying on what Allah has legislated, Fahishah, Sin, Transgression, Shirk and Lying about Allah are prohibited Idolators enjoy Their destined Share in This Life, but will lose Their Supporters upon Death People of the Fire will dispute and curse Each Other Allah mentioned what He will say to those who associate others with Him, invent lies about Him, and reject His Ayat, Doors of Heaven shall not open for Those Who deny Allah's Ayat, and They shall never enter Paradise Destination of Righteous Believers People of Hellfire will feel Anguish upon Anguish The People of Al-A`raf The Favors of paradise are Prohibited for the People of the Fire The Idolators have no Excuse The Universe was created in Six Days Meaning of Istawa The Day and the Night are among the Signs of Allah Encouraging supplicating to Allah Forbidding Aggression in Supplications The Prohibition of causing Mischief in the Land Among Allah's Signs, He sends down the Rain and brings forth the Produce The Story of Nuh and His People The Story of Hud, Peace be upon Him, and the Lineage of the People of `Ad The Land of `Ad Debate between Hud and his People Allah mentions the rebellion, defiance and stubbornness of Hud's people, and their opposition to him, peace be upon him, The End of `Ad Story of the Emissary of `Ad Thamud: Their Land and Their Lineage The Story of Prophet Salih and Thamud Thamud asked that a Camel appear from a Stone, and it did Thamud kills the She-Camel The Wicked Ones Plot to Kill Prophet Salih, But the Torment descended on Them The Story of Prophet Lut, upon Him be Peace, and His People Allah says, We saved Lut and his family, for only his household believed in him. Story of Shu`ayb, upon him be Peace, and the Land of Madyan Prophet Shu`ayb forbade his people from setting up blockades on the roads, saying, Allah describes the way the disbelievers answered His Prophet Shu`ayb and those who believed in him, by threatening them with expulsion from their village, or with forceful reversion to the disbeliever's religion. Afflictions that struck Earlier Nations Blessings come with Faith, while Kufr brings Torment Ibn `Abbas commented on Allah's statement, Story of Prophet Musa, upon him be Peace, and Fir`awn Fir`awn's People say that Musa is a Magician! The Magicians convene and change Their Ropes into Snakes before Musa Musa defeats the Magicians, Who believe in Him Fir`awn threatens the Magicians after They believed in Musa and Their Response to Him Fir`awn vows to kill the Children of Israel, Who complain to Musa; Allah promises Them Victory Fir`awn and His People suffer Years of Drought Allah punishes the People of Fir`awn because of Their Rebellion The People of Fir`awn drown in the Sea; the Children of Israel inherit the Holy Land The Children of Israel safely cross the Sea, but still held on to the Idea of Idol Worshipping Reminding the Children of Israel of Allah's Blessings for Them Musa fasts and worships Allah for Forty Days Musa asks to see Allah Allah chooses Musa and gives Him the Tablets Arrogant People will be deprived of Allah's Ayat Story of worshipping the Calf Musa picked up the Tablets when His Anger subsided Seventy Men from the Children of Israel go for the appointed Meeting Place that Allah designated, Allah later on destroys Them Allah's Mercy is for Those Who have Taqwa and believe in Allah's Ayat and His Messenger The Description of that Messenger Muhammad's Message is Universal The Jews transgress the Sanctity of the Sabbath Those Who breached the Sabbath were turned into Monkeys, but Those Who prohibited Their Actions were saved Eternal Humiliation placed on the Jews The Children of Israel scatter throughout the Land Raising Mount Tur over the Jews, because of Their Rebellion The Covenant taken from the Descendants of Adam Story Bal`am bin Ba`ura Disbelief and the Divine Decree Allah's Most Beautiful Names The Last Hour and its Portents The Messenger does not know the Unseen, and He cannot bring Benefit or Harm even to Himself All Mankind are the Offspring of Adam Idols do not create, help, or have Power over Anything Showing Forgiveness The Whispering of Shaytan and the People of Taqwa A Brethren of Devils among Mankind lure to Falsehood Idolators ask to witness Miracles The Order to listen to the Qur'an Remembering Allah in the Mornings and Afternoons