سُوْرَةُ الْاَنْعَامِ

Surah Al-An'aam (6) — Ayah 63

The Cattle · Meccan · Juz 7 · Page 135

قُلْ مَن يُنَجِّيكُم مِّن ظُلُمَـٰتِ ٱلْبَرِّ وَٱلْبَحْرِ تَدْعُونَهُۥ تَضَرُّعًا وَخُفْيَةً لَّئِنْ أَنجَىٰنَا مِنْ هَـٰذِهِۦ لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلشَّـٰكِرِينَ ﴿63﴾
Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "Who rescues you from the darkness of the land and the sea (dangers like storms), (when) you call upon Him in humility and in secret (saying): If He (Allâh) only saves us from this (danger), we shall truly be grateful."
قُلْ qul Say
مَن man Who
يُنَجِّيكُم yunajjīkum saves you
مِّن min from
ظُلُمَـٰتِ ẓulumāti darkness[es]
ٱلْبَرِّ l-bari (of) the land
وَٱلْبَحْرِ wal-baḥri and the sea
تَدْعُونَهُۥ tadʿūnahu you call Him
تَضَرُّعًۭا taḍarruʿan humbly
وَخُفْيَةًۭ wakhuf'yatan and secretly
لَّئِنْ la-in If
أَنجَىٰنَا anjānā He saves us
مِنْ min from
هَـٰذِهِۦ hādhihi this
لَنَكُونَنَّ lanakūnanna surely we will be
مِنَ mina from
ٱلشَّـٰكِرِينَ l-shākirīna the grateful ones

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(Ayah 64,63) {قُلْ مَنْ يُّنَجِّيْكُمْ …:} This was the condition of those polytheists who were in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him); in our time, there are many who call themselves Muslims, yet even when caught in difficulty, they call upon others. [ إِنَّا لِلّٰہِ وَ إِنَّا إِلَیْہِ رَاجِعُوْنَ ]

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63. Say, “Who rescues you from the dangers that arise in the darknesses of the land and the sea, (when) you call upon Him humbly and secretly, (saying), ‘If He should save us from this (distress), we will surely be among the grateful [70].’”

[70] That is, whether you are traveling across a sea or are at a place on land, if an incident occurs in which death appears to be staring you in the face, then in such a state of helplessness, sometimes you involuntarily and unconsciously begin to call upon Allah, and at other times you plead to Allah in your heart, supplicating that if Allah saves you from this calamity today, we will surely become obedient to Him. And this is a reality that every person experiences multiple times in their life.