سُوْرَةُ الْاَنْعَامِ
Surah Al-An'aam (6) — Ayah 137
وَكَذَٰلِكَ زَيَّنَ لِكَثِيرٍ مِّنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ قَتْلَ أَوْلَـٰدِهِمْ شُرَكَآؤُهُمْ لِيُرْدُوهُمْ وَلِيَلْبِسُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ دِينَهُمْ ۖ وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَا فَعَلُوهُ ۖ فَذَرْهُمْ وَمَا يَفْتَرُونَ ﴿137﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And so to many of the Mushrikûn (polytheists - see V.2:105) their (Allâh’s so-called) "partners" have made fair-seeming the killing of their children, in order to lead them to their own destruction and cause confusion in their religion. And if Allâh had willed, they would not have done so. So leave them alone with their fabrications.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَكَذَٰلِكَ
wakadhālika
And likewise
زَيَّنَ
zayyana
made pleasing
لِكَثِيرٍۢ
likathīrin
to many
مِّنَ
mina
of
ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ
l-mush'rikīna
the polytheists
قَتْلَ
qatla
(the) killing
أَوْلَـٰدِهِمْ
awlādihim
(of) their children
شُرَكَآؤُهُمْ
shurakāuhum
their partners
لِيُرْدُوهُمْ
liyur'dūhum
so that they may ruin them
وَلِيَلْبِسُوا۟
waliyalbisū
and that they make confusing
عَلَيْهِمْ
ʿalayhim
to them
دِينَهُمْ ۖ
dīnahum
their religion
وَلَوْ
walaw
And if
شَآءَ
shāa
(had) willed
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
مَا
mā
not
فَعَلُوهُ ۖ
faʿalūhu
(would) they have done so
فَذَرْهُمْ
fadharhum
So leave them
وَمَا
wamā
and what
يَفْتَرُونَ
yaftarūna
they invent
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
137. 1. This is a reference to their burying their daughters alive or offering them as sacrifices to idols.
137. 2. That is, to mix shirk into their religion.
137. 3. That is, if Allah had taken away their freedom of will and choice through His authority and power, then surely they would not have done the deeds mentioned above. But doing so would have been compulsion, in which there could be no test for man, whereas Allah wants to test man by giving him freedom of will and choice. Therefore, Allah did not enforce compulsion.
137. 2. That is, to mix shirk into their religion.
137. 3. That is, if Allah had taken away their freedom of will and choice through His authority and power, then surely they would not have done the deeds mentioned above. But doing so would have been compulsion, in which there could be no test for man, whereas Allah wants to test man by giving him freedom of will and choice. Therefore, Allah did not enforce compulsion.
