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Sura 6
Aya 1

Chapter 6

Cattleal-Anʿām ( الأنعام )

165 verses • revealed at Meccan

»The surah that debunks as a mere forgery against the Law of God the forbidden practices of Pre-Islamic Arabia with regard to the sacrifice, distribution, and consumption of Cattle—and all such systems that arbitrarily impose upon people meaningless sacrifices, offerings, and prohibitions in the name of ungodly ideas and lifeless idols, which lead invariably to the impoverishment of women and the poor, and the institutionalization, thereby, of infanticide. It takes its name from “the cattle” (al-anʿām) mentioned in verse 136 ff. which deal with pagan superstitions and certain regulations related to cattle. The surah in its entirety makes plain that it is God who creates, controls, and sees everything, and that it is to Him that we turn in times of need. Thus it gives a lengthy refutation of the idolaters” claims.«

The surah is also known as The Livestock

بِسمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحمٰنِ الرَّحيمِ

André Chouraqui: Au nom d’Allah, le Matriciant, le Matriciel.

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الحَمدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذي خَلَقَ السَّماواتِ وَالأَرضَ وَجَعَلَ الظُّلُماتِ وَالنّورَ ۖ ثُمَّ الَّذينَ كَفَروا بِرَبِّهِم يَعدِلونَ

André Chouraqui

Traditionnellement, cette sixième sourate de cent soixante-cinq versets, proclamés à La Mecque, à l’exception des versets 20, 23, 91, 141, 151, 152, 153 qui le furent à Médine, doit son titre aux versets 136, 138, 139, 142, 143, 144 relatifs aux troupeaux mentionnés incidemment ou à cause des coutumes particulières propres aux Mekkois.
Elle aurait été proclamée après la sourate 15, constituant chronologiquement la cinquante-cinquième sourate du Coran.
La désirance d’Allah ! Il crée les ciels et la terre, il met les ténèbres et la lumière, mais ceux qui effacent leur Rabb dévient.