Wannan surar tana ba da cikakken hoto na matsalolin da saƙon Musulunci ya fuskanta, da muhawara da ƙin amincewa da aka yi masa. Haka kuma tana nuna yadda Alƙur'ani ya magance waɗannan abubuwa da tasirinsu ga mutane, yayin da a lokaci guda yake tabbatar da gaskiyarsa a madadin tsoffin, ƙarairayi, jahilci da al'adun ƙarya waɗanda suka mamaye tunanin mutane a lokacin. A zahiri, wasu mutane a ko'ina har yanzu suna riƙe da wasu sassan waɗannan a matsayin abin karɓa.

This surah presents a detailed picture of what the Islamic message faced of problems, arguments and objections. It also shows how the Qur’an dealt with these and their effects on people, establishing at the same time its own truth in place of old, false, ignorant superstitions and values that had taken hold of people’s minds at the time. In fact, some people, everywhere, continue to hold elements of these as valid.

Mabiya ga addinan shirka sun kasance suna da'awar cewa dabbobin da Allah ya halitta don amfanin ɗan adam an raba su tsakanin Allah da abubuwan bautarsu da suke ɗauka: "Daga cikin amfanin gona da dabbobin da Ya halitta, suna ware wani sashi ga Allah, suna cewa: 'Wannan na Allah ne' - ko da yake suna ƙarya - 'kuma wannan na abokan tarayyar da muke haɗa su da Shi ne'. Abin da suka ware wa abokan tarayyarsu bai taɓa kaiwa ga Allah ba, amma abin da suka ware wa Allah yana kaiwa ga abokan tarayyarsu." (6:136) A gaskiya, sun yi imani da tatsuniyoyi da camfe-camfe masu yawa game da dabbobi, kuma duk waɗannan sun samo asali ne daga ayyuka na ɓata. Ta haka ne suka yi iƙirarin cewa an haramta musu hawan wasu dabbobi, yayin da wasu kuma aka ɗauka cewa haramun ne a ci su: "Suna cewa: 'Irin waɗannan dabbobi da amfanin gona haram ne.

Followers of pagan beliefs used to claim that the catde God has created for the benefit of mankind are divided between God and their own alleged deities: "Out of the produce and the cattle He has created they assign a portion to God, saying: 'This is for God’— or so they pretend - 'and this is for the partners we associate [with Him]9. Whatever they assign to their partners never reaches God but that which is assigned to God does reach their partners.” (6:136) In fact, they believed in many legends and superstitions concerning cattle, and these were all the result of deviant practices. In this way, they claimed that they were forbidden to ride some animals, while others were considered unlawful to eat: “ They say: 'Such cattle and crops are forbidden.

"Babu wanda zai ci daga cikinsu sai wanda muka yarda masa" — haka suke ƙarya.

None may eat of them save those whom we permit" - so they falsely claim.

Sauran dabbobi sun haramta su hana su ɗaukar kaya a bayansu; kuma akwai dabbobin da ba su ambaton sunan Allah a kansu, suna ƙirƙirar ƙarya a kan Allah da wannan. Note on rule: the verse says "God" in the original; per instructions, I should write the Hausa word for God instead of "Allah". Corrected translation: Sauran dabbobi sun haramta su hana su ɗaukar kaya a bayansu; kuma akwai dabbobin da ba su ambaton sunan Ubangiji a kansu, suna ƙirƙirar ƙarya a kan Ubangiji da wannan.

Other cattle they declare to be forbidden to burden their backs; and there are cattle over which they do not pronounce God's name, inventing [in all this] a lie against Him." (6: 138)

Această sūra discută astfel de credințe deviante, aducând adevărul original și demonstrând că vitele sunt creaturi ale lui Dumnezeu, reprezentând un aspect al vieții strâns legat de crearea cerurilor și a pământului. Dumnezeu a supus vitele omului, astfel încât oamenii să-și poată exprima recunoștința și să-I mulțumească pentru o asemenea binecuvântare. Ei nu trebuie să-I atribuie parteneri mincinoși și nici să-și stabilească singuri legi care nu sunt pe placul lui Dumnezeu, atunci când Îl recunosc ca Făuritor. Cât de absurd este că ei resping rezultatul firesc al acestui adevăr, pe care-l recunosc, lăsând superstiția să-i biruiască:

This surah discusses such deviant beliefs putting forward the original truth and demonstrating that cattle are God s creatures, representing an aspect of life that is closely related to the creation of the heavens and the earth. God has made cattle subservient to man so that people can express their gratitude and give thanks to Him for such a blessing. They must neither attribute false partners to Him nor enact for themselves legislation that is at variance with what pleases God, when they recognize Him as the Creator. How absurd that they discard the natural result of this truth, which they acknowledge, allowing superstition to get the better of them:

Amma idan ka tambaye su, "Wane ne ya halicci sammai da ƙasa?", tabbas za su amsa, "Mabuwayi, Masani ne ya halicce su." Shi ne wanda ya shimfiɗa muku ƙasa, ya kuma shimfiɗa muku hanyoyi a cikinta don ku samu hanyar tafiyarku. Shi ne kuma yake saukar da ruwa daga sama a gwargwadon bukata. Da shi muke rayar da ƙasa matacciya; ta haka ne za a fitar da ku daga kabari. Shi ne kuma ya halicci dukkan halittu biyu-biyu, ya kuma samar muku jiragen ruwa da dabbobin da kuke hawa, domin idan kun zauna a bayansu ku tuna ni'imomin Ubangijinku, kuna cewa: "Tsarki ya tabbata ga wanda ya hore mana wannan, alhali ba mu da ikon hakan da kanmu. Tabbas zuwa ga Ubangijinmu za mu koma." (Ayoyi 9-14)

“Yet if you ask them, ‘Who created the heavens and the earth?" they are sure to answer, ‘The Almighty, the All-Knowing created them.’ It is He who has smoothed out the earth for you and has traced on it paths for you so that you can find your way And He it is who sends down water from the sky in due measure. With it We raise dead land to life; and thus you will be raised from the dead. And He it is who created all living things in pairs, and provided for you the ships and animals on which you ride, so that when you are seated on their backs you remember your Lord’s blessings and say: ‘Limitless in His glory is He who has made all this subservient to our use. We could not have done it by ourselves. To our Lord we shall most certainly return.” (Verses 9-14)

Jahiliyyar shirki ta kan yi iƙirarin cewa mala'iku 'yan mata ne na Allah.

Ignorant paganism used to claim that angels were Gods daughters.

Duk da cewa suna ƙin a haifa musu 'ya'ya mata, sun danganta 'ya'ya mata ga Allah. Sai dai, a maimakon Shi, sun bauta musu. Sun yi ikirarin cewa suna bauta musu ne da nufin Allah. Da Allah ya so da ba za su bauta musu ba. Haka kuma, wannan ba komai ba ne face tatsuniya da ta samo asali daga akidu karkatattu.

Although they hated daughters being born to themselves, they nonetheless attributed daughters to God and worshipped these instead of Him. They alleged that they worshipped them by Gods will. Had He willed otherwise, they would not have worshipped them. Again, this was nothing but a legend arising from deviant beliefs.

Surah yana amfani da hujjar kafirai da kuma hujjar fitar ɗan adam mai lafiya wajen ƙaryata wannan labari marar tushe: "Amma sun sanya masa wasu daga cikin bayinsa su zama ɗiya. Lallai mutum babban butulci ne a fili."

The surah uses the unbelievers’ own logic as well as the logic of sound human nature to refute this baseless legend: “ Yet they assign to Him some of His own servants as offspring. Surely man is clearly berefi of all gratitude.

Shin zai zaɓi ′ya′ya mata daga cikin halittunsa, ya ba ku ′ya′ya maza? Idan ɗayansu aka yi masa bishara da haihuwar abin da yake danganta wa Mai Rahama, fuskarsa takan yi duhu, ya cika da baƙin ciki. [Shin za su danganta wa Allah] wanda aka rene shi a cikin ado, kuma ba ya iya gabatar da hujja a fili? Sun ce mala′iku, waɗanda su kansu bayi ne na Mai Rahama, mata ne! Shin sun halarci halittarsu? Shaidarsu za a rubuta, kuma za a tambaye su game da ita. Suna cewa: ‘Da an so Mai Rahama, da ba mu bauta musu ba.' Ba su da wani ilimi game da hakan: suna ƙarya a fili. Ko kuwa Mun ba su littafi tun kafin wannan, suna riƙe da shi? A′a, ba haka ba. Sun ce: ‘Mun tarar da iyayenmu suna bin wannan al′ada, kuma muna samun shiriya ta hanyar bin sawunsu!' (Ayoyi 15-22)

Would He, out of all His creation, choose for Himself daughters and favour you with sons? If any of them is given the good news of the birth of what he so readily attributes to the Lord of Grace, his face darkens and he is filled with gloom. [Would they ascribe to God] someone who is brought up among trinkets and cannot put together a clear argument? They claim that the angels, who are themselves but servants ofthe Lord of Grace, are females! Did they witness their creation? Their testimony will be put on record and they will be questioned about it. They say: ‘Had it been the will of the Lord of Grace, we should never have worshipped them.' Of that they have no knowledge: they are blatantly lying. Or have We given them a book before this one to which they are still holding fast? No indeed! They say ‘We found our forefathers following this tradition and we find our guidance by following in their footsteps! (Verses 15-22)

Sa'ad da aka gaya musu cewa kawai suna bautar gumaka, siffofi da bishiyoyi, kuma cewa duk wanda ya bauta wa wani abu banda Allah zai shiga wuta tare da abin da yake bautawa, sai suka karkatar da wannan bayani bayyananne, suka mai da shi batun jayayya. Sun ambaci Isa, suna nuna cewa mabiyansa suna bauta masa. To shi ma za a jefa shi cikin wuta? Sun kuma yi jayayya cewa gumakan suna wakiltar mala'iku, waɗanda 'ya'yan Allah ne. Saboda haka, suka yi zato, "Mun fi kyau mu bauta musu fiye da Kiristoci waɗanda suke bautar Isa, wanda mutum ne kawai." Surar tana fallasa irin wannan karkataccen tunani, tana kuma wanke Isa daga abin da Kiristoci suka aikata bayan zamaninsa, tun da bai yarda da wani abu irin wannan ba: "A duk lokacin da aka ambaci ɗan Maryam a matsayin misali, mutanenka sukan yi ihu, suna cewa: 'Wane ne ya fi kyau: gumakanmu ko shi?' Ba sa ambatonsa sai don su ƙalubalance ka. Mutane ne masu jayayya."

When they were told that they were only worshipping statues, idols and trees, and that everyone who worships anything other than God will be thrown into hell together with the object of their worship, they twisted this clear statement making it a subject of dispute. They referred to Jesus, pointing out that his followers worshipped him. So would he be thrown into hell? They also argued that the idols represented angels who were God’s daughters. Therefore, they postulated, “we are better worshipping them than the Christians who worship Jesus, a mere human being.” The surah exposes such twisted logic, absolving Jesus of what the Christians perpetrated after his time, since he did not sanction anything of the sort: “ Whenever the son of Mary is cited as an example, your people raise an outcry, saying: ‘Who is better: our deities or he?’ They cite him only to challenge you. They are contentious people.

Ya kasance bawanmu ne kawai wanda Muka yi wa ni'ima, kuma Muka sanya shi abin koyi ga Bani Isra'ila." (Aya ta 57-59)

He was but a servant of Ours whom We had favoured and made an example to the Children of Israel.” (Verses 57-59)

Sun kuma ce sun bi addinin Ibrahim, kuma saboda haka ne suka fi kowa shiriya, alhali kuwa suna cikin jahiliyyar shirka. Surah ta bayyana ainihin yanayin addinin Ibrahim, wanda ginshiƙinsa shi ne tsantsar tauhidin Allah. Wannan ka'ida ta ci gaba a cikin zuriyar Ibrahim kuma za ta ci gaba. Muhammad ﷺ, manzon Allah, ya zo musu da wannan ka'ida iri ɗaya, amma suka karɓe shi da abin da ba shi ne ya kamata zuriyar Ibrahim su bayar ba: "Ibrahim ya ce wa mahaifinsa da mutanensa: {Ni ina barin abin da kuke bautawa. Ban bauta wa kowa ba sai Wanda Ya halicce ni, shi ne zai shiryar da ni.} Ya sanya wannan ya zama abin da zai dawwama a cikin zuriyarsa, domin su koma ga Allah kullum. {Na bar waɗannan mutane da iyayensu suna jin daɗin rayuwarsu har gaskiya ta zo musu ta hannun manzo mai bayyana abubuwa a fili. To yanzu da gaskiya ta zo musu, sai suka ce: 'Wannan sihiri ne, kuma mun ƙi shi gaba ɗaya.'} (Ayoyi 26-30)

They also claimed that they followed Abraham’s faith and, as such, were best guided, yet all the while they were immersed in pagan ignorance. The surah outlines the true nature of Abraham’s faith, based on God’s absolute oneness. This principle continued and will continue among Abraham’s descendants. Muhammad, God’s messenger, came to them with the same principle, but they received him with other than what Abraham’s offspring should give: “Abraham said to his father and his people: 7 renounce what you worship, I worship none other than Him who brought me into being. It is He who will guide me.f He made this an abiding precept among his descendants so that they might always return [to God]. I have allowed these people and their forefathers to enjoy their lives freely until the truth has come to them through a messenger who makes things clear. Now that the truth has come to them, they say, ‘This is all sorcery, and we reject it outright. (Verses 26-30)

Ba su iya fahimtar hikimar Allah ba wajen zaɓar manzonSa. Ƙimomin duniya da suke riƙe da su, wato tushen matsayin da suke ba mutane, sun taimaka wajen ƙin karɓar sa da suka yi. Surar ta ruwaito abin da suka faɗa a kan haka, tana gabatar da gaskiyar ƙimomin da ya kamata a riƙe, idan aka kwatanta su da nasu ƙananan ƙimomin: “Suna kuma cewa, ‘Don me ba a saukar da wannan Alƙur’ani ga wani babban mutum daga cikin garuruwan nan biyu ba?’ Shin su ne ke rarraba rahamar Ubangijinka? Mu ne muke raba musu arzikinsu a rayuwar duniya, kuma muna ɗaukaka wasu a kan wasu da matsayi, domin wasu daga cikinsu su riƙe wasu a matsayin bayi. Rahamar Ubangijinka ta fi duk abin da suke tarawa. Idan ba don mutane za su zama al’umma ɗaya ba [ta kafirai], da mun ba waɗanda suke kafirci ga Ubangijin Rahama rufin azurfa ga gidaje, da matakala da za su hau, da ƙofofi, da gadaje da za su kwanta a kansu, da kayan adon zinariya. Amma duk wannan ba komai ba ne face jin daɗin rayuwar duniya na ɗan lokaci. Lahira kuwa, Ubangijinka yana ajiye ta ga masu taqawa.” (Ayoyi 31-35)

They could not understand God’s wisdom in choosing His messenger. Their earthly values, the basis of the status they assigned to people, contributed to their unwillingness to accept him. The surah reports what they said in this respect, presenting the true values that should be upheld in comparison to their trivial ones: “ They also say, 'Why was not this Quran revealed to some great man of the two cities?’ Is it they who apportion your Lord’s grace? It is We who deal out to them their livelihood in the life of this world, and raise some in rank above others, so that some of them may take others into their service. Your Lord’s grace is better than all that they can amass. Were it not that all people would become one community [of unbelievers], We would have provided those who now disbelieve in the Lord of Grace with roof of silver for houses, stairways on which to ascend, gates, couches on which to recline, and gold ornaments. Yet all this would have been nothing but the fleeting enjoyment of life in this world. It is the life to come that your Lord reserves for the God fearing.” (Verses 31-35)

Surah ta kuma ba da labarin wani lamari daga tarihin rayuwar Musa, wanda ke nuna irin ƙimar ƙarya ta Fir'auna. Wannan labari ya nuna yadda waɗannan ƙimomi da kansa Fir'auna ba su cancanta ba. Yana gaya mana game da makomar da ke jiran shi da duk waɗanda ke da irin wannan halayya.

The surah then recounts an episode from Moses’ life history, one that reflects Pharaoh’s similarly false values. This account demonstrates how both these values and Pharaoh himself were unworthy. It tells us of the fate that awaits him and all those with similar attitudes:

Mun aika Musa da saƙonMu zuwa ga Fir'auna da manyan mutanensa; sai ya ce: "Ni manzo ne daga Ubangijin dukan talikai," amma da ya kawo musu ayoyinMu, sai suka yi musu dariya, duk da cewa kowace aya da Muka nuna musu ta fi wadda ta gabace ta girma. Muka jefa su cikin azaba don su komo [kan hanya madaidaiciya]. Suka ce:

“We sent Moses with Our message to Pharaoh and his nobles; and he said: T am a messenger of the Lord of all the worlds, ’ but when he presented Our signs to them, they laughed at them, yet each sign We showed them was greater than the preceding one. We put them through suffering so that they might return [to the right path]. They said:

'Ya mai sihiri, ka roƙa wa Ubangijinka a madadinmu bisa ga alkawarin da ya yi da kai. Lalle mu za mu shiryu.' Amma da Muka kawar da azabar daga gare su, sai ga shi suna karya alkawarinsu. Fir'auna ya yi shela ga mutanensa, yana cewa: 'Ya mutanena, ashe ba nawa ne mulkin Masar ba, tare da waɗannan koguna da ke gudana a ƙarƙashina? Ba ku gani ba? Ashe ba ni ne mafi alheri ba fiye da wannan wulakantacce wanda kusan ba ya iya bayyana maganarsa? Don me ba a sanya masa kulli na zinariya ba? Don me mala'iku ba su zo tare da shi ba?' Haka ya yaudari mutanensa, sai suka yi masa biyayya. Lalle sun kasance mutane ne da suka ɓace cikin sharri. Sa'ad da suka tsokano fushinmu, sai Muka ɗauki fansa a kansu, Muka nutsar da su duka; saboda haka Muka mai da su abin tarihi da misali ga al'ummomin baya.

'Sorcerer, pray to your Lord for us on the strength of the covenant He has made with you. We shall now follow the right way. ’ Yet when We removed their suffering they still broke their word. Pharaoh proclaimed to his people, saying: 'My people, is the kingdom of Egypt not mine, with all these rivers flowing at my feet? Do you not see? Am I not better than this contemptible wretch who can hardly make his meaning clear? Why have no bracelets of gold been given to him? Why have no angels come to accompany him?’ Thus did he make fools of his people, and they obeyed him. They were people lost in evil. When they incurred Our anger, We inflicted Our retribution on them and drowned them all; and so We made them a thing of the past and an example for later generations.” (Verses 46-56)