136 Page Notes

06 Surah Al-Anam (continued)

Page 136 - Related Hadith/Sunnah

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Translation of the meaning by Sahih International.

Page 136 - Related Hadiths and Sunnah

Page 136 of the Quran contains Surah Al-An'am (The Cattle), verses 69 through 73. This section outlines the boundaries of religious responsibility, warns against treating faith as a trivial game, commands the performance of regular prayer (Salah), and details the grand cosmic events of the Day of Judgment, including the blowing of the Trumpet (Sur).

The Sunnah and classical Hadiths provide direct legal applications, contextual definitions, and graphic descriptions of the events mentioned in these verses.

1. Accountability and Isolating Mockery (Verse 69)

"And those who fear Allah are not held accountable for the disbelievers at all, but [only for] a reminder that perhaps they may fear Him." (6:69)

• Clarification of Legal Scope: This verse immediately qualifies the command given on the previous page (verse 68), which ordered Muslims to walk away from gatherings where Islam was being mocked. The early companions were worried they would be held spiritually guilty for the continuous sins of the pagans around them. Verse 69 sets a vital legal boundary: a believer's job is simply to give a reminder (Dhikra) when safe and capable; they bear zero sin for the stubbornness or disbelief of others.

• The Sunnah of Individual Responsibility: This completely aligns with the foundational rule the Prophet ﷺ taught regarding personal accountability.

  • Hadith Source: During his famous Farewell Sermon (Khutbah al-Wada'), the Prophet ﷺ declared:
    "Behold, no transgressor commits a crime except against his own soul. A father is not held accountable for the crime of his son, nor is a son held accountable for the crime of his father." (Jami' at-Tirmidhi, Book 31, Hadith 2159; graded Sahih).

2. Faith Reduced to Play and Amusement (Verse 70)

"And leave those who take their religion as amusement and diversion and whom the worldly life has deluded. And remind with it [i.e., the Quran] lest a soul be given up to destruction for what it earned..." (6:70)

• The Concept of Ibsal (Destruction): The Arabic word Tubsal used here means to be completely surrendered, locked away, or held hostage by one's own sins, leaving the soul with no protector or intercessor except Allah.

• Hadith Correlation (The Ultimate Bankrupt Person): The Prophet ﷺ graphically explained how a person’s worldly neglect and mistreatment of faith leads directly to this state of being held hostage by sins on the Day of Judgment.

  • Hadith Source: The Prophet ﷺ once asked his companions: "Do you know who the bankrupt person (Muflis) is?" They said: "The one who has no money or property." The Prophet ﷺ corrected them, saying:
    "The bankrupt of my Ummah is the one who comes on the Day of Resurrection with prayer, fasting, and charity, but he comes having insulted this person, slandered that person, consumed the wealth of this person, shed the blood of that person, and beaten that person. So his good deeds will be given to them, and if his good deeds run out before his account is settled, their sins will be cast upon him, and he will be thrown into the Hellfire." (Sahih Muslim, Book 45, Hadith 2581). This is the exact practical reality of a soul being destroyed by what it earned.

3. The Command to Pray and Fear Allah (Verse 72)

"And to establish prayer and fear Him." And it is He to whom you will be gathered." (6:72)

• Salah as the Defining Pillar: Amidst arguments against idolatry, Allah highlights establishing prayer (Iqamat as-Salah) as the ultimate tool for maintaining consciousness of Him (Taqwa).

• Hadith Source: The Sunnah defines Salah as the primary filter on the Day of Gathering. The Prophet ﷺ stated:
  "The first matter that the slave will be brought to account for on the Day of Judgment is the prayer. If it is sound, then the rest of his deeds will be sound. And if it is bad, then the rest of his deeds will be bad." (Sunan At-Tabarani, authenticated in Sahih al-Jami' by Al-Albani, Hadith 2573).

4. The Cosmic Blowing of the Trumpet (Verse 73)

"And it is He who created the heavens and the earth in truth. And the day He says, 'Be,' and it is, His word is the truth. And His is the dominion on the Day the Horn is blown..." (6:73)

This verse concludes page 136 by highlighting the sovereignty of Allah on the Day the Sur (Horn/Trumpet) is sounded to initiate the Day of Judgment. The Sunnah provides specific descriptions of this instrument and the angel responsible for it.

• What is the Sur?

  • Hadith Source: A Bedouin man came to the Prophet ﷺ and asked: "O Messenger of Allah, what is the Sur?" The Prophet ﷺ replied simply and physically:
    "It is a horn into which the breath is blown." (Jami' at-Tirmidhi, Book 47, Hadith 3244; Sunan Abi Dawud, Hadith 4742; graded Sahih).

• The Readiness of Angel Israfil:
  The Prophet ﷺ lived with an acute awareness of how close this event was, modeling an intense focus on the afterlife that defined his Sunnah.

  • Hadith Source: The Prophet ﷺ once remarked to his companions:
    "How can I enjoy myself when the Angel of the Horn (Israfil) has put the horn to his lips, tilted his ear, and is waiting for the command to blow so that he may blow?"

  • The companions were shaken and asked: "O Messenger of Allah, what should we say?" He instructed them to say:
    "Hasbunallahu wa ni'mal Wakeel, 'alallahi tawakkalna" (Allah is sufficient for us, and He is the best Disposer of affairs, upon Allah we rely). (Jami' at-Tirmidhi, Book 37, Hadith 2431; graded Sahih).

References

• Abu Dawud, S. (n.d.). Sunan Abi Dawud. Kitab al-Sunnah (Book of the Sunnah).

• At-Tirmidhi, M. (n.d.). Jami' at-Tirmidhi. Kitab Sifat al-Qiyamah (Book on the Description of Judgment Day).

• Ibn Kathir, I. O. (2000). Tafsir al-Quran al-Azim (Vol. 3, Commentary on Surah Al-An'am). Dar Taybah.

• Muslim, I. H. (n.d.). Sahih Muslim. Kitab al-Birr wa al-Silah (Book of Virtue, Good Manners).