Surah Al-An'am (الأنعام) • The Cattle

Quran 6:70

6:70

وَذَرِ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ دِينَهُمْ لَعِبًا وَلَهْوًا وَغَرَّتْهُمُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۚ وَذَكِّرْ بِهِۦٓ أَن تُبْسَلَ نَفْسٌۢ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ لَيْسَ لَهَا مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَلِىٌّ وَلَا شَفِيعٌ وَإِن تَعْدِلْ كُلَّ عَدْلٍ لَّا يُؤْخَذْ مِنْهَآ ۗ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُبْسِلُوا۟ بِمَا كَسَبُوا۟ ۖ لَهُمْ شَرَابٌ مِّنْ حَمِيمٍ وَعَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْفُرُونَ

wadhari alladhīna ittakhadhū dīnahum laʿiban walahwan wagharrathumu l-ḥayatu l-dun'yā wadhakkir bihi an tub'sala nafsun bimā kasabat laysa lahā min dūni l-lahi waliyyun walā shafīʿun wa-in taʿdil kulla ʿadlin lā yu'khadh min'hā ulāika alladhīna ub'silū bimā kasabū lahum sharābun min ḥamīmin waʿadhābun alīmun bimā kānū yakfurūna

And leave those who take their religion as amusement and diversion and whom the worldly life has deluded. But remind with it [i.e., the Qur’ān], lest a soul be given up to destruction for what it earned; it will have other than Allāh no protector and no intercessor. And if it should offer every compensation, it would not be taken from it [i.e., that soul]. Those are the ones who are given to destruction for what they have earned. For them will be a drink of scalding water and a painful punishment because they used to disbelieve.

— Saheeh International

Leave to themselves those who take their religion for a mere game and distraction and are deceived by the life of this world, but continue to remind them with the [Quran], lest any soul be damned by what it has done- it will have no one to protect it from God and no one to intercede; whatever ransom it may offer will not be accepted. Such are those who are damned by their own actions: they will have boil-ing water to drink and a painful punishment, because they used to defy [God].

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And leave alone those who take their religion as play and amusement, and whom the life of this world has deceived. But remind (them) with it (the Qur’ân) lest a person be given up to destruction for that which he has earned, when he will find for himself no protector or intercessor besides Allâh, and even if he offers every ransom, it will not be accepted from him. Such are they who are given up to destruction because of that which they have earned. For them will be a drink of boiling water and a painful torment because they used to disbelieve.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 7Page 136meccan

Word by Word

وَذَرِwadhariAnd leave
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ittakhadhūtake
دِينَهُمْdīnahumtheir religion
لَعِبًۭاlaʿiban(as) a play
وَلَهْوًۭاwalahwanand amusement
وَغَرَّتْهُمُwagharrathumuand deluded them
ٱلْحَيَوٰةُl-ḥayatuthe life
ٱلدُّنْيَاۚl-dun'yā(of) the world
وَذَكِّرْwadhakkirBut remind
بِهِۦٓbihiwith it
أَنanlest
تُبْسَلَtub'salais given up to destruction
نَفْسٌۢnafsuna soul
بِمَاbimāfor what
كَسَبَتْkasabatit (has) earned
لَيْسَlaysanot
لَهَاlahā(is) for it
مِنminfrom
دُونِdūnibesides
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
وَلِىٌّۭwaliyyunany protector
وَلَاwalāand not
شَفِيعٌۭshafīʿunany intercessor
وَإِنwa-inAnd if
تَعْدِلْtaʿdilit offers ransom
كُلَّkullaevery
عَدْلٍۢʿadlinransom
لَّاlānot
يُؤْخَذْyu'khadhwill it be taken
مِنْهَآۗmin'hāfrom it
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(are) ones who
أُبْسِلُوا۟ub'silūare given to destruction
بِمَاbimāfor what
كَسَبُوا۟ۖkasabūthey earned
لَهُمْlahumFor them
شَرَابٌۭsharābun(will be) a drink
مِّنْminof
حَمِيمٍۢḥamīminboiling water
وَعَذَابٌwaʿadhābunand a punishment
أَلِيمٌۢalīmunpainful
بِمَاbimābecause
كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
يَكْفُرُونَyakfurūnadisbelieve