6. [al-Anam, Cattle Mecca 55]

The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:

وَرَبُّكَ الْغَنِيُّ ذُو الرَّحْمَةِ...

6: 133. Thy Lord is Self-sufficient, full of Mercy:

C955. Allah is not dependent on our prayer or service. It is out of His Mercy that He desires our own good.

Any race or people to whom He gives chances should understand that its failure does not affect Allah. He could create others in their place, as He did in times past, and is doing in our own day, if only we had the wit to see it.

...إِن يَشَأْ يُذْهِبْكُمْ وَيَسْتَخْلِفْ مِن بَعْدِكُم مَّا يَشَاء...

if it were His Will, He could destroy you, and in your place appoint whom He will as your successors,

...كَمَآ أَنشَأَكُم مِّن ذُرِّيَّةِ قَوْمٍ آخَرِينَ ﴿١٣٣﴾

even as he raised you up from the posterity of other people.

Other Versions:

6: 133

Asad And your Lord alone is self-sufficient, limitless in His grace…….

Pickthall Thy Lord is the Absolute, the Lord of Mercy. If He will, He can remove you and can cause what He will to follow after you, even as He raised you from the seed of other folk.

Transliteration Wa rabbukal ganiyyu zur rahmah(ti), iy yasya' yuzhibkum wa yastakhlif mim ba'dikum ma_ yasya_'u kama_ ansya'akum min zurriyyati qaumin a_kharin(a).