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ʾa-wa-lam yaraw ʾannā khalaqnā lahum mimmā ʿamilat ʾaydīnā ʾanʿāman fa-hum lahā mālikūna
Have they not seen that We have created for them—of what Our hands have worked—cattle, so they have become their masters?
— Ali Quli Qarai
36Yā-SīnيسVerse 71 of 83
Ya-Sin36. Yā-Sīnيس
Yā Sīn
Ya Sin
MeccanVerse 71 of 83
Surah Ya-Sin - Verses 71-72
71. “Have they not seen that We have created for them of that Our hands wrought cattle that of them they own?”
72. “And then (the cattle) We have subdued to them, and some of them they ride upon, and some of them they eat.”
In order to recognize the Power of Allah, men can take help by nothing to the animals which are always available for him almost every where. Again in these verses the Qur’an returns to the subject of Monotheism and polytheism and, after counting some signs of the greatness of Allah in the life of men, and removing their needs from the side of Allah, it points to the weakness and inability of idols and, in a clear comparison, it makes manifest the truthfulness of the line of monotheism and falseness of the line of polytheism.
At first, it says:
Then, in the next verse it implies that in order that they can enjoy these cattle well Allah has subdued them to them so that not only they ride upon them but also they eat from them. It says:
If cow and sheep were not tamed, the door of the world of dairy products, which have many benefits for man, would be shut to him, and if all animals were wild, many of the journeys could not be performed. Both the earth:
and animals are subdued:
But man, who is in need of both of them is disobedient:
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