Chapter 6 of the Quran (105) Allah’s Mercy to pious and sinner is alike

If they deny you O Muhammad regarding the prohibitions that Allah described to you say: Your Lord is a Lord of all-embracing mercy towards the pious and sinner alike, in that He defers torment to the Afterlife. And His torment will never be withdrawn from the unbelievers.

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In the previous articles, the pre-Islamic Arabs used to follow as rules the Satan’s footsteps in respect to the lawful and unlawful food.

The Arabs in some occasions used to forbid eating the male sheep, goat, camel and cow and they sometimes forbid eating the female sheep, goat, camel and cow; they believed that Allah commanded to do that.

The Prophet Muhammad told them that Allah did not command such rules.

An unbeliever man asked: “Let me hear from you, O Muhammad, why our forefathers forbade them”.

The Prophet Muhammad told him that the forbidden food are the carrion, the flesh of swine, the blood poured forh and anything that has been hallowed to other than Allah and has been slaughtered in the name of someone else.

However, the unbelievers denied the Prophet Muhammad

Ayah 6:147 says:

So if they give the lie to you O Muhammad regarding the prohibitions that Allah described to you say: Your Lord is a Lord of all-embracing mercy towards the pious and sinner alike, in that He defers torment to the next life, the Afterlife.

And His wrath and His torment will never be withdrawn from the guilty folk, the idolaters, the unbelievers.

So, if they deny you, with regard to what you have brought, then say to them: ‘Your Lord has all-embracing mercy, for He does not hasten to bring about your punishment.

Herein is a gentle summoning of them to the faith.

Also, it is an indirect warning of Allah’s might and His chastisement, when it comes, will never be driven back from the sinning folk.

In Hadith Qudsi, Allah, Exalted is He, said according to the phrasing of the Prophet Muhammad:

Make whoever turns his back on you desirous of me, for anyone who is desirous of me is actually desirous of you, no other. Furthermore, give them hope of my mercy and do not cut your heart off from them, say, “Your Lord has all-encompassing mercy.

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The verse 6:147 in different translations

QARIB:

If they belie you, say: ‘your lord is the owner of all encompassing mercy, but his might cannot be withheld from the nation, the evildoers. ‘

SHAKIR:

But if they give you the lie, then say: your lord is the lord of all-encompassing mercy; and his punishment cannot be averted from the guilty people

PICKTHAL:

So if they give the lie to thee (Muhammad), say: your lord is a lord of all-embracing mercy, and his wrath will never be withdrawn from guilty folk.

YUSUFALI:

If they accuse thee of falsehood, say: “your lord is full of mercy all-embracing; but from people in guilt never will his wrath be turned back.