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6:111

۞وَلَوۡ أَنَّنَا نَزَّلۡنَآ إِلَيۡهِمُ ٱلۡمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَ وَكَلَّمَهُمُ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ وَحَشَرۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ كُلَّ شَيۡءٖ قُبُلٗا مَّا كَانُواْ لِيُؤۡمِنُوٓاْ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ يَجۡهَلُونَ

Walaw annana nazzalna ilayhimu almalaikata wakallamahumu almawta wahasharna AAalayhim kulla shayin qubulan ma kanoo liyuminoo illa an yashaa Allahu walakinna aktharahum yajhaloona

And even if We had sent down to them the angels [with the message] and the dead spoke to them [of it] and We gathered together every [created] thing in front of them, they would not believe unless Allah should will. But most of them, [of that], are ignorant.

Word by word
  1. ۞وَلَوۡAnd (even) if
  2. أَنَّنَا[that] We (had)
  3. نَزَّلۡنَآ[We] sent down
  4. إِلَيۡهِمُto them
  5. ٱلۡمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَthe Angels
  6. وَكَلَّمَهُمُand spoken to them
  7. ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰthe dead
  8. وَحَشَرۡنَاand We gathered
  9. عَلَيۡهِمۡbefore them
  10. كُلَّevery
  11. شَيۡءٖthing
  12. قُبُلٗاface to face
  13. مَّاnot
  14. كَانُواْthey were
  15. لِيُؤۡمِنُوٓاْto believe
  16. إِلَّآunless
  17. أَن[that]
  18. يَشَآءَwills
  19. ٱللَّهُAllah
  20. وَلَٰكِنَّBut
  21. أَكۡثَرَهُمۡmost of them
  22. يَجۡهَلُونَ(are) ignorant
Al-An'am · 6:111Makkah

Angels, talking dead, the whole world as witness: still no.

Guidance is with Allah, not in the size of the miracle

Even if
angels sent down
the dead speak
all things gatheredtestifying in front of them
still
no beliefunless Allah wills
Where guidance lives
in bigger proofmore miracles
with Allahask Him for it

The deniers had asked to see angels, or Allah Himself, face to face. The verse answers: even if angels came, the dead spoke, and every nation stood up to testify, they would not believe unless Allah willed. Ibn Kathir says this is because guidance is with Allah, not with them.

You think one more lecture, one more book, one perfect argument will finally fix your doubts or your brother's. Arguments help, but hearts are opened by Allah. Ask Him for it directly.

If I just find the perfect argument, belief will follow.

Guidance is a gift from Allah. I seek it, and I ask Him for it.

Try this

Make the dua Allahumma ihdini, O Allah guide me, once with full attention today.

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Tafsir Ibn Kathir

And even if We had sent down unto them angels, and the dead had spoken unto them, and We had gathered together all things before them, they would not have believed, unless Allah willed, but most of them behave ignorantly (111)

Allah says: 'Had We accepted what the disbelievers asked for,' that is – those who swore their strongest oaths by Allah that if a miracle came to them they would believe in it – 'had We sent down angels, ' to convey to them Allah's Message, in order to support the truth of the Messengers, as they asked, when they said,

أَوْ تَأْتِيَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْمَلَائِكَةِ قَبِيلًا

(or you bring Allah and the angels before (us) face to face.)[17:92]

قَالُوا لَن نُّؤْمِنَ حَتَّىٰ نُؤْتَىٰ مِثْلَ مَا أُوتِيَ رُسُلُ اللَّهِ

(They said: "We shall not believe until we receive the like of that which the Messengers of Allah had received.")[6:124] and,

وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ لَا يَرْجُونَ لِقَاءَنَا لَوْلَا أُنزِلَ عَلَيْنَا الْمَلَائِكَةُ أَوْ نَرَىٰ رَبَّنَا لَقَدِ اسْتَكْبَرُوا فِي أَنفُسِهِمْ وَعَتَوْا عُتُوًّا كَبِيرًا

(And those who expect not a meeting with Us said: "Why are not the angels sent down to us, or why do we not see our Lord" Indeed they think too highly of themselves, and are scornful with great pride.)[25:21] Allah said,

وَكَلَّمَهُمُ الْمَوْتَىٰ

(and the dead had spoken unto them,) This is, to inform them of the truth of what the Messengers brought them;

وَحَشَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ قُبُلًا

(and We had gathered together all things before them,) before their eyes, as 'Ali bin Abi Talhah and Al-'Awfi reported from Ibn 'Abbas. This is the view of Qatadah and 'Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam. This Ayah means, if all nations were gathered before them, one after the other, and each one testifies to the truth of what the Messengers came with,

مَّا كَانُوا لِيُؤْمِنُوا إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ 

(they would not have believed, unless Allah willed,) for guidance is with Allah not with them. Certainly, Allah guides whom He wills and misguides whom He wills, and He does what He wills,

لَا يُسْأَلُ عَمَّا يَفْعَلُ وَهُمْ يُسْأَلُونَ

(He cannot be questioned about what He does, while they will be questioned.)[21:23],

This is due to His knowledge, wisdom, power, supreme authority and irresistibility. Similarly, Allah said,

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ حَقَّتْ عَلَيْهِمْ كَلِمَتُ رَبِّكَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ - وَلَوْ جَاءَتْهُمْ كُلُّ آيَةٍ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُا الْعَذَابَ الْأَلِيمَ

(Truly, those, against whom the Word (wrath) of your Lord has been justified, will not believe. Even if every sign should come to them, until they see the painful torment.)[10:96-97]