Al-Qur'an Surah Al-An'am Verse 162

Mufti Taqi Usmani

Say, “My prayer, my offering, my life and my death are for Allah, the Lord of all the worlds.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Say, “Surely my prayer, my worship, my life, and my death are all for Allah—Lord of all worlds.

Ruwwad Translation Center

Say, “Indeed, my prayer, my sacrifice, my living and my dying are all for Allah, Lord of the worlds.

A. J. Arberry

Say: 'My prayer, my ritual sacrifice, my living, my dying -- all belongs to God, the Lord of all Being.

Abdul Haleem

Say, ‘My prayers and sacrifice, my life and death, are all for God, Lord of all the Worlds;

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Say thou: verily my prayer and my rites and my living and my dying are all for Allah, Lord of the worlds.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Say; "Truly, my prayer and my service of sacrifice, my life and my death, are (all) for Allah, the Cherisher of the Worlds;

Abul Ala Maududi

Say: 'Surely my Prayer, all my acts of worship, and my living and my dying are for Allah alone, the Lord of the whole universe.

Ahmed Ali

Tell them: "My service and sacrifice, my life and my death, are all of them for God, the creator and Lord of all the worlds.

Ahmed Raza Khan

Say, “Undoubtedly my prayers and my sacrifices, and my living and my dying are all for Allah, the Lord Of The Creation.”

Ali Quli Qarai

Say, ‘Indeed my prayer and my worship, my life and my death are for the sake of Allah, the Lord of all the worlds.

Ali Ünal

Say: "My Prayer, and all my (other) acts and forms of devotion and worship, and my living and my dying are for God alone, the Lord of the worlds.

Amatul Rahman Omar

Say, `Surely, my Prayer and my sacrifice and my living and my dying are (all) for the sake of Allâh, the Lord of the worlds.

English Literal

Say: "That my prayers and my rituals or methods of worship , and my life, and my death/time of death, (is) to the creations altogether`s/(universes`) Lord."

Faridul Haque

Say, “Undoubtedly my prayers and my sacrifices, and my living and my dying are all for Allah, the Lord Of The Creation.”

Hamid S. Aziz

Say, "Verily, my worship and my sacrifice, and my living and my dying belong to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds.

Hilali & Khan

Say (O Muhammad SAW): "Verily, my Salat (prayer), my sacrifice, my living, and my dying are for Allah, the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinns and all that exists).

Maulana Mohammad Ali

Say: As for me, my Lord has guided me to the right path -- a right religion, the faith of Abraham, the upright one, and he was not of the polytheists.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

Say. Surely my prayer and my sacrifice and my life and my death are (all) for Allah, the Lord of the worlds;

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Say: Lo! my worship and my sacrifice and my living and my dying are for Allah, Lord of the Worlds.

Muhammad Sarwar

Say, "My prayer, sacrifice, life, and death are all for God, the Lord of the Universe.

Qaribullah & Darwish

Say: 'My prayers and my worship (for example, pilgrimage and sacrifice), my life and my death, are all for Allah, the Lord of the Worlds.

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

Say: "Verily, my Salah, my sacrifice, my living, and my dying are for Allah, the Lord of all that exists."

Wahiduddin Khan

Say, "My prayer and my sacrifice and my life and my death are all for God, the Lord of the worlds;

Talal Itani

Say, “My prayer and my worship, and my life and my death, are devoted to God, the Lord of the Worlds.

Tafsir jalalayn

Say; `My prayer and my rituals, my devotions, in the way of pilgrimage and otherwise, and my living, my life, and my dying, my death, are all for God, the Lord of the Worlds.

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

Say;"Verily, my Salah, my sacrifice, my living, and my dying are for Allah, the Lord of the all that exists."

Allah commands the Prophet to inform the idolators who worship other than Allah and sacrifice to something other than Him, that he opposes them in all this, for his prayer is for Allah, and his rituals are in His Name alone, without partners.

Allah said in a similar statement,

فَصَلِّ لِرَبِّكَ وَانْحَرْ

Therefore turn in prayer to your Lord and sacrifice. (108;2)

meaning, make your prayer and sacrifice for Allah alone.

As for the idolators, they used to worship the idols and sacrifice to them, so Allah commanded the Prophet to defy them and contradict their practices. Allah, the Exalted, commanded him to dedicate his intention and heart to being sincere for Him alone.

Mujahid commented,
إِنَّ صَلَتِي وَنُسُكِي
(Verily, my prayer and my Nusuk...),

refers to sacrificing during Hajj and Umrah.

لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ

وَبِذَلِكَ أُمِرْتُ وَأَنَاْ أَوَّلُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ