After the dense and intense content of sūras 2–5, Sūra 6 seems positively peaceful. Instead of a militant leader who must be obeyed, here the messenger is only a warner. Instead of being a community of “believers” that dominates other faith communities, here the messenger and his followers seem themselves to be embattled, and the messenger needs reassurance.
In fact, this sūra seems to be a completely different kind of literature than the four preceding sūras. From this point on, the reader will notice a number of abrupt shifts from peaceful material to battle scenes and back again. This simple observation of change has been acknowledged by Muslims since the earliest commentaries. Muslim scholars accounted for the differences – especially with regard to violence – by asserting that the two kinds of literature were recited by the same person in different phases of his career.
The sūra begins with verses that draw attention to the “signs” of the Creator’s presence and power. This kind of material takes up a significant proportion of the sūra, and it is also an important component of a long series of sūras starting with Sūra 10. However, this positive proclamation is evidently not readily received. Instead, the listeners ignore the signs and call the recitations a lie. Frequently the sūra seems to present the actual objections and questions of the audience and then specifies the words that the messenger should say in reply. Furthermore, the sūra encourages the messenger at a number of points, including when he is mocked.

6.1 – Praise (be) to God, who created the heavens and the earth
Allah’s creation of the world is one of the most important “signs” (āyāt) of his presence and power, according to this passage (vv. 1–3). The Quran contains many similar passages about the Creator, often beautifully expressed.