Sura Fatir

35:1. All praise belongs to Allah, the Originator of the heavens and the earth, the Maker of the angels as messengers who fly on wings with two, three or four (pairs). He increases in creation whatever He wishes. Indeed, Allah is All-Capable of everything.

الحمد لله فاطر السماوات والأرض جاعل الملائكة رسلا أولي أجنحة مثنى وثلاث ورباع يزيد في الخلق ما يشاء إن الله على كل شيء قدير

35:2. Whatever mercy Allah opens for the people, there is none to withhold it. And whatever He withholds, there is none to release it after Him. And He is the All-Mighty, the All-Wise.

ما يفتح الله للناس من رحمة فلا ممسك لها وما يمسك فلا مرسل له من بعده وهو العزيز الحكيم

35:3. O humankind! Remember Allah’s blessing upon you. Is there any Creator other than Allah who may provide you (sustenance) from the heavens and the earth? There is no god except Him. So, how can you be so deluded?

يا أيها الناس اذكروا نعمت الله عليكم هل من خالق غير الله يرزقكم من السماء والأرض لا إله إلا هو فأنى تؤفكون

35:4. If they deny you, indeed (other) messengers were (also) denied before you. And (in the end) all matters are returned to Allah.

وإن يكذبوك فقد كذبت رسل من قبلك وإلى الله ترجع الأمور

35:5. O humankind! Indeed, Allah’s promise is true. Therefore, let not the worldly life deceive you, nor let the Deceiver deceive you regarding Allah.

يا أيها الناس إن وعد الله حق فلا تغرنكم الحياة الدنيا ولا يغرنكم بالله الغرور

35:6. Indeed, Satan is your enemy. So, treat him as an enemy. He only invites his followers so that they may become the inhabitants of the Blaze.

إن الشيطان لكم عدو فاتخذوه عدوا إنما يدعوا حزبه ليكونوا من أصحاب السعير

35:7. (As for) the disbelievers, there is a severe punishment for them. But (as for) those who believe and perform righteous deeds, they shall have forgiveness and a great reward.

الذين كفروا لهم عذاب شديد والذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات لهم مغفرة وأجر كبير

35:8. Is someone whose evil conduct is made so appealing to him that he regards it as good (like the rightly guided and virtuous conduct)? Indeed, Allah leaves to stray whoever He wills and guides whoever He pleases. So do not let your soul waste away in grief for them. Surely, Allah is All-Knowing of what they do.

أفمن زين له سوء عمله فرآه حسنا فإن الله يضل من يشاء ويهدي من يشاء فلا تذهب نفسك عليهم حسرات إن الله عليم بما يصنعون

35:9. It is Allah Who sends the winds, and they cause clouds to rise (together). Then We drive it towards a dead land to water it. Then, with it, We revive the earth after its death. Similar will be the resurrection (of the dead).

والله الذي أرسل الرياح فتثير سحابا فسقناه إلى بلد ميت فأحيينا به الأرض بعد موتها كذلك النشور

35:10. Whoever seeks honour, then (let him know that) all honour belongs to Allah. The good words ascend to Him alone, and He uplifts the righteous deed. As for those who plot evil deeds, they will suffer a severe punishment. And the plotting of such people will surely perish.

من كان يريد العزة فلله العزة جميعا إليه يصعد الكلم الطيب والعمل الصالح يرفعه والذين يمكرون السيئات لهم عذاب شديد ومكر أولئك هو يبور

35:11. Allah created you from dust, then from a fertilised egg (i.e. a zygote ), and then He made you mates (i.e. males and females). And no female conceives or delivers except with His knowledge. No older person advances in age, nor is anything decreased from his life, but it is (all recorded) in a Book. That is indeed easy for Allah.

* See footnote of verse 16:4

والله خلقكم من تراب ثم من نطفة ثم جعلكم أزواجا وما تحمل من أنثى ولا تضع إلا بعلمه وما يعمر من معمر ولا ينقص من عمره إلا في كتاب إن ذلك على الله يسير

35:12. The two seas are not equal: This one is sweet, satisfying and delicious to drink, and the other is salty and bitter. Yet from each of them, you eat fresh meat and extract ornaments you wear. And you see the ships cleaving through it so that you may seek His grace and perhaps be grateful (to Him).

وما يستوي البحران هذا عذب فرات سائغ شرابه وهذا ملح أجاج ومن كل تأكلون لحما طريا وتستخرجون حلية تلبسونها وترى الفلك فيه مواخر لتبتغوا من فضله ولعلكم تشكرون

35:13. He causes the night to merge into the day and causes the day to merge into the night. And He has subjected the sun and the moon, each orbiting for a specified term. That is Allah, your Lord! All sovereignty belongs to Him. And those (idols) you worship besides Him do not control even the skin of a date stone.

يولج الليل في النهار ويولج النهار في الليل وسخر الشمس والقمر كل يجري لأجل مسمى ذلكم الله ربكم له الملك والذين تدعون من دونه ما يملكون من قطمير

35:14. (O polytheists!) If you call upon them, they cannot hear your call. And if they were to hear, they could not respond to you. And on the Day of Resurrection, they will deny your ascribing partners to Allah. And no one can inform you like the One Who is All-Aware.

إن تدعوهم لا يسمعوا دعاءكم ولو سمعوا ما استجابوا لكم ويوم القيامة يكفرون بشرككم ولا ينبئك مثل خبير

35:15. O humankind! You are the ones in need of Allah. And Allah is the One Who is the All-Sufficient, the All-Praiseworthy.

يا أيها الناس أنتم الفقراء إلى الله والله هو الغني الحميد

35:16. If He wills, He could eliminate you and bring a new creation.

إن يشأ يذهبكم ويأت بخلق جديد

35:17. And that is no great matter for Allah.

وما ذلك على الله بعزيز

35:18. No bearer will bear the burden of another. And if a heavily burdened soul calls (another) to carry its burden, none of its load will be carried, even if he were a close relative. You can only warn those who fear their Lord in private and maintain the prayer. Whoever purifies himself only purifies for his own sake. And to Allah is the eventual return.

ولا تزر وازرة وزر أخرى وإن تدع مثقلة إلى حملها لا يحمل منه شيء ولو كان ذا قربى إنما تنذر الذين يخشون ربهم بالغيب وأقاموا الصلاة ومن تزكى فإنما يتزكى لنفسه وإلى الله المصير

35:19. The blind and the seeing are not equal,

وما يستوي الأعمى والبصير

35:20. nor the darkness and the light,

ولا الظلمات ولا النور

35:21. nor the shade and the heat,

ولا الظل ولا الحرور

35:22. nor are the living equal to the dead. Indeed, Allah makes whoever He pleases to hear, and you cannot make those in the graves hear.*

* Here, the words ‘man fi al-qubur’ (those in the graves) allude to the disbelievers. It means you are not responsible for making the disbelievers accept your call. The leading exegetes have reported that the Companions and the Followers narrated the same meaning. References: Tafsir al-Baghawi, Zad al-Masir, Tafsir al-Qurtubi, Tafsir al-Khazin, Tafsir Ibn Kathir, Tafsir al-Lubab, al-Durr al-Manthur and Fath al-Qadir.

وما يستوي الأحياء ولا الأموات إن الله يسمع من يشاء وما أنت بمسمع من في القبور

35:23. You are only a warner.

إن أنت إلا نذير

35:24. We have sent you with the truth as a conveyor of glad tidings and a warner. And there was not a nation, but a warner had gone among them.

إنا أرسلناك بالحق بشيرا ونذيرا وإن من أمة إلا خلا فيها نذير

35:25. And if they deny you, those before them had also denied (likewise), (when) their messengers brought them clear proofs, divine scriptures and the enlightening Book.

وإن يكذبوك فقد كذب الذين من قبلهم جاءتهم رسلهم بالبينات وبالزبر وبالكتاب المنير

35:26. Then I seized the disbelievers (with the torment). So, how severe was My response?

ثم أخذت الذين كفروا فكيف كان نكير

35:27. Do you not see that Allah sends down rain from the sky with which We produce fruits of various colours? In the mountains are streaks of white, red, and diverse shades, and others intensely black.

ألم تر أن الله أنزل من السماء ماء فأخرجنا به ثمرات مختلفا ألوانها ومن الجبال جدد بيض وحمر مختلف ألوانها وغرابيب سود

35:28. And among humans, beasts and cattle are also diverse colours. Indeed, only the knowledgeable among His servants fear Allah. Indeed, Allah is All-Mighty, Most-Forgiving.

ومن الناس والدواب والأنعام مختلف ألوانه كذلك إنما يخشى الله من عباده العلماء إن الله عزيز غفور

35:29. Surely, those who recite the Book of Allah, establish prayer and spend secretly and openly from what We have provided them hope for a trade that will never perish,

إن الذين يتلون كتاب الله وأقاموا الصلاة وأنفقوا مما رزقناهم سرا وعلانية يرجون تجارة لن تبور

35:30. so that He may pay them their rewards in full and increase them out of His grace. Indeed, He is Most-Forgiving, Most-Appreciative.

ليوفيهم أجورهم ويزيدهم من فضله إنه غفور شكور

35:31. The Book which We have revealed to you is the truth, confirming what was (revealed) before it. Indeed, Allah is All-Aware (and) All-Seeing of His servants.

والذي أوحينا إليك من الكتاب هو الحق مصدقا لما بين يديه إن الله بعباده لخبير بصير

35:32. Then We made heirs to the Book those We chose from Our servants. Yet among them are some who wrong themselves, some who are average (in rank) and some who are foremost in virtuous deeds by Allah’s will. That is the greatest grace.

ثم أورثنا الكتاب الذين اصطفينا من عبادنا فمنهم ظالم لنفسه ومنهم مقتصد ومنهم سابق بالخيرات بإذن الله ذلك هو الفضل الكبير

35:33. (There will be) the Gardens of Eternity, which they will enter, where they will be adorned with bracelets of gold and pearls, and their clothing therein will be of silk.

جنات عدن يدخلونها يحلون فيها من أساور من ذهب ولؤلؤا ولباسهم فيها حرير

35:34. And they will say: ‘All praise belongs to Allah, Who has removed all sorrow from us. Indeed, our Lord is Most-Forgiving, Most-Appreciative,

وقالوا الحمد لله الذي أذهب عنا الحزن إن ربنا لغفور شكور

35:35. Who has settled us in the everlasting home by His grace, wherein no exertion will touch us, nor any fatigue will befall us.’

الذي أحلنا دار المقامة من فضله لا يمسنا فيها نصب ولا يمسنا فيها لغوب

35:36. As for the disbelievers, they will have the Fire of Hell. They will neither be done away with so that they may die nor shall its punishment be lightened for them. Thus, We retribute every ungrateful person.

والذين كفروا لهم نار جهنم لا يقضى عليهم فيموتوا ولا يخفف عنهم من عذابها كذلك نجزي كل كفور

35:37. And there (in Hell), they shall cry: ‘Our Lord, take us out (from here and send us back). We will act righteously, different from what we used to do (before).’ (They will be told:) ‘Did We not grant you long enough life during which whoever wanted to seek advice might reflect? And (moreover,) the Warner had also come to you. Now taste (the consequence of your deeds). So, the wrongdoers shall have no helpers.

وهم يصطرخون فيها ربنا أخرجنا نعمل صالحا غير الذي كنا نعمل أولم نعمركم ما يتذكر فيه من تذكر وجاءكم النذير فذوقوا فما للظالمين من نصير

35:38. Indeed, Allah is the Knower of the Unseen of the heavens and the earth. He is undoubtedly All-Knowing of the things (hidden) in the breasts.

إن الله عالم غيب السماوات والأرض إنه عليم بذات الصدور

35:39. He is the One Who made you successors (of the former peoples) on the earth. So, whoever disbelieves is to face the consequences of his disbelief. The denial of the disbelievers increases nothing for them in the sight of their Lord except (His) displeasure. And the denial of the disbelievers adds nothing to them except loss.

هو الذي جعلكم خلائف في الأرض فمن كفر فعليه كفره ولا يزيد الكافرين كفرهم عند ربهم إلا مقتا ولا يزيد الكافرين كفرهم إلا خسارا

35:40. Say: ‘Have you considered your partners whom you worship besides Allah? Show me what part of the earth they have created, or do they have any share in the heavens? Have We given them any scripture so that they may rely upon its evidence? Instead, the wrongdoers promise each other nothing but delusion.’

قل أرأيتم شركاءكم الذين تدعون من دون الله أروني ماذا خلقوا من الأرض أم لهم شرك في السماوات أم آتيناهم كتابا فهم على بينة منه بل إن يعد الظالمون بعضهم بعضا إلا غرورا

35:41. Allah (alone) sustains the heavens and the earth lest they fall apart. And if they were to fall apart, none could hold them except Him. Indeed, He is All-Forbearing, Most Forgiving.

إن الله يمسك السماوات والأرض أن تزولا ولئن زالتا إن أمسكهما من أحد من بعده إنه كان حليما غفورا

35:42. They swore by Allah with their solemn oaths that if a warner were to come to them, they would surely be better guided than any of the nations. Yet when a warner came to them, it increased them in nothing but aversion.

وأقسموا بالله جهد أيمانهم لئن جاءهم نذير ليكونن أهدى من إحدى الأمم فلما جاءهم نذير ما زادهم إلا نفورا

35:43. (They started) behaving more arrogantly in the land and intensifying (their) evil schemes. But evil plotting rebounds only on those who devise it. So, do they await anything except the earlier people’s precedent (of destruction)? You will never find any change in Allah’s practice nor see any diversion in Allah’s course.

استكبارا في الأرض ومكر السيئ ولا يحيق المكر السيئ إلا بأهله فهل ينظرون إلا سنت الأولين فلن تجد لسنت الله تبديلا ولن تجد لسنت الله تحويلا

35:44. Have they not travelled across the earth so they may observe what the end of those (destroyed) before them was? They were far superior to them in might. And Allah is not such that anything in the heavens or the earth could frustrate Him. Indeed, He is All-Knowing, All-Capable.

أولم يسيروا في الأرض فينظروا كيف كان عاقبة الذين من قبلهم وكانوا أشد منهم قوة وما كان الله ليعجزه من شيء في السماوات ولا في الأرض إنه كان عليما قديرا

35:45. If Allah were to punish people (at once) for what they have earned, He would not have left a single living being on earth. But He grants them respite till a specified term. And when their time arrives, Allah is All-Seeing of (every action of) His servants.

ولو يؤاخذ الله الناس بما كسبوا ما ترك على ظهرها من دابة ولكن يؤخرهم إلى أجل مسمى فإذا جاء أجلهم فإن الله كان بعباده بصيرا