Surah Faatir (فاطر)

بِسمِ اللهِ الرَّحمٰنِ الرَّحيمِ

In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

اؘلحَمدُ لِله فاطِرِ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ الاَرضِ جاعِلِ المَلٰٓئِكَةِ رُسُلًا اُوليٓ اَجنِحَةٍ مَثنيٰ وَ ثُلٰثَ وَ رُبٰعَۚ يَزيدُ فِي الخَلقِ ما يَشآءُۚ اِنَّ اللهَ عَليٰ كُلِّ شَيءٍ قَديرٌ1

ALL PRAISE is due to God, Originator of the heavens and the earth, who causes the angels to be (His) message-bearers, endowed with wings, two, or three, or four. [Unceasingly] He adds to His creation whatever He wills: for, verily, God has the power to will anything.

ما يَفتَحِ اللهُ لِلنّاسِ مِن رَحمَةٍ فَلا مُمسِكَ لَها ؗ وَ ما يُمسِك فَلا مُرسِلَ لَهۥ مِن بَعدِهٖۚ وَ هُوَالعَزيزُ الحَكيمُ2

Whatever grace God opens up to man, none can withhold it; and whatever He withholds, none can henceforth release: for He alone is almighty, truly wise.

يٰٓـاَيُّهَا النّاسُ اذكُروا نِعمَتَ اللهِ عَلَيكُمۚ هَل مِن خالِقٍ غَيرُ اللهِ يَرزُقُكُم مِنَ السَّمآءِ وَ الاَرضِۚ لآ اِلٰهَ اِلّا هُوَ ؗ فَاَنّيٰ تُؤفَكونَ3

O men! Call to mind the blessings which God has bestowed upon you! Is there any creator, other than God, that could provide for you sustenance out of heaven and earth? There is no deity save Him: and yet, how perverted are your minds!

وَ اِن يُكَذِّبوكَ فَقَد كُذِّبَت رُسُلٌ مِن قَبلِكَۚ وَ اِلَي اللهِ تُرجَعُ الاُمورُ4

But if they [whose minds are perverted] give thee the lie, [O Prophet, remember that] even so, before thy time, have [other] apostles been given the lie: for [the unbelievers always refuse to admit that] all things go back to God [as their source].

يٰٓـاَيُّهَا النّاسُ اِنَّ وَعدَ اللهِ حَقٌّ ؗ فَلا تَغُرَّنَّكُمُ الحَيوٰةُ الدُّنيا وَ لايَغُرَّنَّكُم بِاللهِ الغَرورُ5

O men! Verily, God’s promise [of resurrection] is true indeed: let not, then, the life of this world delude you, and let not [your own] deceptive thoughts about God delude you!

اِنَّ الشَّيطٰنَ لَكُم عَدُوٌّ فَاتَّخِذوهُ عَدُوًّ اۚ اِنَّما يَدعوا حِزبَهۥ لِيَكونوا مِن اَصحٰبِ السَّعيرِ6

Behold, Satan is a foe unto you: so treat him as a foe. He but calls on his followers to the end that they might find themselves among such as are destined for the blazing flame –

اؘلَّذينَ كَفَروا لَهُم عَذابٌ شَديدٌ ؗ وَ الَّذينَ ءامَنوا وَ عَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ لَهُم مَغفِرَةٌ وَ اَجرٌ كَبيرٌ7

[seeing that] for those who are bent on denying the truth there is suffering severe in store, just as for those who have attained to faith and do righteous deeds there is forgiveness of sins, and a great reward.

اَفَمَن زُيِّنَ لَهۥ سوٓءُ عَمَلِهٖ فَرَءاهُ حَسَنًا ؗ فَاِنَّ اللهَ يُضِلُّ مَن يَشآءُ وَ يَهدي مَن يَشآءُ ؗ فَلا تَذهَب نَفسُكَ عَلَيهِم حَسَرٰتٍۚ اِنَّ اللهَ عَليمٌ بِما يَصنَعونَ8

Is, then, he to whom the evil of his own doings is [so] alluring that [in the end] he regards it as good [anything but a follower of Satan]? For, verily, God lets go astray him that wills [to go astray], just as He guides him that wills [to be guided]. Hence, [O believer,] do not waste thyself in sorrowing over them: verily, God has full knowledge of all that they do!

وَ اللهُ الَّذيٓ اَرسَلَ الرِّيٰحَ فَتُثيرُ سَحابًا فَسُقنٰهُ اِليٰ بَلَدٍ مَيِّتٍ فَاَحيَينا بِهِ الاَرضَ بَعدَ مَوتِهاۚ كَذٰلِكَ النُّشورُ9

AND [remember:] it is God who sends forth the winds, so that they raise a cloud, whereupon We drive it towards dead land and thereby give life to the earth after it had been lifeless: even thus shall resurrection be!

مَن كانَ يُريدُ العِزَّةَ فَلِلّٰهِ العِزَّةُ جَميعًاۚ اِلَيهِ يَصعَدُ الكَلِمُ الطَّيِّبُ وَ العَمَلُ الصّٰلِحُ يَرفَعُهۥۚ وَ الَّذينَ يَمكُرونَ السَّيِّئئاتِ لَهُم عَذابٌ شَديدٌ ؗ وَ مَكرُ اُولئِكَ هُوَيَبورُ10

He who desires might and glory [ought to know that] all might and glory belong to God [alone]. Unto Him ascend all good words, and the righteous deed does He exalt. But as for those who cunningly devise evil deeds - suffering severe awaits them; and all their devising is bound to come to nought.

وَ اللهُ خَلَقَكُم مِن تُرابٍ ثُمَّ مِن نُطفَةٍ ثُمَّ جَعَلَكُم اَزواجًاۚ وَ ما تَحمِلُ مِن اُنثيٰ وَ لاتَضَعُ اِلّا بِعِلمِهٖۚوَ ما يُعَمَّرُ مِن مُعَمَّرٍ وَ لايُنقَصُ مِن عُمُرِهٖٓ اِلّا في كِتٰبٍۚ اِنَّ ذٰلِكَ عَلَي اللهِ يَسيرٌ11

And [remember:] God creates [every one of] you out of dust, then out of a drop of sperm; and then He fashions you into either of the two sexes. And no female conceives or gives birth unless it be with His knowledge; and none that is long-lived has his days lengthened - and neither is aught lessened of his days - unless it be thus laid down in [God’s] decree: for, behold, all this is easy for God.

وَ ما يَستَوِي البَحرانِ هٰذا عَذبٌ فُراتٌ سآئِغٌ شَرابُهۥ وَ هٰذا مِلحٌ اُجاجٌ ؗ وَ مِن كُلٍّ تَأكُلونَ لَحمًا طَرِيًّا وَ تَستَخرِجونَ حِليَةً تَلبَسونَها ؗ وَ تَرَي الفُلكَ فيهِ مَواخِرَ لِتَبتَغوا مِن فَضلِهٖ وَ لَعَلَّكُم تَشكُرونَ12

[Easy is it for Him to create likeness and variety:] thus, the two great bodies of water [on earth] are not alike the one sweet, thirst-allaying, pleasant to drink, and the other salty and bitter: and yet, from either of them do you eat fresh meat, and [from either] you take gems which you may wear; and on either thou canst see ships ploughing through the waves, so that you might [be able to] go forth in quest of some of His bounty, and thus have cause to be grateful.

يولِجُ الَّيلَ فِي النَّهارِ وَ يولِجُ النَّهارَ فِي الَّيلِؗ وَ سَخَّرَ الشَّمسَ وَ القَمَرَ كُلٌّ يَجري لِاَجَلٍ مُسَمًّيۚ ذٰلِكُمُ اللهُ رَبُّكُم لَهُ المُلكُۚ وَ الَّذينَ تَدعونَ مِن دونِهٖ ما يَملِكونَ مِن قِطميرٍ13

He makes the night grow longer by shortening the day, and He makes the day grow longer by shortening the night; and He has made the sun and the moon subservient [to His laws], each running its course for a term set [by Him]. Thus is God, your Sustainer: unto Him belongs all dominion - whereas those whom you invoke instead of Him do not own so much as the husk of a date-stone!

اِن تَدعوهُم لايَسمَعوا دُعآءَكُم وَ لَو سَمِعوا مَا استَجابوا لَكُم ؗ وَ يَومَ القِيٰمَةِ يَكفُرونَ بِشِركِكُمۚ وَ لايُنَبِّئُكَ مِثلُ خَبيرٍ14

If you invoke them, they do not hear your call; and even if they could hear, they would not [be able to] respond to you. And [withal,] on the Day of Resurrection they will utterly disown your having associated them with God. And none can make thee understand [the truth] like the One who is all-aware.

يٰٓـاَيُّهَا النّاسُ اَنتُمُ الفُقَرآءُ اِلَي اللهِؗ وَ اللهُ هُوَ الغَنِيُّ الحَميدُ15

O men! It is you, who stand in need of God, whereas He alone is self-sufficient, the One to whom all praise is due.

اِن يَشَأ يُذهِبكُم وَ يَأتِ بِخَلقٍ جَديدٍ16

If He so wills, He can do away with you and bring forth a new mankind [in your stead]:

وَ ما ذٰلِكَ عَلَي اللهِ بِعَزيزٍ17

nor is this difficult for God.

وَ لاتَزِرُ وازِرَةٌ وِزرَ اُخريٰؗ وَ اِن تَدعُ مُثقَلَةٌ اِليٰ حِملِها لايُحمَل مِنهُ شَيءٌ وَ لَوكانَ ذا قُربيٰٓؕ اِنَّما تُنذِرُ الَّذينَ يَخشَونَ رَبَّهُم بِالغَيبِ وَ اَقامُوا الصَّلوٰةَۚ وَ مَن تَزَكّيٰ فَاِنَّما يَتَزَكّيٰ لِنَفسِهٖۚ وَاِلَي اللهِ المَصيرُ18

AND NO BEARER of burdens shall be made to bear another’s burden; and if one weighed down by his load calls upon [another] to help him carry it, nothing thereof may be carried [by that other], even if it be one’s near of kin. Hence, thou canst [truly] warn only those who stand in awe of their Sustainer although He is beyond the reach of their perception, and are constant in prayer, and [know that] whoever grows in purity, attains to purity but for the good of his own self, and [that] with God is all journeys’ end.

وَ ما يَستَوِي الاَعميٰ وَ البَصيرُ19

For [thus it is:] the blind and the seeing are not equal;

وَ لَاالظُّلُمٰتُ وَ لَا النّورُ20

nor are the depths of darkness and the light;

وَ لَاالظِّلُّ وَ لَاالحَرورُ21

nor the [cooling] shade and the scorching heat:

وَ مايَستَوِي الاَحيآءُ وَ لَا الاَمواتُۚ اِنَّ اللهَ يُسمِعُ مَن يَشآءُ ؗ وَ مآ اَنتَ بِمُسمِعٍ مَن فِي القُبورِ22

and neither are equal the living and the dead [of heart]. Behold, [O Muhammad,] God can make hear whomever He wills, whereas thou canst not make hear such as are [dead of heart like the dead] in their graves:

اِن اَنتَ اِلّا نَذيرٌ23

thou art nothing but a warner.

اِنّآ اَرسَلنٰكَ بِالحَقِّ بَشيرًا وَ نَذيرًاۚ وَ اِن مِن اُمَّةٍ اِلّا خَلافيها نَذيرٌ24

Verily, We have sent thee with the truth, as a bearer of glad tidings and a warner: for there never was any community but a warner has [lived and] passed away in its midst.

وَ اِن يُكَذِّبوكَ فَقَد كَذَّبَ الَّذينَ مِن قَبلِهِم جآءَتهُم رُسُلُهُم بِالبَيِّنٰتِ وَ بِالزُّبُرِ وَ بِالكِتٰبِ المُنيرِ25

And if they give thee the lie - even so gave the lie to the truth [many of] those who lived before their time, [when] there came unto them their apostles with all evidence of the truth, and with books of divine wisdom, and with light-giving revelation;

ثُمَّ اَخَذتُ الَّذينَ كَفَروا ؗ فَكَيفَ كانَ نَكيرِ26

[but] in the end I took to task all those who were bent on denying the truth: and how awesome was My rejection!

اَلَم تَرَ اَنَّ اللهَ اَنزَلَ مِنَ السَّمآءِ مآءً فَاَخرَجنا بِهٖ ثَمَرٰتٍ مُختَلِفًا اَلوانُهاۚ وَ مِنَ الجِبالِ جُدَدٌ بيضٌ وَ حُمرٌ مُختَلِفٌ اَلوانُها وَ غَرابيبُ سودٌ27

ART THOU NOT aware that God sends down water from the skies, whereby We bring forth fruits of many hues - just as in the mountains there are streaks of white and red of various shades, as well as (others) raven-black,

وَ مِنَ النّاسِ وَ الدَّوآبِّ وَ الاَنعامِ مُختَلِفٌ اَلوانُهۥ كَذٰلِكَؕ اِنَّما يَخشَي اللهَ مِن عِبادِهِ العُلَمٰٓـؤُاۚ اِنَّ اللهَ عَزيزٌ غَفورٌ28

and (as) there are in men, and in crawling beasts, and in cattle, too, many hues? Of all His servants, only such as are endowed with [innate] knowledge stand [truly] in awe of God: [for they alone comprehend that,] verily, God is almighty, much-forgiving.

اِنَّ الَّذينَ يَتلونَ كِتٰبَ اللهِ وَ اَقامُوا الصَّلوٰةَ وَ اَنفَقوا مِمّا رَزَقنٰهُم سِرًّا وَ عَلانِيَةً يَرجونَ تِجارَةً لَن تَبورَ29

(It is) they who [truly] follow God’s revelation, and are constant in prayer, and spend on others, secretly and openly, out of what We provide for them as sustenance - it is they who may look forward to a bargain that can never fail,

لِيُوَفِّيَهُم اُجورَهُم وَ يَزيدَهُم مِن فَضلِهٖٓؗ اِنَّهۥ غَفورٌ شَكورٌ30

since He will grant them their just rewards, and give them yet more out of His bounty: for, verily, He is much-forgiving, ever-responsive to gratitude.

وَ الَّذيٓ اَوحَينآ اِلَيكَ مِنَ الكِتٰبِ هُوَالحَقُّ مُصَدِّقًا لِما بَينَ يَدَيهِۚ اِنَّ اللهَ بِعِبادِهٖ لَخَبيرٌ بَصيرٌ31

And [know that] all of the divine writ with which We have inspired thee is the very truth, confirming the truth of whatever there still remains of earlier revelations for, behold, of [the needs of] His servants God is fully aware, all-seeing.

ثُمَّ اَورَثنَا الكِتٰبَ الَّذينَ اصطَفَينا مِن عِبادِنا ؗ فَمِنهُم ظالِمٌ لِنَفسِهٖ وَ مِنهُم مُقتَصِدٌ وَ مِنهُم سابِقٌ بِالخَيرٰتِ بِ‍ـاِذنِ اللهِۚ ذٰلِكَ هُوَالفَضلُ الكَبيرُ32

And so, We have bestowed this divine writ as a heritage unto such of Our servants as We chose: and among them are some who sin against themselves; and some who keep half-way [between right and wrong]; and some who, by God’s leave, are foremost in deeds of goodness: [and] this, indeed, is a merit most high!

جَنّٰتُ عَدنٍ يَدخُلونَها يُحَلَّونَ فيها مِن اَساوِرَ مِن ذَهَبٍ وَ لُؤلُؤًا ؗ وَ لِباسُهُم فيها حَريرٌ33

[Hence,] gardens of perpetual bliss will they enter, therein to be adorned with bracelets of gold and pearls, and therein to be clad in raiments of silk;

وَ قالُوا الحَمدُ لِله الَّذيٓ اَذهَبَ عَنَّا الحَزَنَ ؗ اِنَّ رَبَّنا لَغَفورٌ شَكورٌ34

and they will say: “All praise is due to God, who has caused all sorrow to leave us: for, verily, our Sustainer is indeed much-forgiving, ever-responsive to gratitude –

اؘلَّذيٓ اَحَلَّنا دارَ المُقامَةِ مِن فَضلِهٖ لايَمَسُّنا فيها نَصَبٌ وَ لايَمَسُّنا فيها لُغوبٌ35

He who, out of His bounty, has made us alight in this abode of life enduring, wherein no struggle can assail us, and wherein no weariness can touch us!”

وَ الَّذينَ كَفَروا لَهُم نارُ جَهَنَّمَ لايُقضيٰ عَلَيهِم فَيَموتوا وَ لايُخَفَّفُ عَنهُم مِن عَذابِها ؗ كَذٰلِكَ نَجزي كُلَّ كَفورٍ36

But as for those who are bent on denying the truth - the fire of hell awaits them: no end shall be put to their lives so that they could die, nor shall aught of the suffering caused by that [fire] be lightened for them: thus shall We requite all who are bereft of gratitude.

وَ هُم يَصطَرِخونَ فيها رَبَّنآ اَخرِجنا نَعمَل صٰلِحًا غَيرَ الَّذي كُنّا نَعمَلُۚ اَوَلَم نُعَمِّركُم ما يَتَذَكَّرُ فيهِ مَن تَذَكَّرَ وَ جآءَكُمُ النَّذيرُ ؗ فَذوقوا فَما لِلظٰلِمينَ مِن نَصيرٍ37

And in that [hell] they will cry aloud: “O our Sustainer! Cause us to come out [of this suffering]! We shall [henceforth] do good deeds, not such as we were wont to do [aforetime]!” [But We shall answer:] “Did We not grant you a life long enough so that whoever was willing to take thought could bethink himself? And [withal,] a warner had come unto you! Taste, then, [the fruit of your evil deeds]: for evildoers shall have none to succour them!”

اِنَّ اللهَ عالِمُ غَيبِ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ الاَرضِۚ اِنَّهۥ عَليمٌ بِذاتِ الصُّدورِ38

Verily, God knows the hidden reality of the heavens and the earth: [and,] behold, He has full knowledge of what is in the hearts [of men].

هُوَ الَّذي جَعَلَكُم خَلٰٓئِفَ فِي الاَرضِۚ فَمَن كَفَرَ فَعَلَيهِ كُفرُهۥ ؗ وَ لايَزيدُ الكٰفِرينَ كُفرُهُم عِندَ رَبِّهِم اِلّا مَقتًا ؗ وَ لايَزيدُ الكٰفِرينَ كُفرُهُم اِلّا خَسارًا39

He it is who has made you inherit the earth. Hence, he who is bent on denying the truth [of God’s oneness and uniqueness ought to know that] this denial of his will fall back upon him: for their [persistent] denial of this truth does but add to the deniers’ loathsomeness in their Sustainer’s sight and, thus, their denial of this truth does but add to the deniers’ loss.

قُل اَرَءَيتُم شُرَكآءَكُمُ الَّذينَ تَدعونَ مِن دونِ اللهِ اَروني ماذا خَلَقوا مِنَ الاَرضِ اَم لَهُم شِركٌ فِي السَّمٰوٰتِؗ اَم ءاتَينٰهُم كِتٰبًا فَهُم عَليٰ بَيِّنَتٍ مِنهُۚ بَل اِن يَعِدُ الظٰلِمونَ بَعضُهُم بَعضًا اِلّا غُرورًا40

Say: “Have you ever [really] considered those beings and forces to whom you ascribe a share in God’s divinity, [and] whom you invoke beside God? Show me what it is that they have created on earth - or do [you claim that] they have a share in [governing] the heavens?” Have We ever vouchsafed them a divine writ on which they could rely as evidence [in support of their views]? Nay, [the hope which] the evildoers hold out to one another [is] nothing but a delusion.

اِنَّ اللهَ يُمسِكُ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ الاَرضَ اَن تَزولاۚ وَ لَئِن زالَتآ اِن اَمسَكَهُما مِن اَحَدٍ مِن بَعدِهٖٓۚ اِنَّهۥ كانَ حَليمًا غَفورًا41

Verily, it is God [alone] who upholds the celestial bodies and the earth, lest they deviate [from their orbits] - for if they should ever deviate, there is none that could uphold them after He will have ceased to do so. [But,] verily, He is ever-forbearing, much-forgiving!

وَ اَقسَموا بِاللهِ جَهدَ اَيمٰنِهِم لَئِن جآءَهُم نَذيرٌ لَيَكونُنَّ اَهديٰ مِن اِحدَي الاُمَمِ ؗ فَلَمّا جآءَهُم نَذيرٌ ما زادَهُم اِلّا نُفورًا42

As it is, they [who are averse to the truth often] swear by God with their most solemn oaths that if a warner should ever come to them, they would follow his guidance better than any of the communities [of old had followed the warner sent to them]: but now that a warner has come unto them, [his call] but increases their aversion,

اؚستِكبارًا فِي الاَرضِ وَ مَكرَ السَّيِّئِؗ وَ لايَحيقُ المَكرُ السَّيِّئُ اِلّا بِاَهلِهٖ ۚ فَهَل يَنظُرونَ اِلّا سُنَّتَ الاَوَّلينَ ؗ فَلَن تَجِدَ لِسُنَّتِ اللهِ تَبديلًا وَ لَن تَجِدَ لِسُنَّتِ اللهِ تَحويلًا43

their arrogant behaviour on earth, and their devising of evil [arguments against God’s messages]. Yet [in the end,] such evil scheming will engulf none but its authors: and can they expect anything but [to be made to go] the way of those [sinners] of olden times? Thus [it is]: no change wilt thou ever find in God’s way; yea, no deviation wilt thou ever find in God’s way!

اَوَلَم يَسيروا فِي الاَرضِ فَيَنظُروا كَيفَ كانَ عاقِبَةُ الَّذينَ مِن قَبلِهِم وَ كانوٓا اَشَدَّ مِنهُم قُوَّةًۚ وَ ما كانَ اللهُ لِيُعجِزَهۥ مِن شَيءٍ فِي السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ لا فِي الاَرضِۚ اِنَّهۥ كانَ عَليمًا قَديرًا44

Have they never journeyed about the earth and beheld what happened in the end to those [deniers of the truth] who lived before their time and were [so much] greater than they in power? And [do they not see that the will of] God can never be foiled by anything whatever in the heavens or on earth, since, verily, He is all-knowing, infinite in His power?

وَ لَو يُؤاخِذُ اللهُ النّاسَ بِما كَسَبوا ما تَرَكَ عَليٰ ظَهرِها مِن دآبَّةٍ وَ لٰكِن يُؤَخِّرُهُم اِليٰٓ اَجَلٍ مُسَمًّي ؗ فَاِذا جآءَ اَجَلُهُم فَاِنَّ اللهَ كانَ بِعِبادِهٖ بَصيرًا45

Now if God were to take men [at once] to task for whatever [wrong] they commit [on earth], He would not leave a single living creature upon its surface. However, He grants them respite for a term set [by Him]: but when their term comes to an end - then, verily, [they come to know that] God sees all that is in [the hearts of] His servants.

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