B.IV.1
35: Al-Fatir — The Originator
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the
Merciful.
35:1Praise
be to Allah, the Originator of the heavens and the earth, the Maker of the
angels, messengers flying on wings, two, and three, and four. He increases in
creation what He pleases. Surely Allah is Possessor of power over all things.
35:2 Whatever Allah grants to men of
(His) mercy, there is none to withhold it, and what He withholds, none can
grant thereafter. And He is the Mighty, the Wise.
35:3 O men, call to mind the favour
of Allah to you. Is there any Creator besides Allah who provides for you from
the heaven and the earth? There is no God but He. How are you then turned away?
35:4 And if they reject thee — truly
messengers before thee were rejected. And to Allah are all affairs returned.
35:5 O men, surely the promise of
Allah is true, so let not the life of this world deceive you. And let not the
arch-deceiver deceive you about Allah.
35:6 Surely the devil is your enemy,
so take him for an enemy. He only invites his party to be companions of the
burning Fire.
35:7 Those who disbelieve, for them
is a severe chastisement. And those who believe and do good, for them is
forgiveness and a great reward.
35:8 Is he whose evil deed is made
fair-seeming to him so that he considers it good? — Now surely Allah leaves in
error whom He pleases and guides aright whom He pleases, so let not thy soul
waste in grief for them. Surely Allah is Knower of what they do.
35:9 And Allah is He Who sends the
winds, so they raise a cloud, then We drive it on to a dead land, and therewith
give life to the earth after its death. Even so is the quickening.
35:10 Whoever desires might, then to
Allah belongs the might wholly. To Him do ascend the goodly words, and the
goodly deed — He exalts it. And those who plan evil — for them is a severe
chastisement. And their plan will perish.
35:11 And Allah created you from
dust, then from the life-germ, then He made you pairs. And no female bears, nor
brings forth, except with His knowledge. And no one living long is granted a
long life, nor is aught diminished of one’s life, but it is all in a book.
Surely this is easy to Allah.
35:12 And the two seas are not
alike: the one sweet, very sweet, pleasant to drink; and the other salt,
bitter. Yet from both you eat fresh flesh and bring forth ornaments which you
wear. And thou seest the ships cleave through it, that you may seek of His
bounty and that you may give thanks.
35:13 He causes the night to enter
in upon the day, and causes the day to enter in upon the night, and He has made
subservient the sun and the moon, each one moves to an appointed time. This is
Allah, your Lord; His is the kingdom. And those whom you call upon besides Him
own not a straw.
35:14 If you call on them, they hear
not your call; and if they heard, they could not answer you. And on the day of
Resurrection they will deny your associating them (with Allah). And none can
inform thee like the All-Aware One.
35:15 O men, it is you that have
need of Allah, and Allah is the Self- Sufficient, the Praised One.
35:16 If He please, He will remove
you and bring a new creation.
35:17 And this is not hard to Allah.
35:18 And no burdened soul can bear
another’s burden. And if one weighed down by a burden calls another to carry
his load, naught of it will be carried, even though he be near of kin. Thou
warnest only those who fear their Lord in secret and keep up prayer. And
whoever purifies himself, purifies himself only for his own good. And to Allah
is the eventual coming.
35:19 And the blind and the seeing
are not alike,
35:20 Nor the darkness and the
light,
35:21 Nor the shade and the heat.
35:22 Neither are the living and the
dead alike. Surely Allah makes whom He pleases hear, and thou canst not make
those hear who are in the graves.
35:23 Thou art naught but a warner.
35:24 Surely We have sent thee with
the Truth as a bearer of good news and a warner. And there is not a people but
a warner has gone among them.
35:25 And if they reject thee, those
before them also rejected — their messengers came to them with clear arguments,
and with scriptures, and with the illuminating Book.
35:26 Then I seized those who
disbelieved, so how (terrible) was My disapproval!
35:27 Seest thou not that Allah
sends down water from the clouds, then We bring forth therewith fruits of
various hues? And in the mountains are streaks, white and red, of various hues
and (others) intensely black.
35:28 And of men and beasts and
cattle there are various colours likewise. Those of His servants only who are
possessed of knowledge fear Allah. Surely Allah is Mighty, Forgiving.
35:29 Surely those who recite the
Book of Allah and keep up prayer and spend out of what We have given them,
secretly and openly, hope for a gain which perishes not —
35:30 That He may pay them back
fully their rewards and give them more out of His grace. Surely He is
Forgiving, Multiplier of reward.
35:31 And that which We have
revealed to thee of the Book, that is the truth, verifying that which is before
it. Surely Allah is Aware, Seer of His servants.
35:32 Then We have given the Book as
inheritance to those whom We have chosen from among Our servants: so of them is
he who wrongs himself, and of them is he who takes a middle course, and of them
is he who is foremost in deeds of goodness by Allah’s permission. That is the
great grace,
35:33 Gardens of perpetuity, which
they enter — they are made to wear therein bracelets of gold and pearls, and
their dress therein is silk.
35:34 And they say: Praise be to
Allah, Who has removed grief from us! Surely our Lord is Forgiving, Multiplier
of reward,
35:35 Who out of His grace has made
us alight in a house abiding forever; therein toil touches us not nor does
fatigue afflict us therein.
35:36 And those who disbelieve, for
them is Fire of hell; it is not finished with them so that they should die, nor
is chastisement thereof lightened to them. Thus We deal retribution on every
ungrateful one.
35:37 And therein they cry for
succour: Our Lord, take us out! we will do good deeds other than those which we
used to do! Did We not give you a life long enough, for him to be mindful who
would mind? And there came to you the warner. So taste; because for the
iniquitous there is no helper.
35:38 Surely Allah is the Knower of
the unseen in the heavens and the earth. Surely He is Knower of what is in the
hearts.
35:39 He it is Who made you
successors in the earth. So whoever disbelieves, his disbelief is against
himself. And their disbelief increases the disbelievers with their Lord in
naught but hatred; and their disbelief increases the disbelievers in naught but
loss.
35:40 Say: Have you seen your
associates which you call upon besides Allah? Show me what they have created of
the earth! Or have they any share in the heavens? Or, have We given them a Book
so that they follow a clear argument thereof? Nay, the wrongdoers hold out
promises one to another only to deceive.
35:41 Surely Allah upholds the
heavens and the earth lest they come to naught. And if they come to naught,
none can uphold them after Him. Surely He is ever Forbearing, Forgiving.
35:42 And they swore by Allah, their
strongest oaths, that, if a warner came to them, they would be better guided
than any of the nations. But when a warner came to them, it increased them in
naught but aversion,
35:43 Behaving proudly in the land
and planning evil. And the evil plan besets none save the authors of it. So
they wait for naught but the way of the ancients. But thou wilt find no
alteration in the course of Allah; and thou wilt find no change in the course
of Allah.
35:44 Have they not travelled in the
land and seen what was the end of those before them — and they were stronger
than those in power? And Allah is not such that anything in the heavens or the
earth can escape Him. Surely He is ever Knowing, Powerful.
35:45 And were Allah to punish men
for what they earn, He would not leave on the back of it any creature, but He
respites them till an appointed term; so when their doom comes, then surely
Allah is ever Seer of His servants.
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