Surah Fatir

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 35:1 ▶

   ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ فَاطِرِ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ جَاعِلِ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ رُسُلًا أُو۟لِىٓ أَجْنِحَةٍ مَّثْنَىٰ وَثُلَـٰثَ وَرُبَـٰعَ ۚ يَزِيدُ فِى ٱلْخَلْقِ مَا يَشَآءُ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ﴿١﴾

   al-ḥamdu lillāhi fāṭiri s-samāwāti wal-arḍi jāʿili l-malā'ikati rusulan 'ulī 'ajniḥatim mathnā wathulātha warubāʿa yazīdu fi l-khalqi mā yashā' | inna llāha ʿalā kulli shay'in qadīr

   [All] praise is [due] to Allāh, Creator of the heavens and the earth, [who] made the angels messengers having wings, two or three or four. He increases in creation what He wills. Indeed, Allāh is over all things competent.

2. 35:2 ▶

   مَّا يَفْتَحِ ٱللَّهُ لِلنَّاسِ مِن رَّحْمَةٍ فَلَا مُمْسِكَ لَهَا ۖ وَمَا يُمْسِكْ فَلَا مُرْسِلَ لَهُۥ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ﴿٢﴾

   mā yaftaḥi llāhu lin-nāsi mir raḥmatin falā mumsika lahā | wamā yumsik falā mursila lahū mim baʿdih | wahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-ḥakīm

   Whatever Allāh grants to people of mercy - none can withhold it; and whatever He withholds - none can release it thereafter. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

3. 35:3 ▶

   يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ٱذْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَتَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ ۚ هَلْ مِنْ خَـٰلِقٍ غَيْرُ ٱللَّهِ يَرْزُقُكُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۖ فَأَنَّىٰ تُؤْفَكُونَ ﴿٣﴾

   yā'ayyuha n-nāsu dhkurū niʿmata llāhi ʿalaykum | hal min khāliqin ghayru llāhi yarzuqukum mina s-samā'i wal-arḍi lā 'ilāha 'illā huw | fa'annā tu'fakūn

   O mankind, remember the favor of Allāh upon you. Is there any creator other than Allāh who provides for you from the heaven and earth? There is no deity except Him, so how are you deluded?

4. 35:4 ▶

   وَإِن يُكَذِّبُوكَ فَقَدْ كُذِّبَتْ رُسُلٌ مِّن قَبْلِكَ ۚ وَإِلَى ٱللَّهِ تُرْجَعُ ٱلْأُمُورُ ﴿٤﴾

   wa'iy yukadhdhibūka faqad kudhdhibat rusulum min qablik | wa'ila llāhi turjaʿu l-umūr

   And if they deny you, [O Muḥammad] - already were messengers denied before you. And to Allāh are returned [all] matters.

5. 35:5 ▶

   يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ إِنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّ ۖ فَلَا تَغُرَّنَّكُمُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ وَلَا يَغُرَّنَّكُم بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْغَرُورُ ﴿٥﴾

   yā'ayyuha n-nāsu 'inna waʿda llāhi ḥaqqun falā taghurrannakumu l-ḥayātu d-dunyā | walā yaghurrannakum billāhi l-gharūr

   O mankind, indeed the promise of Allāh is truth, so let not the worldly life delude you and be not deceived about Allāh by the Deceiver [i.e., Satan].

6. 35:6 ▶

   إِنَّ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ فَٱتَّخِذُوهُ عَدُوًّا ۚ إِنَّمَا يَدْعُوا۟ حِزْبَهُۥ لِيَكُونُوا۟ مِنْ أَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلسَّعِيرِ ﴿٦﴾

   inna sh-shayṭāna lakum ʿaduwwun fattakhidhūhu ʿaduwwā | innamā yadʿū ḥizbahū liyakūnū min 'aṣḥābi s-saʿīr

   Indeed, Satan is an enemy to you; so take him as an enemy. He only invites his party to be among the companions of the Blaze.

7. 35:7 ▶

   ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ ۖ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُم مَّغْفِرَةٌ وَأَجْرٌ كَبِيرٌ ﴿٧﴾

   alladhīna kafarū lahum ʿadhābun shadīd | walladhīna 'āmanū waʿamilu ṣ-ṣāliḥāti lahum maghfiratuw wa'ajrun kabīr

   Those who disbelieve will have a severe punishment, and those who believe and do righteous deeds will have forgiveness and great reward.

8. 35:8 ▶

   أَفَمَن زُيِّنَ لَهُۥ سُوٓءُ عَمَلِهِۦ فَرَءَاهُ حَسَنًا ۖ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُضِلُّ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ ۖ فَلَا تَذْهَبْ نَفْسُكَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَسَرَٰتٍ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌۢ بِمَا يَصْنَعُونَ ﴿٨﴾

   afaman zuyyina lahū sū'u ʿamalihī fara'āhu ḥasanā | fa'inna llāha yuḍillu may yashā'u wayahdī may yashā' | falā tadhhab nafsuka ʿalayhim ḥasarāt | inna llāha ʿalīmum bimā yaṣnaʿūn

   Then is one to whom the evil of his deed has been made attractive so he considers it good [like one rightly guided]? For indeed, Allāh sends astray whom He wills and guides whom He wills. So do not let yourself perish over them in regret. Indeed, Allāh is Knowing of what they do.

9. 35:9 ▶

   وَٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَرْسَلَ ٱلرِّيَـٰحَ فَتُثِيرُ سَحَابًا فَسُقْنَـٰهُ إِلَىٰ بَلَدٍ مَّيِّتٍ فَأَحْيَيْنَا بِهِ ٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلنُّشُورُ ﴿٩﴾

   wallāhu lladhī 'arsala r-riyāḥa fatuthīru saḥāban fasuqnāhu 'ilā baladim mayyitin fa'aḥyaynā bihi l-arḍa baʿda mawtihā | kadhālika n-nushūr

   And it is Allāh who sends the winds, and they stir the clouds, and We drive them to a dead land and give life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness. Thus is the resurrection.

10. 35:10 ▶

    مَن كَانَ يُرِيدُ ٱلْعِزَّةَ فَلِلَّهِ ٱلْعِزَّةُ جَمِيعًا ۚ إِلَيْهِ يَصْعَدُ ٱلْكَلِمُ ٱلطَّيِّبُ وَٱلْعَمَلُ ٱلصَّـٰلِحُ يَرْفَعُهُۥ ۚ وَٱلَّذِينَ يَمْكُرُونَ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ ۖ وَمَكْرُ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُوَ يَبُورُ ﴿١٠﴾

    man kāna yurīdu l-ʿizzata falillāhi l-ʿizzatu jamīʿā | ilayhi yaṣʿadu l-kalimu ṭ-ṭayyibu wal-ʿamalu ṣ-ṣāliḥu yarfaʿuh | walladhīna yamkurūna s-sayyi'āti lahum ʿadhābun shadīd | wamakru 'ulā'ika huwa yabūr

    Whoever desires honor [through power] - then to Allāh belongs all honor. To Him ascends good speech, and righteous work raises it. But they who plot evil deeds will have a severe punishment, and the plotting of those - it will perish.

    See footnote to 4:139.

    For acceptance by Allāh, meaning that righteous deeds are confirmation and proof of what is uttered by the tongue.

11. 35:11 ▶

    وَٱللَّهُ خَلَقَكُم مِّن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ جَعَلَكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا ۚ وَمَا تَحْمِلُ مِنْ أُنثَىٰ وَلَا تَضَعُ إِلَّا بِعِلْمِهِۦ ۚ وَمَا يُعَمَّرُ مِن مُّعَمَّرٍ وَلَا يُنقَصُ مِنْ عُمُرِهِۦٓ إِلَّا فِى كِتَـٰبٍ ۚ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرٌ ﴿١١﴾

    wallāhu khalaqakum min turābin thumma min nuṭfatin thumma jaʿalakum 'azwājā | wamā taḥmilu min 'unthā walā taḍaʿu 'illā biʿilmih | wamā yuʿammaru mim muʿammariw walā yunqaṣu min ʿumurihī 'illā fī kitāb | inna dhālika ʿala llāhi yasīr

    And Allāh created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop; then He made you mates. And no female conceives nor does she give birth except with His knowledge. And no aged person is granted [additional] life nor is his lifespan lessened but that it is in a register. Indeed, that for Allāh is easy.

12. 35:12 ▶

    وَمَا يَسْتَوِى ٱلْبَحْرَانِ هَـٰذَا عَذْبٌ فُرَاتٌ سَآئِغٌ شَرَابُهُۥ وَهَـٰذَا مِلْحٌ أُجَاجٌ ۖ وَمِن كُلٍّ تَأْكُلُونَ لَحْمًا طَرِيًّا وَتَسْتَخْرِجُونَ حِلْيَةً تَلْبَسُونَهَا ۖ وَتَرَى ٱلْفُلْكَ فِيهِ مَوَاخِرَ لِتَبْتَغُوا۟ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ ﴿١٢﴾

    wamā yastawi l-baḥrāni hādhā ʿadhbun furātun sā'ighun sharābuhū wahādhā milḥun 'ujāj | wamin kullin ta'kulūna laḥman ṭariyyaw watastakhrijūna ḥilyatan talbasūnahā watara l-fulka fīhi mawākhira litabtaghū min faḍlihī walaʿallakum tashkurūn

    And not alike are the two seas [i.e., bodies of water]. One is fresh and sweet, palatable for drinking, and one is salty and bitter. And from each you eat tender meat and extract ornaments which you wear, and you see the ships plowing through [them] that you might seek of His bounty; and perhaps you will be grateful.

13. 35:13 ▶

    يُولِجُ ٱلَّيْلَ فِى ٱلنَّهَارِ وَيُولِجُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فِى ٱلَّيْلِ وَسَخَّرَ ٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ كُلٌّ يَجْرِى لِأَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى ۚ ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ لَهُ ٱلْمُلْكُ ۚ وَٱلَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦ مَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِن قِطْمِيرٍ ﴿١٣﴾

    yūliju llayla fi n-nahāri wayūliju n-nahāra fi llayli wasakhkhara sh-shamsa wal-qamara kulluy yajrī li'ajalim musammā | dhālikumu llāhu rabbukum lahu l-mulk | walladhīna tadʿūna min dūnihī mā yamlikūna min qiṭmīr

    He causes the night to enter the day, and He causes the day to enter the night and has subjected the sun and the moon - each running [its course] for a specified term. That is Allāh, your Lord; to Him belongs sovereignty. And those whom you invoke other than Him do not possess [as much as] the membrane of a date seed.

14. 35:14 ▶

    إِن تَدْعُوهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُوا۟ دُعَآءَكُمْ وَلَوْ سَمِعُوا۟ مَا ٱسْتَجَابُوا۟ لَكُمْ ۖ وَيَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ يَكْفُرُونَ بِشِرْكِكُمْ ۚ وَلَا يُنَبِّئُكَ مِثْلُ خَبِيرٍ ﴿١٤﴾

    in tadʿūhum lā yasmaʿū duʿā'akum walaw samiʿū ma stajābū lakum | wayawma l-qiyāmati yakfurūna bishirkikum | walā yunabbi'uka mithlu khabīr

    If you invoke them, they do not hear your supplication; and if they heard, they would not respond to you. And on the Day of Resurrection they will deny your association. And none can inform you like [one] Aware [of all matters].

    Of them with Allāh or your worship of them.

15. 35:15 ▶

    ۞ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ أَنتُمُ ٱلْفُقَرَآءُ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ وَٱللَّهُ هُوَ ٱلْغَنِىُّ ٱلْحَمِيدُ ﴿١٥﴾

    yā'ayyuha n-nāsu 'antumu l-fuqarā'u 'ila llāh | wallāhu huwa l-ghaniyyu l-ḥamīd

    O mankind, you are those in need of Allāh, while Allāh is the Free of need, the Praiseworthy.

16. 35:16 ▶

    إِن يَشَأْ يُذْهِبْكُمْ وَيَأْتِ بِخَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ ﴿١٦﴾

    iy yasha' yudhhibkum waya'ti bikhalqin jadīd

    If He wills, He can do away with you and bring forth a new creation.

17. 35:17 ▶

    وَمَا ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ بِعَزِيزٍ ﴿١٧﴾

    wamā dhālika ʿala llāhi biʿazīz

    And that is for Allāh not difficult.

18. 35:18 ▶

    وَلَا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰ ۚ وَإِن تَدْعُ مُثْقَلَةٌ إِلَىٰ حِمْلِهَا لَا يُحْمَلْ مِنْهُ شَىْءٌ وَلَوْ كَانَ ذَا قُرْبَىٰٓ ۗ إِنَّمَا تُنذِرُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُم بِٱلْغَيْبِ وَأَقَامُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ ۚ وَمَن تَزَكَّىٰ فَإِنَّمَا يَتَزَكَّىٰ لِنَفْسِهِۦ ۚ وَإِلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمَصِيرُ ﴿١٨﴾

    walā taziru wāziratuw wizra 'ukhrā | wa'in tadʿu muthqalatun 'ilā ḥimlihā lā yuḥmal minhu shay'uw walaw kāna dhā qurbā | innamā tundhiru lladhīna yakhshawna rabbahum bil-ghaybi wa'aqāmu ṣ-ṣalāh | waman tazakkā fa'innamā yatazakkā linafsih | wa'ila llāhi l-maṣīr

    And no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another. And if a heavily laden soul calls [another] to [carry some of] its load, nothing of it will be carried, even if he should be a close relative. You can only warn those who fear their Lord unseen and have established prayer. And whoever purifies himself only purifies himself for [the benefit of] his soul. And to Allāh is the [final] destination.

19. 35:19 ▶

    وَمَا يَسْتَوِى ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ وَٱلْبَصِيرُ ﴿١٩﴾

    wamā yastawi l-aʿmā wal-baṣīr

    Not equal are the blind and the seeing,

20. 35:20 ▶

    وَلَا ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتُ وَلَا ٱلنُّورُ ﴿٢٠﴾

    wala ẓ-ẓulumātu wala n-nūr

    Nor are the darknesses and the light,

21. 35:21 ▶

    وَلَا ٱلظِّلُّ وَلَا ٱلْحَرُورُ ﴿٢١﴾

    wala ẓ-ẓillu wala l-ḥarūr

    Nor are the shade and the heat,

    Of the sun or of a scorching wind.

22. 35:22 ▶

    وَمَا يَسْتَوِى ٱلْأَحْيَآءُ وَلَا ٱلْأَمْوَٰتُ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُسْمِعُ مَن يَشَآءُ ۖ وَمَآ أَنتَ بِمُسْمِعٍ مَّن فِى ٱلْقُبُورِ ﴿٢٢﴾

    wamā yastawi l-aḥyā'u wala l-amwāt | inna llāha yusmiʿu may yashā' | wamā 'anta bimusmiʿim man fi l-qubūr

    And not equal are the living and the dead. Indeed, Allāh causes to hear whom He wills, but you cannot make hear those in the graves.

    The four comparisons given by Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) in verses 19-22 are those of the believer and unbeliever, various kinds of misbelief and (true) belief, Paradise and Hellfire, and those receptive to guidance and those unreceptive.

23. 35:23 ▶

    إِنْ أَنتَ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ ﴿٢٣﴾

    in 'anta 'illā nadhīr

    You, [O Muḥammad], are not but a warner.

24. 35:24 ▶

    إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَـٰكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ بَشِيرًا وَنَذِيرًا ۚ وَإِن مِّنْ أُمَّةٍ إِلَّا خَلَا فِيهَا نَذِيرٌ ﴿٢٤﴾

    innā 'arsalnāka bil-ḥaqqi bashīraw wanadhīrā | wa'im min 'ummatin 'illā khalā fīhā nadhīr

    Indeed, We have sent you with the truth as a bringer of good tidings and a warner. And there was no nation but that there had passed within it a warner.

25. 35:25 ▶

    وَإِن يُكَذِّبُوكَ فَقَدْ كَذَّبَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ جَآءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ وَبِٱلزُّبُرِ وَبِٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ٱلْمُنِيرِ ﴿٢٥﴾

    wa'iy yukadhdhibūka faqad kadhdhaba lladhīna min qablihim jā'at-hum rusuluhum bil-bayyināti wabiz-zuburi wabil-kitābi l-munīr

    And if they deny you - then already have those before them denied. Their messengers came to them with clear proofs and written ordinances and with the enlightening Scripture.

26. 35:26 ▶

    ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ۖ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَكِيرِ ﴿٢٦﴾

    thumma 'akhadhtu lladhīna kafarū | fakayfa kāna nakīr

    Then I seized the ones who disbelieved, and how [terrible] was My reproach.

27. 35:27 ▶

    أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ أَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَخْرَجْنَا بِهِۦ ثَمَرَٰتٍ مُّخْتَلِفًا أَلْوَٰنُهَا ۚ وَمِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ جُدَدٌۢ بِيضٌ وَحُمْرٌ مُّخْتَلِفٌ أَلْوَٰنُهَا وَغَرَابِيبُ سُودٌ ﴿٢٧﴾

    alam tara 'anna llāha 'anzala mina s-samā'i mā'an fa'akhrajnā bihī thamarātim mukhtalifan 'alwānuhā | wamina l-jibāli judadum bīḍuw waḥumrum mukhtalifun 'alwānuhā wagharābību sūd

    Do you not see that Allāh sends down rain from the sky, and We produce thereby fruits of varying colors? And in the mountains are tracts, white and red of varying shades and [some] extremely black.

28. 35:28 ▶

    وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَٱلدَّوَآبِّ وَٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ مُخْتَلِفٌ أَلْوَٰنُهُۥ كَذَٰلِكَ ۗ إِنَّمَا يَخْشَى ٱللَّهَ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ ٱلْعُلَمَـٰٓؤُا۟ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ غَفُورٌ ﴿٢٨﴾

    wamina n-nāsi wad-dawābbi wal-anʿāmi mukhtalifun 'alwānuhū kadhālik | innamā yakhsha llāha min ʿibādihi l-ʿulamā' | inna llāha ʿazīzun ghafūr

    And among people and moving creatures and grazing livestock are various colors similarly. Only those fear Allāh, from among His servants, who have knowledge. Indeed, Allāh is Exalted in Might and Forgiving.

29. 35:29 ▶

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَتْلُونَ كِتَـٰبَ ٱللَّهِ وَأَقَامُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَأَنفَقُوا۟ مِمَّا رَزَقْنَـٰهُمْ سِرًّا وَعَلَانِيَةً يَرْجُونَ تِجَـٰرَةً لَّن تَبُورَ ﴿٢٩﴾

    inna lladhīna yatlūna kitāba llāhi wa'aqāmu ṣ-ṣalāta wa'anfaqū mimmā razaqnāhum sirraw waʿalāniyatay yarjūna tijāratal lan tabūr

    Indeed, those who recite the Book of Allāh and establish prayer and spend [in His cause] out of what We have provided them, secretly and publicly, [can] expect a transaction [i.e., profit] that will never perish -

30. 35:30 ▶

    لِيُوَفِّيَهُمْ أُجُورَهُمْ وَيَزِيدَهُم مِّن فَضْلِهِۦٓ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ غَفُورٌ شَكُورٌ ﴿٣٠﴾

    liyuwaffiyahum 'ujūrahum wayazīdahum min faḍlih | innahū ghafūrun shakūr

    That He may give them in full their rewards and increase for them of His bounty. Indeed, He is Forgiving and Appreciative.

    i.e., He gives much in return for little and multiplies rewards.

31. 35:31 ▶

    وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ مِنَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ هُوَ ٱلْحَقُّ مُصَدِّقًا لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِعِبَادِهِۦ لَخَبِيرٌۢ بَصِيرٌ ﴿٣١﴾

    walladhī 'awḥaynā 'ilayka mina l-kitābi huwa l-ḥaqqu muṣaddiqal limā bayna yadayh | inna llāha biʿibādihī lakhabīrum baṣīr

    And that which We have revealed to you, [O Muḥammad], of the Book is the truth, confirming what was before it. Indeed Allāh, of His servants, is Aware and Seeing.

32. 35:32 ▶

    ثُمَّ أَوْرَثْنَا ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱصْطَفَيْنَا مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ۖ فَمِنْهُمْ ظَالِمٌ لِّنَفْسِهِۦ وَمِنْهُم مُّقْتَصِدٌ وَمِنْهُمْ سَابِقٌۢ بِٱلْخَيْرَٰتِ بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْفَضْلُ ٱلْكَبِيرُ ﴿٣٢﴾

    thumma 'awrathna l-kitāba lladhīna ṣṭafaynā min ʿibādinā | faminhum ẓālimul linafsihī waminhum muqtaṣiduw waminhum sābiqum bil-khayrāti bi'idhni llāh | dhālika huwa l-faḍlu l-kabīr

    Then We caused to inherit the Book those We have chosen of Our servants; and among them is he who wrongs himself [i.e., sins], and among them is he who is moderate, and among them is he who is foremost in good deeds by permission of Allāh. That [inheritance] is what is the great bounty.

    The followers of Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ).

33. 35:33 ▶

    جَنَّـٰتُ عَدْنٍ يَدْخُلُونَهَا يُحَلَّوْنَ فِيهَا مِنْ أَسَاوِرَ مِن ذَهَبٍ وَلُؤْلُؤًا ۖ وَلِبَاسُهُمْ فِيهَا حَرِيرٌ ﴿٣٣﴾

    jannātu ʿadniy yadkhulūnahā yuḥallawna fīhā min 'asāwira min dhahabiw walu'lu'ā | walibāsuhum fīhā ḥarīr

    [For them are] gardens of perpetual residence which they will enter. They will be adorned therein with bracelets of gold and pearls, and their garments therein will be silk.

34. 35:34 ▶

    وَقَالُوا۟ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَذْهَبَ عَنَّا ٱلْحَزَنَ ۖ إِنَّ رَبَّنَا لَغَفُورٌ شَكُورٌ ﴿٣٤﴾

    waqālu l-ḥamdu lillāhi lladhī 'adhhaba ʿanna l-ḥazan | inna rabbanā laghafūrun shakūr

    And they will say, "Praise to Allāh, who has removed from us [all] sorrow. Indeed, our Lord is Forgiving and Appreciative -

35. 35:35 ▶

    ٱلَّذِىٓ أَحَلَّنَا دَارَ ٱلْمُقَامَةِ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ لَا يَمَسُّنَا فِيهَا نَصَبٌ وَلَا يَمَسُّنَا فِيهَا لُغُوبٌ ﴿٣٥﴾

    alladhī 'aḥallanā dāra l-muqāmati min faḍlihī lā yamassunā fīhā naṣabuw walā yamassunā fīhā lughūb

    He who has settled us in the home of duration [i.e., Paradise] out of His bounty. There touches us not in it any fatigue, and there touches us not in it weariness [of mind]."

36. 35:36 ▶

    وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَهُمْ نَارُ جَهَنَّمَ لَا يُقْضَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ فَيَمُوتُوا۟ وَلَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُم مِّنْ عَذَابِهَا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى كُلَّ كَفُورٍ ﴿٣٦﴾

    walladhīna kafarū lahum nāru jahannama lā yuqḍā ʿalayhim fayamūtū walā yukhaffafu ʿanhum min ʿadhābihā | kadhālika najzī kulla kafūr

    And for those who disbelieve will be the fire of Hell. [Death] is not decreed for them so they may die, nor will its torment be lightened for them. Thus do We recompense every ungrateful one.

    Or "They are not killed."

37. 35:37 ▶

    وَهُمْ يَصْطَرِخُونَ فِيهَا رَبَّنَآ أَخْرِجْنَا نَعْمَلْ صَـٰلِحًا غَيْرَ ٱلَّذِى كُنَّا نَعْمَلُ ۚ أَوَلَمْ نُعَمِّرْكُم مَّا يَتَذَكَّرُ فِيهِ مَن تَذَكَّرَ وَجَآءَكُمُ ٱلنَّذِيرُ ۖ فَذُوقُوا۟ فَمَا لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَ مِن نَّصِيرٍ ﴿٣٧﴾

    wahum yaṣṭarikhūna fīhā rabbanā 'akhrijnā naʿmal ṣāliḥan ghayra lladhī kunnā naʿmal | awalam nuʿammirkum mā yatadhakkaru fīhi man tadhakkara wajā'akumu n-nadhīr | fadhūqū famā liẓ-ẓālimīna min naṣīr

    And they will cry out therein, "Our Lord, remove us; we will do righteousness - other than what we were doing!" But did We not grant you life enough for whoever would remember therein to remember, and the warner had come to you? So taste [the punishment], for there is not for the wrongdoers any helper.

    The implication is "Return us to the previous world."

38. 35:38 ▶

    إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَـٰلِمُ غَيْبِ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِيمٌۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ ﴿٣٨﴾

    inna llāha ʿālimu ghaybi s-samāwāti wal-arḍ | innahū ʿalīmum bidhāti ṣ-ṣudūr

    Indeed, Allāh is Knower of the unseen [aspects] of the heavens and earth. Indeed, He is Knowing of that within the breasts.

39. 35:39 ▶

    هُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَكُمْ خَلَـٰٓئِفَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ فَمَن كَفَرَ فَعَلَيْهِ كُفْرُهُۥ ۖ وَلَا يَزِيدُ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ كُفْرُهُمْ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ إِلَّا مَقْتًا ۖ وَلَا يَزِيدُ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ كُفْرُهُمْ إِلَّا خَسَارًا ﴿٣٩﴾

    huwa lladhī jaʿalakum khalā'ifa fi l-arḍ | faman kafara faʿalayhi kufruh | walā yazīdu l-kāfirīna kufruhum ʿinda rabbihim 'illā maqtā | walā yazīdu l-kāfirīna kufruhum 'illā khasārā

    It is He who has made you successors upon the earth. And whoever disbelieves - upon him will be [the consequence of] his disbelief. And the disbelief of the disbelievers does not increase them in the sight of their Lord except in hatred; and the disbelief of the disbelievers does not increase them except in loss.

40. 35:40 ▶

    قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُمْ شُرَكَآءَكُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَرُونِى مَاذَا خَلَقُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ أَمْ لَهُمْ شِرْكٌ فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ أَمْ ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمْ كِتَـٰبًا فَهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَتٍ مِّنْهُ ۚ بَلْ إِن يَعِدُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ بَعْضُهُم بَعْضًا إِلَّا غُرُورًا ﴿٤٠﴾

    qul 'ara'aytum shurakā'akumu lladhīna tadʿūna min dūni llāhi 'arūnī mādhā khalaqū mina l-arḍi 'am lahum shirkun fi s-samāwāti 'am 'ātaynāhum kitāban fahum ʿalā bayyinatim minh | bal 'iy yaʿidu ẓ-ẓālimūna baʿḍuhum baʿḍan 'illā ghurūrā

    Say, "Have you considered your 'partners' whom you invoke besides Allāh? Show me what they have created from the earth, or have they partnership [with Him] in the heavens? Or have We given them a book so they are [standing] on evidence therefrom? [No], rather, the wrongdoers do not promise each other except delusion."

    Understood to mean "Tell me about..."

    By telling their followers that the so-called deities will intercede for them with Allāh.

41. 35:41 ▶

    ۞ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُمْسِكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ أَن تَزُولَا ۚ وَلَئِن زَالَتَآ إِنْ أَمْسَكَهُمَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ مِّنۢ بَعْدِهِۦٓ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ حَلِيمًا غَفُورًا ﴿٤١﴾

    inna llāha yumsiku s-samāwāti wal-arḍa 'an tazūlā | wala'in zālatā 'in 'amsakahumā min 'aḥadim mim baʿdih | innahū kāna ḥalīman ghafūrā

    Indeed, Allāh holds the heavens and the earth, lest they cease. And if they should cease, no one could hold them [in place] after Him. Indeed, He is Forbearing and Forgiving.

    Refer to footnote in 2:225.

42. 35:42 ▶

    وَأَقْسَمُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ جَهْدَ أَيْمَـٰنِهِمْ لَئِن جَآءَهُمْ نَذِيرٌ لَّيَكُونُنَّ أَهْدَىٰ مِنْ إِحْدَى ٱلْأُمَمِ ۖ فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ نَذِيرٌ مَّا زَادَهُمْ إِلَّا نُفُورًا ﴿٤٢﴾

    wa'aqsamū billāhi jahda 'aymānihim la'in jā'ahum nadhīrul layakūnunna 'ahdā min 'iḥda l-umami falammā jā'ahum nadhīrum mā zādahum 'illā nufūrā

    And they swore by Allāh their strongest oaths that if a warner came to them, they would be more guided than [any] one of the [previous] nations. But when a warner came to them, it did not increase them except in aversion

43. 35:43 ▶

    ٱسْتِكْبَارًا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَكْرَ ٱلسَّيِّئِ ۚ وَلَا يَحِيقُ ٱلْمَكْرُ ٱلسَّيِّئُ إِلَّا بِأَهْلِهِۦ ۚ فَهَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا سُنَّتَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ۚ فَلَن تَجِدَ لِسُنَّتِ ٱللَّهِ تَبْدِيلًا ۖ وَلَن تَجِدَ لِسُنَّتِ ٱللَّهِ تَحْوِيلًا ﴿٤٣﴾

    istikbāran fi l-arḍi wamakra s-sayyi' | walā yaḥīqu l-makru s-sayyi'u 'illā bi'ahlih | fahal yanẓurūna 'illā sunnata l-awwalīn | falan tajida lisunnati llāhi tabdīlā | walan tajida lisunnati llāhi taḥwīlā

    [Due to] arrogance in the land and plotting of evil; but the evil plot does not encompass except its own people. Then do they await except the way [i.e., fate] of the former peoples? But you will never find in the way [i.e., established method] of Allāh any change, and you will never find in the way of Allāh any alteration.

    i.e., in His punishment of those who deny the prophets.

    Or "transfer" of punishment to others in place of them.

44. 35:44 ▶

    أَوَلَمْ يَسِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَيَنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ وَكَانُوٓا۟ أَشَدَّ مِنْهُمْ قُوَّةً ۚ وَمَا كَانَ ٱللَّهُ لِيُعْجِزَهُۥ مِن شَىْءٍ فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَلَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَلِيمًا قَدِيرًا ﴿٤٤﴾

    awalam yasīrū fi l-arḍi fayanẓurū kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu lladhīna min qablihim wakānū 'ashadda minhum quwwah | wamā kāna llāhu liyuʿjizahū min shay'in fi s-samāwāti walā fi l-arḍ | innahū kāna ʿalīman qadīrā

    Have they not traveled through the land and observed how was the end of those before them? And they were greater than them in power. But Allāh is not to be caused failure [i.e., prevented] by anything in the heavens or on the earth. Indeed, He is ever Knowing and Competent.

45. 35:45 ▶

    وَلَوْ يُؤَاخِذُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلنَّاسَ بِمَا كَسَبُوا۟ مَا تَرَكَ عَلَىٰ ظَهْرِهَا مِن دَآبَّةٍ وَلَـٰكِن يُؤَخِّرُهُمْ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى ۖ فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهُمْ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ بِعِبَادِهِۦ بَصِيرًۢا ﴿٤٥﴾

    walaw yu'ākhidhu llāhu n-nāsa bimā kasabū mā taraka ʿalā ẓahrihā min dābbatiw walākiy yu'akhkhiruhum 'ilā 'ajalim musammā | fa'idhā jā'a 'ajaluhum fa'inna llāha kāna biʿibādihī baṣīrā

    And if Allāh were to impose blame on the people for what they have earned, He would not leave upon it [i.e., the earth] any creature. But He defers them for a specified term. And when their time comes, then indeed Allāh has ever been, of His servants, Seeing.

In the transliteration, “|”: the reciter stops; “·”: sakt, a brief cut without taking a breath.