Fatir

Praise be to God, Originator of the heavens and the earth, who made the Agents messengers organized into departments — by twos, by threes, by fours.

ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ فَاطِرِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ جَاعِلِ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ رُسُلًا أُو۟لِىٓ أَجْنِحَةٍۢ مَّثْنَىٰ وَثُلَٰثَ وَرُبَٰعَ

He adds to creation whatever He wills.

يَزِيدُ فِى ٱلْخَلْقِ مَا يَشَآءُ

Whatever benevolence God opens up for mankind, none can hold it back,

مَّا يَفْتَحِ ٱللَّهُ لِلنَّاسِ مِن رَّحْمَةٍۢ فَلَا مُمْسِكَ لَهَا

and whatever He holds back, none can release it after Him.

وَمَا يُمْسِكْ فَلَا مُرْسِلَ لَهُۥ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ

O mankind, remember God's blessing upon you.

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ٱذْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَتَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ

Is there any creator other than God who provides for you from the sky and the earth?

هَلْ مِنْ خَٰلِقٍ غَيْرُ ٱللَّهِ يَرْزُقُكُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ

There is no deity but Him.

لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ

And if they deny you, messengers before you were already denied.

وَإِن يُكَذِّبُوكَ فَقَدْ كُذِّبَتْ رُسُلٌۭ مِّن قَبْلِكَ

O mankind, God's promise is indeed true.

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ إِنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّۭ

So do not let the present life delude you,

فَلَا تَغُرَّنَّكُمُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا

The Diverter is indeed an enemy to you: so take him as an enemy.

إِنَّ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنَ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّۭ فَٱتَّخِذُوهُ عَدُوًّا

Those who disown will have a severe punishment,

ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌۭ شَدِيدٌۭ

The one to whom the evil of his deed has been made appealing, so that he sees it as beautiful?

أَفَمَن زُيِّنَ لَهُۥ سُوٓءُ عَمَلِهِۦ فَرَءَاهُ حَسَنًۭا

God indeed leads astray whom He wills, and guides whom He wills.

فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُضِلُّ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ

So let not your Self waste away in desolation over them.

فَلَا تَذْهَبْ نَفْسُكَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَسَرَٰتٍ

It is God who has sent the winds, which stir up clouds; We drove them to a dead land, and by them We brought the earth back to life after its death.

وَٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَرْسَلَ ٱلرِّيَٰحَ فَتُثِيرُ سَحَابًۭا فَسُقْنَٰهُ إِلَىٰ بَلَدٍۢ مَّيۡتٖ فَأَحْيَيْنَا بِهِ ٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا

Whoever desires might, it is to God that might belongs in its entirety.

مَن كَانَ يُرِيدُ ٱلْعِزَّةَ فَلِلَّهِ ٱلْعِزَّةُ جَمِيعًا

To Him ascends the wholesome word,

إِلَيْهِ يَصْعَدُ ٱلْكَلِمُ ٱلطَّيِّبُ

and the sound deed, He elevates it.

وَٱلْعَمَلُ ٱلصَّٰلِحُ يَرْفَعُهُۥ

And those who plot evil deeds will have a severe punishment,

وَٱلَّذِينَ يَمْكُرُونَ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌۭ شَدِيدٌۭ

God created you from earth, then from a drop, then made you into pairs.

وَٱللَّهُ خَلَقَكُم مِّن تُرَابٍۢ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطْفَةٍۢ ثُمَّ جَعَلَكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًۭا

No female carries nor gives birth except with His knowledge.

وَمَا تَحْمِلُ مِنْ أُنثَىٰ وَلَا تَضَعُ إِلَّا بِعِلْمِهِۦ

No being has his life extended, nor is his life shortened, except that it is in a record.

وَمَا يُعَمَّرُ مِن مُّعَمَّرٍۢ وَلَا يُنقَصُ مِنْ عُمُرِهِۦٓ إِلَّا فِى كِتَٰبٍ

The two seas are not alike:

وَمَا يَسْتَوِى ٱلْبَحْرَانِ

this one is sweet, fresh, pleasant to drink, and that one is salty, bitter.

هَٰذَا عَذْبٌۭ فُرَاتٌۭ سَآئِغٌۭ شَرَابُهُۥ وَهَٰذَا مِلْحٌ أُجَاجٌۭ

From each you eat fresh flesh, and you extract an ornament that you wear,

وَمِن كُلٍّۢ تَأْكُلُونَ لَحْمًۭا طَرِيًّۭا وَتَسْتَخْرِجُونَ حِلْيَةًۭ تَلْبَسُونَهَا

He makes the night penetrate into the day, and makes the day penetrate into the night,

يُولِجُ ٱلَّيْلَ فِى ٱلنَّهَارِ وَيُولِجُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فِى ٱلَّيْلِ

and He has subjected the sun and the moon,

وَسَخَّرَ ٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ

each running to an appointed term.

كُلٌّۭ يَجْرِى لِأَجَلٍۢ مُّسَمًّۭى

That is God, your Guardian; to Him belongs the dominion.

ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ لَهُ ٱلْمُلْكُ

If you call upon them, they do not hear your call; and even if they heard, they would not respond to you.

إِن تَدْعُوهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُوا۟ دُعَآءَكُمْ وَلَوْ سَمِعُوا۟ مَا ٱسْتَجَابُوا۟ لَكُمْ

And on the Day of Appearance they will disown your association.

وَيَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ يَكْفُرُونَ بِشِرْكِكُمْ

O mankind, it is you who are the poor before God,

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ أَنتُمُ ٱلْفُقَرَآءُ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ

No bearer of burden shall bear the burden of another;

وَلَا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌۭ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰ

and if one heavily laden calls for help with his freight, nothing of it will be carried, even by a close relative.

وَإِن تَدْعُ مُثْقَلَةٌ إِلَىٰ حِمْلِهَا لَا يُحْمَلْ مِنْهُ شَىْءٌۭ وَلَوْ كَانَ ذَا قُرْبَىٰٓ

You only warn those who dread their Guardian even though He escapes their senses, and maintain the Contact,

إِنَّمَا تُنذِرُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُم بِٱلْغَيْبِ وَأَقَامُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ

and whoever purifies himself purifies himself only for himself.

وَمَن تَزَكَّىٰ فَإِنَّمَا يَتَزَكَّىٰ لِنَفْسِهِۦ

Nor are the living and the dead equal.

وَمَا يَسْتَوِى ٱلْأَحْيَآءُ وَلَا ٱلْأَمْوَٰتُ

God indeed makes whoever He wills hear,

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُسْمِعُ مَن يَشَآءُ

We have sent you, in truth, as a bearer of good tidings and a warner.

إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَٰكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ بَشِيرًۭا وَنَذِيرًۭا

And if they call you a liar, those before them already denied: their messengers came to them with clear proofs, the Formularies, and the illuminating Scripture; then I seized those who disowned.

وَإِن يُكَذِّبُوكَ فَقَدْ كَذَّبَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ جَآءَتْهُمْ رُسۡلُهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ وَبِٱلزُّبُرِ وَبِٱلْكِتَٰبِ ٱلْمُنِيرِ ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟

Have you not seen that God sends down water from the sky, by which We bring forth fruits of varying colors?

أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ أَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءًۭ فَأَخْرَجْنَا بِهِۦ ثَمَرَٰتٍۢ مُّخْتَلِفًا أَلْوَٰنُهَا

And among mankind, and living beings, and cattle, there is likewise a variety of colors.

وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَٱلدَّوَآبِّ وَٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ مُخْتَلِفٌ أَلْوَٰنُهُۥ كَذَٰلِكَ

Only those who know, among His obedient ones, dread God.

إِنَّمَا يَخْشَى ٱللَّهَ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ ٱلْعُلَمَٰٓؤُا۟

Those who recite the Scripture of God, maintain the Contact, and spend, secretly and openly, from what We have provided them, hope for a trade that will never perish, so that He may faithfully repay them their rewards and give them more of His favor.

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَتْلُونَ كِتَٰبَ ٱللَّهِ وَأَقَامُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَأَنفَقُوا۟ مِمَّا رَزَقْنَٰهُمْ سِرًّۭا وَعَلَانِيَةًۭ يَرْجُونَ تِجَٰرَةًۭ لَّن تَبُورَ لِيُوَفِّيَهُمْ أُجُورَهُمْ وَيَزِيدَهُم مِّن فَضْلِهِۦٓ

And what We have revealed to you of the Scripture is the truth, confirming what came before it.

وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ مِنَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ هُوَ ٱلْحَقُّ مُصَدِّقًۭا لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ

Then We caused the Scripture to be inherited by those We chose among Our obedient ones:

ثُمَّ أَوْرَثْنَا ٱلْكِتَٰبَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱصْطَفَيْنَا مِنْ عِبَادِنَا

some of them wrong themselves,

فَمِنْهُمْ ظَالِمٌۭ لِّنَفْسِهِۦ

some follow a moderate course,

وَمِنْهُم مُّقْتَصِدٌۭ

and some race ahead in good deeds, by God's permission.

وَمِنْهُمْ سَابِقٌۢ بِٱلْخَيْرَٰتِ بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ

Gardens of permanence, which they will enter, ornamented therein with bracelets of gold and pearls,

جَنَّٰتُ عَدْنٍۢ يَدْخُلُونَهَا يُحَلَّوْنَ فِيهَا مِنْ أَسَاوِرَ مِن ذَهَبٍۢ وَلُؤْلُؤًۭا

And those who disown will have the fire of Jahannam; it will not be decreed for them to die, nor will its punishment be lightened for them.

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَهُمْ نَارُ جَهَنَّمَ لَا يُقْضَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ فَيَمُوتُوا۟ وَلَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُم مِّنْ عَذَابِهَا

And there they will shriek: "Our Guardian, bring us out, we will do sound deeds, other than what we used to do!"

وَهُمْ يَصْطَرِخُونَ فِيهَا رَبَّنَآ أَخْرِجْنَا نَعْمَلْ صَٰلِحًا غَيْرَ ٱلَّذِى كُنَّا نَعْمَلُ

Did We not grant you a life long enough that whoever wished to remember could remember? And the warner had come to you.

أَوَلَمْ نُعَمِّرْكُم مَّا يَتَذَكَّرُ فِيهِ مَن تَذَكَّرَ وَجَآءَكُمُ ٱلنَّذِيرُ

So taste,

فَذُوقُوا۟

God indeed knows what escapes the senses in the heavens and the earth;

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَٰلِمُ غَيْبِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ

It is He who made you successors on the earth:

هُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَكُمْ خَلَٰٓئِفَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ

whoever disowns, his disowning falls back upon him,

فَمَن كَفَرَ فَعَلَيْهِ كُفْرُهُۥ

and the disowning of the disowners only increases them in loathing before their Guardian,

وَلَا يَزِيدُ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ كُفْرُهُمْ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ إِلَّا مَقْتًۭا

Say: "Have you considered your partners whom you call upon besides God? Show me what they have created of the earth, or do they have a share in the heavens?

قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُمْ شُرَكَآءَكُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَرُونِى مَاذَا خَلَقُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ أَمْ لَهُمْ شِرْكٌۭ فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ

Or have We given them a scripture, so that they rely on clear proofs from it?"

أَمْ ءَاتَيْنَٰهُمْ كِتَٰبًۭا فَهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَتٍۢ مِّنْهُ

God indeed holds the heavens and the earth, lest they cease to exist;

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُمْسِكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ أَن تَزُولَا

and were they to cease, none besides Him could hold them.

وَلَئِن زَالَتَآ إِنْ أَمْسَكَهُمَا مِنْ أَحَدٍۢ مِّنۢ بَعْدِهِۦٓ

And they swore by God, with the utmost strength of their oaths, that if a warner came to them, they would certainly be better guided than any of the communities.

وَأَقْسَمُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ جَهْدَ أَيْمَٰنِهِمْ لَئِن جَآءَهُمْ نَذِيرٌۭ لَّيَكُونُنَّ أَهْدَىٰ مِنْ إِحْدَى ٱلْأُمَمِ

growing proud in the land, and evil plotting.

ٱسْتِكْبَارًۭا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَكْرَ ٱلسَّيِّئِ

But evil plotting only envelops its own doers.

وَلَا يَحِيقُ ٱلْمَكْرُ ٱلسَّيِّئُ إِلَّا بِأَهْلِهِۦ

So do they await anything but the norm of the ancients?

فَهَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا سُنَّتَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

But you will never find any change in God's norm,

فَلَن تَجِدَ لِسُنَّتِ ٱللَّهِ تَبْدِيلًۭا

Have they not traveled through the earth and looked at what was the end of those before them, who were yet superior to them in strength?

أَوَلَمْ يَسِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَيَنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ وَكَانُوٓا۟ أَشَدَّ مِنْهُمْ قُوَّةًۭ

And nothing in the heavens or on the earth could render God powerless.

وَمَا كَانَ ٱللَّهُ لِيُعْجِزَهُۥ مِن شَىْءٍۢ فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَلَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ

And if God were to seize mankind for what they have earned, He would not leave on the face of the earth any living being;

وَلَوْ يُؤَاخِذُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلنَّاسَ بِمَا كَسَبُوا۟ مَا تَرَكَ عَلَىٰ ظَهْرِهَا مِن دَآبَّةٍۢ

but He adjourns them until an appointed term.

وَلَٰكِن يُؤَخِّرُهُمْ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍۢ مُّسَمًّۭى