Fussilat
Their Skins Will Testify
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent.
Ḥa. Mim.
حم
A descent from the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent: a Scripture whose signs are detailed, a flawless Recitation for a people who know, bearing good tidings and warning,
تنزيل من الرحمن الرحيم كتب فصلت ءايته قرءانا عربيا لقوم يعلمون بشيرا ونذيرا
yet most of them turn away, so that they do not hear.
فاعرض اكثرهم فهم لا يسمعون
They say: "Our cores are under coverings against what you call us to, and there is a deafness in our ears, and between us and you a veil. So act — we too are acting."
وقالوا قلوبنا في اكنة مما تدعونا اليه وفي ءاذاننا وقر ومن بيننا وبينك حجاب فاعمل اننا عملون
Say: "I am only a human like you; it is revealed to me that your deity is a single deity. So stand straight toward Him and ask His forgiveness."
قل انما انا بشر مثلكم يوحى الى انما الهكم اله وحد فاستقيموا اليه واستغفروه
Woe to those who associate, who do not give pure liberality and who disown the last life!
وويل للمشركين الذين لا يوتون الزكوة وهم بالءاخرة هم كفرون
Those who have believed and done sound deeds will indeed have a reward never held over them.
ان الذين ءامنوا وعملوا الصلحت لهم اجر غير ممنون
Say: "Do you really disown the One who created the earth in two days, and assign equals to Him?"
قل اينكم لتكفرون بالذي خلق الارض في يومين وتجعلون له اندادا
That is the Guardian of all beings.
ذلك رب العلمين
He placed firm anchors upon it, blessed it, and determined its rations in it, in four equal days, for those who ask.
وجعل فيها روسي من فوقها وبرك فيها وقدر فيها اقوتها في اربعة ايام سواء للسايلين
Then He proceeded toward the sky, which was smoke, and said to it and to the earth: "Come, both of you, willingly or unwillingly."
ثم استوى الى السماء وهي دخان فقال لها وللارض ايتيا طوعا او كرها
They said: "We come in deference."
قالتا اتينا طايعين
So He completed them as seven heavens in two days, and inspired to each heaven its command.
فقضىهن سبع سموات في يومين واوحى في كل سماء امرها
And We adorned the nearest heaven with lamps,
وزينا السماء الدنيا بمصبيح
and preserved it.
وحفظا
That is the measure set by the All-Powerful, the All-Knowing.
ذلك تقدير العزيز العليم
If they turn away, say: "I warn you of a thunderbolt like the thunderbolt of the Aad and the Thamud", when the messengers came to them, from before them and from behind them: "Obey none but God."
فان اعرضوا فقل انذرتكم صعقة مثل صعقة عاد وثمود اذ جاءتهم الرسل من بين ايديهم ومن خلفهم الا تعبدوا الا الله
They said: "Had our Guardian willed, He would have sent down Agents. So we indeed disown what you have been sent with."
قالوا لو شاء ربنا لانزل مليكة فانا بما ارسلتم به كفرون
As for the Aad, they grew proud on the earth without right, and said: "Who is superior to us in strength?"
فاما عاد فاستكبروا في الارض بغير الحق وقالوا من اشد منا قوة
Did they not see that God, who created them, is superior to them in strength?
اولم يروا ان الله الذي خلقهم هو اشد منهم قوة
And they used to stubbornly reject Our signs.
وكانوا بايتنا يجحدون
So We sent upon them an icy wind, during ill-omened days, to make them taste the punishment of disgrace in the present life;
فارسلنا عليهم ريحا صرصرا في ايام نحسات لنذيقهم عذاب الخزي في الحيوة الدنيا
and the punishment of the last life is more disgraceful still, and they will not be helped.
ولعذاب الءاخرة اخزى وهم لا ينصرون
As for the Thamud, We guided them, but they loved blindness more than guidance, so the thunderbolt of the degrading punishment seized them for what they used to earn.
واما ثمود فهدينهم فاستحبوا العمى على الهدى فاخذتهم صعقة العذاب الهون بما كانوا يكسبون
And We saved those who believed and guarded themselves.
ونجينا الذين ءامنوا وكانوا يتقون
The day We gather the enemies of God toward the Fire, they will be arranged in columns,
ويوم يحشر اعداء الله الى النار فهم يوزعون
until, when they reach it, their hearing, their sights, and their skins will testify against them about what they used to do.
حتى اذا ما جاءوها شهد عليهم سمعهم وابصرهم وجلودهم بما كانوا يعملون
They will say to their skins: "Why did you testify against us?"
وقالوا لجلودهم لم شهدتم علينا
They will say: "God, who makes everything utter, made us utter. It is He who created you the first time, and to Him you will be returned."
قالوا انطقنا الله الذي انطق كل شىء وهو خلقكم اول مرة واليه ترجعون
You did not hide yourselves from your hearing, your sights, and your skins testifying against you;
وما كنتم تستترون ان يشهد عليكم سمعكم ولا ابصركم ولا جلودكم
but you presumed that God did not know much of what you were doing.
ولكن ظننتم ان الله لا يعلم كثيرا مما تعملون
That is the presumption you formed about your Guardian; it has caused your fall, and you have found yourselves among the losers.
وذلكم ظنكم الذي ظننتم بربكم اردىكم فاصبحتم من الخسرين
If they endure, the Fire is their sojourn;
فان يصبروا فالنار مثوى لهم
and if they ask to be readmitted, they will not be among those readmitted.
وان يستعتبوا فما هم من المعتبين
And We assigned to them acolytes who made attractive to them what was before them and what was behind them,
وقيضنا لهم قرناء فزينوا لهم ما بين ايديهم وما خلفهم
and the saying proved true against them, among communities that had already passed before them, of the Occulted and humans;
وحق عليهم القول في امم قد خلت من قبلهم من الجن والانس
they were indeed losers.
انهم كانوا خسرين
Those who disown said: "Do not listen to this Recitation, and talk idly over it, perhaps you will win out."
وقال الذين كفروا لا تسمعوا لهذا القرءان والغوا فيه لعلكم تغلبون
We will surely make those who disown taste a severe punishment, and We will surely recompense them according to the worst of what they used to do.
فلنذيقن الذين كفروا عذابا شديدا ولنجزينهم اسوا الذي كانوا يعملون
That is the recompense of the enemies of God: the Fire;
ذلك جزاء اعداء الله النار
they have therein the abode of eternity,
لهم فيها دار الخلد
as a recompense for their stubbornly rejecting Our signs.
جزاء بما كانوا بايتنا يجحدون
Those who disown will say: "Our Guardian, show us those who misled us among the Occulted and humans, that we may put them beneath our feet, so that they may be among the lowest."
وقال الذين كفروا ربنا ارنا الذين اضلانا من الجن والانس نجعلهما تحت اقدامنا ليكونا من الاسفلين
Indeed, those who say: "Our Guardian is God," then stand straight — the Agents descend upon them: "Do not fear and do not grieve; receive the good tidings of the Garden that you were promised."
ان الذين قالوا ربنا الله ثم استقموا تتنزل عليهم المليكة الا تخافوا ولا تحزنوا وابشروا بالجنة التي كنتم توعدون
We are your protectors in the present life and in the last life;
نحن اولياوكم في الحيوة الدنيا وفي الءاخرة
and you will have therein whatever your Selves desire, and you will have therein whatever you ask for, as a welcome from One Most-Forgiving, Benevolent.
ولكم فيها ما تشتهي انفسكم ولكم فيها ما تدعون نزلا من غفور رحيم
And who speaks better than one who calls to God, does a sound deed, and says: "I am among those true to God alone"?
ومن احسن قولا ممن دعا الى الله وعمل صلحا وقال انني من المسلمين
The good deed and the bad deed are not equal.
ولا تستوي الحسنة ولا السيية
Repel with what is better; then the one between you and whom there was hostility will be like a warm friend.
ادفع بالتي هي احسن فاذا الذي بينك وبينه عدوة كانه ولي حميم
But this is received only by those who are patient,
وما يلقىها الا الذين صبروا
and it is received only by one who has an immense share.
وما يلقىها الا ذو حظ عظيم
And if a goad from the Diverter goads you, seek refuge in God;
واما ينزغنك من الشيطن نزغ فاستعذ بالله
it is indeed He, the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.
انه هو السميع العليم
And among His signs are the night and the day, and the sun and the moon.
ومن ءايته اليل والنهار والشمس والقمر
Do not prostrate to the sun or to the moon,
لا تسجدوا للشمس ولا للقمر
but prostrate to God, who created them, if it is Him that you obey.
واسجدوا لله الذي خلقهن ان كنتم اياه تعبدون
If they grow proud, then those who are with your Guardian glorify Him night and day, without tiring.
فان استكبروا فالذين عند ربك يسبحون له باليل والنهار وهم لا يسمون
And among His signs: you see the earth humble; then, when We send down water upon it, it quivers and swells.
ومن ءايته انك ترى الارض خشعة فاذا انزلنا عليها الماء اهتزت وربت
He who brought it back to life is surely the One who brings the dead back to life;
ان الذي احياها لمحي الموتى
He is capable of all things.
انه على كل شىء قدير
Those who pervert Our signs are indeed not hidden from Us.
ان الذين يلحدون في ءايتنا لا يخفون علينا
Is one who is thrown into the Fire better, or one who comes secure on the Day of Appearance?
افمن يلقى في النار خير ام من ياتي ءامنا يوم القيمة
Act as you will,
اعملوا ما شيتم
He is indeed All-Seeing of what you do.
انه بما تعملون بصير
Those who disown the Reminder when it has come to them… And it is surely an impregnable Scripture, which falsehood cannot reach from before it or from behind it,
ان الذين كفروا بالذكر لما جاءهم وانه لكتب عزيز لا ياتيه البطل من بين يديه ولا من خلفه
a descent from One Wise, Praiseworthy.
تنزيل من حكيم حميد
Nothing is said to you except what was already said to the messengers before you;
ما يقال لك الا ما قد قيل للرسل من قبلك
your Guardian is surely possessor of forgiveness and possessor of a painful sanction.
ان ربك لذو مغفرة وذو عقاب اليم
Had We made it a confused Recitation, they would have said: "Why were its signs not detailed?"
ولو جعلنه قرءانا اعجميا لقالوا لولا فصلت ءايته
Confused and flawless at once?
ءاعجمي وعربي
Say: "It is, for those who believe, guidance and healing;
قل هو للذين ءامنوا هدى وشفاء
and those who do not believe have a deafness in their ears, and it is upon them a blindness;
والذين لا يومنون في ءاذانهم وقر وهو عليهم عمى
those are called from a distant place."
اوليك ينادون من مكان بعيد
We have indeed given Moussa the Scripture, and there was divergence about it;
ولقد ءاتينا موسى الكتب فاختلف فيه
and had it not been for a word that preceded from your Guardian, it would have been decided between them;
ولولا كلمة سبقت من ربك لقضي بينهم
and they are surely, about it, in a troubling doubt.
وانهم لفي شك منه مريب
Whoever does a sound deed, it is for himself;
من عمل صلحا فلنفسه
and whoever does ill, it is against himself;
ومن اساء فعليها
and your Guardian is not one to wrong the constrained under compulsion.
وما ربك بظلم للعبيد
To Him is referred the knowledge of the Hour;
اليه يرد علم الساعة
no fruit comes out of its sheath, no female carries nor gives birth, except with His knowledge;
وما تخرج من ثمرت من اكمامها وما تحمل من انثى ولا تضع الا بعلمه
and the day He calls out to them: "Where are My associates?", they will say: "We inform You that there is not among us any witness."
ويوم يناديهم اين شركاءي قالوا ءاذنك ما منا من شهيد
What they used to invoke before will stray away from them, and they will presume that they have no escape.
وضل عنهم ما كانوا يدعون من قبل وظنوا ما لهم من محيص
The human being does not tire of calling for good;
لا يسم الانسن من دعاء الخير
but if ill touches him, he becomes hopeless, disheartened.
وان مسه الشر فيوس قنوط
And if We let him taste benevolence from Us after hardship that touched him, he will surely say: "This is mine by right, and I do not presume the Hour will rise; and if I am returned to my Guardian, I will surely have the best with Him."
ولين اذقنه رحمة منا من بعد ضراء مسته ليقولن هذا لي وما اظن الساعة قايمة ولين رجعت الى ربي ان لي عنده للحسنى
We will surely inform those who disown of what they did, and We will surely make them taste a harsh punishment.
فلننبين الذين كفروا بما عملوا ولنذيقنهم من عذاب غليظ
And when We favor the human being with blessings, he turns away and draws away to his side;
واذا انعمنا على الانسن اعرض ونا بجانبه
and when ill touches him, he is all endless calling.
واذا مسه الشر فذو دعاء عريض
Say: "Do you see? If this is from God and you disown it, who is more astray than one who is in a far rupture?"
قل ارءيتم ان كان من عند الله ثم كفرتم به من اضل ممن هو في شقاق بعيد
We will show them Our signs in the horizons and in themselves, until it becomes clear to them that it is the truth.
سنريهم ءايتنا في الءافاق وفي انفسهم حتى يتبين لهم انه الحق
Is it not enough that your Guardian is witness over all things?
اولم يكف بربك انه على كل شىء شهيد
Is it not so: they are indeed in contention about the meeting with their Guardian;
الا انهم في مرية من لقاء ربهم
is it not so: He indeed encompasses all things perfectly.
الا انه بكل شىء محيط