Sourate Fatir (35) unvowelled

In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. Praise be to God, Creator of the heavens and the earth, who made the Agents envoys organized into departments — by twos, by threes, by fours.i 1

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله فاطر السموت والارض جاعل المليكة رسلا اولي اجنحة مثنى وثلث وربع

He adds to creation whatever He wills. 1

يزيد في الخلق ما يشاء

God is able to do all things. 1

ان الله على كل شىء قدير

Whatever benevolence God opens up for mankind, none can withhold it, 2

ما يفتح الله للناس من رحمة فلا ممسك لها

and whatever He withholds, none can release it after Him. 2

وما يمسك فلا مرسل له من بعده

He is the All-Powerful, the Wise.i 2

وهو العزيز الحكيم

O mankind, remember God's favor upon you. 3

يايها الناس اذكروا نعمت الله عليكم

Is there any creator other than God who provides for you from the sky and the earth? 3

هل من خلق غير الله يرزقكم من السماء والارض

There is no god but Him. 3

لا اله الا هو

How then are you turned away [from the truth]? 3

فانى توفكون

And if they call you a liar, envoys before you were already called liars. 4

وان يكذبوك فقد كذبت رسل من قبلك

And to God all matters return. 4

والى الله ترجع الامور

O mankind, God's promise is true. 5

يايها الناس ان وعد الله حق

So let not the present life deceive you, 5

فلا تغرنكم الحيوة الدنيا

nor let the deceiver deceive you concerning God. 5

ولا يغرنكم بالله الغرور

The Diverter is an enemy to you: so take him as an enemy.i 6

ان الشيطن لكم عدو فاتخذوه عدوا

He only calls his party so that they may be among the companions of the Blaze. 6

انما يدعوا حزبه ليكونوا من اصحب السعير

Those who deny will have a severe punishment, 7

الذين كفروا لهم عذاب شديد

and those who believed and did righteous deeds will have forgiveness and a great reward. 7

والذين ءامنوا وعملوا الصلحت لهم مغفرة واجر كبير

The one to whom the evil of his deed has been made appealing, so that he sees it as good [is he comparable to the rightly guided]? 8

افمن زين له سوء عمله فرءاه حسنا

God leaves astray whom He wills, and guides whom He wills. 8

فان الله يضل من يشاء ويهدي من يشاء

So let not your Self waste away in grief over them.i 8

فلا تذهب نفسك عليهم حسرت

God is All-Knowing of what they do. 8

ان الله عليم بما يصنعون

It is God who sends the winds, which stir up clouds; We drive them to a dead land, and by them We bring the earth to life after its death. 9

والله الذي ارسل الريح فتثير سحابا فسقنه الى بلد ميت فاحيينا به الارض بعد موتها

So will be the Awakening.i 9

كذلك النشور

Whoever desires might should know that all might belongs to God. 10

من كان يريد العزة فلله العزة جميعا

To Him ascends the good word, 10

اليه يصعد الكلم الطيب

and the righteous deed, He raises it. 10

والعمل الصلح يرفعه

And those who scheme evil deeds will have a severe punishment, 10

والذين يمكرون السيات لهم عذاب شديد

and the scheming of those is bound to perish. 10

ومكر اوليك هو يبور

God created you from dust, then from a drop of fluid, then made you into pairs.i 11

والله خلقكم من تراب ثم من نطفة ثم جعلكم ازوجا

No female conceives nor gives birth except with His knowledge. 11

وما تحمل من انثى ولا تضع الا بعلمه

No being has his life extended, nor is his life shortened, except that it is in a record.i 11

وما يعمر من معمر ولا ينقص من عمره الا في كتب

That is easy for God. 11

ان ذلك على الله يسير

The two seas are not alike: 12

وما يستوي البحران

this one is sweet, fresh, pleasant to drink, and that one is salty, bitter. 12

هذا عذب فرات سايغ شرابه وهذا ملح اجاج

From each you eat fresh meat, and you extract an ornament that you wear, 12

ومن كل تاكلون لحما طريا وتستخرجون حلية تلبسونها

and you see the ships cleaving through it, so that you may seek of His favor, and that you may be grateful. 12

وترى الفلك فيه مواخر لتبتغوا من فضله ولعلكم تشكرون

He causes the night to enter into the day, and causes the day to enter into the night, 13

يولج اليل في النهار ويولج النهار في اليل

and He has made the sun and the moon subservient, 13

وسخر الشمس والقمر

each running toward an appointed term. 13

كل يجري لاجل مسمى

That is God, your Guardian; to Him belongs the dominion.i 13

ذلكم الله ربكم له الملك

And those you call upon besides Him do not possess even the skin of a date-stone. 13

والذين تدعون من دونه ما يملكون من قطمير

If you call upon them, they do not hear your call; and even if they heard, they would not respond to you. 14

ان تدعوهم لا يسمعوا دعاءكم ولو سمعوا ما استجابوا لكم

And on the Day of Appearance they will disown your association [with God].i 14

ويوم القيمة يكفرون بشرككم

And none can inform you like the One who is fully informed. 14

ولا ينبيك مثل خبير

O mankind, it is you who are the poor before God,i 15

يايها الناس انتم الفقراء الى الله

while God is the Self-Sufficient, the Praiseworthy. 15

والله هو الغني الحميد

If He willed, He would remove you and bring a new creation. 16

ان يشا يذهبكم ويات بخلق جديد

And that is not at all difficult for God.i 17

وما ذلك على الله بعزيز

No bearer of burden shall bear the burden of another; 18

ولا تزر وازرة وزر اخرى

and if a heavily laden soul calls for help with its burden, nothing of it will be carried, even by a close relative. 18

وان تدع مثقلة الى حملها لا يحمل منه شىء ولو كان ذا قربى

You warn usefully only those who fear their Guardian unseen, and maintain the Contact, 18

انما تنذر الذين يخشون ربهم بالغيب واقاموا الصلوة

and whoever purifies himself only purifies himself for his own sake.i 18

ومن تزكى فانما يتزكى لنفسه

And to God is the ultimate becoming. 18

والى الله المصير

The blind and the seeing are not equal, nor are darkness and light, nor shade and scorching heat. 21

وما يستوي الاعمى والبصير ولا الظلمت ولا النور ولا الظل ولا الحرور

Nor are the living and the dead equal. 22

وما يستوي الاحياء ولا الاموت

God makes whoever He wills hear, 22

ان الله يسمع من يشاء

and you cannot make those in the graves hear. 22

وما انت بمسمع من في القبور

You are but a warner. 23

ان انت الا نذير

We have sent you with the truth, as a bearer of good news and a warner. 24

انا ارسلنك بالحق بشيرا ونذيرا

And there is no community but a warner passed among it. 24

وان من امة الا خلا فيها نذير

And if they call you a liar, those before them also called [their envoys] liars: their envoys came to them with clear proofs, the Formularies, and the Illuminating Scripture; then I seized those who denied.i 26

وان يكذبوك فقد كذب الذين من قبلهم جاءتهم رسلهم بالبينت وبالزبر وبالكتب المنير ثم اخذت الذين كفروا

And how was My disavowal! 26

فكيف كان نكير

Do you not see that God sends down water from the sky, by which We bring forth fruits of varying colors? 27

الم تر ان الله انزل من السماء ماء فاخرجنا به ثمرت مختلفا الونها

And in the mountains are tracts, white and red, of varying colors, and others intensely black. 27

ومن الجبال جدد بيض وحمر مختلف الونها وغرابيب سود

And among mankind, and beasts, and livestock, there is likewise a variety of colors. 28

ومن الناس والدواب والانعم مختلف الونه كذلك

Only those among His obedient ones who know truly fear God. 28

انما يخشى الله من عباده العلموا

God is All-Powerful, Forgiving.i 28

ان الله عزيز غفور

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 repay them fully and increase them from His favor.i 30

ان الذين يتلون كتب الله واقاموا الصلوة وانفقوا مما رزقنهم سرا وعلانية يرجون تجرة لن تبور ليوفيهم اجورهم ويزيدهم من فضله

He is Forgiving, Ever-Thankful. 30

انه غفور شكور

And what We have revealed to you of the Scripture is the truth, confirming what came before it.i 31

والذي اوحينا اليك من الكتب هو الحق مصدقا لما بين يديه

God is, toward His obedient ones, fully informed, All-Seeing. 31

ان الله بعباده لخبير بصير

Then We caused the Scripture to be inherited by those We chose among Our obedient ones:i 32

ثم اورثنا الكتب الذين اصطفينا من عبادنا

some of them wrong their own Self,i 32

فمنهم ظالم لنفسه

some follow a moderate course, 32

ومنهم مقتصد

and some race ahead in good deeds, by God's permission. 32

ومنهم سابق بالخيرت باذن الله

That is the great favor. 32

ذلك هو الفضل الكبير

Gardens of Eden, which they will enter, adorned therein with bracelets of gold and pearls, 33

جنت عدن يدخلونها يحلون فيها من اساور من ذهب ولولوا

and their garment therein will be silk. 33

ولباسهم فيها حرير

And they will say: "Praise be to God, who has removed sorrow from us; our Guardian is indeed Forgiving, Ever-Thankful, 34

وقالوا الحمد لله الذي اذهب عنا الحزن ان ربنا لغفور شكور

who has settled us, by His favor, in the abode of everlasting stay, where no fatigue touches us, nor any weariness." 35

الذي احلنا دار المقامة من فضله لا يمسنا فيها نصب ولا يمسنا فيها لغوب

And those who deny will have the fire of Jahannam; it will not be decreed for them to die, nor will its punishment be lightened for them. 36

والذين كفروا لهم نار جهنم لا يقضى عليهم فيموتوا ولا يخفف عنهم من عذابها

Thus do We repay every great denier. 36

كذلك نجزي كل كفور

And there they will cry out: "Our Guardian, bring us out, we will do righteousness, other than what we used to do!" 37

وهم يصطرخون فيها ربنا اخرجنا نعمل صلحا غير الذي كنا نعمل

Did We not grant you a life long enough that whoever wished to reflect could reflect? And the warner had come to you. 37

اولم نعمركم ما يتذكر فيه من تذكر وجاءكم النذير

So taste, 37

فذوقوا

for the wrongdoers have no helper. 37

فما للظلمين من نصير

God knows what escapes the senses in the heavens and the earth;i 38

ان الله علم غيب السموت والارض

He is All-Knowing of what the chests contain.i 38

انه عليم بذات الصدور

It is He who made you successors on the earth: 39

هو الذي جعلكم خليف في الارض

whoever denies, his denial falls back upon him, 39

فمن كفر فعليه كفره

and the denial of the deniers only increases them, before their Guardian, in aversion, 39

ولا يزيد الكفرين كفرهم عند ربهم الا مقتا

and the denial of the deniers only increases them in loss. 39

ولا يزيد الكفرين كفرهم الا خسارا

Say: "Have you seen 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? 40

قل ارءيتم شركاءكم الذين تدعون من دون الله اروني ماذا خلقوا من الارض ام لهم شرك في السموت

Or have We given them a scripture, so that they rely on clear proofs from it?"i 40

ام ءاتينهم كتبا فهم على بينت منه

Rather, the wrongdoers promise one another nothing but delusion. 40

بل ان يعد الظلمون بعضهم بعضا الا غرورا

God holds the heavens and the earth, lest they cease to exist; 41

ان الله يمسك السموت والارض ان تزولا

and were they to cease, none besides Him could hold them. 41

ولين زالتا ان امسكهما من احد من بعده

He is thoughtful, Forgiving.i 41

انه كان حليما غفورا

And they swore by God their strongest oaths that if a warner came to them, they would surely be better guided than any of the communities. 42

واقسموا بالله جهد ايمنهم لين جاءهم نذير ليكونن اهدى من احدى الامم

But when a warner came to them, it only increased them in aversion, 42

فلما جاءهم نذير ما زادهم الا نفورا

out of arrogance in the land, and evil scheming. 43

استكبارا في الارض ومكر السيي

But evil scheming only encircles its own doers. 43

ولا يحيق المكر السيي الا باهله

So do they await anything but the pattern of the former peoples? 43

فهل ينظرون الا سنت الاولين

But you will never find any change to God's pattern, 43

فلن تجد لسنت الله تبديلا

nor will you ever find any shift in God's pattern. 43

ولن تجد لسنت الله تحويلا

Have they not traveled through the land and seen what became of those before them, who were even greater than them in strength? 44

اولم يسيروا في الارض فينظروا كيف كان عقبة الذين من قبلهم وكانوا اشد منهم قوة

And nothing in the heavens or on the earth could render God powerless. 44

وما كان الله ليعجزه من شىء في السموت ولا في الارض

He is All-Knowing, All-Capable. 44

انه كان عليما قديرا

And if God were to seize mankind for what they have earned, He would not leave upon it [the earth] any living creature; 45

ولو يواخذ الله الناس بما كسبوا ما ترك على ظهرها من دابة

but He defers them until an appointed term. 45

ولكن يوخرهم الى اجل مسمى

And when their term comes, God is, toward His obedient ones, All-Seeing. 45

فاذا جاء اجلهم فان الله كان بعباده بصيرا