Sourate Fussilat (41) with hamza shown

In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. Ha, Mim.i 1

بسم ٱلله ٱلرحمن ٱلرحيم حم

A revealed descent from the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent: a Scripture whose signs are made distinct, a flawless recitation for a people who know, bearing good news and warning,i 4

تنزيل من ٱلرحمن ٱلرحيم كتب فصلت ءايته قرءانا عربيا لقوم يعلمون بشيرا ونذيرا

yet most of them turn away, so that they do not hear. 4

فأعرض أكثرهم فهم لا يسمعون

They say: "Our cores are under covers 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 [on our side]."i 5

وقالوا قلوبنا في أكنة مما تدعونآ إليه وفي ءاذاننا وقر ومن بيننا وبينك حجاب فٱعمل إننا عملون

Say: "I am only a human being like you; it is revealed to me that your god is One God. So stand straight toward Him and ask His forgiveness." 6

قل إنمآ أنا بشر مثلكم يوحى إلى أنمآ إلهكم إله وحد فٱستقيموا إليه وٱستغفروه

Woe to the idolaters, who do not give the zakat and who deny the Hereafter!i 7

وويل للمشركين ٱلذين لا يؤتون ٱلزكوة وهم بٱلءاخرة هم كفرون

Those who believe and do what is right will have a reward without interruption. 8

إن ٱلذين ءامنوا وعملوا ٱلصلحت لهم أجر غير ممنون

Say: "Do you then deny the One who created the earth in two days, and set up equals to Him?"i 9

قل أئنكم لتكفرون بٱلذي خلق ٱلأرض في يومين وتجعلون له أندادا

That is the Guardian of all beings.i 9

ذلك رب ٱلعلمين

He placed firmly-set mountains upon it, blessed it, and apportioned its provisions in it, in four equal days, for those who ask. 10

وجعل فيها روسي من فوقها وبرك فيها وقدر فيهآ أقوتها في أربعة أيام سوآء للسآئلين

Then He turned toward the sky, which was smoke, and said to it and to the earth: "Come, both of you, willingly or unwillingly." 11

ثم ٱستوى إلى ٱلسمآء وهي دخان فقال لها وللأرض ٱئتيا طوعا أو كرها

They said: "We come obediently." 11

قالتآ أتينا طآئعين

So He completed them as seven skies in two days, and inspired to each sky its command. 12

فقضىهن سبع سموات في يومين وأوحى في كل سمآء أمرها

And We adorned the nearest sky with lamps, 12

وزينا ٱلسمآء ٱلدنيا بمصبيح

and with protection. 12

وحفظا

That is the measure of the All-Powerful, the All-Knowing.i 12

ذلك تقدير ٱلعزيز ٱلعليم

If they turn away, say: "I warn you of a thunderbolt like the thunderbolt of the Recidivists [Aad] and the Depleters [Thamud]" 14

فإن أعرضوا فقل أنذرتكم صعقة مثل صعقة عاد وثمود إذ جآءتهم ٱلرسل من بين أيديهم ومن خلفهم ألا تعبدوا إلا ٱلله

They said: "Had our Guardian willed, He would have sent down Agents. So we deny what you have been sent with."i 14

قالوا لو شآء ربنا لأنزل ملئكة فإنا بمآ أرسلتم به كفرون

As for Aad, they were arrogant on the earth without right, and said: "Who is stronger than us in might?" 15

فأما عاد فٱستكبروا في ٱلأرض بغير ٱلحق وقالوا من أشد منا قوة

Did they not see that God, who created them, is stronger than them in might? 15

أولم يروا أن ٱلله ٱلذي خلقهم هو أشد منهم قوة

And they used to deny Our signs. 15

وكانوا بايتنا يجحدون

So We sent upon them a howling wind, during ill-omened days, to make them taste the punishment of disgrace in the present life; 16

فأرسلنا عليهم ريحا صرصرا في أيام نحسات لنذيقهم عذاب ٱلخزي في ٱلحيوة ٱلدنيا

and the punishment of the Hereafter is more disgracing still, and they will not be helped. 16

ولعذاب ٱلءاخرة أخزى وهم لا ينصرون

As for Thamud, We guided them, but they preferred blindness over guidance, so the thunderbolt of the humiliating punishment seized them for what they used to earn. 17

وأما ثمود فهدينهم فٱستحبوا ٱلعمى على ٱلهدى فأخذتهم صعقة ٱلعذاب ٱلهون بما كانوا يكسبون

And We saved those who believed and were mindful [of God]. 18

ونجينا ٱلذين ءامنوا وكانوا يتقون

The day the enemies of God are gathered toward the Fire, they will be arranged in ranks, 19

ويوم يحشر أعدآء ٱلله إلى ٱلنار فهم يوزعون

until, when they reach it, their hearing, their sights, and their skins will testify against them about what they used to do. 20

حتى إذا ما جآءوها شهد عليهم سمعهم وأبصرهم وجلودهم بما كانوا يعملون

They will say to their skins: "Why did you testify against us?" 21

وقالوا لجلودهم لم شهدتم علينا

They will say: "God, who makes everything speak, made us speak. It is He who created you the first time, and to Him you are returned." 21

قالوا أنطقنا ٱلله ٱلذي أنطق كل شىء وهو خلقكم أول مرة وإليه ترجعون

You were not hiding [in thinking] that your hearing, your sights, and your skins would not testify against you; 22

وما كنتم تستترون أن يشهد عليكم سمعكم ولآ أبصركم ولا جلودكم

but you thought that God did not know much of what you were doing. 22

ولكن ظننتم أن ٱلله لا يعلم كثيرا مما تعملون

That is the thought you had of your Guardian; it has ruined you, and you have become among the losers. 23

وذلكم ظنكم ٱلذي ظننتم بربكم أردىكم فأصبحتم من ٱلخسرين

If they endure, the Fire is their dwelling; 24

فإن يصبروا فٱلنار مثوى لهم

and if they seek favor, they will not be among those granted favor. 24

وإن يستعتبوا فما هم من ٱلمعتبين

And We assigned to them companions who made attractive to them what was before them and what was behind them, 25

وقيضنا لهم قرنآء فزينوا لهم ما بين أيديهم وما خلفهم

and the word came due against them, among communities of the Occulted and humans that had already passed away before them;i 25

وحق عليهم ٱلقول في أمم قد خلت من قبلهم من ٱلجن وٱلإنس

they were indeed losers. 25

إنهم كانوا خسرين

Those who deny said: "Do not listen to this recitation, and drown it out, so that you may prevail."i 26

وقال ٱلذين كفروا لا تسمعوا لهذا ٱلقرءان وٱلغوا فيه لعلكم تغلبون

We will surely make those who deny taste a severe punishment, and We will surely repay them the worst of what they used to do.i 27

فلنذيقن ٱلذين كفروا عذابا شديدا ولنجزينهم أسوأ ٱلذي كانوا يعملون

That is the recompense of the enemies of God: the Fire; 28

ذلك جزآء أعدآء ٱلله ٱلنار

they have therein the home of eternity, 28

لهم فيها دار ٱلخلد

a recompense for their denying Our signs. 28

جزآء بما كانوا بايتنا يجحدون

Those who deny 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."i 29

وقال ٱلذين كفروا ربنآ أرنا ٱلذين أضلانا من ٱلجن وٱلإنس نجعلهما تحت أقدامنا ليكونا من ٱلأسفلين

Those who say: "Our Guardian is God," then stand straight — the Agents descend upon them: "Do not fear and do not grieve; rejoice in the Garden that you were promised."i 30

إن ٱلذين قالوا ربنا ٱلله ثم ٱستقموا تتنزل عليهم ٱلملئكة ألا تخافوا ولا تحزنوا وأبشروا بٱلجنة ٱلتي كنتم توعدون

We are your protectors in the present life and in the Hereafter; 31

نحن أوليآؤكم في ٱلحيوة ٱلدنيا وفي ٱلءاخرة

and you will have therein whatever your Selves desire, and you will have therein whatever you ask for, as a welcome from a [Lord who is] All-Forgiving, Benevolent.i 32

ولكم فيها ما تشتهي أنفسكم ولكم فيها ما تدعون نزلا من غفور رحيم

And who speaks better than one who calls to God, does what is right, and says: "I am indeed among those true to God alone"?i 33

ومن أحسن قولا ممن دعآ إلى ٱلله وعمل صلحا وقال إنني من ٱلمسلمين

The good deed and the bad deed are not equal. 34

ولا تستوي ٱلحسنة ولا ٱلسيئة

Repel with what is better; then the one between you and whom there was enmity will be like a close ally. 34

ٱدفع بٱلتي هي أحسن فإذا ٱلذي بينك وبينه عدوة كأنه ولي حميم

But this is received only by those who endure, 35

وما يلقىهآ إلا ٱلذين صبروا

and it is received only by one who has an immense share. 35

وما يلقىهآ إلا ذو حظ عظيم

And if an incitement from the Diverter should ever prompt you, seek refuge in God;i 36

وإما ينزغنك من ٱلشيطن نزغ فٱستعذ بٱلله

it is He, the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. 36

إنه هو ٱلسميع ٱلعليم

And among His signs are the night and the day, and the sun and the moon. 37

ومن ءايته ٱليل وٱلنهار وٱلشمس وٱلقمر

Do not prostrate to the sun or to the moon, 37

لا تسجدوا للشمس ولا للقمر

but prostrate to God, who created them, if it is Him that you obey. 37

وٱسجدوا لله ٱلذي خلقهن إن كنتم إياه تعبدون

If they are arrogant, then those who are with your Guardian glorify Him night and day, without growing weary. 38

فإن ٱستكبروا فٱلذين عند ربك يسبحون له بٱليل وٱلنهار وهم لا يسمون

And among His signs: you see the earth humbled; then, when We send down water upon it, it stirs and swells. 39

ومن ءايته أنك ترى ٱلأرض خشعة فإذآ أنزلنا عليها ٱلمآء ٱهتزت وربت

He who gave it life is surely the One who gives life to the dead; 39

إن ٱلذي أحياها لمحي ٱلموتى

He is capable of all things. 39

إنه على كل شىء قدير

Those who deviate concerning Our signs are not hidden from Us. 40

إن ٱلذين يلحدون في ءايتنا لا يخفون علينآ

Is one who is thrown into the Fire better, or one who comes secure on the Day of Appearance?i 40

أفمن يلقى في ٱلنار خير أم من يأتي ءامنا يوم ٱلقيمة

Do what you wish, 40

ٱعملوا ما شئتم

He is All-Seeing of what you do. 40

إنه بما تعملون بصير

Those who deny the Reminder when it has come to them [will bear the consequences]; and it is indeed an impregnable Scripture, which falsehood cannot reach from before it or from behind it,i 42

إن ٱلذين كفروا بٱلذكر لما جآءهم وإنه لكتب عزيز لا يأتيه ٱلبطل من بين يديه ولا من خلفه

a revealed descent from a [Lord who is] Wise, Praiseworthy. 42

تنزيل من حكيم حميد

Nothing is said to you except what was already said to the messengers before you; 43

ما يقال لك إلا ما قد قيل للرسل من قبلك

your Guardian is indeed possessor of forgiveness and possessor of painful punishment. 43

إن ربك لذو مغفرة وذو عقاب أليم

Had We made it a flawed recitation, they would have said: "Why were its signs not made distinct?"i 44

ولو جعلنه قرءانا أعجميا لقالوا لولا فصلت ءايته

Flawed and flawless at once?i 44

ءاعجمي وعربي

Say: "It is, for those who believe, guidance and healing; 44

قل هو للذين ءامنوا هدى وشفآء

and those who do not believe have a deafness in their ears, and it is upon them a blindness; 44

وٱلذين لا يؤمنون في ءاذانهم وقر وهو عليهم عمى

those are called from a distant place." 44

أولئك ينادون من مكان بعيد

And We certainly gave Moussa the Scripture, and there was disagreement over it;i 45

ولقد ءاتينا موسى ٱلكتب فٱختلف فيه

and had it not been for a word that preceded from your Guardian, it would already have been settled between them; 45

ولولا كلمة سبقت من ربك لقضي بينهم

and they are indeed in disquieting doubt about it. 45

وإنهم لفي شك منه مريب

Whoever does what is right, it is for his own Self;i 46

من عمل صلحا فلنفسه

and whoever does wrong, it is against his own Self;i 46

ومن أسآء فعليها

and your Guardian is not unjust to His the constrained. 46

وما ربك بظلم للعبيد

To Him is referred the knowledge of the Hour; 47

إليه يرد علم ٱلساعة

no fruit comes out of its sheath, nor does any female conceive or give birth, except with His knowledge; 47

وما تخرج من ثمرت من أكمامها وما تحمل من أنثى ولا تضع إلا بعلمه

and the day He calls out to them: "Where are My partners?", they will say: "We inform You that there is not among us any witness." 47

ويوم يناديهم أين شركآءي قالوا ءاذنك ما منا من شهيد

What they used to invoke before will stray away from them, and they will know that they have no escape. 48

وضل عنهم ما كانوا يدعون من قبل وظنوا ما لهم من محيص

The human being does not tire of calling for good; 49

لا يسم ٱلإنسن من دعآء ٱلخير

but if evil touches him, he becomes despairing, hopeless. 49

وإن مسه ٱلشر 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 think the Hour is coming; and if I am returned to my Guardian, I will indeed have the best with Him." 50

ولئن أذقنه رحمة منا من بعد ضرآء مسته ليقولن هذا لي ومآ أظن ٱلساعة قآئمة ولئن رجعت إلى ربي إن لي عنده للحسنى

We will surely inform those who deny of what they did, and We will surely make them taste a harsh punishment.i 50

فلننبئن ٱلذين كفروا بما عملوا ولنذيقنهم من عذاب غليظ

And when We favor the human being, he turns away and distances himself disdainfully; 51

وإذآ أنعمنا على ٱلإنسن أعرض ونا بجانبه

and when evil touches him, he is full of endless calling. 51

وإذا مسه ٱلشر فذو دعآء عريض

Say: "Have you considered? If this is from God and you deny it, who is more astray than one who is in deep estrangement?"i 52

قل أرءيتم إن كان من عند ٱلله ثم كفرتم به من أضل 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.i 53

سنريهم ءايتنا في ٱلءافاق وفي أنفسهم حتى يتبين لهم أنه ٱلحق

Is it not enough that your Guardian is witness over all things? 53

أولم يكف بربك أنه على كل شىء شهيد

Indeed, they are in doubt about the meeting with their Guardian; 54

ألآ إنهم في مرية من لقآء ربهم

indeed, He encompasses all things. 54

ألآ إنه بكل شىء محيط