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Surah
Fussilat
1.
HâMîm.
[These
letters are one of the miracles of the Qur'ân, and none but Allâh (Alone) knows
their meanings.]
2. A
revelation from Allâh, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.
3. A
Book whereof the Verses are explained in detail; A Qur'ân in Arabic for people
who know.
4.
Giving glad tidings
[of Paradise to
the one who believes in the Oneness of Allâh (i.e. Islâmic Monotheism) and fears
Allâh much (abstains from all kinds of sins and evil deeds) and loves Allâh much
(performing all kinds of good deeds which He has ordained)],
and warning
(of punishment
in the Hell Fire to the one who disbelieves in the Oneness of Allâh),
but most of them turn away, so they listen not.
5. And they say: "Our hearts are under coverings
(screened) from that to which you invite us,
and in our ears is deafness, and between us and
you is a screen,
so work you
(on your way);
verily, we are working
(on our way)."
6.
Say
(O
Muhammad): "I
am only a human being like you. It is inspired in me that your
Ilâh
(God)
is One
Ilâh
(God - Allâh),
therefore take
Straight Path to Him
(with true Faith
Islâmic Monotheism)
and obedience to Him, and seek forgiveness of Him.
And woe to
Al-Mushrikûn
(the
disbelievers in the Oneness of Allâh, polytheists, idolaters, etc. - see
V.2:105).
7. Those who give not the
Zakât
and they are disbelievers in the Hereafter.
8.
Truly, those who believe
(in the Oneness
of Allâh Islâmic Monotheism, and in His Messenger Muhammad)
and do righteous
good deeds, for them will be an endless reward that will never stop
(i.e. Paradise).
9.
Say
(O
Muhammad):
"Do you verily disbelieve in Him Who created the earth in two Days and you set
up rivals
(in worship)
with Him?
That is the Lord of
the
'Alamîn
(mankind, jinns and all that exists).
10.
He
placed therein
(i.e. the earth)
firm mountains from above it, and He blessed it,
and measured therein
its sustenance
(for its
dwellers) in
four Days equal
(i.e. all these
four 'days' were equal in the length of time),
for all those who ask
(about its
creation).
11.
Then He
Istawâ
(rose over) towards the heaven when it was smoke,
and said
to it and to the earth: "Come both of you willingly or unwillingly."
They both said: "We come, willingly."
12.
Then He completed and finished from their creation
(as) seven heavens in two Days and He made in each heaven its
affair.
And We adorned the nearest
(lowest) heaven with lamps
(stars)
to be an adornment as well as to guard
(from the devils by using them as missiles against the devils).
Such is the Decree
of Him the All-Mighty, the All-Knower.
 
13.
But if they turn away, then say
(O Muhammad):
"I have warned you of a
Sâ'iqah
(a
destructive awful cry, torment, hit, a thunderbolt) like the
Sâ'iqah
which overtook
'Ad and
Thamûd
(people)."
14.
When the Messengers came to them, from before them and behind them
(saying): "Worship none but Allâh"
They said: "If our Lord had so willed, He would
surely have sent down the angels. So indeed! We disbelieve in that with which
you have been sent."
15.
As
for
'Ad,
they were arrogant in the land without right, and they said:
"Who is mightier than us in strength?"
See they not that
Allâh, Who created them was mightier in strength than them.
And they used to
deny Our
Ayât
(proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, revelations, etc.)!
16.
So
We sent upon them furious wind in days of evil omen
(for them)
that We might give them a taste of
disgracing torment in this present worldly life,
but surely the torment of the Hereafter
will be more disgracing, and they will never be helped.
17.
And as for
Thamûd, We showed and made clear to them the Path of Truth
(Islâmic
Monotheism)
through Our Messenger,
(i.e. showed
them the way of success),
but they preferred blindness to guidance, so the
Sâ'iqah
(a destructive awful cry, torment, hit, a thunderbolt)
of disgracing torment seized them, because of what they used to earn.
18.
And We saved those who believed and used to fear Allâh, keep their duty to Him
and avoid evil.
19.
And
(remember)
the Day that the enemies of Allâh will be gathered to the Fire, so they will be
collected there
(the first and
the last).
20.
Till, when they reach it
(Hell-fire),
their hearing
(ears)
and their eyes, and their skins will testify against them
as to what they used
to do.
21.
And they will say to their skins, "Why do you testify against us?"
They will say:
"Allâh has caused us to speak, as He causes all things to speak,
and He created you
the first time, and to Him you are made to return."
22.
And you have not been hiding against yourselves, lest your ears, and your eyes,
and your skins testify against you,
but you thought that
Allâh knew not much of what you were doing.
23.
And that thought of yours which you thought about your Lord, has brought you to
destruction,
and you have become
(this
Day) of those
utterly lost!
24.
Then, if they have patience, yet the Fire will be a home for them,
and if they beg for
to be excused, yet they are not of those who will ever be excused.
25.
And We have assigned them
(devils)
intimate companions
(in this world),
who have made fair-seeming to them, what was before them
(evil deeds which they were doing in the
present worldly life and disbelief in the Reckoning and the Resurrection, etc.)
and what was behind them
(denial of the
matters in the coming life of the Hereafter as regards punishment or reward,
etc.).
And the Word
(i.e. the torment) is justified against them as it was justified
against those who were among the previous generations of
jinns and men that had passed away before them.
Indeed they
(all)
were the losers.
26.
And those who disbelieve say: "Listen not to this Qur'ân, and make noise in the
midst of its
(recitation)
that you may overcome."
27.
But surely, We shall cause those who disbelieve to taste a severe torment,
and certainly, We
shall requite them the worst of what they used to do.
28.
That is the recompense of the enemies of Allâh: The Fire, therein will be for
them the eternal home,
a
(deserving)
recompense for that they used to deny Our
Ayât
(proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.).
29.
And those who disbelieve will say: "Our Lord! Show us those among jinns
and men who led us astray,
we shall crush them
under our feet, so that they become the lowest."
30.
Verily, those who say: "Our Lord is Allâh
(Alone)," and then they
Istaqâmû
,
on them the angels
will descend
(at the time of their death) (saying):
"Fear not, nor grieve!
But receive the glad
tidings of Paradise which you have been promised!
31.
"We have been your friends in the life of this world and are
(so) in the Hereafter.
Therein you shall have
(all)
that your inner-selves desire, and therein you shall have
(all) for which you ask for.
32.
"An entertainment from
(Allâh),
the Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."
33.
And who is better in speech than he who
[says: "My Lord is Allâh
(believes in His Oneness),"
and then stands straight
(acts upon His
Order), and] invites
(men) to Allâh's
(Islâmic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: "I am one
of the Muslims."
34.
The good deed and the evil deed cannot be equal. Repel
(the evil) with one which is better
(i.e. Allâh
ordered the faithful believers to be patient at the time of anger, and to excuse
those who treat them badly),
then verily! he, between whom and you there was enmity,
(will become)
as though he was a close friend.
35.
But none is granted it
(the above
quality)
except those who are patient,
and none is granted
it except the owner of the great portion
(of the
happiness in the Hereafter i.e. Paradise and in this world of a high moral character).
36.
And if an evil whisper from
Shaitân
(Satan)
tries to turn you away
(O Muhammad)
(from
doing good, etc.),
then seek refuge in Allâh. Verily, He is the All-Hearer, the All-Knower.
37.
And from among His Signs are the night and the day, and the sun and the moon.
Prostrate not to the sun nor to the moon,
but prostrate to
Allâh Who created them, if you
(really)
worship Him.
38.
But if they are too proud
(to do so),
then there are those who are with your Lord
(angels)
glorify Him night and day, and never are they
tired.
39.
And among His Signs
(in this),
that you see the earth barren,
but when We send
down water
(rain) to it, it is stirred to life and growth
(of vegetations).
Verily, He Who gives
it life, surely,
(He) is Able to give life to the dead
(on the Day of Resurrection).
Indeed! He is Able
to do all things.
40.
Verily, those who turn away from Our
Ayât
(proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc. by attacking,
distorting and denying them),
are not hidden from Us.
Is he who is cast
into the Fire better or he who comes secure on the Day of Resurrection?
Do what you will.
Verily! He is All-Seer of what you do
(this is a
severe threat to the disbelievers).
41.
Verily, those who disbelieved in the Reminder
(i.e. the Qur'ân) when it came to them
(shall receive
the punishment).
And verily, it is an honourable respected Book
(because it is Allâh's Speech, and He
has protected it from corruption, etc.). (See V.15:9)
42.
Falsehood cannot come to it from before it or behind it
(it is) sent down by the All-Wise, Worthy of all praise.
43.
Nothing is said to you
(O Muhammad)
except what was said to the Messengers before you.
Verily, your Lord is
the Possessor of forgiveness, and
(also)
the Possessor of painful punishment.
44.
And if We had sent this as a Qur'ân in a foreign language other than Arabic,
they would have said: "Why are not its Verses explained in detail
(in our language)?
What!
(A Book)
not in Arabic and
(the Messenger)
an Arab?"
Say: "It is for
those who believe, a guide and a healing.
And as for those who
disbelieve, there is heaviness
(deafness) in their ears, and it
(the
Qur'ân)
is blindness for them.
They are those who
are called from a place far away
(so they neither
listen nor understand).
45.
And indeed We gave
Mûsa
(Moses) the Scripture, but dispute arose therein.
And had it not been for a Word that went forth before from your Lord,
(the torment would have overtaken them)
and the matter would have been settled between them.
But truly, they are
in grave doubt thereto
(i.e. about the
Qur'ân).
[Tafsir Al-Qurtubi,]
46.
Whosoever does righteous good deed it is for
(the benefit of) his ownself, and whosoever does evil, it is against his
ownself,
and your Lord is not at all unjust to
(His) slaves.
47.
(The learned
men) refer to
Him
(Alone) the
knowledge of the Hour.
No fruit comes out
of its sheath, nor does a female conceive
(within her
womb), nor
brings forth
(young),
except by His Knowledge.
And on the Day when
He will call unto them
(polytheists) (saying):
"Where are My
(so-called)
partners
(whom you did invent)?"
They will say: "We
inform You that none of us bears witness to it
(that they are
Your partners)!"
48.
And those whom they used to invoke before will fail them, and they will perceive
that they have no place of refuge
(from Allâh's
punishment).
49.
Man
(the
disbeliever)
does not get tired of asking good
(things from
Allâh), but
if an evil touches him, then he gives up all hope and is lost in despair.
50.
And truly, if We give him a taste of mercy from us, after some adversity
(severe poverty or disease, etc.)
has touched him, he is sure to say: "This is for me
(due to my merit),
I think not that the
Hour will be established. But if I am brought back to my Lord, Surely, there
will be for me the best
(wealth, etc.) with Him.
Then, We verily, will show to the disbelievers what they have
done and We shall make them taste a severe torment.
51.
And when We show favour to man, he withdraws and turns away,
but when evil
touches him, then he has recourse to long supplications.
52.
Say: "Tell me, if it
(the
Qur'ân)
is from Allâh, and you disbelieve in it,
who is more astray
than one who is in opposition far away
(from Allâh's Right Path and His obedience).
53.
We
will show them Our Signs in the universe, and in their ownselves, until it
becomes manifest to them that this
(the Qur'ân) is the truth.
Is it not sufficient in regard to your Lord that He is a
Witness over all things?
54.
Verily! They are in doubt concerning the Meeting with their Lord?
(i.e. Resurrection after their deaths, and
their return to their Lord).
Verily! He it is Who is surrounding all things!
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