Surah Fatir

Verse 35:1

اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ فَاطِرِ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ جَاعِلِ الْمَلٰٓىِٕكَةِ رُسُلًا اُولِیْۤ اَجْنِحَةٍ مَّثْنٰی وَثُلٰثَ وَرُبٰعَ ؕ یَزِیْدُ فِی الْخَلْقِ مَا یَشَآءُ ؕ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَلٰی كُلِّ شَیْءٍ قَدِیْرٌ ۟

ʹAl-Ḥamdu lillaahi Faaṭiris Samaawaati wal-ʹarḍi jaaʻilil malaaaʹikati rusulan ʹuleee ʹajniḥatim mas̤naa wa-s̤ulaas̤a wa-rubaaʻ: yazeedu fil khalq̣i maa- yashaaaʹ: ʹinnal laaha ʻalaa kulli shayʹiñ Q̣adeer.

All praise is for Allah, the Originator of the heavens and the earth, Who made angels ˹as His˺ messengers with wings—two, three, or four. He increases in creation whatever He wills. Surely Allah is Most Capable of everything.

Verse 35:2

مَا یَفْتَحِ اللّٰهُ لِلنَّاسِ مِنْ رَّحْمَةٍ فَلَا مُمْسِكَ لَهَا ۚ وَمَا یُمْسِكْ ۙ فَلَا مُرْسِلَ لَهٗ مِنْ بَعْدِهٖ ؕ وَهُوَ الْعَزِیْزُ الْحَكِیْمُ ۟

Maa- yaftaḥil laahu linnaasi mir Raḥmatiñ falaa mumsika lahaa: wa-maa yumsik falaa mursila lahoo mim baʻdih: wa-Huwal ʻAzeezul Ḥakeem.

Whatever mercy Allah opens up for people, none can withhold it. And whatever He withholds, none but Him can release it. For He is the Almighty, All-Wise.

Verse 35:3

یٰۤاَیُّهَا النَّاسُ اذْكُرُوْا نِعْمَتَ اللّٰهِ عَلَیْكُمْ ؕ هَلْ مِنْ خَالِقٍ غَیْرُ اللّٰهِ یَرْزُقُكُمْ مِّنَ السَّمَآءِ وَالْاَرْضِ ؕ لَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَ ۖؗ فَاَنّٰی تُؤْفَكُوْنَ ۟

Yaaaʹayyuhan naasuẓ kuroo niʻmatal laahi ʻalaykum! Hal min Khaaliq̣in g̣ayrul laahi yarzuq̣ukum minas samaaaʹi wal-ʹarḍ? Laaa ʹilaaha ʹillaa Hoo! Faʹannaa tuʹfakoon?

O humanity! Remember Allah’s favours upon you. Is there any creator other than Allah who provides for you from the heavens and the earth? There is no god ˹worthy of worship˺ except Him. How can you then be deluded ˹from the truth˺?

Verse 35:4

وَاِنْ یُّكَذِّبُوْكَ فَقَدْ كُذِّبَتْ رُسُلٌ مِّنْ قَبْلِكَ ؕ وَاِلَی اللّٰهِ تُرْجَعُ الْاُمُوْرُ ۟

Wa-ʹiñy yukaẓẓibooka faq̣ad kuẓẓibat rusulum miñ q̣ablik: wa-ʹilal laahi turjaʻul ʹumoor.

If you are rejected by them, so too were messengers before you. And to Allah ˹all˺ matters will be returned ˹for judgment˺.

Verse 35:5

یٰۤاَیُّهَا النَّاسُ اِنَّ وَعْدَ اللّٰهِ حَقٌّ فَلَا تَغُرَّنَّكُمُ الْحَیٰوةُ الدُّنْیَا ۥ وَلَا یَغُرَّنَّكُمْ بِاللّٰهِ الْغَرُوْرُ ۟

Yaaaʹayyuhan naasu ʹinna waʻdal laahi ḥaq̣q̣uñ falaa tag̣urrannakumul ḥayaatud dunyaa: wa-laa yag̣urrannakum̃ billaahil G̣aroor.

O humanity! Indeed, Allah’s promise is true. So do not let the life of this world deceive you, nor let the Chief Deceiver deceive you about Allah.

Verse 35:6

اِنَّ الشَّیْطٰنَ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ فَاتَّخِذُوْهُ عَدُوًّا ؕ اِنَّمَا یَدْعُوْا حِزْبَهٗ لِیَكُوْنُوْا مِنْ اَصْحٰبِ السَّعِیْرِ ۟ؕ

ʹInnash Shayṭaana lakum ʻaduwwuñ fattakhiẓoohu ʻaduwwaa. ʹInnamaa yadʻoo ḥizbahoo liyakoonoo min ʹAṣḥaabis Saʻeer.

Surely Satan is an enemy to you, so take him as an enemy. He only invites his followers to become inmates of the Blaze.

Verse 35:7

اَلَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَدِیْدٌ ؕ۬ وَالَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَعَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ لَهُمْ مَّغْفِرَةٌ وَّاَجْرٌ كَبِیْرٌ ۟۠

ʹAllaẓeena kafaroo lahum ʻAẓaabuñ shadeed! Wallaẓeena ʹaamanoo wa-ʻamiluṣ ṣaaliḥaati lahum mag̣firatuñw waʹAjruñ kabeer.

Those who disbelieve will have a severe punishment. But those who believe and do good will have forgiveness and a great reward.

Verse 35:8

اَفَمَنْ زُیِّنَ لَهٗ سُوْٓءُ عَمَلِهٖ فَرَاٰهُ حَسَنًا ؕ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ یُضِلُّ مَنْ یَّشَآءُ وَیَهْدِیْ مَنْ یَّشَآءُ ۖؗ فَلَا تَذْهَبْ نَفْسُكَ عَلَیْهِمْ حَسَرٰتٍ ؕ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَلِیْمٌۢ بِمَا یَصْنَعُوْنَ ۟

ʹAfamañ zuyyina lahoo soooʹu ʻamalihee faraʹaahu ḥasanaa? Faʹinnal laaha yuḍillu mañy yashaaaʹu wa-yahdee mañy yashaaaʹ. Falaa taẓhab nafsuka ʻalayhim ḥasaraat. ʹInnal laaha ʻAleemum bimaa yaṣnaʻoon!

Are those whose evil-doing is made so appealing to them that they deem it good ˹like those who are rightly guided˺? ˹It is˺ certainly Allah ˹Who˺ leaves to stray whoever He wills, and guides whoever He wills. So do not grieve yourself to death over them ˹O Prophet˺. Surely Allah is All-Knowing of what they do.

Verse 35:9

وَاللّٰهُ الَّذِیْۤ اَرْسَلَ الرِّیٰحَ فَتُثِیْرُ سَحَابًا فَسُقْنٰهُ اِلٰی بَلَدٍ مَّیِّتٍ فَاَحْیَیْنَا بِهِ الْاَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا ؕ كَذٰلِكَ النُّشُوْرُ ۟

Wallaahul laẓeee ʹarsalar riyaaḥa fatus̤eeru saḥaabañ fasuq̣naahu ʹilaa baladim mayyitiñ faʹaḥyaynaa bihil ʹarda baʻda mawtihaa. Kaẓaalikan Nushoor!

And it is Allah Who sends the winds, which then stir up ˹vapour, forming˺ clouds, and then We drive them to a lifeless land, giving life to the earth after its death. Similar is the Resurrection.

Verse 35:10

مَنْ كَانَ یُرِیْدُ الْعِزَّةَ فَلِلّٰهِ الْعِزَّةُ جَمِیْعًا ؕ اِلَیْهِ یَصْعَدُ الْكَلِمُ الطَّیِّبُ وَالْعَمَلُ الصَّالِحُ یَرْفَعُهٗ ؕ وَالَّذِیْنَ یَمْكُرُوْنَ السَّیِّاٰتِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَدِیْدٌ ؕ وَمَكْرُ اُولٰٓىِٕكَ هُوَ یَبُوْرُ ۟

Mañ kaana yureedul ʻizzata falillahil ʻizzatu jameeʻaa. ʹIlayhi yaṣʻadul Kalimuṭ Ṭayyibu walʻAmaluṣ Ṣaaliḥu yarfaʻuh. Wallaẓeena yamkuroonas sayyiʹaati lahum ʻAẓaabuñ shadeed; wa-makru ʹulaaaʹika huwa yaboor.

Whoever seeks honour and power, then ˹let them know that˺ all honour and power belongs to Allah. To Him ˹alone˺ good words ascend, and righteous deeds are raised up by Him. As for those who plot evil, they will suffer a severe punishment. And the plotting of such ˹people˺ is doomed ˹to fail˺.

Verse 35:11

وَاللّٰهُ خَلَقَكُمْ مِّنْ تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ نُّطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ جَعَلَكُمْ اَزْوَاجًا ؕ وَمَا تَحْمِلُ مِنْ اُ وَلَا تَضَعُ اِلَّا بِعِلْمِهٖ ؕ وَمَا یُعَمَّرُ مِنْ مُّعَمَّرٍ وَّلَا یُنْقَصُ مِنْ عُمُرِهٖۤ اِلَّا فِیْ كِتٰبٍ ؕ اِنَّ ذٰلِكَ عَلَی اللّٰهِ یَسِیْرٌ ۟

Wallaahu khalaq̣akum miñ turaabiñ s̤umma min nuṭfatiñ s̤umma jaʻalakum ʹazwaajaa. Wa-maa taḥmilu min ʹuñs̤aa. wa-laa taḍaʻu ʹillaa biʻilmih. Wa-maa yuʻammaru mim muʻammariñw walaa yuñq̣aṣu min ʻumuriheee ʹillaa fee Kitaab. ʹInna ẓaalika ʻalal laahi yaseer.

And ˹it is˺ Allah ˹Who˺ created you from dust, then ˹developed you˺ from a sperm-drop, then made you into pairs. No female ever conceives or delivers without His knowledge. And no one’s life is made long or cut short but is ˹written˺ in a Record. That is certainly easy for Allah.

Verse 35:12

وَمَا یَسْتَوِی الْبَحْرٰنِ ۖۗ هٰذَا عَذْبٌ فُرَاتٌ سَآىِٕغٌ شَرَابُهٗ وَهٰذَا مِلْحٌ اُجَاجٌ ؕ وَمِنْ كُلٍّ تَاْكُلُوْنَ لَحْمًا طَرِیًّا وَّتَسْتَخْرِجُوْنَ حِلْیَةً تَلْبَسُوْنَهَا ۚ وَتَرَی الْفُلْكَ فِیْهِ مَوَاخِرَ لِتَبْتَغُوْا مِنْ فَضْلِهٖ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُوْنَ ۟

Wa-maa yastawil baḥraani haaẓaa ʻaẓbuñ furaatuñ saaaʹig̣uñ sharaabuhoo wa-haaẓaa milḥun ʹujaaj. Wa-miñ kulliñ taʹkuloona laḥmañ ṭariyyañw watastakhrijoona ḥilyatañ talbasoonahaa; wa-taral fulka feehi mawaakhira litabtag̣oo miñ Faḍlihee wa-laʻallakum tashkuroon.

The two bodies of water are not alike: one is fresh, palatable, and pleasant to drink and the other is salty and bitter. Yet from them both you eat tender seafood and extract ornaments to wear. And you see the ships ploughing their way through both, so you may seek His bounty and give thanks ˹to Him˺.

Verse 35:13

یُوْلِجُ الَّیْلَ فِی النَّهَارِ وَیُوْلِجُ النَّهَارَ فِی الَّیْلِ ۙ وَسَخَّرَ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ ۖؗ كُلٌّ یَّجْرِیْ لِاَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّی ؕ ذٰلِكُمُ اللّٰهُ رَبُّكُمْ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ ؕ وَالَّذِیْنَ تَدْعُوْنَ مِنْ دُوْنِهٖ مَا یَمْلِكُوْنَ مِنْ قِطْمِیْرٍ ۟ؕ

Yoolijul layla fin nahaari wa-yoolijun nahaara fil layli wa-sakhkharash shamsa wal-q̣amar: Kulluñy yajree liʹajalim musammaa. Ẓaalikumul laahu Rabbukum lahul Mulk. Wallaẓeena tadʻoona miñ doonihee maa- yamlikoona miñ q̣iṭmeer.

He merges the night into the day and the day into the night, and has subjected the sun and the moon, each orbiting for an appointed term. That is Allah—your Lord! All authority belongs to Him. But those ˹idols˺ you invoke besides Him do not possess even the skin of a date stone.

Verse 35:14

اِنْ تَدْعُوْهُمْ لَا یَسْمَعُوْا دُعَآءَكُمْ ۚ وَلَوْ سَمِعُوْا مَا اسْتَجَابُوْا لَكُمْ ؕ وَیَوْمَ الْقِیٰمَةِ یَكْفُرُوْنَ بِشِرْكِكُمْ ؕ وَلَا یُنَبِّئُكَ مِثْلُ خَبِیْرٍ ۟۠

ʹIñ tadʻoohum laa- yasmaʻoo duʻaaaʹakum. Wa-law samiʻoo mas tajaaboo lakum. Wa-Yawmal Q̣iyaamati yakfuroona bishirkikum. Wa-laa yunabbiʹuka mis̤lu khabeer.

If you call upon them, they cannot hear your calls. And if they were to hear, they could not respond to you. On the Day of Judgment they will disown your worship ˹of them˺. And no one can inform you ˹O Prophet˺ like the All-Knowledgeable.

Verse 35:15

یٰۤاَیُّهَا النَّاسُ اَنْتُمُ الْفُقَرَآءُ اِلَی اللّٰهِ ۚ وَاللّٰهُ هُوَ الْغَنِیُّ الْحَمِیْدُ ۟

Yaaaʹayyuhan naasu ʹañtumul fuq̣araaaʹu ʹilal laah: wallaahu Huwal G̣aniyyul Ḥameed.

O humanity! It is you who stand in need of Allah, but Allah ˹alone˺ is the Self-Sufficient, Praiseworthy.

Verse 35:16

اِنْ یَّشَاْ یُذْهِبْكُمْ وَیَاْتِ بِخَلْقٍ جَدِیْدٍ ۟ۚ

ʹIñy yashaʹ yuẓhibkum wa-yaʹti bi-Khalq̣iñ Jadeed.

If He willed, He could eliminate you and produce a new creation.

Verse 35:17

وَمَا ذٰلِكَ عَلَی اللّٰهِ بِعَزِیْزٍ ۟

Wa-maa ẓaalika ʻalal laahi biʻazeez.

And that is not difficult for Allah ˹at all˺.

Verse 35:18

وَلَا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِّزْرَ اُخْرٰی ؕ وَاِنْ تَدْعُ مُثْقَلَةٌ اِلٰی حِمْلِهَا لَا یُحْمَلْ مِنْهُ شَیْءٌ وَّلَوْ كَانَ ذَا قُرْبٰی ؕ اِنَّمَا تُنْذِرُ الَّذِیْنَ یَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُمْ بِالْغَیْبِ وَاَقَامُوا الصَّلٰوةَ ؕ وَمَنْ تَزَكّٰی فَاِنَّمَا یَتَزَكّٰی لِنَفْسِهٖ ؕ وَاِلَی اللّٰهِ الْمَصِیْرُ ۟

Wa-laa taziru waaziratuñw wizra ʹukhraa. Wa-ʹiñ tadʻu mus̤q̣alatun ʹilaa ḥimlihaa laa- yuḥmal minhu shayʹuñw walaw kaana ẓaa q̣urbaa. ʹInnamaa tuñẓirul laẓeena yakhshawna Rabbahum̃ bilg̣aybi wa-ʹaq̣aamuṣ Ṣalaah. Wa-mañ tazakkaa faʹinnamaa yatazakkaa linafsih: wa-ʹilal laahil maṣeer.

No soul burdened with sin will bear the burden of another. And if a sin-burdened soul cries for help with its burden, none of it will be carried—even by a close relative. You ˹O Prophet˺ can only warn those who stand in awe of their Lord without seeing Him and establish prayer. Whoever purifies themselves, they only do so for their own good. And to Allah is the final return.

Verse 35:19

وَمَا یَسْتَوِی الْاَعْمٰی وَالْبَصِیْرُ ۟ۙ

Wa-maa yastawil ʹaʻmaa wal-baṣeer;

Those blind ˹to the truth˺ and those who can see are not equal,

Verse 35:20

وَلَا الظُّلُمٰتُ وَلَا النُّوْرُ ۟ۙ

Wa-laz̤̣ z̤̣ulumaatu wa-lan noor;

nor are the darkness and the light,

Verse 35:21

وَلَا الظِّلُّ وَلَا الْحَرُوْرُ ۟ۚ

Wa-laz̤̣ z̤̣illu wa-lal ḥaroor:

nor the ˹scorching˺ heat and the ˹cool˺ shade.

Verse 35:22

وَمَا یَسْتَوِی الْاَحْیَآءُ وَلَا الْاَمْوَاتُ ؕ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ یُسْمِعُ مَنْ یَّشَآءُ ۚ وَمَاۤ اَنْتَ بِمُسْمِعٍ مَّنْ فِی الْقُبُوْرِ ۟

Wa-maa yastawil ʹaḥyaaaʹu wa-lal ʹamwaat. ʹInnal laaha yusmiʻu mañy yashaaaʹ; wa-maaa ʹañta bimusmiʻim mañ fil q̣uboor.

Nor are the dead and the living equal. Indeed, Allah ˹alone˺ makes whoever He wills hear, but you ˹O Prophet˺ can never make those in the graves hear ˹your call˺.

Verse 35:23

اِنْ اَنْتَ اِلَّا نَذِیْرٌ ۟

ʹIn ʹañta ʹillaa naẓeer.

You are only a warner.

Verse 35:24

اِنَّاۤ اَرْسَلْنٰكَ بِالْحَقِّ بَشِیْرًا وَّنَذِیْرًا ؕ وَاِنْ مِّنْ اُمَّةٍ اِلَّا خَلَا فِیْهَا نَذِیْرٌ ۟

ʹInnaaa ʹarsalnaaka bil-ḥaq̣q̣i basheerañw wanaẓeeraa: wa-ʹim min ʹummatin ʹillaa khalaa feehaa naẓeer.

We have surely sent you with the truth as a deliverer of good news and a warner. There is no community that has not had a warner.

Verse 35:25

وَاِنْ یُّكَذِّبُوْكَ فَقَدْ كَذَّبَ الَّذِیْنَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ جَآءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُمْ بِالْبَیِّنٰتِ وَبِالزُّبُرِ وَبِالْكِتٰبِ الْمُنِیْرِ ۟

Wa-ʹiñy yukaẓẓibooka faq̣ad kaẓẓabal laẓeena miñ q̣ablihim: jaaaʹathum rusuluhum̃ bil-Bayyinaati wa-biz-Zuburi wa-bil-Kitaabil Muneer.

If they deny you, so did those before them. Their messengers came to them with clear proofs, divine Books, and enlightening Scriptures.

Verse 35:26

ثُمَّ اَخَذْتُ الَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا فَكَیْفَ كَانَ نَكِیْرِ ۟۠

S̤umma ʹakhaẓtul laẓeena kafaroo fakayfa kaana nakeer.

Then I seized those who persisted in disbelief. How severe was My response!

Verse 35:27

اَلَمْ تَرَ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ اَنْزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَآءِ مَآءً ۚ فَاَخْرَجْنَا بِهٖ ثَمَرٰتٍ مُّخْتَلِفًا اَلْوَانُهَا ؕ وَمِنَ الْجِبَالِ جُدَدٌ بِیْضٌ وَّحُمْرٌ مُّخْتَلِفٌ اَلْوَانُهَا وَغَرَابِیْبُ سُوْدٌ ۟

ʹAlam tara ʹannal laaha ʹañzala minas samaaaʹi maaaʹaa? Faʹakhrajnaa bihee s̤amaraatim mukhtalifan ʹalwaanuhaa. Wa-minal jibaali judadum beeḍuñw waḥumrum mukhtalifun ʹalwaanuhaa wa-g̣araabeebu sood.

Do you not see that Allah sends down rain from the sky with which We bring forth fruits of different colours? And in the mountains are streaks of varying shades of white, red, and raven black;

Verse 35:28

وَمِنَ النَّاسِ وَالدَّوَآبِّ وَالْاَنْعَامِ مُخْتَلِفٌ اَلْوَانُهٗ كَذٰلِكَ ؕ اِنَّمَا یَخْشَی اللّٰهَ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ الْعُلَمٰٓؤُا ؕ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَزِیْزٌ غَفُوْرٌ ۟

Wa-minan naasi waddawaaabbi wal-ʹanʻaami mukhtalifun ʹalwaanuhoo kaẓaalik. ʹInnamaa yakhshal laaha min ʻIbaadihil ʻulamaaaʹ: ʹinnal laaha ʻAzeezun G̣afoor.

just as people, living beings, and cattle are of various colours as well. Of all of Allah’s servants, only the knowledgeable ˹of His might˺ are ˹truly˺ in awe of Him. Allah is indeed Almighty, All-Forgiving.

Verse 35:29

اِنَّ الَّذِیْنَ یَتْلُوْنَ كِتٰبَ اللّٰهِ وَاَقَامُوا الصَّلٰوةَ وَاَنْفَقُوْا مِمَّا رَزَقْنٰهُمْ سِرًّا وَّعَلَانِیَةً یَّرْجُوْنَ تِجَارَةً لَّنْ تَبُوْرَ ۟ۙ

ʹInnal laẓeena yatloona Kitaabal laahi wa-ʹaq̣aamuṣ Ṣalaata wa-ʹañfaq̣oo mimmaa razaq̣naahum sirrañw waʻalaaniyatañy yarjoona Tijaaratal lañ taboor:

Surely those who recite the Book of Allah, establish prayer, and donate from what We have provided for them—secretly and openly—˹can˺ hope for an exchange that will never fail,

Verse 35:30

لِیُوَفِّیَهُمْ اُجُوْرَهُمْ وَیَزِیْدَهُمْ مِّنْ فَضْلِهٖ ؕ اِنَّهٗ غَفُوْرٌ شَكُوْرٌ ۟

Liyuwaffiyahum ʹujoorahum wa-yazeedahum miñ Faḍlih: ʹinnahoo G̣afooruñ Shakoor.

so that He will reward them in full and increase them out of His grace. He is truly All-Forgiving, Most Appreciative.

Verse 35:31

وَالَّذِیْۤ اَوْحَیْنَاۤ اِلَیْكَ مِنَ الْكِتٰبِ هُوَ الْحَقُّ مُصَدِّقًا لِّمَا بَیْنَ یَدَیْهِ ؕ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ بِعِبَادِهٖ لَخَبِیْرٌ بَصِیْرٌ ۟

Wallaẓeee ʹawḥaynaaa ʹilayka minal Kitaabi huwal Ḥaq̣q̣u muṣaddiq̣al limaa bayna yadayh: ʹinnal laaha biʻIbaadihee la-Khabeerum Baṣeer.

The Book We have revealed to you ˹O Prophet˺ is the truth, confirming what came before it. Surely Allah is All-Aware, All-Seeing of His servants.

Verse 35:32

ثُمَّ اَوْرَثْنَا الْكِتٰبَ الَّذِیْنَ اصْطَفَیْنَا مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ۚ فَمِنْهُمْ ظَالِمٌ لِّنَفْسِهٖ ۚ وَمِنْهُمْ مُّقْتَصِدٌ ۚ وَمِنْهُمْ سَابِقٌ بِالْخَیْرٰتِ بِاِذْنِ اللّٰهِ ؕ ذٰلِكَ هُوَ الْفَضْلُ الْكَبِیْرُ ۟ؕ

S̤umma ʹawras̤nal Kitaabal laẓeenaṣ ṭafaynaa min ʻibaadinaa: faminhum z̤̣aalimul linafsih; wa-minhum muq̣taṣid; wa-minhum saabiq̣um bilkhayraati biʹiẓnil laah; ẓaalika huwal Faḍlul Kabeer.

Then We granted the Book to those We have chosen from Our servants. Some of them wrong themselves, some follow a middle course, and some are foremost in good deeds by Allah’s Will. That is ˹truly˺ the greatest bounty.

Verse 35:33

جَنّٰتُ عَدْنٍ یَّدْخُلُوْنَهَا یُحَلَّوْنَ فِیْهَا مِنْ اَسَاوِرَ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ وَّلُؤْلُؤًا ۚ وَلِبَاسُهُمْ فِیْهَا حَرِیْرٌ ۟

Jannaatu ʻAdniñy yad-khuloonahaa yuḥallawna feehaa min ʹasaawira miñ ẓahabiñw waluʹluʹaa; wa-libaa-suhum feehaa ḥareer.

They will enter the Gardens of Eternity, where they will be adorned with bracelets of gold and pearls, and their clothing will be silk.

Verse 35:34

وَقَالُوا الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذِیْۤ اَذْهَبَ عَنَّا الْحَزَنَ ؕ اِنَّ رَبَّنَا لَغَفُوْرٌ شَكُوْرُ ۟ۙ

Wa-q̣aalul Ḥamdu lillaahil laẓeee ʹaẓhaba ʻannal ḥazan: ʹinna Rabbanaa la-G̣afooruñ Shakoor:

And they will say, “Praise be to Allah, Who has kept away from us all ˹causes of˺ sorrow. Our Lord is indeed All-Forgiving, Most Appreciative.

Verse 35:35

لَّذِیْۤ اَحَلَّنَا دَارَ الْمُقَامَةِ مِنْ فَضْلِهٖ ۚ لَا یَمَسُّنَا فِیْهَا نَصَبٌ وَّلَا یَمَسُّنَا فِیْهَا لُغُوْبٌ ۟

ʹAllaẓeee ʹaḥallanaa Daaral muq̣aamati miñ Faḍlih: laa- yamassunaa feehaa naṣabuñw walaa yamassunaa feehaa lug̣oob.

˹He is the One˺ Who—out of His grace—has settled us in the Home of Everlasting Stay, where we will be touched by neither fatigue nor weariness.”

Verse 35:36

وَالَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا لَهُمْ نَارُ جَهَنَّمَ ۚ لَا یُقْضٰی عَلَیْهِمْ فَیَمُوْتُوْا وَلَا یُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمْ مِّنْ عَذَابِهَا ؕ كَذٰلِكَ نَجْزِیْ كُلَّ كَفُوْرٍ ۟ۚ

Wallaẓeena kafaroo lahum Naaru Jahannam; laa- yuq̣ḍaa ʻalayhim fayamootoo wa-laa yukhaffafu ʻanhum min ʻAẓaabihaa. Kaẓaalika najzee kulla kafoor!

As for the disbelievers, they will have the Fire of Hell, where they will not be ˹allowed to be˺ finished by death, nor will its torment be lightened for them. This is how We reward every ˹stubborn˺ disbeliever.

Verse 35:37

وَهُمْ یَصْطَرِخُوْنَ فِیْهَا ۚ رَبَّنَاۤ اَخْرِجْنَا نَعْمَلْ صَالِحًا غَیْرَ الَّذِیْ كُنَّا نَعْمَلُ ؕ اَوَلَمْ نُعَمِّرْكُمْ مَّا یَتَذَكَّرُ فِیْهِ مَنْ تَذَكَّرَ وَجَآءَكُمُ النَّذِیْرُ ؕ فَذُوْقُوْا فَمَا لِلظّٰلِمِیْنَ مِنْ نَّصِیْرٍ ۟۠

Wa-hum yaṣṭarikhoona feehaa: Rabbanaaa ʹakhrijnaa naʻmal ṣaaliḥan g̣ayral laẓee kunnaa naʻmal! ʹA-walamnu ʻammirkum maa yataẓakkaru feehi mañ taẓakkara wa-jaaaʹakumun naẓeer. Faẓooq̣oo famaa liz̤̣z̤̣aalimeena min naṣeer.

There they will be ˹fervently˺ screaming, “Our Lord! Take us out ˹and send us back˺. We will do good, unlike what we used to do.” ˹They will be told,˺ “Did We not give you lives long enough so that whoever wanted to be mindful could have done so? And the warner came to you. So taste ˹the punishment˺, for the wrongdoers have no helper.”

Verse 35:38

اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عٰلِمُ غَیْبِ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ ؕ اِنَّهٗ عَلِیْمٌۢ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُوْرِ ۟

ʹInnal laaha ʻAalimu g̣aybis samaawaati wal-ʹard: ʹInnahoo ʻAleemum biẓaatiṣ ṣudoor.

Indeed, Allah is the Knower of the unseen of the heavens and the earth. He surely knows best what is ˹hidden˺ in the heart.

Verse 35:39

هُوَ الَّذِیْ جَعَلَكُمْ خَلٰٓىِٕفَ فِی الْاَرْضِ ؕ فَمَنْ كَفَرَ فَعَلَیْهِ كُفْرُهٗ ؕ وَلَا یَزِیْدُ الْكٰفِرِیْنَ كُفْرُهُمْ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ اِلَّا مَقْتًا ۚ وَلَا یَزِیْدُ الْكٰفِرِیْنَ كُفْرُهُمْ اِلَّا خَسَارًا ۟

Huwal laẓee jaʻalakum khalaaaʹifa fil ʹarḍ: famañ kafara faʻalayhi kufruh: wa-laa yazeedul kaafireena kufruhum ʻiñda Rabbihim ʹillaa maq̣taa: wa-laa yazeedul kaafireena kufruhum ʹillaa khasaaraa.

He is the One Who has placed you as successors on earth. So whoever disbelieves will bear ˹the burden of˺ their own disbelief. The disbelievers’ denial only increases them in contempt in the sight of their Lord, and it will only contribute to their loss.

Verse 35:40

قُلْ اَرَءَیْتُمْ شُرَكَآءَكُمُ الَّذِیْنَ تَدْعُوْنَ مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ ؕ اَرُوْنِیْ مَاذَا خَلَقُوْا مِنَ الْاَرْضِ اَمْ لَهُمْ شِرْكٌ فِی السَّمٰوٰتِ ۚ اَمْ اٰتَیْنٰهُمْ كِتٰبًا فَهُمْ عَلٰی بَیِّنَتٍ مِّنْهُ ۚ بَلْ اِنْ یَّعِدُ الظّٰلِمُوْنَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا اِلَّا غُرُوْرًا ۟

Q̣ul ʹaraʹaytum shurakaaaʹakumul laẓeena tadʻoona miñ doonil laah? ʹAroonee maaẓaa khalaq̣oo minal ʹarḍi ʹam lahum shirkuñ fis samaawaat? ʹAm ʹaataynaahum Kitaabañ fahum ʻalaa Bayyinatim minh?― Bal ʹiñy yaʻiduz̤̣ z̤̣aalimoona baʻḍuhum̃ baʻḍan ʹillaa g̣urooraa.

Ask ˹them, O Prophet˺, “Have you considered your associate-gods which you invoke besides Allah? Show me what they have created on earth! Or do they have a share in ˹the creation of˺ the heavens? Or have We given the polytheists a Book, which serves as a clear proof for them? In fact, the wrongdoers promise each other nothing but delusion.”

Verse 35:41

اِنَّ اللّٰهَ یُمْسِكُ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضَ اَنْ تَزُوْلَا ۚ۬ وَلَىِٕنْ زَالَتَاۤ اِنْ اَمْسَكَهُمَا مِنْ اَحَدٍ مِّنْ بَعْدِهٖ ؕ اِنَّهٗ كَانَ حَلِیْمًا غَفُوْرًا ۟

ʹInnal laaha yumsikus samaawaati wal-ʹarḍa ʹañ tazoolaa: wa-laʹiñ zaalataaa ʹin ʹamsakahumaa min ʹaḥadim mim baʻdih: ʹinnahoo kaana Ḥaleeman G̣afooraa!

Indeed, Allah ˹alone˺ keeps the heavens and the earth from falling apart. If they were to fall apart, none but Him could hold them up. He is truly Most Forbearing, All-Forgiving.

Verse 35:42

وَاَقْسَمُوْا بِاللّٰهِ جَهْدَ اَیْمَانِهِمْ لَىِٕنْ جَآءَهُمْ نَذِیْرٌ لَّیَكُوْنُنَّ اَهْدٰی مِنْ اِحْدَی الْاُمَمِ ۚ فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ نَذِیْرٌ مَّا زَادَهُمْ اِلَّا نُفُوْرَا ۟ۙ

Wa-ʹaq̣samoo billaahi jahda ʹaymaanihim laʹiñ jaaaʹahum naẓeerul layakoonunna ʹahdaa min ʹiḥdal ʹUmami falammaa jaaaʹahum naẓeerum maa zaadahum ʹillaa nufooraa,―

They swore by Allah their most solemn oaths that if a warner were to come to them, they would certainly be better guided than any other community. Yet when a warner did come to them, it only drove them farther away—

Verse 35:43

سْتِكْبَارًا فِی الْاَرْضِ وَمَكْرَ السَّیِّىءِ ؕ وَلَا یَحِیْقُ الْمَكْرُ السَّیِّئُ اِلَّا بِاَهْلِهٖ ؕ فَهَلْ یَنْظُرُوْنَ اِلَّا سُنَّتَ الْاَوَّلِیْنَ ۚ فَلَنْ تَجِدَ لِسُنَّتِ اللّٰهِ تَبْدِیْلًا ۚ۬ وَلَنْ تَجِدَ لِسُنَّتِ اللّٰهِ تَحْوِیْلًا ۟

ʹIstikbaarañ fil ʹarḍi wa-makras Sayyiʹ. Wa-laa yaḥeeq̣ul makrus Sayyiʹu ʹillaa biʹahlih. Fahal yañz̤̣uroona ʹillaa sunnatal ʹawwaleen? Falañ tajida li-Sunnatil laahi tabdeelaa: wa-lañ tajida li-Sunnatil laahi taḥweelaa.

behaving arrogantly in the land and plotting evil. But evil plotting only backfires on those who plot. Are they awaiting anything but the fate of those ˹destroyed˺ before? You will find no change in the way of Allah, nor will you find it diverted ˹to someone else˺.

Verse 35:44

اَوَلَمْ یَسِیْرُوْا فِی الْاَرْضِ فَیَنْظُرُوْا كَیْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الَّذِیْنَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ وَكَانُوْۤا اَشَدَّ مِنْهُمْ قُوَّةً ؕ وَمَا كَانَ اللّٰهُ لِیُعْجِزَهٗ مِنْ شَیْءٍ فِی السَّمٰوٰتِ وَلَا فِی الْاَرْضِ ؕ اِنَّهٗ كَانَ عَلِیْمًا قَدِیْرًا ۟

ʹAwalam yaseeroo fil ʹarḍi fayañz̤̣uroo kayfa kaana ʻAaq̣ibatul laẓeena miñ q̣ablihim wa-kaanooo ʹashadda minhum q̣uwwah? Wa-maa kaanal laahu liyuʻjizahoo miñ shayʹiñ fis samaawaati wa-laa fil ʹarḍ: ʹinnahoo kaana ʻAleemañ Q̣adeeraa.

Have they not travelled throughout the land to see what was the end of those ˹destroyed˺ before them? They were far superior in might. But there is nothing that can escape Allah in the heavens or the earth. He is certainly All-Knowing, Most Capable.

Verse 35:45

وَلَوْ یُؤَاخِذُ اللّٰهُ النَّاسَ بِمَا كَسَبُوْا مَا تَرَكَ عَلٰی ظَهْرِهَا مِنْ دَآبَّةٍ وَّلٰكِنْ یُّؤَخِّرُهُمْ اِلٰۤی اَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّی ۚ فَاِذَا جَآءَ اَجَلُهُمْ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ كَانَ بِعِبَادِهٖ بَصِیْرًا ۟۠

Wa-law yuʹaakhiẓul laahun naasa bimaa kasaboo maa- taraka ʻalaa z̤̣ahrihaa miñ daaabbatiñw walaakiñy yuʹakhkhiruhum ʹilaaa ʹajalim musammaa: Faʹiẓaa jaaaʹa ʹAjaluhum faʹinnal laaha kaana biʻibaadihee Baṣeeraa.

If Allah were to punish people ˹immediately˺ for what they have committed, He would not have left a single living being on earth. But He delays them for an appointed term. And when their time arrives, then surely Allah is All-Seeing of His servants.