35. THE INITIATOR OF CREATION ( Al – Fatir )
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In the name of Allah, the
Beneficent, the Merciful.
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1. Praise is due only for Allah the Initiator
of creation of the skies and the earth, Maker of the angels messengers,
possessors of wings (forces) two and three and four, He increases in the
creation what He wills, Allah certainly has power over everything. |
2. That which Allah opens for mankind from
(His) mercy, there is no withholder for it, and that which He withholds,
there is no releaser for it other than Him, and He is the Mighty the Wise. |
3. O mankind! remember the favor of Allah
on you. Is there a creator other than Allah who provides you from the
sky and the earth? There is no god except Him, then how are you turned
away (form the truth)? |
4. And if you are denied, then messengers
before you were indeed denied, and (all) the affairs are returned to Allah. |
5. O mankind! Allah’s promise is certainly
true, so do not let the life of this world deceive you and do not let
the deceiver (devil) deceive you about Allah. |
6. The devil is certainly your enemy, so
take him as an enemy, he invites his party (with the sole purpose) that
they should be among the inhabitants of the blazing fire. |
7. For those who do not believe there is
a severe punishment, and those who believe and do righteous works, for
them there is protective forgiveness and a great reward. ( R 1 ) |
8. Then , is he to whom the evil of his
deed is made fair seeming, so that he sees it (as) good, (like one, who
is really good)? So Allah certainly leaves to stray whom He wills and
guides whom He wills. So do not let your soul waste away regretting over
them. Allah is certainly the Knower of the work they do. |
9. And it is Allah Who sends the winds,
so that they raise the cloud, then We drive it to a dead land and We give
life through it to the earth after its death. (your) resurrection will
(also) be like that. |
10. Whoever intends to be might then (let
him know that) the mighty is totally Allah’s. To Him ascend the good statements
and He elevates the righteous work. And those who plan evil deeds, for
them there is a severe punishment and the planning of those will be lost. |
11. And Allah created you from the soil
then from the sperm, then He made you pairs, and no female carries or
lays down but with His knowledge. And nothing is lengthened in life nor
anything is reduced from one’s life, but (the length of life is written)
in a record. This is certainly easy for Allah. |
12. And the two seas are not equal, one
quenches thirst, sweet, pleasant to drink and the other saltish, bitter;
and from each you eat fresh flesh and take out ornaments which you wear;
and you see the ships cleave through it that you may seek of His grace
and that you may be grateful. |
13. He makes the night to enter into the
day and He makes the day to enter into the night and He compelled the
sun and the moon (to follow His laws), each moves fast for an appointed
term. That is Allah your Fosterer, His is the kingdom. And those whom
you pray to, besides Him, do not own (even) the white spot on a date stone. |
14. If you call them they will not hear
your call, and even if they could hear they will not respond to you, and
on the day of resurrection they will reject your (associating them as)
partners (with Allah), and none can give you news like the One Informed.
( R 2, P 21 ¾ ) |
15. O Mankind! you are the ones who are
in need of Allah while Allah is Independent, the Praised. |
16. If He wills He can remove you and bring
in a new creation, |
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and that is not a mighty (thing) for Allah. |
18.
And a bearer of burden will not bear the burden of another (person) and
if one heavy with burden calls (someone) for carrying it, none will carry
anything of it even though he be a relative. You can warn only those who
fear their Fosterer unseen and establish worship (salat). And whoever
purifies himself, he purifies himself only for (the benefit of) his own
soul and towards Allah is the destination. |
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And the blind and the seeing are not equal, |
20. nor the darkness and the light, |
21. nor the shade
and the heat. |
22. And the living and the dead are not
equal. Allah certainly makes to listen, whom He wills and you cannot make
to listen, those who are in the graves. |
23. You are nothing but a warner. |
24. We have certainly sent you with the
truth as a conveyer of good news and a warner and there has been no community
but a warner has passed among them. |
25. And if you are denied by them, then
those before them (also) denied. Their messengers came to them with clear
proofs and with scriptures and with the book giving light. |
26. Then I caught those who rejected. So
how was My rejection (of them)? ( R 3 ) |
27. Did you not see that Allah sends down
the water from the sky, then We bring out fruits of different colors?
And in the mountains there are white and red layers, (and others) of different
colors and (still others) intensely black. |
28. And among mankind and
(other) living beings and the cattle (too), their colors are different
likewise. Only those among His servants fear Allah who have knowledge.
Allah is certainly Mighty, Protectively Forgiving. |
29. Those who read (to
follow) the book of Allah and establish worship (salat) and spend secretly
and openly from that which We have provided them, they certainly hope
for a commerce (in which) there will never be a loss, |
30. because He will repay them in full
their rewards and give them more out of His grace. He is certainly Protectively
Forgiving, One Who acknowledges. |
31.
And that which we have communicated to you of the books, is the truth
confirming (the book) which were before it. Allah is certainly informed
of His servants, Seeing (them). |
32. Then We made those to inherit the book,
whom We chose from among Our servants. So among them are those who are
unjust to their own souls and among them are those who are moderate and
among them are those who are foremost in good deeds by the order of Allah,
that is the great grace (of Allah), |
33. gardens of everlasting bliss which
they will enter, they will be made to wear therein bracelets of gold and
pearls and their garments therein will be (of) silk. |
34. And they will say, “Praise is due only
for Allah Who has removed grief from us, Our Fosterer is certainly Protectively
Forgiving, One Who acknowledges, |
35. Who has made us alight in an eternal
home out of His grace, neither toil will touch us therein nor will fatigue
touch us therein.” |
36.
And those who do not believe, for them is the fire of hell, it will neither
bring the end of them that they may die, nor (something) of its punishment
be lightened on them, thus will We reward every infidel. |
37. And therein they will
cry for help, “Our Fosterer! take us out, we will do righteous work, other
than that which we used to do.” (They will be answered). “ Did We not
keep you alive to the extent that he who wanted to be mindful in it could
have been mindful? And the warner (too) came to you, so taste (the penalty),
and for those who are unjust there is no helper.” (R 4) |
38. Allah is certainly
the Knower of the unseen of the skies and the earth, He is certainly the
Knower of that which is in the bosoms. |
39. He it is Who has made
you successors in the earth. So he who does not believe, on him is (the
responsibility of) his infidelity, and their infidelity does not increase
for the infidels, in the sight of their Fosterer, anything but hatred,
and their infidelity does not increase for the infidels anything but loss. |
40. Say, “Have you considered your (presumed)
partners (of Allah) whom you pray to, besides Allah? Show me what they
have created from the earth or is there a partnership for them in the
skies?” Or have We given them a book so that they are on a clear proof
from it. No, the unjust do not promise each other but to deceive. |
41. Allah certainly holds together the
skies and the earth lest they get separated and if they get separated,
no one other than Him can hold both of them together. He is certainly
Clement, Protectively Forgiving. |
42. And they swore by Allah the strongest
of their oaths, that if a warner came to them they would definitely be
better guided than any of the (other) communities, but when a warner came
to them, it did not increase in them anything but hatred. |
43. They consider themselves
great in the earth and plan evil, and the evil plan does not engulf anyone
except the authers of it. So do they wait for anything, except the procedure
(in which) the ancients (were treated)? Then you will never find a change
in the procedure of Allah and you will never find an alteration in the
procedure of Allah. |
44. Did they not travel
in the earth and see how the end of those before them was (brought about)?
And they were severer than them in strength. And Allah is not such that
anything in the skies or in the earth could frustrate Him. He is certainly
Knowing, Powerful. |
45. And if Allah were to
catch human beings for that which they earned (of sin), He would not have
left on the surface of the (earth, any) of the moving creatures, but He
gives them time till an appointed term, but when their term comes (to
an end, He will catch them) because Allah is certainly One Who sees His
servants. ( R 5 ) |