Fatir

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Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

1. All praise is for Allah, Creator of the heavens and the earth without a precedent, and who made from the angels messengers who execute His regulatory commands. Some of them convey the revelation to the Prophets and strengthen them to perform what they were entrusted with. Some of them have two, three or four wings through which they fly to carry out what they have been ordered. Allah increases His creation in what He wishes of limbs, beauty or voice. Allah is Powerful over everything. Nothing is outside His ability.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

r 46 verses, revealed alter [surat] al-Furqdn. In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful: [35:1] Praise be to God, God praises Himself with in these [terms], as explained at the beginning of [the preceding] surat Saba’, Originator of the heavens and the earth, the One Who created them without any precedent, Appointer of the angels as messengers, to [His] prophets, having wings in [sets of] two or three or four. He multiplies in creation, in angels and other [creatures], what He will. Surely God has power over all things.

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2. The keys to everything are in Allah's hands. So whatever provision, guidance or good fortune He opens up for people, nobody has the ability to stop it. And whatever He stops of this, there is nobody who is able to send it after He has stopped it. And He is the Mighty whom nobody can overpower, Wise in His creating, decreeing and planning.

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

s in creation, in angels and other [creatures], what He will. Surely God has power over all things. [35:2] Whatever mercy God unfolds for mankind, in the way of provision or rain, none can withhold it; and whatever He withholds, thereof, none can release it after Him, that is, after His withholding it. And He is the Mighty, Whose way prevails, the Wise, in what He does.

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3. O people, remember Allah’s favour on you through your hearts and tongues, and through your limbs by action. Do you have any creator besides Allah who provides you from the sky with the water He sends to you and who provides you from the earth with the fruits and crops He grows? There is no true god besides Him. So how after this do you turn away from this truth and fabricate lies against Allah, and claim that Allah has partners when He is the one who created all of you and provides for all of you?

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4. And if your people deny you, O Messenger, be patient, because you are not the first Messenger whose people denied him, as nations before you had denied their prophets, such as Aad, Thamud and the people of Lot. And to Allah alone all matters are returned, so He will destroy the deniers and help His messengers and the believers.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

ed away from affirming His Oneness when you already affirm that He is the Creator and the Provider? [35:4] And if they deny you, O Muhammad (s), with regard to your coming with [the message of] God’s Oneness, resurrection, reckoning and punishment, verily [other] messengers before you were denied, in this re^eCt, so be Steadfast as they were Steadfast; and to God all matters are returned, in the Hereafter, when He will requite the deniers and grant victory to the messengers. [35:5] O mankind! Indeed God’s promise, of resurrection and of other issues, is true.…

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5. O people, the resurrection and recompense on the day of judgment which Allah has promised you are true without a doubt, so the pleasures of the worldly life and its desires should not deceive you from preparing for this day through good actions, nor should the Satan deceive you by his adornment of falsehood and by inciting you to incline towards the worldly life.

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6. O people, the satan is for you an enemy whose enmity is everlasting, so take him as an enemy by committing to fighting him. The satan only calls his followers towards disbelief in Allah so that their outcome is to enter the burning fire on the day of judgment.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

, deceive you concerning God, on account of His forbearance and reciting [of sinners in this life]. [35:6] Truly Satan is an enemy to you. So treat him as an enemy, by being obedient to God and do not obey him; he only summons his faction, his followers in disbelief, so that they may be among the inhab¬ itants of the Blaze, the fierce Fire. [35:7] Those who disbelieve, theirs will be a severe chastisement; but those who believe and perform righteous deeds, theirs will be forgiveness and a great reward — this is a declaration of what [fate] will be for the adherents of Satan and what will…

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Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

7. Those who disbelieved in Allah by following the satan will have a severe punishment. And those who believe in Allah and do good actions will have forgiveness from Allah for their sins and will have a great reward from Him which is Paradise.

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Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

8. The one for whom the satan has beautified his bad actions and so he thinks them to be good is not like the one for whom Allah has beautified the truth and so he believes it to be the truth, because Allah leads astray whom He wants and guides whom He wants, without anyone to compel Him. So do not destroy yourself, O Messenger, out of grief over the misguidance of the misguided. Allah is Knowing of what they do. Nothing of their actions is hidden from Him.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

f what [fate] will be for the adherents of Satan and what will be for his opponents [respectively]. [35:8] The following was revealed regarding Abu Jahl and others: Is he, the evil of whose deeds is made [ to seem] fair to him, by distortion, so that he deems it good [...]? ( a-fa-man, ‘is he [whose]’ constitutes the subjeCt, the predicate of which is [an omitted] ‘like one whom God has guided?’ No! And this [predi¬ cate] is indicated by [what follows]). Indeed God leads aStray whomever He will and guides whomever He will.…

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9. Allah is the one who sent the winds, then these winds move clouds, then I lead these clouds to a land in which there are no plants, then I give life through its water, causing plants to grow, after being dead and dry. So just as I gave life to this land after its death, through the plants I placed in it, the resurrection of the dead will happen on the day of judgment.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

ed leSt they do not believe. Indeed God is Knower of what they do, and He will requite them for it. [35:9] And it is God Who unleashes the winds ( al-riyaha : a variant reading has al-riha) and they raise clouds (fa-tuthiru’l-sahaba: the imperfeCt tense here is used to narrate the paSt), that is, they Stir them up, then We drive them (there is a shift here from the third person [to the firSt person] address) to a dead land (read mayyitin or maytin ), wherein is no plant life, and therewith revive the earth, of that land, after it has been dead, [after] its having been dried-out.…

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Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

10. Whoever wants honour in this world or in the Hereafter should only seek it from Allah, because for Allah alone is honour in both of them. His pleasant rememberance is elevated to Him, and the good deeds of His servants are raised to Him. And those who make evil schemes, such as trying to kill the Messenger (peace be upon him), will have a severe punishment. And the scheming of these disbelievers will perish and no objective of theirs will be realised.

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

it: Such will be the Raising, that is, the Resurrection and the bringing [of the dead] back to life. [35:10] Whoever desires glory [should know that] all glory belongs to God, in this world and in the Hereafter, and it cannot be obtained from Him except through obedience to Him, so let such [a one] be obedient to Him. To Him ascends good words, that is to say, He is aware of such [good words], and these are [Statements such as] ‘there is no god except God’ and the like; and as for righteous action, He exalts it.…

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Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

11. Allah is the one who created your father Adam from soil, then He created you from a sperm-drop, then He made you men and women who marry one another. And no female conceives a foetus nor does she give birth except with His knowledge. Nothing of that is hidden from Him. And the lifespan of any of His creation is not increased nor is it decreased except that it is written in the Preserved Tablet. That which has been mentioned, namely creating you from soil, creating you in stages and writing your lifespans in the Preserved Tablet, is easy for Allah.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

theirs shall be a severe chastisement and their plotting shall come to nothing: it shall be ruined. [35:11] And God created you from duSt, by having created your father Adam from it, then from a drop of [seminal] fluid, in other words, from SJierm, by creating his seed from it; then He made you pairs, males and females.…

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12. And the two seas are not alike: One of them is extremely sweet and easy to drink due to its sweetness, and the other is salty and bitter which is not drinkable due to its extreme saltiness. And from each of the abovementioned seas you eat fresh meat, which is fish, and you extract from them rubies and coral which you wear as adornment. And you see the ships, O onlooker, splitting the sea with its sailing, coming and going, so you can seek the grace of Allah through trade, and so that you thank Allah for His many favours He has done for you.

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

g person, but it is [recorded] in a Book, namely, the Preserved Tablet. Surely that is easy for God. [35:12] Nor are the two [kinds of] seas alike: this one is extremely sweet, pleasant to drink and that one is salty, extremely bitter. Yet from each, of the two, you eat fresh meat, namely, fish, and obtain, from the salt — and it is also said, from both of them — ornaments which you wear, namely, pearls and coral.…

Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

13. Allah enters the night into the day so it becomes longer and He enters the day into night so it becomes longer. And He made the sun and the moon subservient, each one of them travels in its appointed orbit until a fixed time which only Allah knows, which is the day of judgment. He who fixes all of that and carries it out is Allah your Lord. To Him alone belongs the kingdom. And the idols you worship besides Him do not even possess the thin membrane over the datestone, so how do you worship them besides Me?

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

y, exalted be He, through commerce, and that perhaps you may give thanks, to God for this [bounty]. [35:13] He, God, makes the night pass, enter, into the day, so that it becomes longer, and He makes the day pass into the night, so that it becomes longer, and He has disposed the sun and the moon, each, of them, moving, in its course, to an appointed term — [to] the Day of Resurrection. That is God, your Lord; to Him belongs [all] sovereignty.…

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14. If you call your gods, they cannot hear your call, because they are inanimate objects which have no life in them nor can they hear. And if they could hear your calling them, for argument’s sake, they could not respond to you. And on the day of judgment they will disassociate themselves from your idolatry and your worshipping them, so there is nobody who can inform you, O Messenger, more truthfully than Allah.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

than Him — and they are the idols — they do not possess [even] so much as the husk of a date-ilone. [35:14] If you call on them, they will not hear your call, and [even] if they heard —hypothetically [peaking] — they would not [be able to] respond to you; and on the Day of Resurrection they will dis¬ own your [idolatrous] associations, in other words, your associating them with God [in power], that is to say, they will declare themselves innocent of you and of your worship of them.…

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Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

15. O people, you are the ones in need of Allah in all your affairs and in all your conditions. And Allah is the Self-sufficient who does not need you for anything, the Praiseworthy in this world and the Hereafter for what He decrees for His servants.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

u, about the .date in the two abodes, like One Who is Aware, Knower, and this is God, exalted be He. [35:15] O mankind! You are the ones who are in need of God, in every sfiate. And God, He is the Inde¬ pendent, [without any need] of His creatures, the Praised, the One Who is praised in whatever He does with them. [35:16] If He will, He can take you away and bring about a new creation, instead of you. [35:17] And that is not an arduous thing for God.

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16. If He wants to remove you by destroying you, He can remove you and bring a new creation in your place who will worship Him and not associate any partner with Him.

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17. And removing you by destroying you and bringing a new creation in your place is not impossible for Allah.

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

y and bring about a new creation, instead of you. [35:17] And that is not an arduous thing for God. [35:18] And no burdened soul shall bear the burden of another [sinful soul]. And should one, soul, burdened heavily, with sin, call for, some of, its burden to be borne, by another, nothing of it will be borne, even if, the one called, be a relative, kin, such as a father or a son — the impossibility of ‘having something borne [by another]’ in both instances is something ordained by God.…

Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

18. And no soul will carry the sin of another, but rather every sinning soul will carry its own sin. And if a soul who has been burdened with carrying its sin, calls someone to carry some of its sins, nothing of its sins will be carried, even if the one who is being asked is a close relative. O Messenger, you can only warn of Allah’s punishment those who fear their Lord in private and complete the prayer in the most perfect way, for they are the ones who will take heed from your warning.…

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19. The disbeliever and believer are not the same in status, just as the blind and seeing are not the same.

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20. And disbelief and faith are not the same, just as darkness and light are not the same.

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21. And Paradise and the fire of hell are not the same in their effects, just as shade and hot winds are not the same.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

— disbelief — and light — faith; [35:21] nor shade and torrid heat, namely, Paradise and the Fire; [35:22] nor are the living equal to the dead, the believers and the disbelievers [repetitively] (the addi¬ tion of the particle la, ‘nor’, in all three instances is for emphasis). Indeed God makes to hear whomever He will, to be guided, so that such [a person] then reponds to Him by embracing faith. But you cannot make those who are in the graves to hear, namely, the disbelievers — whom He has likened to the dead — [to hear] and so repond.

Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

22. And the believers and disbelievers are not the same, just as the living and the dead are not the same. Allah makes those whom He wants to guide hear. And you, O Messenger, cannot make the disbelievers who are like the dead in the graves hear.

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23. You are not except a warner to them of Allah’s punishment.

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24. O Messenger, I have sent you with the truth in which there is no doubt, to give good news to the believers of the generous reward He has prepared for them and to warn the disbelievers of the painful punishment He has prepared for them. And there is no nation from the previous nations except that there passed in them a messenger from Allah to warn them of His punishment.

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

aves to hear, namely, the disbelievers — whom He has likened to the dead — [to hear] and so repond. [35:24] Truly We have sent you with the truth, with [right] guidance, as a bearer of good tidings, to him who reponds to it, and a Warner, to him who does not repond to it. And there is not a community but there has passed, there has been, in it a Warner, a prophet to warn it. [35:25] And if they, that is, the people of Meccans, deny you, those before them also denied: their mes¬ sengers brought them manifest signs, miracles, and with scriptures, such as the scrolls of Abraham, and with th…

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25. And if your people deny you, O Messenger, be patient, because you are not the first Messenger whose people denied him, as the nations before them denied their messengers, such as Aad, Thamud and the people of Lot. Their messengers came to them with clear evidences and overwhelming miracles which prove their truthfulness, and their messengers came to them with scrolls and with the Scripture which is enlightening for one who ponders over it and contemplates it.

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26. But despite that, they disbelieved in Allah and His messengers and they did not accept what they brought from Him, so I destroyed those who disbelieved. So think, O Messenger, how terrible my punishment was when I destroyed them.

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

with the illuminating Book, namely, the Torah and the Gopel, so endure [patiently] as they endured. [35:26] Then I seized those who disbelieved, for their denial, and how was My abhorrence!, [how was] My rebuttal againft them by way of punishment and deft rued ion, in other words, it was appropriate.

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27. O Messenger, have you not seen that I sent rainwater from the sky, then I extracted fruits of different colours from that water, amongst them red, green, yellow and others, after I had watered their trees from it? And from the mountains are white tracts, red tracts and extremely black tracts.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

My rebuttal againft them by way of punishment and deft rued ion, in other words, it was appropriate. [35:27] Have you not seen, [have you not] realised, that God sends down water from the heaven, where¬ with We bring forth (there is here a shift from the third person [to the firft person] address) fruits of di¬ verse hues, such as green, red, and yellow [fruits] and so on? And in the mountains are streaks ( judad is the plural of judda, which is a mountain trail or the like) white and red, and yellow, of diverse hues, some intense and some pale, and [others] pitch-black? (gharabibu sud is…

Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

28. And amongst men, animals and cattle (camels, cows and sheep) are different colours like that which was mentioned. Only those who exalt Allah and have true fear of Him, are the knowledgable ones, because they recognise His attributes, His sacred law and the proof of His power. Allah is Mighty, no one can overpower Him. He forgives of the sins of His servants who repent.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

, ‘streaks’, meaning, dark-black rocks: one commonly says aswad ghirbib, but rarely ghirbib aswad). [35:28] And of humans and beafis and cattle, there are diverse hues likewise, like the diversity of the [hues of] fruits and mountains. Indeed only those of God’s servants who have knowledge fear Him, in co nt raft to the ignorant, such as the disbelievers of Mecca. Truly God is Mighty, in His kingdom.…

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Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

29. Those who read the Book of Allah which I revealed to My Messenger and practice what it contains, and complete the prayer in the best way, and who spend from what I have provided them, through Zakat and other ways, secretly and openly, seek through those actions a trade with Allah which is never profitless.

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30. So that Allah can give them the full reward of their actions and increase them from His grace, as this is His domain. He is Forgiving of the sins of those who are described with these qualities and Appreciating of their good actions.

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31. The scripture I have revealed to you, O Messenger, is the truth in which there is not doubt, it has been revealed by Allah affirming the precious scriptures. Allah is well informed about His servants and He sees everything. He therefore reveals to the Messenger of every nation what they need in their time.

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32. Then I gave the Qur’ān to the nation of Muhammad peace be with him whom I had chosen over other communities. Some of them wronged their own souls by doing prohibited acts and leaving out their obligations. Some were moderate by doing their obligations and leaving out prohibited acts, together with leaving out some recommended acts and doing some disliked acts. Some, by Allah’s leave, were foremost in good deeds, by doing their obligations and recommended acts and leaving out prohibited and disliked acts.…

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

ard to His servants, God is truly Aware and Seeing, knowing [both their] inward and outward apedds. [35:32] Then We gave the Book, the Qur’an, to those of Our servants whom We chose, namely, your com¬ munity. Yet some of them are those who wrong themselves, by failing to add fully in accordance with it, and some of them are moderate, adding in accordance with it moft of the time, and some are those who take the lead in [performing] good works, so that in addition to his [acquiring] knowledge he dissemi¬ nates it and shows [others] the way [to proper condudt] as well as adding in accordanc…

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33. Gardens of residence, which will be entered by these chosen ones. In it they will wear bracelets of gold and pearls and their garments therein will be silk.

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34. They will say after they enter Paradise: Praise be to Allah, Who has removed from us all grief on account of the fear that we had of entering the fire. Our Lord is truly forgiving of the sins of those servants of His who repent, and He is appreciative for their following Him.

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35. The One who has settled us in the Everlasting Home - out of His bounty, not by our might or strength, where no toil or fatigue will touch us.

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36. For those who deny Allah will be the fire of Hell, in which they will remain forever. Neither will the decision of death be passed for them, so they can die and be relieved from the punishment, nor will the punishment of Hell be alleviated for them in any way. Similar to this recompense, I will reward every person who denies the favours of His Lord on the Day of Judgement.

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

firSt [‘toil’], is mentioned in order to make explicit the non-exidence [of any toil in Paradise]). [35:36] And as for those who disbelieve, there will be for them the fire of Hell: they will neither be done away with, through death, so that they may die, and find red, nor will any [afped] of its chastisement be lightened for them, [not even for] a single moment. 2 In this way, in the way that We requite these, We requite every ingrate, [every] disbeliever (read yujzd kullu kafurin, ‘every ingrate is [so] requited’; or najzi kulla kafurin, ‘[so] We requite every ingrate’).

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37. They will cry out therein as loud as they can, seeking help by saying: Our Lord! Let us out from the fire, and we will do righteous deeds, different to what we did before so that we can attain Your pleasure and be saved from Your punishment. Allah will respond to them thus: Did I not let you live a life long enough so that anyone who wanted to take heed could do so and do righteous deeds; and the Messenger came to you to warn you of Allah’s punishment? Thus you have no argument nor any excuse after all of this, so taste the punishment of the fire.…

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

afurin, ‘every ingrate is [so] requited’; or najzi kulla kafurin, ‘[so] We requite every ingrate’). [35:37] While therein they will be crying out, calling for help in didress, howling and saying: ‘Our Lord! Bring us forth, from it, and we will ad righteously, other than how we used to ad’. But it will be said to them: ‘Did We not give you long life, enough, time, in which to take heed, for him who would take heed? And [moreover] the Warner, the Messenger, came to you, but you did not respond to his call, so taSte now [ this chastisement]! For the evildoers, the disbelievers, have no helpe…

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38. Allah knows all that is hidden in the heavens and earth. Nothing of that misses Him. He knows whatever His servants conceal in their chests, whether good or bad.

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

ment]! For the evildoers, the disbelievers, have no helper’, to ward off from them the chadisement. [35:38] Truly God is Knower of the Unseen of the heavens and the earth; truly He knows well what is in the breaSts, what is in the hearts — thus there is all the more reason that He should [also] have knowl¬ edge of other things, given the way people are.

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39. It is He who made some of you, O people, succeed others on earth. Those who deny Allah and what the messengers brought, then the sin and retribution of their disbelief will be borne by them. Their disbelief does not harm their Lord. The disbelief of the disbelievers adds only to their Lord’s displeasure and hatred for them. The disbelief of the disbelievers adds only to their loss, as they will lose what Allah would have prepared for them in Paradise had they believed.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

l the more reason that He should [also] have knowl¬ edge of other things, given the way people are. [35:39] It is He Who made you successors in the earth ( khalaif ‘successors’, is the plural of khalifa ) in other words, one succeeding the other. So whoever disbelieves, of you, his disbelief will be to his own detriment, that is, the evil consequences of his disbelief [will be so]. And their disbelief does not increase the disbelievers with their Lord [in anything] except disfavour, wrath.…

Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

40. Say - O Messenger, to these idolaters: Tell me about those partners of yours that you worship instead of Allah, what have they created on earth. Did they create its mountains? Did they create its rivers? Did they create its animals? Or do they have any share with Allah in the creation of the heavens? Or have I given them a book in which there is proof of the validity of their worshipping their idols? Nothing of that is true. In fact, those who wrong themselves by disbelief and sins promise one another nothing but delusion.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

f does not in¬ crease the disbelievers [in anything] except loss, of [the reward of] the Hereafter. [35:40] Say: ‘Have you considered your associates on whom you call, [those whom] you worship, be¬ sides God?, in other words, other than God — and they are the idols whom you asserted to be partners of God, exalted be He. Show me, apprise me of, what [part] of the earth they have created.…

Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

41. Allah, (may He be glorified), holds the heavens and the earth preventing them from vanishing and were they to vanish, hypothetically, there is none to hold them back from vanishing after Him, (may He be glorified). He is Forbearing, and does not rush to punish, Forgiving of the sins of those of His servants who repent.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

one another nothing but delusion, falsehood, when they say that the idols will intercede for them. [35:41] Truly God sustains the heavens and the earth left they disappear, in other words, He prevents them from disappearing. And if(wa-la-in\ the lam is for oaths) they were to disappear there is none that can suftain them after Him, in other words, other than Him.…

Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

42. These denying disbelievers swore a solemn and affirmed oath that if a messenger from Allah came to them to warn them of His punishment, they would be more guided and follow the truth more than the Jews, Christians and others. Yet when Muhammad (peace be upon him) came to them after being sent by His Lord, and he warned them of Allah’s punishment, his coming only increased them in aversion to the truth and adherence to falsehood. They did not fulfil the solemn oaths that they took that they will be more guided than those who preceded them.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

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Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

43. The oaths that they took in Allah’s name was not done in good faith and with a sound objective. It was only to be arrogant on earth and to deceive people. An evil plot only rebounds on those who plotted it. So are these arrogant plotters waiting for anything but Allah’s established practice, which is their destruction as He had destroyed those predecessors of theirs who were similar to them.…

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

to them, this, coming of his, only increased them in aversion, further away from [right] guidance, [35:43] aiding with disdain in the land, against faith (iStikbaran fi’l-ardi, an objedt denoting reason) and devising, adts of, evil, in the way of idolatry and otherwise; and evil schemes will beset, surround, only their authors, namely, the one who devises [such evil] (the qualifying of makr, ‘scheme’, with the noun al-sayyi’, ‘evil’, is intrinsic [to the fadt that it is a scheme], and so the annexation of the former to the lat¬ ter is said to be alternative usage in which the annexed term…

Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

44. Have these deniers not travelled on earth and reflected over how those nations before them who had denied met their end? Was their end not an evil one as Allah destroyed them, although they were superior to these people in strength? Allah is not to be outdone by anything in the heavens or on earth. He is the One who knows about the actions of these deniers - nothing of their actions is hidden from nor escapes Him. He has power to destroy them whenever He wills.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

is never replaced by anything else, nor is it ever meted out other than to the one who deserves it. [35:44] Have they not travelled in the land and seen the nature of the consequence for those who were before them — and they were mightier than these in power?, but [Still] God destroyed them for their denial of the messengers. And God is not such that anything in the heavens or in the earth can escape Him, pre-empt Him or elude Him. Truly He is ever Knower, of all things. Omnipotent.

Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

45. If Allah were to rush to punish people for the wrong they have done and the sins they perpetrated, He would have destroyed all the people on earth at once, together with the animals and wealth they own. But, He, (may He be glorified), gives them respite until a fixed time, which is the day of resurrection. When the day of resurrection comes, Allah is fully aware of what His servants used to do, and nothing remains hidden from Him. He will then recompense them for their actions, whether good or bad.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

arth can escape Him, pre-empt Him or elude Him. Truly He is ever Knower, of all things. Omnipotent. [35:45] Were God to take mankind to task for what they have acquired, of adts of disobedience, He would not leave on its surface, that is, the earth’s, a single creature, a single living thing moving thereon. But He reprieves them to an appointed term, namely, [to] the Day of Resurredtion.…