Fatir
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Praise be to Allah, the Creator of the
heavens and the earth, Who appointeth the angels
messengers having wings two, three and four. He
multiplieth in creation what He will. Lo! Allah is Able
to do all things. (1)
That which Allah openeth unto mankind
of mercy none can withhold it; and that which He
withholdeth none can release thereafter. He is the
Mighty, the Wise. (2)
O mankind! Remember Allah's grace
toward you! Is there any creator other than Allah who
provideth for you from the sky and the earth? There is
no God save Him. Whither then are ye turned? (3)
And if they deny thee, (O Muhammad),
messengers (of Allah) were denied before thee. Unto
Allah all things are brought back. (4)
O mankind! Lo! the promise of Allah is
true. So let not the life of the world beguile you, and
let not the (avowed) beguiler beguile you with regard to
Allah. (5)
Lo! the devil is an enemy for you, so
treat him as an enemy. He only summoneth his faction to
be owners of the flaming Fire. (6)
Those who disbelieve, theirs will be
an awful doom; and those who believe and do good works,
theirs will be forgiveness and a great reward. (7)
Is he, the evil of whose deeds is made
fairseeming unto him so that he deemeth it good, (other
than Satan's dupe)? Allah verily sendeth whom He will
astray, and guideth whom He will; so let not thy soul
expire in sighings for them. Lo! Allah is Aware of what
they do! (8)
And Allah it is Who sendeth the winds
and they raise a cloud; then We lead it unto a dead land
and revive therewith the earth after its death. Such is
the Resurrection. (9)
Whoso desireth power (should know
that) all power belongeth to Allah. Unto Him good words
ascend, and the pious deed doth He exalt; but those who
plot iniquities, theirs will be an awful doom; and the
plotting of such (folk) will come to naught. (10)
Allah created you from dust, then
from a little fluid, then He made you pairs (the male
and female). No female beareth or bringeth forth save
with His knowledge. And no-one groweth old who groweth
old, nor is aught lessened of his life, but it is
recorded in a Book, Lo! that is easy for Allah. (11)
And the two seas are not alike: this,
fresh, sweet, good to drink, this (other) bitter, salt.
And from them both ye eat fresh meat and derive the
ornament that ye wear. And thou seest the ship cleaving
them with its prow that ye may seek of His bounty, and
that haply ye may give thanks. (12)
He maketh the night to pass into the
day and He maketh the day to pass into the night. He
hath subdued the sun and moon to service. Each runneth
unto an appointed term. Such is Allah, your Lord; His is
the Sovereignty; and those unto whom ye pray instead of
Him own not so much as the white spot on a date-stone.
(13)
If ye pray unto them they hear not
your prayer, and if they heard they could not grant it
you. On the Day of Resurrection they will disown
association with you. None can inform you like Him Who
is Aware. (14)
O mankind! Ye are the poor in your
relation to Allah. And Allah! He is the Absolute, the
Owner of Praise. (15)
If He will, He can be rid of you and
bring (instead of you) some new creation. (16)
That is not a hard thing for Allah.
(17)
And no burdened soul can bear
another's burden, and if one heavy laden crieth for (help
with) his load, naught of it will be lifted even though
he (unto whom he crieth) be of kin. Thou warnest only
those who fear their Lord in secret, and have
established worship. He who groweth (in goodness),
groweth only for himself, (he cannot by his merit redeem
others). Unto Allah is the journeying. (18)
The blind man is not equal with the
seer; (19)
Nor is darkness (tantamount to)
light; (20)
Nor is the shadow equal with the
sun's full heat; (21)
Nor are the living equal with the
dead. Lo! Allah maketh whom He will to hear. Thou canst
not reach those who are in the graves. (22)
Thou art but a warner. (23)
Lo! We have sent thee with the Truth,
a bearer of glad tidings and a warner; and there is not
a nation but a warner hath passed among them. (24)
And if they deny thee, those before
them also denied. Their messengers came unto them with
clear proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty), and with the
Psalms and the Scripture giving light. (25)
Then seized I those who disbelieved,
and how intense was My abhorrence! (26)
Hast thou not seen that Allah causeth
water to fall from the sky, and We produce therewith
fruit of divers hues; and among the hills are streaks
white and red, of divers hues, and (others) raven-black;
(27)
And of men and beasts and cattle, in
like manner, divers hues? The erudite among His bondmen
fear Allah alone. Lo! Allah is Mighty, Forgiving. (28)
Lo! those who read the Scripture of
Allah, and establish worship, and spend of that which We
have bestowed on them secretly and openly, they look
forward to imperishable gain, (29)
That He will pay them their wages and
increase them of His grace. Lo! He is Forgiving,
Responsive. (30)
As for that which We inspire in thee
of the Scripture, it is the Truth confirming that which
was (revealed) before it. Lo! Allah is indeed Observer,
Seer of His slaves. (31)
Then We gave the Scripture as
inheritance unto those whom We elected of Our bondmen.
But of them are some who wrong themselves and of them
are some who are lukewarm, and of them are some who
outstrip (others) through good deeds, by Allah's leave.
That is the great favour! (32)
Gardens of Eden! They enter them
wearing armlets of gold and pearl and their raiment
therein is silk. (33)
And they say: Praise be to Allah Who
hath put grief away from us. Lo! Our Lord is Forgiving,
Bountiful, (34)
Who, of His grace, hath installed us
in the mansion of eternity, where toil toucheth us not
nor can weariness affect us. (35)
But as for those who disbelieve, for
them is fire of hell; it taketh not complete effect upon
them so that they can die, nor is its torment lightened
for them. Thus We punish every ingrate. (36)
And they cry for help there, (saying):
Our Lord! Release us; we will do right, not (the wrong)
that we used to do. Did not We grant you a life long
enough for him who reflected to reflect therein? And the
warner came unto you. Now taste (the flavour of your
deeds), for evil-doers have no helper. (37)
Lo! Allah is the Knower of the Unseen
of the heavens and the earth. Lo! He is Aware of the
secret of (men's) breasts. (38)
He it is Who hath made you regents in
the earth; so he who disbelieveth, his disbelief be on
his own head. Their disbelief increaseth for the
disbelievers, in their Lord's sight, naught save
abhorrence. Their disbelief increaseth for the
disbelievers naught save loss. (39)
Say: Have ye seen your partner-gods
to whom ye pray beside Allah? Show me what they created
of the earth! Or have they any portion in the heavens?
Or have We given them a scripture so they act on clear
proof therefrom? Nay, the evil-doers promise one another
only to deceive. (40)
Lo! Allah graspeth the heavens and
the earth that they deviate not, and if they were to
deviate there is not one that could grasp them after Him.
Lo! He is ever Clement, Forgiving. (41)
And they swore by Allah, their most
binding oath, that if a warner came unto them they would
be more tractable than any of the nations; yet, when a
warner came unto them it aroused in them naught save
repugnance, (42)
(Shown in their) behaving arrogantly
in the land and plotting evil; and the evil plot
encloseth but the men who make it. Then, can they expect
aught save the treatment of the folk of old? Thou wilt
not find for Allah's way of treatment any substitute,
nor wilt thou find for Allah's way of treatment aught of
power to change. (43)
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? Allah is not such that aught in the heavens or in
the earth escapeth Him. Lo! He is the Wise, the Mighty.
(44)
If Allah took mankind to task by that
which they deserve, He would not leave a living creature
on the surface of the earth; but He reprieveth them unto
an appointed term, and when their term cometh - then
verily (they will know that) Allah is ever Seer of His
slaves. (45)