Surah Faatir

ٱلْحَمْدُلِلَّهِفَاطِرِٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضِجَاعِلِٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِرُسُلًاأُو۟لِىٓأَجْنِحَةٍۢمَّثْنَىٰوَثُلَٰثَوَرُبَٰعَيَزِيدُفِىٱلْخَلْقِمَايَشَآءُإِنَّٱللَّهَعَلَىٰكُلِّشَىْءٍۢقَدِيرٌۭ

ALL PRAISE is due to God, Originator of the heavens and the earth, who causes the angels to be (His) message-bearers, endowed with wings, two, or three, or four. [Unceasingly] He adds to His creation whatever He wills: for, verily, God has the power to will anything.

مَّايَفْتَحِٱللَّهُلِلنَّاسِمِنرَّحْمَةٍۢفَلَامُمْسِكَلَهَاوَمَايُمْسِكْفَلَامُرْسِلَلَهُۥمِنۢبَعْدِهِۦوَهُوَٱلْعَزِيزُٱلْحَكِيمُ

Whatever grace God opens up to man, none can withhold it; and whatever He withholds, none can henceforth release: for He alone is almighty, truly wise.

يَٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلنَّاسُٱذْكُرُوا۟نِعْمَتَٱللَّهِعَلَيْكُمْهَلْمِنْخَٰلِقٍغَيْرُٱللَّهِيَرْزُقُكُممِّنَٱلسَّمَآءِوَٱلْأَرْضِلَآإِلَٰهَإِلَّاهُوَفَأَنَّىٰتُؤْفَكُونَ

O men! Call to mind the blessings which God has bestowed upon you! Is there any creator, other than God, that could provide for you sustenance out of heaven and earth? There is no deity save Him: and yet, how perverted are your minds!

وَإِنيُكَذِّبُوكَفَقَدْكُذِّبَتْرُسُلٌۭمِّنقَبْلِكَوَإِلَىٱللَّهِتُرْجَعُٱلْأُمُورُ

But if they [whose minds are perverted] give thee the lie, [O Prophet, remember that] even so, before thy time, have [other] apostles been given the lie: for [the unbelievers always refuse to admit that] all things go back to God [as their source].

يَٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلنَّاسُإِنَّوَعْدَٱللَّهِحَقٌّۭفَلَاتَغُرَّنَّكُمُٱلْحَيَوٰةُٱلدُّنْيَاوَلَايَغُرَّنَّكُمبِٱللَّهِٱلْغَرُورُ

O men! Verily, God’s promise [of resurrection] is true indeed: let not, then, the life of this world delude you, and let not [your own] deceptive thoughts about God delude you!

إِنَّٱلشَّيْطَٰنَلَكُمْعَدُوٌّۭفَٱتَّخِذُوهُعَدُوًّاإِنَّمَايَدْعُوا۟حِزْبَهُۥلِيَكُونُوا۟مِنْأَصْحَٰبِٱلسَّعِيرِ

Behold, Satan is a foe unto you: so treat him as a foe. He but calls on his followers to the end that they might find themselves among such as are des­tined for the blazing flame –

ٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟لَهُمْعَذَابٌۭشَدِيدٌۭوَٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟وَعَمِلُوا۟ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِلَهُممَّغْفِرَةٌۭوَأَجْرٌۭكَبِيرٌ

[seeing that] for those who are bent on denying the truth there is suffering severe in store, just as for those who have attained to faith and do righteous deeds there is forgiveness of sins, and a great reward.

أَفَمَنزُيِّنَلَهُۥسُوٓءُعَمَلِهِۦفَرَءَاهُحَسَنًۭافَإِنَّٱللَّهَيُضِلُّمَنيَشَآءُوَيَهْدِىمَنيَشَآءُفَلَاتَذْهَبْنَفْسُكَعَلَيْهِمْحَسَرَٰتٍإِنَّٱللَّهَعَلِيمٌۢبِمَايَصْنَعُونَ

Is, then, he to whom the evil of his own doings is [so] alluring that [in the end] he regards it as good [anything but a follower of Satan]? For, verily, God lets go astray him that wills [to go astray], just as He guides him that wills [to be guided]. Hence, [O believer,] do not waste thyself in sorrowing over them: verily, God has full knowledge of all that they do!

وَٱللَّهُٱلَّذِىٓأَرْسَلَٱلرِّيَٰحَفَتُثِيرُسَحَابًۭافَسُقْنَٰهُإِلَىٰبَلَدٍۢمَّيِّتٍۢفَأَحْيَيْنَابِهِٱلْأَرْضَبَعْدَمَوْتِهَاكَذَٰلِكَٱلنُّشُورُ

AND [remember:] it is God who sends forth the winds, so that they raise a cloud, whereupon We drive it towards dead land and thereby give life to the earth after it had been lifeless: even thus shall resur­rection be!

مَنكَانَيُرِيدُٱلْعِزَّةَفَلِلَّهِٱلْعِزَّةُجَمِيعًاإِلَيْهِيَصْعَدُٱلْكَلِمُٱلطَّيِّبُوَٱلْعَمَلُٱلصَّٰلِحُيَرْفَعُهُۥوَٱلَّذِينَيَمْكُرُونَٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِلَهُمْعَذَابٌۭشَدِيدٌۭوَمَكْرُأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَهُوَيَبُورُ

He who desires might and glory [ought to know that] all might and glory belong to God [alone]. Unto Him ascend all good words, and the righteous deed does He exalt. But as for those who cunningly devise evil deeds - suffering severe awaits them; and all their devising is bound to come to nought.

وَٱللَّهُخَلَقَكُممِّنتُرَابٍۢثُمَّمِننُّطْفَةٍۢثُمَّجَعَلَكُمْأَزْوَٰجًۭاوَمَاتَحْمِلُمِنْأُنثَىٰوَلَاتَضَعُإِلَّابِعِلْمِهِۦوَمَايُعَمَّرُمِنمُّعَمَّرٍۢوَلَايُنقَصُمِنْعُمُرِهِۦٓإِلَّافِىكِتَٰبٍإِنَّذَٰلِكَعَلَىٱللَّهِيَسِيرٌۭ

And [remember:] God creates [every one of] you out of dust, then out of a drop of sperm; and then He fashions you into either of the two sexes. And no female conceives or gives birth unless it be with His knowledge; and none that is long-lived has his days lengthened - and neither is aught lessened of his days - unless it be thus laid down in [God’s] decree: for, behold, all this is easy for God.

وَمَايَسْتَوِىٱلْبَحْرَانِهَٰذَاعَذْبٌۭفُرَاتٌۭسَآئِغٌۭشَرَابُهُۥوَهَٰذَامِلْحٌأُجَاجٌۭوَمِنكُلٍّۢتَأْكُلُونَلَحْمًۭاطَرِيًّۭاوَتَسْتَخْرِجُونَحِلْيَةًۭتَلْبَسُونَهَاوَتَرَىٱلْفُلْكَفِيهِمَوَاخِرَلِتَبْتَغُوا۟مِنفَضْلِهِۦوَلَعَلَّكُمْتَشْكُرُونَ

[Easy is it for Him to create likeness and variety:] thus, the two great bodies of water [on earth] are not alike the one sweet, thirst-allaying, pleasant to drink, and the other salty and bitter: and yet, from either of them do you eat fresh meat, and [from either] you take gems which you may wear; and on either thou canst see ships ploughing through the waves, so that you might [be able to] go forth in quest of some of His bounty, and thus have cause to be grateful.

يُولِجُٱلَّيْلَفِىٱلنَّهَارِوَيُولِجُٱلنَّهَارَفِىٱلَّيْلِوَسَخَّرَٱلشَّمْسَوَٱلْقَمَرَكُلٌّۭيَجْرِىلِأَجَلٍۢمُّسَمًّۭىذَٰلِكُمُٱللَّهُرَبُّكُمْلَهُٱلْمُلْكُوَٱلَّذِينَتَدْعُونَمِندُونِهِۦمَايَمْلِكُونَمِنقِطْمِيرٍ

He makes the night grow longer by shortening the day, and He makes the day grow longer by shortening the night; and He has made the sun and the moon subservient [to His laws], each running its course for a term set [by Him]. Thus is God, your Sustainer: unto Him belongs all dominion - whereas those whom you invoke instead of Him do not own so much as the husk of a date-stone!

إِنتَدْعُوهُمْلَايَسْمَعُوا۟دُعَآءَكُمْوَلَوْسَمِعُوا۟مَاٱسْتَجَابُوا۟لَكُمْوَيَوْمَٱلْقِيَٰمَةِيَكْفُرُونَبِشِرْكِكُمْوَلَايُنَبِّئُكَمِثْلُخَبِيرٍۢ

If you invoke them, they do not hear your call; and even if they could hear, they would not [be able to] respond to you. And [withal,] on the Day of Resurrection they will utterly disown your having associated them with God. And none can make thee understand [the truth] like the One who is all-aware.

يَٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلنَّاسُأَنتُمُٱلْفُقَرَآءُإِلَىٱللَّهِوَٱللَّهُهُوَٱلْغَنِىُّٱلْحَمِيدُ

O men! It is you, who stand in need of God, whereas He alone is self-sufficient, the One to whom all praise is due.

إِنيَشَأْيُذْهِبْكُمْوَيَأْتِبِخَلْقٍۢجَدِيدٍۢ

If He so wills, He can do away with you and bring forth a new mankind [in your stead]:

وَمَاذَٰلِكَعَلَىٱللَّهِبِعَزِيزٍۢ

nor is this difficult for God.

وَلَاتَزِرُوَازِرَةٌۭوِزْرَأُخْرَىٰوَإِنتَدْعُمُثْقَلَةٌإِلَىٰحِمْلِهَالَايُحْمَلْمِنْهُشَىْءٌۭوَلَوْكَانَذَاقُرْبَىٰٓإِنَّمَاتُنذِرُٱلَّذِينَيَخْشَوْنَرَبَّهُمبِٱلْغَيْبِوَأَقَامُوا۟ٱلصَّلَوٰةَوَمَنتَزَكَّىٰفَإِنَّمَايَتَزَكَّىٰلِنَفْسِهِۦوَإِلَىٱللَّهِٱلْمَصِيرُ

AND NO BEARER of burdens shall be made to bear another’s burden; and if one weighed down by his load calls upon [another] to help him carry it, nothing thereof may be carried [by that other], even if it be one’s near of kin. Hence, thou canst [truly] warn only those who stand in awe of their Sustainer although He is beyond the reach of their perception, and are constant in prayer, and [know that] whoever grows in purity, attains to purity but for the good of his own self, and [that] with God is all journeys’ end.

وَمَايَسْتَوِىٱلْأَعْمَىٰوَٱلْبَصِيرُ

For [thus it is:] the blind and the seeing are not equal;

وَلَاٱلظُّلُمَٰتُوَلَاٱلنُّورُ

nor are the depths of darkness and the light;