Surah 41. Fussilat

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Verses [Section]: 1-8[1], 9-18 [2], 19-25 [3], 26-32 [4], 33-44 [5], 45-54 [6]

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Quran Text of Verse 1-841. Fussilat Page 47741. Fussilatبِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِحٰمٓۚHa Meem تَنْزِیْلٌA revelationمِّنَfromالرَّحْمٰنِthe Most Graciousالرَّحِیْمِۚthe Most Merciful كِتٰبٌA Bookفُصِّلَتْare detailedاٰیٰتُهٗits Versesقُرْاٰنًاa Quranعَرَبِیًّا(in) Arabicلِّقَوْمٍfor a peopleیَّعْلَمُوْنَۙwho know بَشِیْرًاA giver of glad tidingsوَّ نَذِیْرًا ۚand a warnerفَاَعْرَضَbut turn awayاَكْثَرُهُمْmost of themفَهُمْso theyلَا(do) notیَسْمَعُوْنَ hear وَ قَالُوْاAnd they sayقُلُوْبُنَاOur heartsفِیْۤ(are) inاَكِنَّةٍcoveringsمِّمَّاfrom whatتَدْعُوْنَاۤyou call usاِلَیْهِto itوَ فِیْۤand inاٰذَانِنَاour earsوَقْرٌ(is) deafnessوَّ مِنْۢand between usبَیْنِنَاand between usوَ بَیْنِكَand between youحِجَابٌ(is) a screenفَاعْمَلْSo workاِنَّنَاindeed, weعٰمِلُوْنَ (are) working قُلْSayاِنَّمَاۤOnlyاَنَاI amبَشَرٌa manمِّثْلُكُمْlike youیُوْحٰۤیit is revealedاِلَیَّto meاَنَّمَاۤthatاِلٰهُكُمْyour godاِلٰهٌ(is) GodوَّاحِدٌOneفَاسْتَقِیْمُوْۤاso take a Straight Pathاِلَیْهِto Himوَ اسْتَغْفِرُوْهُ ؕand ask His forgivenessوَ وَیْلٌAnd woeلِّلْمُشْرِكِیْنَۙto the polytheists الَّذِیْنَThose whoلَا(do) notیُؤْتُوْنَgiveالزَّكٰوةَthe zakahوَ هُمْand theyبِالْاٰخِرَةِin the Hereafterهُمْtheyكٰفِرُوْنَ (are) disbelievers اِنَّIndeedالَّذِیْنَthose whoاٰمَنُوْاbelieveوَ عَمِلُواand doالصّٰلِحٰتِrighteous deedsلَهُمْfor themاَجْرٌ(is) a rewardغَیْرُnever endingمَمْنُوْنٍ۠never ending

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Translation of Verse 1-8In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

1. Ha Meem.¹

2. This is a revelation from the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.²

3. A Book whose verses are well expounded,³ an Arabic Quran ⁴ for people who have knowledge. ⁵

4. Good tidings and a warning.⁶ But most of them turn away, so they do not hear.

5. they say: “Our hearts are under veils from that to which you invite us. And in our ears there is deafness. And between us and you there is a veil. Do (your work), verily we will do ours.”⁷

6. Say : “I am only a man like you. It is revealed to me that your God in one God,⁸ so take the straight path to him⁹ and to seek His forgiveness.¹⁰ And woe to the polytheists,

7. “Who do not give Zakat,¹¹ and who deny the Hereafter.

8. “Verily, for those who believe and do good acts, is an enduring reward.”¹²

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Commentary

1. Explanation about these separate letters has been give in Surah Momin Note No.1. In this Surah Allah ‘s attribute of being wise has been mentioned in the ayah No.42, to which these letters point.

2. Allah in whose shade of mercy man is nourishing and who blesses His sincere slaves with His special favours and mercies has, as a mark of His mercy, revealed this Book. Therefore, this Book is a mercy, beginning to end.

3. For explanation please see Surah Hood Note No.3.

4. The first addressees of the Quran were Arabs, therefore, it was revealed in Arabic. For other nations Quran is a message indirectly. It does not mean that because it is in Arabic it is a message for Arabs only and it does not affect others. The language of emperors of the Roman and Iranian empires was not Arabic but to them the message of Quran was conveyed indirectly. And these days translations of the Quran in different languages are being published by the Muslim Ummah. So there is no chance for anybody to say that Quran is in the Arabic and therefore, it cannot be a message for the non- Arabs.

5. It does not mean that only learned people and scholars can derive benefit from this Book, but it means that those who are not ignorant in the matter of religion and god, but make knowledge as their basis for these matters, for them this Book opens up the path of guidance and they derive benefit from it.

6. This Book gives glad tidings of everlasting triumph to those who believe and follow the right guidance, and informs its deniers of the permanent punishment waiting for them.

7. This answer of the disbelievers expresses their obduracy and pride. When a man adopts this attitude concerning Quran, then he is not provided the guidance to hear and understand.

8. If you do not want to believe, then it is up to you, but my stand should be clear to you that I have neither claimed to be god, nor an angel. I am a mortal like you. But the distinction that God has given me is that He sends down His revelations to me, so that I may convey His message to you, and the foremost point of this message is that your god is only one God, and only He is worthy of being worshipped.

9. That is: Worship Him only with sincerity. Live as His obedient slave. You should hope to achieve your desires with His favour only and always seek His pleasure.

10. That is: The wrong conduct that you had adopted uptil now, and the sins that you have been committing, for them you seek Allah’s forgiveness.

11. A great crime of the polytheists is that they do not pay Zakat, which is a very important pillar of Islam, and in the past shariahs also it was considered a very important compulsory act of worship. Prophet Ismail, the Arabs are whose progeny, had given them an emphatic command to pay zakat (See Surah Maryam, ayah No.55). It may be noted that acting on the commands of the Shariah is compulsory for all, whether believers or disbelievers, however acceptance of that act by Allah depends on the performer to be a Muslim (believer). Without faith, the greatest virtuous act has no value in the eyes of Allah. On the disbelievers’ and polytheists’ disobeying the Shariah commands the severity of their crimes increases and they become liable for very harsh punishment. Zakat is also a form of worship like sacrifice; besides it is also the due of the needy and the poor, which Allah has fixed in people’s properties. This due and right of the poor and needy was well known and recognized in the past Shariahs, and in the early Meccan period the shariah commands which were given it was stressed to clearly show that it was a fixed due and right. “In whose properties rights are reserved of those who beg and also of the deprived.” -(Ma’arij 24,25). Subsequently when in Madina when a regular system of zakat came to be fixed then detailed commands were given.

12. That is: The continuity of their reward will never end, they will get it for ever.