Surah 35. Fatir

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Verses [Section]: 1-7[1], 8-14 [2], 15-26 [3], 27-37 [4], 38-45 [5]

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Quran Text of Verse 15-26یٰۤاَیُّهَاOالنَّاسُmankind!اَنْتُمُYouالْفُقَرَآءُ(are) those in needاِلَیofاللّٰهِ ۚAllahوَ اللّٰهُwhile AllahهُوَHeالْغَنِیُّ(is) Free of needالْحَمِیْدُ the Praiseworthy اِنْIfیَّشَاْHe willsیُذْهِبْكُمْHe (can) do away with youوَ یَاْتِand bringبِخَلْقٍin a creationجَدِیْدٍۚnew وَ مَاAnd notذٰلِكَthatعَلَی(is) onاللّٰهِAllahبِعَزِیْزٍ difficult وَ لَاAnd notتَزِرُwill bearوَازِرَةٌbearer of burdensوِّزْرَburdenاُخْرٰی ؕ(of) anotherوَ اِنْAnd ifتَدْعُcallsمُثْقَلَةٌa heavily ladenاِلٰیtoحِمْلِهَا(carry) its loadلَاnotیُحْمَلْwill be carriedمِنْهُof itشَیْءٌanythingوَّ لَوْeven ifكَانَhe beذَاnear of kinقُرْبٰی ؕnear of kinاِنَّمَاOnlyتُنْذِرُyou can warnالَّذِیْنَthose whoیَخْشَوْنَfearرَبَّهُمْtheir Lordبِالْغَیْبِunseenوَ اَقَامُواand establishالصَّلٰوةَ ؕthe prayerوَ مَنْAnd whoeverتَزَكّٰیpurifies himselfفَاِنَّمَاthen onlyیَتَزَكّٰیhe purifiesلِنَفْسِهٖ ؕfor his own selfوَ اِلَیAnd toاللّٰهِAllahالْمَصِیْرُ (is) the destination 35. Fatir Page 437وَ مَاAnd notیَسْتَوِیequalالْاَعْمٰی(are) the blindوَ الْبَصِیْرُۙand the seeing وَ لَاAnd notالظُّلُمٰتُthe darkness[es]وَ لَاand notالنُّوْرُۙ[the] light وَ لَاAnd notالظِّلُّthe shadeوَ لَاand notالْحَرُوْرُۚthe heat وَ مَاAnd notیَسْتَوِیequalالْاَحْیَآءُ(are) the livingوَ لَاand notالْاَمْوَاتُ ؕthe deadاِنَّIndeedاللّٰهَAllahیُسْمِعُcauses to hearمَنْwhomیَّشَآءُ ۚHe willsوَ مَاۤand notاَنْتَyouبِمُسْمِعٍcan make hearمَّنْ(those) whoفِی(are) inالْقُبُوْرِ the graves اِنْNotاَنْتَyou (are)اِلَّاbutنَذِیْرٌ a warner اِنَّاۤIndeed Weاَرْسَلْنٰكَ[We] have sent youبِالْحَقِّwith the truthبَشِیْرًا(as) a bearer of glad tidingsوَّ نَذِیْرًا ؕand (as) a warnerوَ اِنْAnd notمِّنْ(was) anyاُمَّةٍnationاِلَّاbutخَلَاhad passedفِیْهَاwithin itنَذِیْرٌ a warner وَ اِنْAnd ifیُّكَذِّبُوْكَthey deny youفَقَدْthen certainlyكَذَّبَdeniedالَّذِیْنَthose whoمِنْ(were) before themقَبْلِهِمْ ۚ(were) before themجَآءَتْهُمْCame to themرُسُلُهُمْtheir Messengersبِالْبَیِّنٰتِwith clear signsوَ بِالزُّبُرِand with Scripturesوَ بِالْكِتٰبِand with the Bookالْمُنِیْرِ [the] enlightening ثُمَّThenاَخَذْتُI seizedالَّذِیْنَthose whoكَفَرُوْاdisbelievedفَكَیْفَand howكَانَwasنَكِیْرِ۠My rejection!

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Translation of Verse 15-26

15. O humanity! It is you who stand in need of Allah, but Allah ˹alone˺ is the Self-Sufficient, Praiseworthy.

16. If He willed, He could eliminate you and produce a new creation.

17. And that is not difficult for Allah ˹at all˺.

18. No soul burdened with sin will bear the burden of another. And if a sin-burdened soul cries for help with its burden, none of it will be carried-even by a close relative. You ˹O Prophet˺ can only warn those who stand in awe of their Lord without seeing Him ⁸⁹⁵ and establish prayer. Whoever purifies themselves, they only do so for their own good. And to Allah is the final return.

19. Those blind ˹to the truth˺ and those who can see are not equal,

20. nor are the darkness and the light,

21. nor the ˹scorching˺ heat and the ˹cool˺ shade. ⁸⁹⁶

22. Nor are the dead and the living equal. Indeed, Allah ˹alone˺ makes whoever He wills hear, but you ˹O Prophet˺ can never make those in the graves hear ˹your call˺.

23. You are only a warner.

24. We have surely sent you with the truth as a deliverer of good news and a warner. There is no community that has not had a warner. ⁸⁹⁷

25. If they deny you, so did those before them. Their messengers came to them with clear proofs, divine Books, and enlightening Scriptures. ⁸⁹⁸

26. Then I seized those who persisted in disbelief. How severe was My response!

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Commentary

895. This can also mean that they are in awe of their Lord as much in private as they are in public.

896. This implies Hell and Paradise.

897. According to a Prophetic narration collected by Ibn Ḥibbân, the total number of prophets sent around the world, from Adam ( ﷺ ) to Muḥammad ( ﷺ ) , is 124 000-of which only twenty-five are mentioned in the Quran.

898. i.e., the Torah, the Gospel, and Psalms.