Revealed during the late Makkan period, Surah Fussilat (Explained in Detail) defends the divine authority of the Quran against the Quraysh, who tried to ignore its recitation. It outlines the creation of the earth and the heavens in distinct phases, challenging humanity to recognize their Creator. The chapter delivers a terrifying warning regarding the fate of past nations like 'Ad and Thamud who rejected guidance. It describes a powerful scene on the Day of Judgment where the disbelievers' own ears, eyes, and skins will bear witness against them, urging humanity to persist in righteousness and respond to evil with what is best.
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Hameem
Translation
Ha, Meem
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Tanzeelun mina alrrahmani alrraheemi
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A revelation from the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
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Kitabun fussilat ayatuhu quranan AAarabiyyan liqawmin yaAAlamoona
Translation
A Scripture whose Verses are detailed, a Quran in Arabic for people who know
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Basheeran wanatheeran faaAArada aktharuhum fahum la yasmaAAoona
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Bringing good news, and giving warnings. But most of them turn away, so they do not listen
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Waqaloo quloobuna fee akinnatin mimma tadAAoona ilayhi wafee athanina waqrun wamin baynina wabaynika hijabun faiAAmal innana AAamiloona
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And they say, “Our hearts are screened from what you call us to, and in our ears is deafness, and between us and you is a barrier. So do what you want, and so will we.”
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Qul innama ana basharun mithlukum yooha ilayya annama ilahukum ilahun wahidun faistaqeemoo ilayhi waistaghfiroohu wawaylun lilmushrikeena
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Say, “I am only a human like you; it is inspired in me that your God is One God. So be upright towards Him, and seek forgiveness from Him.” And woe to the idolaters
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Allatheena la yutoona alzzakata wahum bialakhirati hum kafiroona
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Those who do not pay the alms; and regarding the Hereafter, they are disbelievers
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Inna allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum ajrun ghayru mamnoonin
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As for those who believe and do righteous deeds—for them is a reward uninterrupted
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Qul ainnakum latakfuroona biallathee khalaqa alarda fee yawmayni watajAAaloona lahu andadan thalika rabbu alAAalameena
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Say, “Do you reject the One who created the earth in two days? And you attribute equals to Him? That is the Lord of the Universe.”
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WajaAAala feeha rawasiya min fawqiha wabaraka feeha waqaddara feeha aqwataha fee arbaAAati ayyamin sawaan lilssaileena
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He placed stabilizers over it; and blessed it; and planned its provisions in four days, equally to the seekers
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Thumma istawa ila alssamai wahiya dukhanun faqala laha walilardi itiya tawAAan aw karhan qalata atayna taiAAeena
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Then He turned to the sky, and it was smoke, and said to it and to the earth, “Come, willingly or unwillingly.” They said, “We come willingly.”
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Faqadahunna sabAAa samawatin fee yawmayni waawha fee kulli samain amraha wazayyanna alssamaa alddunya bimasabeeha wahifthan thalika taqdeeru alAAazeezi alAAaleemi
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So He completed them as seven universes in two days, and He assigned to each universe its laws. And We decorated the lower universe with lamps, and for protection. That is the design of the Almighty, the All-Knowing
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Fain aAAradoo fuqul anthartukum saAAiqatan mithla saAAiqati AAadin wathamooda
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But if they turn away, say, “I have warned you of a thunderbolt, like the thunderbolt of Aad and Thamood.”
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Ith jaathumu alrrusulu min bayni aydeehim wamin khalfihim alla taAAbudoo illa Allaha qaloo law shaa rabbuna laanzala malaikatan fainna bima orsiltum bihi kafiroona
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Their messengers came to them, from before them and from behind them, saying, “Do not worship anyone but God.” They said, “Had our Lord willed, He would have sent down angels; Therefore, we reject what you are sent with.”
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Faamma AAadun faistakbaroo fee alardi bighayri alhaqqi waqaloo man ashaddu minna quwwatan awalam yaraw anna Allaha allathee khalaqahum huwa ashaddu minhum quwwatan wakanoo biayatina yajhadoona
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As for Aad, they turned arrogant on earth, and opposed justice, and said, “Who is more powerful than us?” Have they not considered that God, who created them, is more powerful than they? And they went on denying Our revelations
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Faarsalna AAalayhim reehan sarsaran fee ayyamin nahisatin linutheeqahum AAathaba alkhizyi fee alhayati alddunya walaAAathabu alakhirati akhza wahum la yunsaroona
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So We unleashed upon them a screaming wind, for a few miserable days, to make them taste the punishment of shame in this life; but the punishment of the Hereafter is more shameful; and they will not be saved
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Waamma thamoodu fahadaynahum faistahabboo alAAama AAala alhuda faakhathathum saAAiqatu alAAathabi alhooni bima kanoo yaksiboona
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And as for Thamood, We guided them, but they preferred blindness over guidance. So the thunderbolt of the humiliating punishment seized them, because of what they used to earn
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Wanajjayna allatheena amanoo wakanoo yattaqoona
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And We saved those who believed and were righteous
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Wayawma yuhsharu aAAdao Allahi ila alnnari fahum yoozaAAoona
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The Day when God’s enemies are herded into the Fire, forcibly
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Hatta itha ma jaooha shahida AAalayhim samAAuhum waabsaruhum wajulooduhum bima kanoo yaAAmaloona
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Until, when they have reached it, their hearing, and their sight, and their skins will testify against them regarding what they used to do