Surah Fussilat

إِنَّٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟بِٱلذِّكْرِلَمَّاجَآءَهُمْوَإِنَّهُۥلَكِتَٰبٌعَزِيزٌۭ

Verily, they who are bent on denying the truth of this reminder as soon as it comes to them - [they are the losers]: for, behold, it is a sublime divine writ:

لَّايَأْتِيهِٱلْبَٰطِلُمِنۢبَيْنِيَدَيْهِوَلَامِنْخَلْفِهِۦتَنزِيلٌۭمِّنْحَكِيمٍحَمِيدٍۢ

no falsehood can ever attain to it openly, and neither in a stealthy manner, [since it is] bestowed from on high by One who is truly wise, ever to be praised.

مَّايُقَالُلَكَإِلَّامَاقَدْقِيلَلِلرُّسُلِمِنقَبْلِكَإِنَّرَبَّكَلَذُومَغْفِرَةٍۢوَذُوعِقَابٍأَلِيمٍۢ

[And as for thee, O Prophet,] nothing is being said to thee but what was said to all [of God’s] apostles before thy time. Behold, thy Sustainer is indeed full of forgiveness - but He has also the power to requite most grie­vously!

وَلَوْجَعَلْنَٰهُقُرْءَانًاأَعْجَمِيًّۭالَّقَالُوا۟لَوْلَافُصِّلَتْءَايَٰتُهُۥٓءَا۬عْجَمِىٌّۭوَعَرَبِىٌّۭقُلْهُوَلِلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟هُدًۭىوَشِفَآءٌۭوَٱلَّذِينَلَايُؤْمِنُونَفِىٓءَاذَانِهِمْوَقْرٌۭوَهُوَعَلَيْهِمْعَمًىأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَيُنَادَوْنَمِنمَّكَانٍۭبَعِيدٍۢ

Now if We had willed this [divine writ] to be a discourse in a non-Arabic tongue, they [who now reject it] would surely have said, “Why is it that its messages have not been spelled out clearly? Why - [a message in] a non-Arabic tongue, and [its bearer] an Arab?” Say: “Unto all who have attained to faith, this [divine writ] is a guidance and a source of health; but as for those who will not believe - in their ears is deafness, and so it remains obscure to them: they are [like people who are] being called from too far away.

وَلَقَدْءَاتَيْنَامُوسَىٱلْكِتَٰبَفَٱخْتُلِفَفِيهِوَلَوْلَاكَلِمَةٌۭسَبَقَتْمِنرَّبِّكَلَقُضِىَبَيْنَهُمْوَإِنَّهُمْلَفِىشَكٍّۢمِّنْهُمُرِيبٍۢ

Thus, too, have We vouchsafed revelation unto Moses aforetime, and thereupon disputes arose about it. And [then, as now,] had it not been for a decree that had already gone forth from thy Sustainer, all would indeed have been decided between them [from the outset]. As it is, behold, they [who will not believe in this divine writ] are in grave doubt, amounting to suspicion, about what it portends.

مَّنْعَمِلَصَٰلِحًۭافَلِنَفْسِهِۦوَمَنْأَسَآءَفَعَلَيْهَاوَمَارَبُّكَبِظَلَّٰمٍۢلِّلْعَبِيدِ

WHOEVER does what is just and right, does so for his own good; and whoever does evil, does so to his own hurt: and never does God do the least wrong to His creatures.

إِلَيْهِيُرَدُّعِلْمُٱلسَّاعَةِوَمَاتَخْرُجُمِنثَمَرَٰتٍۢمِّنْأَكْمَامِهَاوَمَاتَحْمِلُمِنْأُنثَىٰوَلَاتَضَعُإِلَّابِعِلْمِهِۦوَيَوْمَيُنَادِيهِمْأَيْنَشُرَكَآءِىقَالُوٓا۟ءَاذَنَّٰكَمَامِنَّامِنشَهِيدٍۢ

In Him alone is vested the knowledge of when the Last Hour will come. And no fruit bursts forth from its calyx, and no female ever conceives, nor ever gives birth, save with His knowledge. And so, on the Day when He shall call out to them, “Where, now, are those [alleged] partners of Mine?” - they will [surely] answer, “We confess unto Thee that none of us can bear witness [to anyone’s having a share in Thy divinity]!”

وَضَلَّعَنْهُممَّاكَانُوا۟يَدْعُونَمِنقَبْلُوَظَنُّوا۟مَالَهُممِّنمَّحِيصٍۢ

And so, all that they were wont to invoke aforetime will have forsaken them; and they shall know for certain that there is no escape for them.

لَّايَسْـَٔمُٱلْإِنسَٰنُمِندُعَآءِٱلْخَيْرِوَإِنمَّسَّهُٱلشَّرُّفَيَـُٔوسٌۭقَنُوطٌۭ

MAN NEVER TIRES of asking for the good [things of life]; and if evil fortune touches him, he abandons all hope, giving himself up to despair.

وَلَئِنْأَذَقْنَٰهُرَحْمَةًۭمِّنَّامِنۢبَعْدِضَرَّآءَمَسَّتْهُلَيَقُولَنَّهَٰذَالِىوَمَآأَظُنُّٱلسَّاعَةَقَآئِمَةًۭوَلَئِنرُّجِعْتُإِلَىٰرَبِّىٓإِنَّلِىعِندَهُۥلَلْحُسْنَىٰفَلَنُنَبِّئَنَّٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟بِمَاعَمِلُوا۟وَلَنُذِيقَنَّهُممِّنْعَذَابٍغَلِيظٍۢ

Yet whenever We let him taste some of Our grace after hardship has visited him, he is sure to say, “This is but my due!” - and, “I do not think that the Last Hour will ever come: but if [it should come, and] I should indeed be brought back unto my Sus­tainer, then, behold, the ultimate good awaits me with Him! But [on the Day of Judgment] We shall most cer­tainly give those who were bent on denying the truth full understanding of all that they ever did, and shall most certainly give them [thereby] a taste of suffering severe.

وَإِذَآأَنْعَمْنَاعَلَىٱلْإِنسَٰنِأَعْرَضَوَنَـَٔابِجَانِبِهِۦوَإِذَامَسَّهُٱلشَّرُّفَذُودُعَآءٍعَرِيضٍۢ

And, too, when We bestow Our blessings upon man, he tends to turn aside and keep aloof [from remembering Us]; but as soon as evil fortune touches him, he is full of wordy prayers!

قُلْأَرَءَيْتُمْإِنكَانَمِنْعِندِٱللَّهِثُمَّكَفَرْتُمبِهِۦمَنْأَضَلُّمِمَّنْهُوَفِىشِقَاقٍۭبَعِيدٍۢ

HAVE YOU given thought [to how you will fare] if this be truly [a revelation] from God, the while you deny its truth? Who could be more astray than one who places himself [so] deeply in the wrong?

سَنُرِيهِمْءَايَٰتِنَافِىٱلْءَافَاقِوَفِىٓأَنفُسِهِمْحَتَّىٰيَتَبَيَّنَلَهُمْأَنَّهُٱلْحَقُّأَوَلَمْيَكْفِبِرَبِّكَأَنَّهُۥعَلَىٰكُلِّشَىْءٍۢشَهِيدٌ

In time We shall make them fully understand Our messages [through what they perceive] in the utmost horizons [of the universe] and within them­selves, so that it will become clear unto them that this [revelation] is indeed the truth. [Still,] is it not enough [for them to know] that thy Sustainer is witness unto everything?

أَلَآإِنَّهُمْفِىمِرْيَةٍۢمِّنلِّقَآءِرَبِّهِمْأَلَآإِنَّهُۥبِكُلِّشَىْءٍۢمُّحِيطٌۢ

Oh, verily, they are in doubt as to whether they will meet their Sustainer [on Judgment Day]! Oh, verily, He encompasses everything!