Surah Fuşşilat (Explained in Detail) in English

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

1. حم

   1

   Ha, Meem.

   ḥ-m (ḥā mīm)

2. تنزيل من الرحمن الرحيم

   2

   A [gradually] sent down [revelation] from the All-beneficent, the All-merciful,

   tanzīlun mina r-raḥmāni r-raḥīmi

3. كتاب فصلت آياته قرآنا عربيا لقوم يعلمون

   3

   [this is] a Book whose signs have been elaborated for a people who have knowledge, an Arabic Quran,

   kitābun fuṣṣilat ʾāyātuhū qurʾānan ʿarabiyyan li-qawmin yaʿlamūna

4. بشيرا ونذيرا فأعرض أكثرهم فهم لا يسمعون

   4

   a bearer of good news and a warner. But most of them turn away [from it], [and] so they do not listen.

   bashīran wa-nadhīran fa-ʾaʿraḍa ʾaktharuhum fa-hum lā yasmaʿūna

5. وقالوا قلوبنا في أكنة مما تدعونا إليه وفي آذاننا وقر ومن بيننا وبينك حجاب فاعمل إننا عاملون

   5

   They say, ‘Our hearts are in veils [which shut them off] from what you invite us to, and there is a deafness in our ears, and there is a curtain between us and you. So act [as your faith requires]; we too are acting [according to our own].’

   wa-qālū qulūbunā fī ʾakinnatin mimmā tadʿūnā ʾilayhi wa-fī ʾādhāninā waqrun wa-min bayninā wa-baynika ḥijābun fa-ʿmal ʾinnanā ʿāmilūna

6. قل إنما أنا بشر مثلكم يوحى إلي أنما إلهكم إله واحد فاستقيموا إليه واستغفروه وويل للمشركين

   6

   Say, ‘I am just a human like you. It has been revealed to me that your God is the One God. So worship Him single-mindedly and plead to Him for forgiveness.’ And woe to the polytheists

   qul ʾinnamā ʾana basharun mithlukum yūḥā ʾilayya ʾannamā ʾilāhukum ʾilāhun wāḥidun fa-staqīmū ʾilayhi wa-staghfirūhu wa-waylun li-l-mushrikīna

7. الذين لا يؤتون الزكاة وهم بالآخرة هم كافرون

   7

   —those who do not pay the zakat and disbelieve in the Hereafter.

   alladhīna lā yuʾtūna z-zakāta wa-hum bi-l-ʾākhirati hum kāfirūna

8. إن الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات لهم أجر غير ممنون

   8

   As for those who have faith and do righteous deeds, there will be an everlasting reward for them.

   ʾinna lladhīna ʾāmanū wa-ʿamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti lahum ʾajrun ghayru mamnūnin

9. قل أئنكم لتكفرون بالذي خلق الأرض في يومين وتجعلون له أندادا ذلك رب العالمين

   9

   Say, ‘Do you really disbelieve in Him who created the earth in two days, and ascribe partners to Him? That is the Lord of all the worlds!’

   qul ʾa-ʾinnakum la-takfurūna bi-lladhī khalaqa l-ʾarḍa fī yawmayni wa-tajʿalūna lahū ʾandādan dhālika rabbu l-ʿālamīna

10. وجعل فيها رواسي من فوقها وبارك فيها وقدر فيها أقواتها في أربعة أيام سواء للسائلين

    10

    He set in it firm mountains, [rising] above it, blessed it, and ordained in it, in four days, [various] means of sustenance, equally for all seekers.

    wa-jaʿala fīhā rawāsiya min fawqihā wa-bāraka fīhā wa-qaddara fīhā ʾaqwātahā fī ʾarbaʿati ʾayyāmin sawāʾan li-s-sāʾilīna

11. ثم استوى إلى السماء وهي دخان فقال لها وللأرض ائتيا طوعا أو كرها قالتا أتينا طائعين

    11

    Then He turned to the heaven, and it was smoke, and He said to it and to the earth, ‘Come, willingly or unwillingly!’ They said, ‘We come obediently.’

    thumma stawā ʾilā s-samāʾi wa-hiya dukhānun fa-qāla lahā wa-li-l-ʾarḍi ʾtiyā ṭawʿan ʾaw karhan qālatā ʾataynā ṭāʾiʿīna