Surah Fuşşilat (Explained in Detail) in English

1. إليه يرد علم الساعة وما تخرج من ثمرات من أكمامها وما تحمل من أنثى ولا تضع إلا بعلمه ويوم يناديهم أين شركائي قالوا آذناك ما منا من شهيد

   47

   On Him devolves the knowledge of the Hour, and no fruit emerges from its covering and no female conceives or delivers except with His knowledge. On the day when He will call out to them, ‘Where are My ‘partners’?’ They will say, ‘We informed You that there is no witness amongst us.’

   ʾilayhi yuraddu ʿilmu s-sāʿati wa-mā takhruju min thamarātin min ʾakmāmihā wa-mā taḥmilu min ʾunthā wa-lā taḍaʿu ʾillā bi-ʿilmihī wa-yawma yunādīhim ʾayna shurakāʾī qālū ʾādhannāka mā minnā min shahīdin

2. وضل عنهم ما كانوا يدعون من قبل وظنوا ما لهم من محيص

   48

   What they used to invoke before has forsaken them, and they know there is no escape for them.

   wa-ḍalla ʿanhum mā kānū yadʿūna min qablu wa-ẓannū mā lahum min maḥīṣin

3. لا يسأم الإنسان من دعاء الخير وإن مسه الشر فيئوس قنوط

   49

   Man is never wearied of supplicating for good, and should any ill befall him, he becomes hopeless and despondent.

   lā yasʾamu l-ʾinsānu min duʿāʾi l-khayri wa-ʾin massahu sh-sharru fa-yaʾūsun qanūṭun

4. ولئن أذقناه رحمة منا من بعد ضراء مسته ليقولن هذا لي وما أظن الساعة قائمة ولئن رجعت إلى ربي إن لي عنده للحسنى فلننبئن الذين كفروا بما عملوا ولنذيقنهم من عذاب غليظ

   50

   If, after distress has befallen him, We let him have a taste of Our mercy, he says, ‘This is my due! I do not think the Hour will ever come, and in case I am returned to my Lord, I will indeed have the best [reward] with Him.’ So We will surely inform the faithless about what they have done, and will surely make them taste a harsh punishment.

   wa-la-ʾin ʾadhaqnāhu raḥmatan minnā min baʿdi ḍarrāʾa massathu la-yaqūlanna hādhā lī wa-mā ʾaẓunnu s-sāʿata qāʾimatan wa-la-ʾin rujiʿtu ʾilā rabbī ʾinna lī ʿindahū la-l-ḥusnā fa-la-nunabbiʾanna lladhīna kafarū bi-mā ʿamilū wa-la-nudhīqannahum min ʿadhābin ghalīẓin

5. وإذا أنعمنا على الإنسان أعرض ونأى بجانبه وإذا مسه الشر فذو دعاء عريض

   51

   When We bless man, he is disregardful and turns aside; but when an ill befalls him, he makes protracted supplications.

   wa-ʾidhā ʾanʿamnā ʿalā l-ʾinsāni ʾaʿraḍa wa-naʾā bi-jānibihī wa-ʾidhā massahu sh-sharru fa-dhū duʿāʾin ʿarīḍin

6. قل أرأيتم إن كان من عند الله ثم كفرتم به من أضل ممن هو في شقاق بعيد

   52

   Say, ‘Tell me, if it is from Allah and you disbelieve in it, who will be more astray than those who are in extreme defiance.’

   qul ʾa-raʾaytum ʾin kāna min ʿindi llāhi thumma kafartum bihī man ʾaḍallu mimman huwa fī shiqāqin baʿīdin

7. سنريهم آياتنا في الآفاق وفي أنفسهم حتى يتبين لهم أنه الحق أولم يكف بربك أنه على كل شيء شهيد

   53

   Soon We shall show them Our signs in the horizons and in their own souls until it becomes clear to them that He is the Real. Is it not sufficient that your Lord is witness to all things?

   sa-nurīhim ʾāyātinā fī l-ʾāfāqi wa-fī ʾanfusihim ḥattā yatabayyana lahum ʾannahu l-ḥaqqu ʾa-wa-lam yakfi bi-rabbika ʾannahū ʿalā kulli shayʾin shahīdun

8. ألا إنهم في مرية من لقاء ربهم ألا إنه بكل شيء محيط

   54

   Indeed, they are in doubt about the encounter with their Lord! Indeed, He embraces all things!

   ʾa-lā ʾinnahum fī miryatin min liqāʾi rabbihim ʾa-lā ʾinnahū bi-kulli shayʾin muḥīṭun