سورة فصلت   

Surah Name: Fussilat Meaning: The Explanation (Explained in Detail)

  • Revealed at Makkah
  • This Sūrah is also known as Ha Mim As-Sajdah.
  • Total Number of Rukū / Sections 6
  • Total Number of Āyāt / Parts 54
  • Sūrah / Chapter number 41
  • Rukū / Section 6 contains Āyāt / Parts 10
  • Siparah/ Volume 24 & 25

bismillah

وَلَقَدْ آتَيْنَا مُوسَى الْكِتَابَ فَاخْتُلِفَ فِيهِ وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَتْ مِن رَّبِّكَ لَقُضِيَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَفِي شَكٍّ مِّنْهُ مُرِيبٍ

Walaqad atayna moosa alkitaba fa(i)khtulifa feehi walawla kalimatun sabaqat min rabbika laqudiya baynahum wainnahum lafee shakkin minhu mureeb(in)

And assuredly We-SWT vouchsafed the book to Musa-AS and there arose difference concerning it. And had not a word gone forth from your Rabb-SWT the affair would have been decreed between them. And verily they are in regard thereto in doubt and dubitating.

(41:45)

مَنْ عَمِلَ صَالِحًا فَلِنَفْسِهِ وَمَنْ أَسَاء فَعَلَيْهَا وَمَا رَبُّكَ بِظَلَّامٍ لِّلْعَبِيدِ

Man AAamila salihan falinafsihi waman asaa faAAalayha wama rabbuka bithallamin lilAAabeed(i)

Whoever works righteously it is for his own soul, and whoever works evil it is against it. And your Rabb-SWT is not an oppressor to His-SWT bondmen.

(41:46)

إِلَيْهِ يُرَدُّ عِلْمُ السَّاعَةِ وَمَا تَخْرُجُ مِن ثَمَرَاتٍ مِّنْ أَكْمَامِهَا وَمَا تَحْمِلُ مِنْ أُنثَى وَلَا تَضَعُ إِلَّا بِعِلْمِهِ وَيَوْمَ يُنَادِيهِمْ أَيْنَ شُرَكَائِي قَالُوا آذَنَّاكَ مَا مِنَّا مِن شَهِيدٍ

Ilayhi yuraddu AAilmu a(l)ssaAAati wama takhruju min thamaratin min akmamiha wama tahmilu min ontha wala tadaAAu illa biAAilmihi wayawma yunadeehim ayna shurakaee qaloo athannaka ma minna min shaheed(in)

To Him-SWT Alone is referred the knowledge of the Hour. And not a fruit comes forth from its knops, nor does a female conceive or bring forth but with His-SWT Knowledge. And on the Day when He-SWT will call unto them: Where are My-SWT associates? They will say: We assure You-SWT , none of us is a witness thereof.

(41:47)

وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا يَدْعُونَ مِن قَبْلُ وَظَنُّوا مَا لَهُم مِّن مَّحِيصٍ

Wadalla AAanhum ma kanoo yadAAoona min qablu wathannoo ma lahum min mahees(in)

And those whom they had been calling upon before will fail them, and they will perceive that there is no refuge for them.

(41:48)

لَا يَسْأَمُ الْإِنسَانُ مِن دُعَاء الْخَيْرِ وَإِن مَّسَّهُ الشَّرُّ فَيَؤُوسٌ قَنُوطٌ

La yasamu alinsanu min duAAai alkhayri wain massahu a(l)shsharru fayaoosun qanoot(un)

Man is never wearied of praying for his worldly good, and if an evil visits him, he is despondent, despairing.

(41:49)

وَلَئِنْ أَذَقْنَاهُ رَحْمَةً مِّنَّا مِن بَعْدِ ضَرَّاء مَسَّتْهُ لَيَقُولَنَّ هَذَا لِي وَمَا أَظُنُّ السَّاعَةَ قَائِمَةً وَلَئِن رُّجِعْتُ إِلَى رَبِّي إِنَّ لِي عِندَهُ لَلْحُسْنَى فَلَنُنَبِّئَنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِمَا عَمِلُوا وَلَنُذِيقَنَّهُم مِّنْ عَذَابٍ غَلِيظٍ

Walain athaqnahu rahmatan minna min baAAdi darraa massathu layaqoolanna hatha lee wama athunnu a(l)ssaAAata qaimatan walain rujiAAtu ila rabbee inna lee AAindahu lalhusna falanunabbianna allatheena kafaroo bima AAamiloo walanutheeqannahum min AAathabin ghaleeth(in)

And if, after an affliction has visited him, We-SWT cause him to taste of Our-SWT Mercy, he is sure to say: This is my own, and do not think that the Hour will ever arise, and were to be brought back to my Rabb-SWT , surely there will be for me an excellent reward from Him-SWT . But We-SWT shall surely declare to those who disbelieve what they have worked, and make them taste a rough torment.

(41:50)

وَإِذَا أَنْعَمْنَا عَلَى الْإِنسَانِ أَعْرَضَ وَنَأى بِجَانِبِهِ وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ فَذُو دُعَاء عَرِيضٍ

Waitha anAAamna AAala alinsani aAArada wanaa bijanibihi waitha massahu a(l)shsharru fathoo duAAain AAareed(in)

And when We-SWT show favour to man, he turns aside and withdraws on his sides, and when evil touches him he is full of prolonged prayer.

(41:51)

قُلْ أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِن كَانَ مِنْ عِندِ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ كَفَرْتُم بِهِ مَنْ أَضَلُّ مِمَّنْ هُوَ فِي شِقَاقٍ بَعِيدٍ

Qul araaytum in kana min AAindi Allahi thumma kafartum bihi man adallu mimman huwa fee shiqaqin baAAeed(in)

Say you: Think! If it is really from Allah-SWT and you reject it, who is further astray than one who is in schism far-off?

(41:52)

سَنُرِيهِمْ آيَاتِنَا فِي الْآفَاقِ وَفِي أَنفُسِهِمْ حَتَّى يَتَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ أَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ أَوَلَمْ يَكْفِ بِرَبِّكَ أَنَّهُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ شَهِيدٌ

Sanureehim ayatina fee alafaqi wafee anfusihim hatta yatabayyana lahum annahu alhaqqu awalam yakfi birabbika annahu AAala kulli shayin shaheed(un)

Soon We-SWT shall show them Our-SWT Signs in the universe and in their own selves until it becomes manifest to them that it is the truth. Does it not suffice in regard to your Rabb-SWT , that He-SWT is Witness over everything?

(41:53)

أَلَا إِنَّهُمْ فِي مِرْيَةٍ مِّن لِّقَاء رَبِّهِمْ أَلَا إِنَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ مُّحِيطٌ

Ala innahum fee miryatin min liqai rabbihim ala innahu bikulli shayin muheet(un)

Lo! They are in doubt concerning their meeting with their Rabb-SWT . Lo! He-SWT is the Encompass of everything.

(41:54)
In The Name of Allah-SWT the Most Gracious, The Most Merciful
SECRETS OF REVELATION:

Similar treatment was meted out to Prophet Musa-AS when Torah was revealed to him-AS. Some believed in it while others raised objections and denied it. They Holy Prophet-SW is also being treated likewise. The Jews often incite and educate the illiterate Arabs to raise various objections and questions. Had retribution not been ordained for the Day of Reckoning, these deniers would have been convicted right away. Their misconceptions cause them great unrest. And whoever acts piously, his piety would benefit him, and the wrongdoer will himself bear the consequences of his wickedness. Allaah-SWT does not wrong anyone of His-SWT creations. Only Allah-SWT knows when AI Qayamah and the Hour of Reckoning shall take place. It is beyond human powers to know, nor will any human being arbitrate on that Day. Only He-SWT Who-SWT is to Judge on that Day knows when it will occur. And whatever is taking place in this world by His-SWT Omnipotence is also well known to Him-SWT for instance, the nature and the quantity of fruit that lies inside the sheaths of a fruit tree.

 

Information on a Female’s Pregnancy

And any female who conceives and what will she deliver is in His-SWT Knowledge. If today the modern scanning machines provide some details of a pregnancy, it can, by no means, be compared to His-SWT Knowledge. Merely detecting the gender of an unborn baby can never equal the Knowledge of the Originator of life. Wherever a seedling of a plant or herbage sprouts, it is in His-SWT Knowledge, as He-SWT has created it. And where any womb bears a foetus, it is He-SWT Who-SWT is fashioning the infant to the finest details. Therefore, the information provided by modern technology cannot match the Divine Knowledge.

 

A Strange Incident

It is a miracle of His-SWT Omnipotence how He-SWT fashions and creates everything and makes provisions available for it. The author was supervising the digging of a well on his lands when a strange demonstration of His-SWT Omnipotence was directly observed. The labourers were blasting the rocks and scooping out the debris. Almost after ninety feet of digging, they discovered a small stone which when struck split into halves. In the centre was a small depression of the size of a coin, wherein a little insect, larger than the housefly and smaller than the honey-bee wit moving and could fly. How was it born and wherefrom was it getting food is only known to the Rabb-SWT of the worlds!

 

On the Day of Reckoning the polytheists will be asked to call for help all whom they had ascribed as Allah-SWT's partners. They will denounce their polytheistic beliefs and deities. But their confession will be of no use as all the falsehood would already have been destroyed, and they would know that no excuses or tricks save them. An ignorant person has an insatiable greed and never gets weary plundering in his pursuit for more. However, when caught up in distress he sinks into despair. This is because he had never developed any link with Allaah-SWT whereby he could acquire the capacity to be grateful when favoured, and to be patient when in trouble. Yet once his suffering is redressed or he regains power after a downfall, he forgets everything. Instead of being grateful to Allah-SWT, he claims it to be right. He does not even realize that the Day of Judgement is lurking around claims that if it was ever to occur he will be of the privileged lot. But on that Allaah-SWT will remind the non-believers of their misdeeds and they will be subjected to a humiliating doom. People of such character defy His-SWT Commands when blessed with affluence or power, and make lengthy supplications when squeezed.

 

Supplication

A prolonged supplication made with humility and in tears is a Mercy from Allaah-SWT . However, the prayer of evil doers, ingrate in affluence and persistent on denial, who supplicate to Him-SWT in distress with the sole intention of being relieved, without any cognisance of His-SWT Magnificence, is no more than impudence. The Holy Prophet-SW must inform them that when this Book, the faith and the universal plan of life is from Allah-SWT, can there be a greater act of waywardness than denial? They have indeed drifted far away.

 

Allah-SWT has enriched the heavens and the earth with His-SWT Signs. A miniature world exists within every human being, every aspect of which provides evidence to Allah-SWT's Magnificence. If  man ponders over His-SWT Creativity and seeks the truth, his body itself, its organs and its limbs and their peculiarities will point to the fact that Allaah-SWT Alone is the Truth. His-SWT Scripture is true and so is His-SWT Messenger-SW. It is by His-SWT Magnificence that He-SWT Knows everything constantly. Nevertheless, the Infidels are skeptical over their returning to Him-SWT , the Provider and the Sustainer.   Take   note that Divine Providence has been mentioned here as an evidence to resurrection. They must know that Allaah-SWT is Potent over everything. Just as He-SWT creates and gives life the first time, He-SWT can do so once again. Indeed He-SWT will quicken and subject everyone to accountability.

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