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Sūra 35: Fāṭir, or The Originator or Creation; or Malāïka, the Angels Index Previous Next
15. Ya ayyuha alnnasu antumu alfuqarao ila Allahi waAllahu huwa alghaniyyu alhameedu
15. O ye men! It is ye that have need of Allah. but Allah is the One Free of all wants, worthy of all praise.
16. In yasha/ yuthhibkum waya/ti bikhalqin jadeedin
16. If He so pleased, He could blot you out and bring in a New Creation.
17. Wama thalika AAala Allahi biAAazeezin
17. Nor is that (at all) difficult for Allah.
18. Wala taziru waziratun wizra okhra wa-in tadAAu muthqalatun ila himliha la yuhmal minhu shay-on walaw kana tha qurba innama tunthiru allatheena yakhshawna rabbahum bialghaybi waaqamoo alssalata waman tazakka fa-innama yatazakka linafsihi wa-ila Allahi almaseeru
18. Nor can a bearer of burdens bear another's burdens if one heavily laden should call another to (bear) his load. Not the least portion of it can be carried (by the other). Even though he be nearly related. Thou canst but admonish such as fear their Lord unseen and establish regular Prayer. And whoever purifies himself does so for the benefit of his own soul; and the destination (of all) is to Allah.
19. Wama yastawee al-aAAma waalbaseeru
19. The blind and the seeing are not alike;
20. Wala alththulumatu wala alnnooru
20. Nor are the depths of Darkness and the Light;
21. Wala alththillu wala alharooru
21. Nor are the (chilly) shade and the (genial) heat of the sun:
22. Wama yastawee al-ahyao wala al-amwatu inna Allaha yusmiAAu man yashao wama anta bimusmiAAin man fee alquboori
22. Nor are alike those that are living and those that are dead. Allah can make any that He wills to hear; but thou canst not make those to hear who are (buried) in graves.
23. Thou art no other than a warner.
24. Inna arsalnaka bialhaqqi basheeran wanatheeran wa-in min ommatin illa khala feeha natheerun
24. Verily We have sent thee in truth, as a bearer of glad tidings, and as a warner: and there never was a people, without a warner having lived among them (in the past).
25. Wa-in yukaththibooka faqad kaththaba allatheena min qablihim jaat-hum rusuluhum bialbayyinati wabialzzuburi wabialkitabi almuneeri
25. And if they reject thee, so did their predecessors, to whom came their apostles with Clear Signs, Books of dark prophecies, and the Book of Enlightenment.
26. Thumma akhathtu allatheena kafaroo fakayfa kana nakeeri
26. In the end did I punish those who rejected Faith: and how (terrible) was My rejection (of them)!