٤١ - فُصِّلَت

41 - Fussilat

قُلْ اَىِٕنَّكُمْ لَتَكْفُرُوْنَ بِالَّذِيْ خَلَقَ الْاَرْضَ فِيْ يَوْمَيْنِ وَتَجْعَلُوْنَ لَہٗۗ اَنْدَادًا۝۰ۭ ذٰلِكَ رَبُّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ۝۹ۚ
Qul ainnakum latakfuroona biallathee khalaqa alarda fee yawmayni watajAAaloona lahu andadan thalika rabbu alAAalameena

English

Ahmed Ali

Say: "Do you refuse to believe in Him who created the earth in two spans of time, and set up compeers to Him, the Lord of all the worlds?

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وَجَعَلَ فِيْہَا رَوَاسِيَ مِنْ فَوْقِہَا وَبٰرَكَ فِيْہَا وَقَدَّرَ فِيْہَاۗ اَقْوَاتَہَا فِيْۗ اَرْبَعَۃِ اَيَّامٍ۝۰ۭ سَوَاۗءً لِّلسَّاۗىِٕلِيْنَ۝۱۰
WajaAAala feeha rawasiya min fawqiha wabaraka feeha waqaddara feeha aqwataha fee arbaAAati ayyamin sawaan lilssaileena

English

Ahmed Ali

He placed firm stabilisers rising above its surface, blessed it with plenty and growth, and ingrained the means of growing its food within it, sufficient for all seekers, in four spans.

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ثُمَّ اسْتَوٰۗى اِلَى السَّمَاۗءِ وَہِىَ دُخَانٌ فَقَالَ لَہَا وَلِلْاَرْضِ ائْتِيَا طَوْعًا اَوْ كَرْہًا۝۰ۭ قَالَتَاۗ اَتَيْنَا طَاۗىِٕعِيْنَ۝۱۱
Thumma istawa ila alssamai wahiya dukhanun faqala laha walilardi itiya tawAAan aw karhan qalata atayna taiAAeena

English

Ahmed Ali

Then He turned to the heavens, and it was smoke. So He said to it and the earth: "Come with willing obedience or perforce." They said: "We come willingly."

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فَقَضٰىہُنَّ سَبْعَ سَمٰوَاتٍ فِيْ يَوْمَيْنِ وَاَوْحٰى فِيْ كُلِّ سَمَاۗءٍ اَمْرَہَا۝۰ۭ وَزَيَّنَّا السَّمَاۗءَ الدُّنْيَا بِمَصَابِيْحَ۝۰ۤۖ وَحِفْظًا۝۰ۭ ذٰلِكَ تَقْدِيْرُ الْعَزِيْزِ الْعَلِيْمِ۝۱۲
Faqadahunna sabAAa samawatin fee yawmayni waawha fee kulli samain amraha wazayyanna alssamaa alddunya bimasabeeha wahifthan thalika taqdeeru alAAazeezi alAAaleemi

English

Ahmed Ali

Then He created several skies in two spans, and ingrained in each sky its function, decking the nearest heaven with lamps, and guarded it. This has been determined by the mighty and all-knowing.

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فَاِنْ اَعْرَضُوْا فَقُلْ اَنْذَرْتُكُمْ صٰعِقَۃً مِّثْلَ صٰعِقَۃِ عَادٍ وَّثَمُوْدَ۝۱۳ۭ
Fain aAAradoo fuqul anthartukum saAAiqatan mithla saAAiqati AAadin wathamooda

English

Ahmed Ali

If even then they turn away, tell them: "I forewarn you of a terrible punishment like the thunderbolt that fell upon the 'Ad and Thamud."

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اِذْ جَاۗءَتْہُمُ الرُّسُلُ مِنْۢ بَيْنِ اَيْدِيْہِمْ وَمِنْ خَلْفِہِمْ اَلَّا تَعْبُدُوْۗا اِلَّا اللہَ۝۰ۭ قَالُوْا لَوْ شَاۗءَ رَبُّنَا لَاَنْزَلَ مَلٰۗىِٕكَۃً فَاِنَّا بِمَاۗ اُرْسِلْتُمْ بِہٖ كٰفِرُوْنَ۝۱۴
Ith jaathumu alrrusulu min bayni aydeehim wamin khalfihim alla taAAbudoo illa Allaha qaloo law shaa rabbuna laanzala malaikatan fainna bima orsiltum bihi kafiroona

English

Ahmed Ali

Their apostles came to them one after the other (saying): "Do not worship any one but God." They said: "If our Lord had pleased He would have sent the angels down. We reject what is sent with you."

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فَاَمَّا عَادٌ فَاسْـتَكْبَرُوْا فِي الْاَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّ وَقَالُوْا مَنْ اَشَدُّ مِنَّا قُوَّۃً۝۰ۭ اَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا اَنَّ اللہَ الَّذِيْ خَلَقَہُمْ ہُوَاَشَدُّ مِنْہُمْ قُوَّۃً۝۰ۭ وَكَانُوْا بِاٰيٰتِنَا يَجْــحَدُوْنَ۝۱۵
Faamma AAadun faistakbaroo fee alardi bighayri alhaqqi waqaloo man ashaddu minna quwwatan awalam yaraw anna Allaha allathee khalaqahum huwa ashaddu minhum quwwatan wakanoo biayatina yajhadoona

English

Ahmed Ali

So those who were 'Ad turned insolent unjustly in the land, and said: "Who is stronger than us?" Did they not see that God who created them was greater far in power than they? Yet they refused to believe Our signs.

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فَاَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْہِمْ رِيْحًا صَرْصَرًا فِيْۗ اَيَّامٍ نَّحِسَاتٍ لِّنُذِيْقَہُمْ عَذَابَ الْخِــزْيِ فِي الْحَيٰوۃِ الدُّنْيَا۝۰ۭ وَلَعَذَابُ الْاٰخِرَۃِ اَخْزٰى وَہُمْ لَا يُنْصَرُوْنَ۝۱۶
Faarsalna AAalayhim reehan sarsaran fee ayyamin nahisatin linutheeqahum AAathaba alkhizyi fee alhayati alddunya walaAAathabu alakhirati akhza wahum la yunsaroona

English

Ahmed Ali

So We let loose on them a violent wind for several days of distress to make them taste a most disgraceful punishment here in this world, and far more shameful will be the punishment in the Hereafter, and there will be no succour for them.

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وَاَمَّا ثَمُوْدُ فَہَدَيْنٰہُمْ فَاسْتَــحَبُّوا الْعَمٰى عَلَي الْہُدٰى فَاَخَذَتْہُمْ صٰعِقَۃُ الْعَذَابِ الْہُوْنِ بِمَا كَانُوْا يَكْسِبُوْنَ۝۱۷ۚ
Waamma thamoodu fahadaynahum faistahabboo alAAama AAala alhuda faakhathathum saAAiqatu alAAathabi alhooni bima kanoo yaksiboona

English

Ahmed Ali

As for the (tribe of) Thamud, We tried to guide them, but they preferred blindness to guidance; then they were seized by the torment of a humiliating punishment as requital for their misdeeds;

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وَ نَجَّيْنَا الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَكَانُوْا يَتَّقُوْنَ۝۱۸ۧ
Wanajjayna allatheena amanoo wakanoo yattaqoona

English

Ahmed Ali

But We saved those who believed and took heed for themselves.

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