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Surah Fatir, Ayah 1 (35:1)

فَاطِر

ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ فَاطِرِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ جَاعِلِ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ رُسُلًا أُو۟لِىٓ أَجْنِحَةٍ …

Quran 35:1 is ayah 1 of Surah Fatir (“Originator”), a Meccan surah of 45 ayahs. It is in Juz 22, on page 434 of the Madani Mushaf.

35:1
ٱلْحَمْدُلِلَّهِفَاطِرِٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضِجَاعِلِٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِرُسُلًاأُو۟لِىٓأَجْنِحَةٍمَّثْنَىٰوَثُلَٰثَوَرُبَٰعَ ۚيَزِيدُفِىٱلْخَلْقِمَايَشَآءُ ۚإِنَّٱللَّهَعَلَىٰكُلِّشَىْءٍقَدِيرٌ١
al-ḥamdu lillahi fāṭiri l-samāwāti wal-arḍi jāʿili l-malāikati rusulan ulī ajniḥatin mathnā wathulātha warubāʿa yazīdu fī l-khalqi mā yashāu inna l-laha ʿalā kulli shayin qadīrun

[All] praise is [due] to Allāh, Creator of the heavens and the earth, [who] made the angels messengers having wings, two or three or four. He increases in creation what He wills. Indeed, Allāh is over all things competent.(1)

Word by word

  1. ٱلْحَمْدُal-ḥamduAll praises
  2. لِلَّهِlillahi(be) to Allah
  3. فَاطِرِfāṭiriOriginator
  4. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
  5. وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth
  6. جَاعِلِjāʿili(Who) makes
  7. ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِl-malāikatithe Angels
  8. رُسُلًاrusulanmessengers
  9. أُو۟لِىٓulīhaving wings
  10. أَجْنِحَةٍajniḥatinhaving wings
  11. مَّثْنَىٰmathnātwo
  12. وَثُلَٰثَwathulāthaor three
  13. وَرُبَٰعَ ۚwarubāʿaor four
  14. يَزِيدُyazīduHe increases
  15. فِىfīin
  16. ٱلْخَلْقِl-khalqithe creation
  17. مَاmāwhat
  18. يَشَآءُ ۚyashāuHe wills
  19. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  20. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  21. عَلَىٰʿalā(is) on
  22. كُلِّkullievery
  23. شَىْءٍshayinthing
  24. قَدِيرٌqadīrunAll-Powerful

Tafsir (commentary) of 35:1

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Which was revealed in Makkah

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ

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

The Power of Allah

Ibn `Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, said, "I did not know what Fatir As-Samawati wal-Ard meant until two bedouins came to me disputing over a well. One of them said to his companion, `Ana Fatartuha,' meaning, `I started it."' Ibn `Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, also said,

فَاطِرَ السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضِ

(Fatir of the heavens and the earth,) means, "The Originator of the heavens and the earth." Ad-Dahhak said, "Every time the phrase Fatir As-Samawati wal-Ard is used in the Qur'an, it means the Creator of the heavens and the earth."

جَاعِلِ الْمَلَـئِكَةِ رُسُلاً

(Who made the angels messengers) means, between Him and His Prophets.

أُوْلِى أَجْنِحَةٍ

with wings means, with which they fly to convey quickly that which they have been commanded to convey.

مَثْنَى وَثُلَـثَ وَرُبَاعَ

two or three or four. means, among them are some who have two wings, some have three and some who have four. Some have more than that, as stated in the Hadith mentioning that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw Jibril (peace be upon him) on the Night of the Isra’ with six hundred wings. Between each pair of wings was a distance like that between the east and the west. Allah says:

يَزِيدُ فِى الْخَلْقِ مَا يَشَآءُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

(He increases in creation what He wills. Verily, Allah is Able to do all things.) As-Suddi said, "He increases their wings and creates them as He wills."

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