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Surah Fatir, Ayah 38 (35:38)

فَاطِر

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَٰلِمُ غَيْبِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِيمٌۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ

Quran 35:38 is ayah 38 of Surah Fatir (“Originator”), a Meccan surah of 45 ayahs. It is in Juz 22, on page 438 of the Madani Mushaf.

35:38
إِنَّٱللَّهَعَٰلِمُغَيْبِٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚإِنَّهُۥعَلِيمٌۢبِذَاتِٱلصُّدُورِ٣٨
inna l-laha ʿālimu ghaybi l-samāwāti wal-arḍi innahu ʿalīmun bidhāti l-ṣudūri

Indeed, Allāh is Knower of the unseen [aspects] of the heavens and earth. Indeed, He is Knowing of that within the breasts.(38)

Word by word

  1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  2. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  3. عَٰلِمُʿālimu(is the) Knower
  4. غَيْبِghaybi(of the) unseen
  5. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
  6. وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚwal-arḍiand the earth
  7. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
  8. عَلِيمٌۢʿalīmun(is the) All-Knower
  9. بِذَاتِbidhātiof what (is) in the breasts
  10. ٱلصُّدُورِl-ṣudūriof what (is) in the breasts

Tafsir (commentary) of 35:38

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This commentary explains ayahs 35:38–39 together.

هُوَ الَّذِى جَعَلَكُمْ خَلَـئِفَ فِى الاٌّرْضِ

(He it is Who has made you successors generations after generations in the earth,) meaning, all people succeed one another, generation after generation. This is like the Ayah:

وَيَجْعَلُكُمْ حُلَفَآءَ الاٌّرْضِ

(and makes you inheritors of the earth, generations after generations) (27:62).

فَمَن كَفَرَ فَعَلَيْهِ كُفْرُهُ

(so whosoever disbelieves, on him will be his disbelief.) means, he and no one else will have to bear the consequences of that.

وَلاَ يَزِيدُ الْكَـفِرِينَ كُفْرُهُمْ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ إِلاَّ مَقْتاً

(And the disbelief of the disbelievers adds nothing but hatred of their Lord.) means, the longer they persist in their disbelief, the more Allah hates them, and the longer they persist in it, the more they and their families will lose on the Day of Resurrection. This is in contrast to the believers, for the longer they live and do good deeds, the higher their status in Paradise will be, the greater their reward, and the more beloved they will be to their Creator.

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