Surah Fatir, Ayah 45 (35:45)

فَاطِر

وَلَوْ يُؤَاخِذُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلنَّاسَ بِمَا كَسَبُوا۟ مَا تَرَكَ عَلَىٰ ظَهْرِهَا مِن دَآبَّةٍ وَلَٰكِن …

Quran 35:45 is ayah 45 of Surah Fatir (“Originator”), a Meccan surah of 45 ayahs. It is in Juz 22, on page 440 of the Madani Mushaf.

35:45
وَلَوْيُؤَاخِذُٱللَّهُٱلنَّاسَبِمَاكَسَبُوا۟مَاتَرَكَعَلَىٰظَهْرِهَامِندَآبَّةٍوَلَٰكِنيُؤَخِّرُهُمْإِلَىٰٓأَجَلٍمُّسَمًّى ۖفَإِذَاجَآءَأَجَلُهُمْفَإِنَّٱللَّهَكَانَبِعِبَادِهِۦبَصِيرًۢا٤٥
walaw yuākhidhu l-lahu l-nāsa bimā kasabū mā taraka ʿalā ẓahrihā min dābbatin walākin yu-akhiruhum ilā ajalin musamman fa-idhā jāa ajaluhum fa-inna l-laha kāna biʿibādihi baṣīran

And if Allāh were to impose blame on the people for what they have earned, He would not leave upon it [i.e., the earth] any creature. But He defers them for a specified term. And when their time comes, then indeed Allāh has ever been, of His servants, Seeing.(45)

Word by word

  1. وَلَوْwalawAnd if
  2. يُؤَاخِذُyuākhidhuAllah (were to) punish
  3. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah (were to) punish
  4. ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsathe people
  5. بِمَاbimāfor what
  6. كَسَبُوا۟kasabūthey have earned
  7. مَاmānot
  8. تَرَكَtarakaHe would leave
  9. عَلَىٰʿalāon
  10. ظَهْرِهَاẓahrihāits back
  11. مِنminany
  12. دَآبَّةٍdābbatincreature
  13. وَلَٰكِنwalākinBut
  14. يُؤَخِّرُهُمْyu-akhiruhumHe gives them respite
  15. إِلَىٰٓilātill
  16. أَجَلٍajalina term
  17. مُّسَمًّى ۖmusammanappointed
  18. فَإِذَاfa-idhāAnd when
  19. جَآءَjāacomes
  20. أَجَلُهُمْajaluhumtheir term
  21. فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed
  22. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  23. كَانَkānais
  24. بِعِبَادِهِۦbiʿibādihiof His slaves
  25. بَصِيرًۢاbaṣīranAll-Seer

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