Anwar Al-Quran

Verses 30–37

35. Faatir · The Originator

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لِيُوَفِّيَهُمْ أُجُورَهُمْ وَيَزِيدَهُم مِّن فَضْلِهِۦٓ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ غَفُورٌۭ شَكُورٌۭ

35:30so that He may pay them their full reward and enhance them out of His bounty. Indeed He is all-forgiving, all-appreciative.

وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ مِنَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ هُوَ ٱلْحَقُّ مُصَدِّقًۭا لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِعِبَادِهِۦ لَخَبِيرٌۢ بَصِيرٌۭ

35:31That which We have revealed to you of the Book is the truth, confirming what was [revealed] before it. Indeed Allah is all-aware, all-seeing about His servants.1

ثُمَّ أَوْرَثْنَا ٱلْكِتَٰبَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱصْطَفَيْنَا مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ۖ فَمِنْهُمْ ظَالِمٌۭ لِّنَفْسِهِۦ وَمِنْهُم مُّقْتَصِدٌۭ وَمِنْهُمْ سَابِقٌۢ بِٱلْخَيْرَٰتِ بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْفَضْلُ ٱلْكَبِيرُ

35:32Then We made those whom We chose from Our servants heirs to the Book. Yet some of them are those who wrong themselves, and some of them are average, and some of them are those who take the lead in all the good works by Allah’s will. That is the greatest grace [of Allah]!

جَنَّٰتُ عَدْنٍۢ يَدْخُلُونَهَا يُحَلَّوْنَ فِيهَا مِنْ أَسَاوِرَ مِن ذَهَبٍۢ وَلُؤْلُؤًۭا ۖ وَلِبَاسُهُمْ فِيهَا حَرِيرٌۭ

35:33Gardens of Eden, which they will enter, adorned therein with bracelets of gold and pearl, and their garments therein will be of silk.

وَقَالُوا۟ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَذْهَبَ عَنَّا ٱلْحَزَنَ ۖ إِنَّ رَبَّنَا لَغَفُورٌۭ شَكُورٌ

35:34They will say, ‘All praise belongs to Allah, who has removed all grief from us. Indeed Our Lord is all-forgiving, all-appreciative,

ٱلَّذِىٓ أَحَلَّنَا دَارَ ٱلْمُقَامَةِ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ لَا يَمَسُّنَا فِيهَا نَصَبٌۭ وَلَا يَمَسُّنَا فِيهَا لُغُوبٌۭ

35:35who has settled us in the everlasting abode by His grace. In it we are untouched by toil, and untouched by fatigue.’2

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَهُمْ نَارُ جَهَنَّمَ لَا يُقْضَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ فَيَمُوتُوا۟ وَلَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُم مِّنْ عَذَابِهَا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى كُلَّ كَفُورٍۢ

35:36As for the faithless, there is for them the fire of hell: they will neither be done away with so that they may die, nor shall its punishment be lightened for them. Thus do We requite every ingrate.

وَهُمْ يَصْطَرِخُونَ فِيهَا رَبَّنَآ أَخْرِجْنَا نَعْمَلْ صَٰلِحًا غَيْرَ ٱلَّذِى كُنَّا نَعْمَلُ ۚ أَوَلَمْ نُعَمِّرْكُم مَّا يَتَذَكَّرُ فِيهِ مَن تَذَكَّرَ وَجَآءَكُمُ ٱلنَّذِيرُ ۖ فَذُوقُوا۟ فَمَا لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ مِن نَّصِيرٍ

35:37They shall cry therein for help: ‘Our Lord! Bring us out, so that we may act righteously—differently from what we used to do!’ ‘Did We not give you a lifelong enough that one who is heedful might take admonition? And [moreover] the warner had [also] come to you. Now taste [the consequence of your deeds], for the wrongdoers have no helper.’*

Tafsir

Commentary on this passage

Verse 32

1.We should know that conscience is concerned with common people and not with the selected people. The true believers of Allah are of three kinds. Some of them make their souls suffer a lot and some are self-restraining and some are foremost in deeds of goodness by Allah’s permission.

And when Allah chooses from among these three, the first two kinds of people are not trustworthy.

On this basis, the writers say that books means the books of past and books of heir means Prophets and pious people and hook means the Holy Quran. Then heir means the people of Islam and extremity is a meaningless word. Because many Muslims are not capable in the sight of other people then what of the mention of Allah.

The fact is that the book of inheritance are Masoomeen (a.s.) whom Allah has selected on the basis of knowledge, excellence, purity and fear of God and the Prophet of Islam (s.a.w.s.) has made them individual of mankind and souls of the world and hereafter.

Footnotes

Explanations of words and phrases in these verses

  1. Benefit

    In the division of people the, oppressor was put first may be because this could be a graduation. Another possibility is that it is in descending order and in this way the oppressor is protected from despair and the former from pride.

  2. 1

    This shows that there is no sort of controversy among those sent by Allah and each of them testify to the other. The Holy Quran also testifies and confirms the previous books that were the divine scripture of their times. They were the Laws of God. But now they were outdated however there is no doubt of their divine origin.

  3. 2

    Nasb is physical exhaustion and Lagoob is spiritual tiredness which is commonly a result of physical tiredness. Of the things prohibited in the world there are some which are not against humanity and ethics and they shall be provided by Allah in the Hereafter. That is why the believers shall get to wear Gold jewellery and silk garments.

  4. Benefit

    The 37th ayat proves that the decision of Qiyamat shall depend on deeds and the sayings of the sinners that “except for the past deeds” shows that the action they had, though good were not sufficient. They must perform the deeds that are really good.