Fuṣṣilat ( ar, فصلت, ''fuṣṣilat''
"are distinctly explained" or "explained in detail"), also known as Sūrat Ḥā Mīm as-Sajdah ( ar, سورة ﺣﻢ ﺍﻟﺴﺠﺪﺓ), is the
41st chapter (''
surah
A ''surah'' (; ar, سورة, sūrah, , ), is the equivalent of "chapter" in the Qur'an. There are 114 ''surahs'' in the Quran, each divided into '' ayats'' (verses). The chapters or ''surahs'' are of unequal length; the shortest surah ('' Al-K ...
'') of the
Qur'an
The Quran (, ; Standard Arabic: , Quranic Arabic: , , 'the recitation'), also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation from God. It is organized in 114 chapters (pl.: , sing. ...
with 54 verses (''
āyāt'').
Regarding the timing and contextual background of the believed
revelation
In religion and theology, revelation is the revealing or disclosing of some form of truth or knowledge through communication with a deity or other supernatural entity or entities.
Background
Inspiration – such as that bestowed by God on the ...
(''
asbāb al-nuzūl
Occasions or circumstances of revelation ( ''al-nuzūl'', ) names the historical context in which Quranic verses were revealed from the perspective of traditional Islam. Though of some use in reconstructing the Qur'an's historicity, ''asbāb'' is ...
''), it is an earlier "
Meccan surah
The Meccan surat are, according to the timing and contextual background of supposed revelation (''asbāb al-nuzūl''), the chronologically earlier chapters (''suwar'', singular ''sūrah'') of the Qur'an. The traditional chronological order attribu ...
", which means it is believed to have been revealed in Mecca, rather than later in
Medina
Medina,, ', "the radiant city"; or , ', (), "the city" officially Al Madinah Al Munawwarah (, , Turkish: Medine-i Münevvere) and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah (, ), is the Holiest sites in Islam, second-holiest city in Islam, ...
.
Summary
*1-3 The Quran declared to be given by
inspiration
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* Artistic inspiration, sudden creativity in artistic production
* Biblical inspiration, the doctrine in Judeo-Christian theology concerned with the divine origin of the Bible
* Creative inspirat ...
*3-4 The people generally reject it
*5
Muhammad
Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 Common Era, CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Muhammad in Islam, Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet Divine inspiration, di ...
only a man, yet a
prophet
In religion, a prophet or prophetess is an individual who is regarded as being in contact with a divine being and is said to speak on behalf of that being, serving as an intermediary with humanity by delivering messages or teachings from the s ...
*6-7 The woe of the
wicked
Wicked may refer to:
Books
* Wicked, a minor character in the ''X-Men'' universe
* '' Wicked'', a 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire that inspired the musical of the same name
* ''Wicked'', the fifth novel in Sara Shepard's ''Pretty Little Liars'' s ...
and the blessedness of the righteous
*8-11 God’s power manifested in the
creation of earth and heaven
*12-16 The
Quraish
The Quraysh ( ar, قُرَيْشٌ) were a grouping of Arab clans that historically inhabited and controlled the city of Mecca and its Kaaba. The Islamic prophet Muhammad was born into the Hashim clan of the tribe. Despite this, many of the Qu ...
are threatened with the fate of
Ád and
Thamúd
The Thamud ( ar, ثَمُوْد, translit=Ṯamūd) were an ancient Arabian tribe or tribal confederation that occupied the northwestern Arabian peninsula between the late-eighth century BCE, when they are attested in Assyrian sources, and the ...
*17 Believers among the Ádites and Thamúdites were saved
*18-22 In the judgment the unbelievers shall be condemned by the members of their own bodies
*23-24 The fate of the genii to befall the infidels
*25-28 Unbelievers counsel blasphemous levity—their punishment
*29 False teachers to be trodden under foot by their own followers in hell
*30-32 The glorious rewards of the faithful
*33 The consistent Muslim commended
*34-35
Evil to be turned away by good
*36 God the refuge of the Prophet against Satan’s suggestions
*37
۩ 39
God’s works
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testify to himself as alone worthy of
worship
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*40 Unbelievers shall not escape in the resurrection
*41-42 The Quran a revelation of God
*43 The infidels offer no new objections to Muhammad and the Qurán
*44 Why the Quran was revealed in the Arabic language
*45 The books of Moses at first rejected by his people
*46 God rewardeth according to works
*47 The hour of the judgment known only to God
*47-48 The false gods will desert their worshippers in the judgment
*49-51 The perfidy of hypocrites
*52-54 Rejecters of God’s Word exposed to awful punishment
[ Rev. E. M. Wherry, M.A. ''A Complete Index to ]Sale's Text
George Sale (1697–1736) was a British Orientalist scholar and practising solicitor, best known for his 1734 translation of the Quran into English. In 1748, after having read Sale's translation, Voltaire wrote his own essay "De l'Alcoran ...
, Preliminary Discourse, and Notes''
Q41:12 Revelation
Regarding
Revelation in Islam
In religion and theology, revelation is the revealing or disclosing of some form of truth or knowledge through communication with a deity or other supernatural entity or entities.
Background
Inspiration – such as that bestowed by God on the ...
(''Waḥy'') The word ''awha'' ( ') occurs in a number of shades of meaning in the Quran, each of them indicating the main underlying idea of directing or guiding someone or something. For example, "And inspired in
each heaven its command" (Fussilat-12). Translator
Sam Gerrans
This is list of translations of the Quran.
:''This is a sub-article to Qur'an translations.''
Historical (up to the 21st century)
7th–10th centuries
* Salman the Persian translated the first chapter of the Qur'an, Al-Fatiha, from Arabic to ...
notes that the use of ''waḥī'' and ''awḥā'' throughout the Quran contains an element of the imperative, and thus translates: "And instructed each heaven in its command".
References
External links
Quran 41Clear Quran translation
Mustafa Khattab is a Canadian–Egyptian Muslim scholar, author, youth mentor, public speaker, imam, and university chaplain. He holds a professional ijâzah in the Ḥafṣ style of recitation. He is known for his translation of the Quran in ...
Sūrat FuṣṣilatEncyclopaedia of the Qurʾān
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"Drawing upon a rich scholarly her ...
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Q41:1 50+ translations, islamawakened.com
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Fussilat
Fuṣṣilat ( ar, فصلت, ''fuṣṣilat'' "are distinctly explained" or "explained in detail"), also known as Sūrat Ḥā Mīm as-Sajdah ( ar, سورة ﺣﻢ ﺍﻟﺴﺠﺪﺓ), is the 41st chapter (''surah'') of the Qur'an with 54 ver ...