Surah Fussilat Transliteration and Translation

Surah Fussilat is one of those chapters of the Qur’an that many Muslims recognize by name but rarely explore in depth. It sits in the 24th juz, right in the middle of the Ha-Meem group of surahs, and it carries a message that feels surprisingly relevant today. Most people know a verse or two, but few understand why this surah was revealed or what it asks of the reader.

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Meaning of Surah Fussilat

The word “Fussilat” means “explained in detail” or “distinguished.” This name comes directly from the surah’s early verses, where the Qur’an is described as a book whose signs have been made clear for people who reflect. It’s also called Ha-Meem Sajdah, because of a verse later on that calls for prostration during recitation.

Why the Surah Was Revealed

Early Muslims in Mecca faced constant rejection from their own tribe. The Quraysh mocked the Qur’an, dismissed the Prophet’s message, and refused to even listen properly. Surah Fussilat addresses this stubbornness directly, describing people who cover their ears rather than engage honestly with what they hear.

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Surah Fussilat (سورة فصّلت) — Chapter 41

Also known as Ha-Mim As-Sajdah · Meccan · 54 verses

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

#	Arabic	Transliteration	Translation
1	حم	Ḥā-Mīm	Ḥā, Mīm.
2	تَنْزِيلٌ مِنَ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ	Tanzīlun mina ar-raḥmāni ar-raḥīm	A revelation from the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
3	كِتَابٌ فُصِّلَتْ آيَاتُهُ قُرْآنًا عَرَبِيًّا لِقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ	Kitābun fuṣṣilat āyātuhū qur’ānan ‘arabiyyan li-qawmin ya‘lamūn	A Book whose verses are set out in detail, an Arabic recitation for people who know —
4	بَشِيرًا وَنَذِيرًا فَأَعْرَضَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ فَهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُونَ	Bashīran wa nadhīran fa a‘raḍa aktharuhum fahum lā yasma‘ūn	A bringer of good news and a warner. Yet most of them turn away, so they do not listen.
5	وَقَالُوا قُلُوبُنَا فِي أَكِنَّةٍ مِمَّا تَدْعُونَا إِلَيْهِ وَفِي آذَانِنَا وَقْرٌ وَمِنْ بَيْنِنَا وَبَيْنِكَ حِجَابٌ فَاعْمَلْ إِنَّنَا عَامِلُونَ	Wa qālū qulūbunā fī akinnatin mimmā tad‘ūnā ilayhi wa fī ādhāninā waqrun wa min bayninā wa baynika ḥijābun fa‘mal innanā ‘āmilūn	They say, “Our hearts are veiled from what you call us to, in our ears is deafness, and between us and you is a barrier — so act as you will, and so shall we.”
6	قُلْ إِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ مِثْلُكُمْ يُوحَىٰ إِلَيَّ أَنَّمَا إِلَٰهُكُمْ إِلَٰهٌ وَاحِدٌ فَاسْتَقِيمُوا إِلَيْهِ وَاسْتَغْفِرُوهُ ۗ وَوَيْلٌ لِلْمُشْرِكِينَ	Qul innamā anā basharun mithlukum yūḥā ilayya annamā ilāhukum ilāhun wāḥidun fastaqīmū ilayhi wastaghfirūh, wa waylun lil-mushrikīn	Say, “I am only a man like you; it is revealed to me that your God is One God, so take the straight path to Him and seek His forgiveness.” Woe to those who associate partners with Allah —
7	الَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْتُونَ الزَّكَاةَ وَهُمْ بِالْآخِرَةِ هُمْ كَافِرُونَ	Alladhīna lā yu’tūna az-zakāta wa hum bil-ākhirati hum kāfirūn	Those who do not give the purifying charity and who disbelieve in the Hereafter.
8	إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍ	Inna alladhīna āmanū wa ‘amilū aṣ-ṣāliḥāti lahum ajrun ghayru mamnūn	But those who believe and do righteous deeds will have a reward never withheld.
9	قُلْ أَئِنَّكُمْ لَتَكْفُرُونَ بِالَّذِي خَلَقَ الْأَرْضَ فِي يَوْمَيْنِ وَتَجْعَلُونَ لَهُ أَنْدَادًا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ	Qul a-innakum la-takfurūna billadhī khalaqa al-arḍa fī yawmayni wa taj‘alūna lahu andādan, dhālika rabbu al-‘ālamīn	Say, “Do you really disbelieve in Him who created the earth in two days, and do you set up equals with Him? That is the Lord of all worlds.”
10	وَجَعَلَ فِيهَا رَوَاسِيَ مِنْ فَوْقِهَا وَبَارَكَ فِيهَا وَقَدَّرَ فِيهَا أَقْوَاتَهَا فِي أَرْبَعَةِ أَيَّامٍ سَوَاءً لِلسَّائِلِينَ	Wa ja‘ala fīhā rawāsiya min fawqihā wa bāraka fīhā wa qaddara fīhā aqwātahā fī arba‘ati ayyāmin sawā’an lis-sā’ilīn	He placed firm mountains on it, blessed it, and ordained its provisions in four days, equally, for all who ask.
11	ثُمَّ اسْتَوَىٰ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ وَهِيَ دُخَانٌ فَقَالَ لَهَا وَلِلْأَرْضِ ائْتِيَا طَوْعًا أَوْ كَرْهًا قَالَتَا أَتَيْنَا طَائِعِينَ	Thumma istawā ilā as-samā’i wa hiya dukhānun fa qāla lahā wa lil-arḍi i’tiyā ṭaw‘an aw karhan qālatā ataynā ṭā’i‘īn	Then He turned to the sky when it was smoke and said to it and to the earth, “Come willingly or unwillingly.” They said, “We come willingly.”
12	فَقَضَاهُنَّ سَبْعَ سَمَاوَاتٍ فِي يَوْمَيْنِ وَأَوْحَىٰ فِي كُلِّ سَمَاءٍ أَمْرَهَا ۚ وَزَيَّنَّا السَّمَاءَ الدُّنْيَا بِمَصَابِيحَ وَحِفْظًا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ تَقْدِيرُ الْعَزِيزِ الْعَلِيمِ	Fa-qaḍāhunna sab‘a samāwātin fī yawmayni wa awḥā fī kulli samā’in amrahā, wa zayyannā as-samā’a ad-dunyā bi-maṣābīḥa wa ḥifẓan, dhālika taqdīru al-‘azīzi al-‘alīm	So He completed them as seven heavens in two days and inspired in each heaven its command. And We adorned the lowest heaven with lamps and as protection. That is the design of the Almighty, the All-Knowing.
13	فَإِنْ أَعْرَضُوا فَقُلْ أَنْذَرْتُكُمْ صَاعِقَةً مِثْلَ صَاعِقَةِ عَادٍ وَثَمُودَ	Fa in a‘raḍū fa qul andhartukum ṣā‘iqatan mithla ṣā‘iqati ‘Ādin wa Thamūd	If they turn away, say, “I warn you of a thunderbolt like the thunderbolt that struck ‘Ād and Thamūd.”
14	إِذْ جَاءَتْهُمُ الرُّسُلُ مِنْ بَيْنِ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوا إِلَّا اللَّهَ ۖ قَالُوا لَوْ شَاءَ رَبُّنَا لَأَنْزَلَ مَلَائِكَةً فَإِنَّا بِمَا أُرْسِلْتُمْ بِهِ كَافِرُونَ	Idh jā’at-humu ar-rusulu min bayni aydīhim wa min khalfihim allā ta‘budū illā Allāha, qālū law shā’a rabbunā la-anzala malā’ikatan fa-innā bimā ursiltum bihī kāfirūn	When messengers came to them from before them and after them, saying, “Worship none but Allah,” they said, “If our Lord had willed, He would have sent down angels, so we disbelieve in what you have been sent with.”
15	فَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَاسْتَكْبَرُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّ وَقَالُوا مَنْ أَشَدُّ مِنَّا قُوَّةً ۖ أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا أَنَّ اللَّهَ الَّذِي خَلَقَهُمْ هُوَ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُمْ قُوَّةً ۖ وَكَانُوا بِآيَاتِنَا يَجْحَدُونَ	Fa-ammā ‘Ādun fastakbarū fī al-arḍi bi-ghayri al-ḥaqqi wa qālū man ashaddu minnā quwwatan, awalam yaraw anna Allāha alladhī khalaqahum huwa ashaddu minhum quwwatan, wa kānū bi-āyātinā yajḥadūn	As for ‘Ād, they were arrogant in the land without right and said, “Who is mightier than us in strength?” Did they not see that Allah who created them was mightier than them in strength? Yet they used to reject Our signs.
16	فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًا صَرْصَرًا فِي أَيَّامٍ نَحِسَاتٍ لِنُذِيقَهُمْ عَذَابَ الْخِزْيِ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا ۖ وَلَعَذَابُ الْآخِرَةِ أَخْزَىٰ ۖ وَهُمْ لَا يُنْصَرُونَ	Fa-arsalnā ‘alayhim rīḥan ṣarṣaran fī ayyāmin naḥisātin li-nudhīqahum ‘adhāba al-khizyi fī al-ḥayāti ad-dunyā, wa la-‘adhābu al-ākhirati akhzā, wa hum lā yunṣarūn	So We sent upon them a furious wind during days of misfortune, to make them taste the punishment of disgrace in this life, but the punishment of the Hereafter is more disgracing, and they will not be helped.
17	وَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَهَدَيْنَاهُمْ فَاسْتَحَبُّوا الْعَمَىٰ عَلَى الْهُدَىٰ فَأَخَذَتْهُمْ صَاعِقَةُ الْعَذَابِ الْهُونِ بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ	Wa ammā Thamūdu fa-hadaynāhum fastaḥabbū al-‘amā ‘alā al-hudā fa-akhadhat-hum ṣā‘iqatu al-‘adhābi al-hūni bimā kānū yaksibūn	As for Thamūd, We guided them, but they preferred blindness over guidance, so the thunderbolt of humiliating punishment seized them for what they used to earn.
18	وَنَجَّيْنَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَكَانُوا يَتَّقُونَ	Wa najjaynā alladhīna āmanū wa kānū yattaqūn	And We saved those who believed and were mindful of Allah.
19	وَيَوْمَ يُحْشَرُ أَعْدَاءُ اللَّهِ إِلَى النَّارِ فَهُمْ يُوزَعُونَ	Wa yawma yuḥsharu a‘dā’u Allāhi ilā an-nāri fahum yūza‘ūn	And on the Day the enemies of Allah are gathered to the Fire, they will be arranged in ranks.
20	حَتَّىٰ إِذَا مَا جَاءُوهَا شَهِدَ عَلَيْهِمْ سَمْعُهُمْ وَأَبْصَارُهُمْ وَجُلُودُهُمْ بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ	Ḥattā idhā mā jā’ūhā shahida ‘alayhim sam‘uhum wa abṣāruhum wa julūduhum bimā kānū ya‘malūn	Until, when they reach it, their hearing, sight, and skins will testify against them about what they used to do.
21	وَقَالُوا لِجُلُودِهِمْ لِمَ شَهِدْتُمْ عَلَيْنَا ۖ قَالُوا أَنْطَقَنَا اللَّهُ الَّذِي أَنْطَقَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ وَهُوَ خَلَقَكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ	Wa qālū li-julūdihim lima shahidtum ‘alaynā, qālū anṭaqanā Allāhu alladhī anṭaqa kulla shay’in wa huwa khalaqakum awwala marratin wa ilayhi turja‘ūn	They will say to their skins, “Why did you testify against us?” They will say, “Allah, who gives speech to all things, made us speak. He created you the first time, and to Him you are returned.”
22	وَمَا كُنْتُمْ تَسْتَتِرُونَ أَنْ يَشْهَدَ عَلَيْكُمْ سَمْعُكُمْ وَلَا أَبْصَارُكُمْ وَلَا جُلُودُكُمْ وَلَٰكِنْ ظَنَنْتُمْ أَنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَعْلَمُ كَثِيرًا مِمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ	Wa mā kuntum tastatirūna an yashhada ‘alaykum sam‘ukum wa lā abṣārukum wa lā julūdukum wa lākin ẓanantum anna Allāha lā ya‘lamu kathīran mimmā ta‘malūn	You did not conceal yourselves for fear that your hearing, sight, or skin would testify against you, but you assumed that Allah did not know much of what you were doing.
23	وَذَٰلِكُمْ ظَنُّكُمُ الَّذِي ظَنَنْتُمْ بِرَبِّكُمْ أَرْدَاكُمْ فَأَصْبَحْتُمْ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ	Wa dhālikum ẓannukumu alladhī ẓanantum bi-rabbikum ardākum fa-aṣbaḥtum mina al-khāsirīn	That assumption you made about your Lord has ruined you, and you have become among the losers.
24	فَإِنْ يَصْبِرُوا فَالنَّارُ مَثْوًى لَهُمْ ۖ وَإِنْ يَسْتَعْتِبُوا فَمَا هُمْ مِنَ الْمُعْتَبِينَ	Fa-in yaṣbirū fa-an-nāru mathwan lahum, wa in yasta‘tibū fa-mā hum mina al-mu‘tabīn	Even if they endure patiently, the Fire is their home; and if they seek to make amends, they will not be allowed to.
25	وَقَيَّضْنَا لَهُمْ قُرَنَاءَ فَزَيَّنُوا لَهُمْ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَحَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقَوْلُ فِي أُمَمٍ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ مِنَ الْجِنِّ وَالْإِنْسِ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا خَاسِرِينَ	Wa qayyaḍnā lahum quranā’a fa-zayyanū lahum mā bayna aydīhim wa mā khalfahum wa ḥaqqa ‘alayhimu al-qawlu fī umamin qad khalat min qablihim mina al-jinni wal-insi, innahum kānū khāsirīn	We assigned them companions who made attractive to them what was before and behind them, and the sentence has come due against them along with generations of jinn and men before them who were losers.
26	وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَا تَسْمَعُوا لِهَٰذَا الْقُرْآنِ وَالْغَوْا فِيهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَغْلِبُونَ	Wa qāla alladhīna kafarū lā tasma‘ū lihādhā al-qur’āni wal-ghaw fīhi la‘allakum taghlibūn	The disbelievers say, “Do not listen to this Quran and make noise during it that you may overcome.”
27	فَلَنُذِيقَنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّهُمْ أَسْوَأَ الَّذِي كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ	Fa-la-nudhīqanna alladhīna kafarū ‘adhāban shadīdan wa la-najziyannahum aswa’a alladhī kānū ya‘malūn	We will surely make the disbelievers taste a severe punishment, and We will repay them for the worst of what they used to do.
28	ذَٰلِكَ جَزَاءُ أَعْدَاءِ اللَّهِ النَّارُ ۖ لَهُمْ فِيهَا دَارُ الْخُلْدِ ۖ جَزَاءً بِمَا كَانُوا بِآيَاتِنَا يَجْحَدُونَ	Dhālika jazā’u a‘dā’i Allāhi an-nāru, lahum fīhā dāru al-khuldi, jazā’an bimā kānū bi-āyātinā yajḥadūn	That is the recompense of the enemies of Allah — the Fire. In it is their home of eternity, a reward for their rejecting Our signs.
29	وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا رَبَّنَا أَرِنَا اللَّذَيْنِ أَضَلَّانَا مِنَ الْجِنِّ وَالْإِنْسِ نَجْعَلْهُمَا تَحْتَ أَقْدَامِنَا لِيَكُونَا مِنَ الْأَسْفَلِينَ	Wa qāla alladhīna kafarū rabbanā arinā alladhayni aḍallānā mina al-jinni wal-insi naj‘alhumā taḥta aqdāminā li-yakūnā mina al-asfalīn	The disbelievers will say, “Our Lord, show us those who led us astray of jinn and men, and we will put them under our feet, that they be among the lowest.”
30	إِنَّ الَّذِينَ قَالُوا رَبُّنَا اللَّهُ ثُمَّ اسْتَقَامُوا تَتَنَزَّلُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ أَلَّا تَخَافُوا وَلَا تَحْزَنُوا وَأَبْشِرُوا بِالْجَنَّةِ الَّتِي كُنْتُمْ تُوعَدُونَ	Inna alladhīna qālū rabbunā Allāhu thumma istaqāmū tatanazzalu ‘alayhimu al-malā’ikatu allā takhāfū wa lā taḥzanū wa abshirū bil-jannati allatī kuntum tū‘adūn	Those who say, “Our Lord is Allah,” and then remain steadfast — the angels descend upon them: “Do not fear, nor grieve, but rejoice in the Paradise you were promised.
31	نَحْنُ أَوْلِيَاؤُكُمْ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ ۖ وَلَكُمْ فِيهَا مَا تَشْتَهِي أَنْفُسُكُمْ وَلَكُمْ فِيهَا مَا تَدَّعُونَ	Naḥnu awliyā’ukum fī al-ḥayāti ad-dunyā wa fī al-ākhirati, wa lakum fīhā mā tashtahī anfusukum wa lakum fīhā mā tadda‘ūn	We are your protectors in this life and in the Hereafter. You will have therein whatever your souls desire, and you will have therein whatever you ask for —
32	نُزُلًا مِنْ غَفُورٍ رَحِيمٍ	Nuzulan min ghafūrin raḥīm	A welcome gift from a Forgiving, Merciful Lord.”
33	وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ قَوْلًا مِمَّنْ دَعَا إِلَى اللَّهِ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحًا وَقَالَ إِنَّنِي مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ	Wa man aḥsanu qawlan mimman da‘ā ilā Allāhi wa ‘amila ṣāliḥan wa qāla innanī mina al-muslimīn	And who is better in speech than one who calls to Allah, does righteousness, and says, “I am one of the Muslims”?
34	وَلَا تَسْتَوِي الْحَسَنَةُ وَلَا السَّيِّئَةُ ۚ ادْفَعْ بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ فَإِذَا الَّذِي بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهُ عَدَاوَةٌ كَأَنَّهُ وَلِيٌّ حَمِيمٌ	Wa lā tastawī al-ḥasanatu wa lā as-sayyi’atu, idfa‘ billatī hiya aḥsanu fa-idhā alladhī baynaka wa baynahu ‘adāwatun ka-annahu waliyyun ḥamīm	Good and evil deeds are not equal. Repel evil with what is better, and the one between whom and you was enmity will become like a close friend.
35	وَمَا يُلَقَّاهَا إِلَّا الَّذِينَ صَبَرُوا وَمَا يُلَقَّاهَا إِلَّا ذُو حَظٍّ عَظِيمٍ	Wa mā yulaqqāhā illā alladhīna ṣabarū wa mā yulaqqāhā illā dhū ḥaẓẓin ‘aẓīm	But none is granted it except those who are patient, and none is granted it except one of great fortune.
36	وَإِمَّا يَنْزَغَنَّكَ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ نَزْغٌ فَاسْتَعِذْ بِاللَّهِ ۖ إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ	Wa immā yanzaghannaka mina ash-shayṭāni nazghun fa-sta‘idh billāhi, innahu huwa as-samī‘u al-‘alīm	And if an incitement from Satan should provoke you, seek refuge in Allah. He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.
37	وَمِنْ آيَاتِهِ اللَّيْلُ وَالنَّهَارُ وَالشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ ۚ لَا تَسْجُدُوا لِلشَّمْسِ وَلَا لِلْقَمَرِ وَاسْجُدُوا لِلَّهِ الَّذِي خَلَقَهُنَّ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ إِيَّاهُ تَعْبُدُونَ	Wa min āyātihi al-laylu wan-nahāru wash-shamsu wal-qamaru, lā tasjudū lish-shamsi wa lā lil-qamari wasjudū lillāhi alladhī khalaqahunna in kuntum iyyāhu ta‘budūn	Among His signs are the night and day, the sun and moon. Do not prostrate to the sun or the moon, but prostrate to Allah who created them, if it is Him you worship.
38	فَإِنِ اسْتَكْبَرُوا فَالَّذِينَ عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ يُسَبِّحُونَ لَهُ بِاللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ وَهُمْ لَا يَسْأَمُونَ	Fa-ini istakbarū fa-alladhīna ‘inda rabbika yusabbiḥūna lahu bil-layli wan-nahāri wa hum lā yas’amūn	Even if they are too arrogant, those who are with your Lord glorify Him night and day, and they never tire.
39	وَمِنْ آيَاتِهِ أَنَّكَ تَرَى الْأَرْضَ خَاشِعَةً فَإِذَا أَنْزَلْنَا عَلَيْهَا الْمَاءَ اهْتَزَّتْ وَرَبَتْ ۚ إِنَّ الَّذِي أَحْيَاهَا لَمُحْيِي الْمَوْتَىٰ ۚ إِنَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ	Wa min āyātihi annaka tarā al-arḍa khāshi‘atan fa-idhā anzalnā ‘alayhā al-mā’a ihtazzat wa rabat, inna alladhī aḥyāhā la-muḥyī al-mawtā, innahu ‘alā kulli shay’in qadīr	Among His signs is that you see the earth barren, but when We send down rain upon it, it stirs and swells. He who gives it life will surely give life to the dead. He is able to do all things.
40	إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يُلْحِدُونَ فِي آيَاتِنَا لَا يَخْفَوْنَ عَلَيْنَا ۗ أَفَمَنْ يُلْقَىٰ فِي النَّارِ خَيْرٌ أَمْ مَنْ يَأْتِي آمِنًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ۚ اعْمَلُوا مَا شِئْتُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ	Inna alladhīna yulḥidūna fī āyātinā lā yakhfawna ‘alaynā, afaman yulqā fī an-nāri khayrun am man ya’tī āminan yawma al-qiyāmati, i‘malū mā shi’tum, innahu bimā ta‘malūna baṣīr	Those who distort Our verses are not hidden from Us. Is one who is cast into the Fire better, or one who comes secure on the Day of Resurrection? Do as you will; He is Seeing of what you do.
41	إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِالذِّكْرِ لَمَّا جَاءَهُمْ ۖ وَإِنَّهُ لَكِتَابٌ عَزِيزٌ	Inna alladhīna kafarū bidh-dhikri lammā jā’ahum, wa innahu la-kitābun ‘azīz	Those who disbelieve in the Reminder when it comes to them — and it is indeed a mighty Book.
42	لَا يَأْتِيهِ الْبَاطِلُ مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَلَا مِنْ خَلْفِهِ ۖ تَنْزِيلٌ مِنْ حَكِيمٍ حَمِيدٍ	Lā ya’tīhi al-bāṭilu min bayni yadayhi wa lā min khalfihi, tanzīlun min ḥakīmin ḥamīd	Falsehood cannot approach it from before it or behind it — a revelation from a Wise, Praiseworthy Lord.
43	مَا يُقَالُ لَكَ إِلَّا مَا قَدْ قِيلَ لِلرُّسُلِ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَذُو مَغْفِرَةٍ وَذُو عِقَابٍ أَلِيمٍ	Mā yuqālu laka illā mā qad qīla lir-rusuli min qablika, inna rabbaka la-dhū maghfiratin wa dhū ‘iqābin alīm	Nothing is said to you except what was already said to the messengers before you. Your Lord is a possessor of forgiveness and a possessor of painful punishment.
44	وَلَوْ جَعَلْنَاهُ قُرْآنًا أَعْجَمِيًّا لَقَالُوا لَوْلَا فُصِّلَتْ آيَاتُهُ ۖ أَأَعْجَمِيٌّ وَعَرَبِيٌّ ۗ قُلْ هُوَ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا هُدًى وَشِفَاءٌ ۖ وَالَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ فِي آذَانِهِمْ وَقْرٌ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَمًى ۚ أُولَٰئِكَ يُنَادَوْنَ مِنْ مَكَانٍ بَعِيدٍ	Wa law ja‘alnāhu qur’ānan a‘jamiyyan la-qālū lawlā fuṣṣilat āyātuhu, a-a‘jamiyyun wa ‘arabiyyun, qul huwa lilladhīna āmanū hudan wa shifā’un, wal-ladhīna lā yu’minūna fī ādhānihim waqrun wa huwa ‘alayhim ‘aman, ulā’ika yunādawna min makānin ba‘īd	If We had made it a non-Arabic recitation, they would have said, “Why are its verses not made clear? Non-Arabic and an Arab messenger?” Say, “It is, for those who believe, guidance and healing. But those who do not believe — in their ears is deafness, and it is upon them blindness. They are being called from a distant place.”
45	وَلَقَدْ آتَيْنَا مُوسَى الْكِتَابَ فَاخْتُلِفَ فِيهِ ۗ وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَتْ مِنْ رَبِّكَ لَقُضِيَ بَيْنَهُمْ ۚ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَفِي شَكٍّ مِنْهُ مُرِيبٍ	Wa laqad ātaynā Mūsā al-kitāba fakhtulifa fīhi, wa lawlā kalimatun sabaqat min rabbika la-quḍiya baynahum, wa innahum la-fī shakkin minhu murīb	We gave Moses the Scripture, and it was disputed over. Had it not been for a word that preceded from your Lord, the matter would have been settled between them, and they are indeed in disquieting doubt about it.
46	مَنْ عَمِلَ صَالِحًا فَلِنَفْسِهِ ۖ وَمَنْ أَسَاءَ فَعَلَيْهَا ۗ وَمَا رَبُّكَ بِظَلَّامٍ لِلْعَبِيدِ	Man ‘amila ṣāliḥan fa-linafsihi, wa man asā’a fa-‘alayhā, wa mā rabbuka bi-ẓallāmin lil-‘abīd	Whoever does righteousness, it is for his own soul; and whoever does evil, it is against it. Your Lord is not unjust to His servants.
47	إِلَيْهِ يُرَدُّ عِلْمُ السَّاعَةِ ۚ وَمَا تَخْرُجُ مِنْ ثَمَرَاتٍ مِنْ أَكْمَامِهَا وَمَا تَحْمِلُ مِنْ أُنْثَىٰ وَلَا تَضَعُ إِلَّا بِعِلْمِهِ ۚ وَيَوْمَ يُنَادِيهِمْ أَيْنَ شُرَكَائِي قَالُوا آذَنَّاكَ مَا مِنَّا مِنْ شَهِيدٍ	Ilayhi yuraddu ‘ilmu as-sā‘ati, wa mā takhruju min thamarātin min akmāmihā wa mā taḥmilu min unthā wa lā taḍa‘u illā bi-‘ilmihi, wa yawma yunādīhim ayna shurakā’ī qālū ādhannāka mā minnā min shahīd	To Him is referred the knowledge of the Hour. No fruit emerges from its sheath, nor does a female conceive or give birth, except with His knowledge. On the Day He calls them, “Where are My partners?” they will say, “We announce to You, none of us can testify to that.”
48	وَضَلَّ عَنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يَدْعُونَ مِنْ قَبْلُ ۖ وَظَنُّوا مَا لَهُمْ مِنْ مَحِيصٍ	Wa ḍalla ‘anhum mā kānū yad‘ūna min qablu wa ẓannū mā lahum min maḥīṣ	And what they used to invoke before will forsake them, and they will be certain that they have no escape.
49	لَا يَسْأَمُ الْإِنْسَانُ مِنْ دُعَاءِ الْخَيْرِ وَإِنْ مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ فَيَئُوسٌ قَنُوطٌ	Lā yas’amu al-insānu min du‘ā’i al-khayri wa in massahu ash-sharru fa-ya’ūsun qanūṭ	Man does not tire of asking for good, but if evil touches him, he becomes despairing and hopeless.
50	وَلَئِنْ أَذَقْنَاهُ رَحْمَةً مِنَّا مِنْ بَعْدِ ضَرَّاءَ مَسَّتْهُ لَيَقُولَنَّ هَٰذَا لِي وَمَا أَظُنُّ السَّاعَةَ قَائِمَةً وَلَئِنْ رُجِعْتُ إِلَىٰ رَبِّي إِنَّ لِي عِنْدَهُ لَلْحُسْنَىٰ ۚ فَلَنُنَبِّئَنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِمَا عَمِلُوا وَلَنُذِيقَنَّهُمْ مِنْ عَذَابٍ غَلِيظٍ	Wa la’in adhaqnāhu raḥmatan minnā min ba‘di ḍarrā’a massat-hu la-yaqūlanna hādhā lī wa mā aẓunnu as-sā‘ata qā’imatan wa la’in ruji‘tu ilā rabbī inna lī ‘indahu lal-ḥusnā, fa-la-nunabbi’anna alladhīna kafarū bimā ‘amilū wa la-nudhīqannahum min ‘adhābin ghalīẓ	If We let him taste mercy from Us after hardship has touched him, he says, “This is my due, and I do not think the Hour is coming. And if I am returned to my Lord, I will surely have the best with Him.” We will surely inform the disbelievers of what they did, and We will make them taste a harsh punishment.
51	وَإِذَا أَنْعَمْنَا عَلَى الْإِنْسَانِ أَعْرَضَ وَنَأَىٰ بِجَانِبِهِ وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ فَذُو دُعَاءٍ عَرِيضٍ	Wa idhā an‘amnā ‘alā al-insāni a‘raḍa wa na’ā bi-jānibihi wa idhā massahu ash-sharru fa-dhū du‘ā’in ‘arīḍ	When We bestow favour upon man, he turns away and distances himself; but when evil touches him, he is full of extensive supplication.
52	قُلْ أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ كَانَ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ كَفَرْتُمْ بِهِ مَنْ أَضَلُّ مِمَّنْ هُوَ فِي شِقَاقٍ بَعِيدٍ	Qul ara’aytum in kāna min ‘indi Allāhi thumma kafartum bihi man aḍallu mimman huwa fī shiqāqin ba‘īd	Say, “Have you considered: if it is indeed from Allah and you disbelieve in it, who is more astray than one who is in extreme opposition?”
53	سَنُرِيهِمْ آيَاتِنَا فِي الْآفَاقِ وَفِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ حَتَّىٰ يَتَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ أَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ ۗ أَوَلَمْ يَكْفِ بِرَبِّكَ أَنَّهُ شَهِيدٌ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ	Sa-nurīhim āyātinā fī al-āfāqi wa fī anfusihim ḥattā yatabayyana lahum annahu al-ḥaqq, awalam yakfi bi-rabbika annahu shahīdun ‘alā kulli shay’	We will show them Our signs in the horizons and within themselves until it becomes clear to them that it is the truth. Is it not sufficient that your Lord is a Witness over all things?
54	أَلَا إِنَّهُمْ فِي مِرْيَةٍ مِنْ لِقَاءِ رَبِّهِمْ ۗ أَلَا إِنَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ مُحِيطٌ	Alā innahum fī miryatin min liqā’i rabbihim, alā innahu bi-kulli shay’in muḥīṭ	Indeed, they are in doubt about meeting their Lord. Indeed, He encompasses all things.

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Importance of Surah Fussilat

This surah holds weight for a few clear reasons:

It reaffirms that the Qur’an is a fully explained, self-consistent revelation.
It reminds readers that patience under mockery was the Prophet’s example, not retaliation.
It contains one of the Qur’an’s most comforting verses about angels supporting believers at the moment of death.
It links belief in God with good conduct toward others, not just ritual worship.

Benefits of Surah Fussilat

People often ask about the practical benefits of Surah Fussilat, especially for daily life and spiritual routine. While no single hadith lists ranked rewards verse by verse, scholars have drawn several benefits from its themes and its history of recitation:

Strengthens patience — the surah models calm responses to hostility.
Builds trust in divine timing — its verses on the afterlife ease anxiety about outcomes.
Encourages honest self-reflection, since it repeatedly asks the reader to consider the signs around them.
Reinforces good speech, tying faith directly to how a person treats others.

Many reciters also choose Fussilat during quiet nights, since its rhythm suits slow, reflective reading rather than fast recitation.

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Qur’an References (With Short Meanings)

Here are two verses from Surah Fussilat, along with simple English meanings:

Surah Fussilat, Ayah 33: This verse praises whoever calls people to God, does good deeds, and openly says, “I am one of the Muslims.” Read on Quran.com
Surah Fussilat, Ayah 53: God says the signs of truth will become clear both in the wider world and within people themselves, until the truth is obvious. Read on Quran.com

Hadith References

Two authentic hadiths connect well with the spirit of this surah, both encouraging regular engagement with the Qur’an:

Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith 5027: The Prophet ﷺ described the best among people as those who learn the Qur’an and pass that learning on to others. View on Sunnah.com
Sahih Muslim, Hadith 804: The Prophet ﷺ compared regular Qur’an recitation to a fragrant fruit, pleasant in both taste and smell. View on Sunnah.com

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A Hanafi Fiqh Perspective

For readers who want a structured, traditional approach to Qur’an study and daily practice, two Hanafi fiqh titles are worth locating in a local library or Islamic archive:

Bahishti Zewar by Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi
Nur al-Idah by Imam Hasan ibn Ammar al-Shurunbulali

Both cover daily worship rules in accessible language and pair naturally with surah-by-surah study.

Suitable Times and Settings for Recitation

Setting	Why It Works
Late night, after Isha	Quiet mind, fewer distractions, easier reflection
After Fajr	Fresh focus before the day begins
During personal study sessions	Allows pausing to check meanings and tafsir
Weekly Friday reading	Builds a steady, repeatable habit

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Where to Learn More

For structured questions and scholarly answers, IslamQA is a dependable reference point. Community discussion and shared learning experiences are also active on the Islamic Teachings forum. According to Wikipedia’s overview of the Qur’an, the text has remained textually consistent since its compilation, which is part of why classical tafsir still applies today.

Britannica’s entry on the Quran adds useful historical context on how the chapters were organized. You can also browse more surah explanations on quranmualim.com for continued study.

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FAQs About Surah Fussilat

What does Surah Fussilat mean?

It means “explained in detail,” referring to how the Qur’an’s message is made clear for people willing to reflect on it honestly.

How many verses does Surah Fussilat have?

Surah Fussilat contains 54 verses and was revealed in Mecca, focusing mainly on belief, patience, and the afterlife.

Is Surah Fussilat also called Ha-Meem Sajdah?

Yes. It’s known by both names because of a prostration verse found later in the chapter.

What are the main benefits of reading Surah Fussilat?

Readers often report improved patience, calmer reflection habits, and a stronger sense of trust during difficult situations.

When is the best time to recite Surah Fussilat?

Many people prefer late night or right after Fajr, since both times offer quiet, focused conditions for reflection.

Final Thoughts

Surah Fussilat isn’t just historical text; it’s a practical guide for staying grounded when facing rejection or doubt. Its message rewards slow, thoughtful reading over quick recitation. Spend real time with it, and its lessons on patience and clarity tend to stay with you long after you’ve closed the page.