Quran 35:39 — Faatir, verse 39
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
it is He who made you [people] successors to the land. Those who deny the truth will bear the consequences: their denial will only make them more odious to their Lord, and add only to their loss.
هُوَ الَّذِي جَعَلَكُمْ خَلَائِفَ فِي الْأَرْضِ ۚ فَمَنْ كَفَرَ فَعَلَيْهِ كُفْرُهُ ۖ وَلَا يَزِيدُ الْكَافِرِينَ كُفْرُهُمْ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ إِلَّا مَقْتًا ۖ وَلَا يَزِيدُ الْكَافِرِينَ كُفْرُهُمْ إِلَّا خَسَارًا
huwa alladhī jaʿalakum khalāifa fī l-arḍi faman kafara faʿalayhi kuf'ruhu walā yazīdu l-kāfirīna kuf'ruhum ʿinda rabbihim illā maqtan walā yazīdu l-kāfirīna kuf'ruhum illā khasāran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- It is He who appointed you viceroys in the earth. So whosoever disbelieves, his unbelief shall be charged against him; their unbelief increases the disbelievers only in hate in God's sight; their unbelief increases the disbelievers only in loss.
- Muhammad Asad
- He it is who has made you inherit the earth. Hence, he who is bent on denying the truth [of God’s oneness and uniqueness ought to know that] this denial of his will fall back upon him: for their [persistent] denial of this truth does but add to the deniers’ loathsomeness in their Sustainer’s sight and, thus, their denial of this truth does but add to the deniers’ loss.
- Sahih International
- It is He who has made you successors upon the earth. And whoever disbelieves - upon him will be [the consequence of] his disbelief. And the disbelief of the disbelievers does not increase them in the sight of their Lord except in hatred; and the disbelief of the disbelievers does not increase them except in loss.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | هُوَhuwa | He | — |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِىalladhī | (is) the One Who | — |
| 3 | جَعَلَكُمْjaʿalakum | made you | جعل |
| 4 | خَلَـٰٓئِفَkhalāifa | successors | خلف |
| 5 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 6 | ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 7 | فَمَنfaman | And whoever | — |
| 8 | كَفَرَkafara | disbelieves | كفر |
| 9 | فَعَلَيْهِfaʿalayhi | then upon him | — |
| 10 | كُفْرُهُۥ ۖkuf'ruhu | (is) his disbelief | كفر |
| 11 | وَلَاwalā | And not | — |
| 12 | يَزِيدُyazīdu | increase | زيد |
| 13 | ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna | the disbelievers | كفر |
| 14 | كُفْرُهُمْkuf'ruhum | their disbelief | كفر |
| 15 | عِندَʿinda | near | عند |
| 16 | رَبِّهِمْrabbihim | their Lord | ربب |
| 17 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 18 | مَقْتًۭا ۖmaqtan | (in) hatred | مقت |
| 19 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 20 | يَزِيدُyazīdu | increase | زيد |
| 21 | ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna | the disbelievers | كفر |
| 22 | كُفْرُهُمْkuf'ruhum | their disbelief | كفر |
| 23 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 24 | خَسَارًۭاkhasāran | (in) loss | خسر |