Quran 35:45 — Faatir, verse 45
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
If God were to punish people [at once] for the wrong they have done, there would not be a single creature left on the surface of the earth. He gives them respite for a stated time and, whenever their time comes, God has been watching His servants.
وَلَوْ يُؤَاخِذُ اللَّهُ النَّاسَ بِمَا كَسَبُوا مَا تَرَكَ عَلَىٰ ظَهْرِهَا مِنْ دَابَّةٍ وَلَـٰكِنْ يُؤَخِّرُهُمْ إِلَىٰ أَجَلٍ مُسَمًّى ۖ فَإِذَا جَاءَ أَجَلُهُمْ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ بِعِبَادِهِ بَصِيرًا
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
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- If God should take men to task for what they have earned He would not leave upon the face of the earth one creature that crawls; but He is deferring them to a stated term. But when their term is come -- surely God sees His servants.
- Muhammad Asad
- Now if God were to take men [at once] to task for whatever [wrong] they commit [on earth], He would not leave a single living creature upon its surface. However, He grants them respite for a term set [by Him]: but when their term comes to an end - then, verily, [they come to know that] God sees all that is in [the hearts of] His servants.
- Sahih International
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَوْwalaw | And if | — |
| 2 | يُؤَاخِذُyuākhidhu | Allah (were to) punish | أخذ |
| 3 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah (were to) punish | أله |
| 4 | ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsa | the people | نوس |
| 5 | بِمَاbimā | for what | — |
| 6 | كَسَبُوا۟kasabū | they have earned | كسب |
| 7 | مَاmā | not | — |
| 8 | تَرَكَtaraka | He would leave | ترك |
| 9 | عَلَىٰʿalā | on | — |
| 10 | ظَهْرِهَاẓahrihā | its back | ظهر |
| 11 | مِنmin | any | — |
| 12 | دَآبَّةٍۢdābbatin | creature | دبب |
| 13 | وَلَـٰكِنwalākin | But | — |
| 14 | يُؤَخِّرُهُمْyu-akhiruhum | He gives them respite | أخر |
| 15 | إِلَىٰٓilā | till | — |
| 16 | أَجَلٍۢajalin | a term | أجل |
| 17 | مُّسَمًّۭى ۖmusamman | appointed | سمو |
| 18 | فَإِذَاfa-idhā | And when | — |
| 19 | جَآءَjāa | comes | جيأ |
| 20 | أَجَلُهُمْajaluhum | their term | أجل |
| 21 | فَإِنَّfa-inna | then indeed | — |
| 22 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 23 | كَانَkāna | is | كون |
| 24 | بِعِبَادِهِۦbiʿibādihi | of His slaves | عبد |
| 25 | بَصِيرًۢاbaṣīran | All-Seer | بصر |