Fuṣṣilat (, ''fuṣṣilat'' "are distinctly explained" or "explained in detail"), also known as Sūrat Ḥā Mīm as-Sajdah (), is the 41st chapter (''

surah A ''surah'' (; ; ) is an Arabic word meaning 'chapter' in the Quran. There are 114 ''suwar'' in the Quran, each divided into ayah, verses (). The ''suwar'' are of unequal length; the shortest ''surah'' (al-Kawthar) has only three verses, while ...

'') of the

Qur'an The Quran, also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation directly from God ('' Allāh''). It is organized in 114 chapters (, ) which consist of individual verses ('). Besides ...

with 54 verses ('' āyāt''). Regarding the timing and contextual background of the revelation (asbāb al-nuzūl), it is traditionally believed to be a Meccan surah, from the second Meccan period (615-619).

Summary

*1-3 The Quran declared to be given by

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*4-5 The people generally reject it *6

Muhammad Muhammad (8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious and political leader and the founder of Islam. Muhammad in Islam, According to Islam, he was a prophet who was divinely inspired to preach and confirm the tawhid, monotheistic teachings of A ...

only a man, yet a

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*7 The woe of the

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and the blessedness of the righteous *8-11 God’s power manifested in the creation of earth and heaven *12-16 The

Quraysh The Quraysh () are an Tribes of Arabia, Arab tribe who controlled Mecca before the rise of Islam. Their members were divided into ten main clans, most notably including the Banu Hashim, into which Islam's founding prophet Muhammad was born. By ...

are threatened with the fate of Ád and

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*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

Jahannam In Islam, Jahannam () is the place of punishment for Islamic views on sin, evildoers in the afterlife, or hell. This notion is an integral part of Islamic theology,#ETISN2009, Thomassen, "Islamic Hell", ''Numen'', 56, 2009: p.401 and has occupied ...

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 testify to himself as alone worthy of

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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 et ...

, Preliminary Discourse, and Notes''

Q41:12 Revelation

Regarding

Revelation in Islam Revelation, or divine revelation, is the disclosing of some form of truth or knowledge through communication with a deity (god) or other supernatural entity or entities in the view of religion and theology. Types Individual revelation Thomas A ...

(''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 a 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 t ...

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".

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