Fussilat
41st chapter of the Qur'an
Fuṣṣilat (Arabic: فصلت, fuṣṣilat "are distinctly explained" or "explained in detail"), also known as Sūrat Ḥā Mīm as-Sajdah (Arabic: سورة ﺣﻢ ﺍﻟﺴﺠﺪﺓ), is the 41st chapter (surah) of the Qur'an 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 inspiration
4-5 The people generally reject it
6 Muhammad only a man, yet a prophet
7 The woe of the wicked and the blessedness of the righteous
8-11 God’s power manifested in the creation of earth and heaven
12-16 The Quraysh are threatened with the fate of Ád and Thamud
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 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 worship
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
Q41:12 Revelation
Regarding revelation in Islam (Waḥy), the word awha (أوحى awḥá) 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 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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Fuṣilat, 1930 translation by Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall
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