Surah 35 Faatir — Ayah 3
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ٱذْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَتَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ ۚ هَلْ مِنْ خَٰلِقٍ غَيْرُ ٱللَّهِ يَرْزُقُكُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۖ فَأَنَّىٰ تُؤْفَكُونَ
Lidé, pomněte dobrodiní Božího vůči vám! Je snad nějaký stvořitel kromě Boha, který uštědřuje vám obživu z nebes i ze země? A není božstva kromě Něho - jak mohli jste se tak odvrátit?
yāayyuhā l-nāsu udh'kurū niʿ'mata l-lahi ʿalaykum hal min khāliqin ghayru l-lahi yarzuqukum mina l-samāi wal-arḍi lā ilāha illā huwa fa-annā tu'fakūna
Word by word
- يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا yāayyuhā O
- ٱلنَّاسُ l-nāsu mankind
- ٱذْكُرُوا۟ udh'kurū Remember
- نِعْمَتَ niʿ'mata (the) Favor
- ٱللَّهِ l-lahi (of) Allah
- عَلَيْكُمْ ۚ ʿalaykum upon you
- هَلْ hal Is
- مِنْ min (there) any
- خَـٰلِقٍ khāliqin creator
- غَيْرُ ghayru other (than) Allah
- ٱللَّهِ l-lahi other (than) Allah
- يَرْزُقُكُم yarzuqukum who provides for you
- مِّنَ mina from
- ٱلسَّمَآءِ l-samāi the sky
- وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ wal-arḍi and the earth
- لَآ lā (There is) no
- إِلَـٰهَ ilāha god
- إِلَّا illā but
- هُوَ ۖ huwa He
- فَأَنَّىٰ fa-annā Then, how
- تُؤْفَكُونَ tu'fakūna (are) you deluded
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Evidence of Tawhid
Allah shows His servants that they should worship Him Alone, for just as He is Independent in His power of creation and provision, so He should be worshipped Alone with no partners or associates such as idols and false gods. So Allah says:
(La ilaha illa Huwa. How then are you turning away (from Him)) meaning, `how can you turn away from Him after this has been made clear and this proof has been made obvious, but you still worship idols and false gods' And Allah knows best.