Surah Fatir, Ayah 39 (35:39)

فَاطِر

هُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَكُمْ خَلَٰٓئِفَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ فَمَن كَفَرَ فَعَلَيْهِ كُفْرُهُۥ ۖ وَلَا يَزِيدُ …

Quran 35:39 is ayah 39 of Surah Fatir (“Originator”), a Meccan surah of 45 ayahs. It is in Juz 22, on page 439 of the Madani Mushaf.

35:39
هُوَٱلَّذِىجَعَلَكُمْخَلَٰٓئِفَفِىٱلْأَرْضِ ۚفَمَنكَفَرَفَعَلَيْهِكُفْرُهُۥ ۖوَلَايَزِيدُٱلْكَٰفِرِينَكُفْرُهُمْعِندَرَبِّهِمْإِلَّامَقْتًا ۖوَلَايَزِيدُٱلْكَٰفِرِينَكُفْرُهُمْإِلَّاخَسَارًا٣٩
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

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.(39)

Word by word

  1. هُوَhuwaHe
  2. ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Who
  3. جَعَلَكُمْjaʿalakummade you
  4. خَلَٰٓئِفَkhalāifasuccessors
  5. فِىfīin
  6. ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚl-arḍithe earth
  7. فَمَنfamanAnd whoever
  8. كَفَرَkafaradisbelieves
  9. فَعَلَيْهِfaʿalayhithen upon him
  10. كُفْرُهُۥ ۖkuf'ruhu(is) his disbelief
  11. وَلَاwalāAnd not
  12. يَزِيدُyazīduincrease
  13. ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīnathe disbelievers
  14. كُفْرُهُمْkuf'ruhumtheir disbelief
  15. عِندَʿindanear
  16. رَبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lord
  17. إِلَّاillāexcept
  18. مَقْتًا ۖmaqtan(in) hatred
  19. وَلَاwalāand not
  20. يَزِيدُyazīduincrease
  21. ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīnathe disbelievers
  22. كُفْرُهُمْkuf'ruhumtheir disbelief
  23. إِلَّاillāexcept
  24. خَسَارًاkhasāran(in) loss

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