Surah 35:43
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هُوَ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَكُمۡ خَلَـٰٓئِفَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ فَمَن كَفَرَ فَعَلَيۡهِ كُفۡرُهُۥۖ وَلَا يَزِيدُ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ كُفۡرُهُمۡ عِندَ رَبِّهِمۡ إِلَّا مَقۡتٗاۖ وَلَا يَزِيدُ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ كُفۡرُهُمۡ إِلَّا خَسَارٗا
He (it is) who made you successors on the earth. Whoever disbelieves, his disbelief (will be) on him. Their disbelief only increases the disbelievers in hatred in the sight of their Lord. Their disbelief only increases the disbelievers in loss.
قُلۡ أَرَءَيۡتُمۡ شُرَكَآءَكُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ تَدۡعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَرُونِي مَاذَا خَلَقُواْ مِنَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ أَمۡ لَهُمۡ شِرۡكٞ فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ أَمۡ ءَاتَيۡنَٰهُمۡ كِتَٰبٗا فَهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَتٖ مِّنۡهُۚ بَلۡ إِن يَعِدُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ بَعۡضُهُم بَعۡضًا إِلَّا غُرُورًا
Say: ‘Have you seen your associates whom you call on instead of God? Show me what part of the earth they have created. Or do they have any partnership in (the creation of) the heavens?’ Or have We given them a Book, so that they (stand) on a clear sign from it? No! The evildoers promise each other nothing but deception.
۞إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُمۡسِكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ أَن تَزُولَاۚ وَلَئِن زَالَتَآ إِنۡ أَمۡسَكَهُمَا مِنۡ أَحَدٖ مِّنۢ بَعۡدِهِۦٓۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ حَلِيمًا غَفُورٗا
Surely God holds the heavens and the earth, or they would move. If indeed they moved, no one would hold them after Him. Surely He is forbearing, forgiving.
وَأَقۡسَمُواْ بِٱللَّهِ جَهۡدَ أَيۡمَٰنِهِمۡ لَئِن جَآءَهُمۡ نَذِيرٞ لَّيَكُونُنَّ أَهۡدَىٰ مِنۡ إِحۡدَى ٱلۡأُمَمِۖ فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمۡ نَذِيرٞ مَّا زَادَهُمۡ إِلَّا نُفُورًا
They have sworn by God the most solemn of their oaths: if a warner comes to them, they will be more (rightly) guided than one of the (other) communities. But when a warner came to them, it only increased them in aversion (to it),
ٱسۡتِكۡبَارٗا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَكۡرَ ٱلسَّيِّيِٕۚ وَلَا يَحِيقُ ٱلۡمَكۡرُ ٱلسَّيِّئُ إِلَّا بِأَهۡلِهِۦۚ فَهَلۡ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا سُنَّتَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَۚ فَلَن تَجِدَ لِسُنَّتِ ٱللَّهِ تَبۡدِيلٗاۖ وَلَن تَجِدَ لِسُنَّتِ ٱللَّهِ تَحۡوِيلًا
(and) in arrogance on the earth, and in scheming evil. Yet evil scheming only overwhelms its own people. Do they expect anything but the customary way of those of old? You will find no change in the customary way of God. You will find no change in the customary way of God.
“He it is Who has made you successors generations after generations in the earth,”
meaning, all people succeed one another, generation after generation. This is like the Ayah:
“and makes you inheritors of the earth, generations after generations” (27:62).
“so whosoever disbelieves, on him will be his disbelief.”
means, he and no one else will have to bear the consequences of that.
“And the disbelief of the disbelievers adds nothing but hatred of their Lord.”
means, the longer they persist in their disbelief, the more Allah hates them, and the longer they persist in it, the more they and their families will lose on the Day of Resurrection. This is in contrast to the believers, for the longer they live and do good deeds, the higher their status in Paradise will be, the greater their reward, and the more beloved they will be to their Creator.
“Say: "Have you considered your partners whom you call upon besides Allah? Show Me, what they have created of the earth. Or have they any share in the heavens? Or have We given them a Book, so that they act on clear proof therefrom? Nay, the wrongdoers promise one another nothing but delusions.”
“Verily, Allah grasps the heavens and the earth lest they should move away from their places, and if they were to move”
“He withholds the heaven from falling on the earth except by His leave” (22:65), and
“And among His signs is that the heaven and the earth stand by His command” (30:25).
“and if they were to move away from their places, there is not one that could grasp them after Him.”
means, no one can make them stay and preserve them except Him. He is Ever Most Forbearing and Oft-Forgiving because He sees His servants disbelieving in Him and disobeying Him, yet He is patient and gives them time, He waits and does not hasten the punishment, and He conceals the faults of others and forgives them. He says:
“Truly, He is Ever Most Forbearing, Oft-Forgiving.”
“And they swore by Allah their most binding oath that if a wamer came to them, they would be more guided than any of the nations; yet what a wamer came to them, it increased in them nothing but flight (from the truth).”
means, they only increased in their disbelief. Then Allah explains this further:
“(They took to flight because of their) arrogance in the land” means, they were too arrogant to follow the signs of Allah.
“and their plotting of evil.” means, they plotted to prevent people from following the path of Allah.
“But the evil plot encompasses only him who makes it”
means, the evil consequences of that will come back upon them and not on others.
“Then, can they expect anything (else) but the Sunnah (way of dealing) of the peoples of old?”
meaning, the punishment of Allah for disbelieving in His Messengers and going against His command.
“and no turning off will you find in Allah's Sunnah.”
means, it does not change or alter, and this is what happens to every disbeliever.
“and no turning off will you find in Allah's Sunnah.” means,
“But when Allah wills a people's punishment, there can be no turning back of it” (13:11).
This means, no one can remove that from them or ward it off from them. And Allah knows best.