The Thirty-Fifth Surah

Al-Fatir (The Originator)

Mecca Period 43

35:5 [Asad] O MEN! Verily, God's promise [of resurrection] is true indeed: let not, then, the life of this world delude you, and let not [your own] deceptive thoughts about God delude you! 5

(35:6) Behold, Satan is a foe unto you: so treat him as a foe. He but calls on his followers to the end that they might find themselves among such as are destined for the blazing flame –

يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّ وَعْدَ اللَّهِ حَقٌّ...

35:5 [Ali]. O men!

certainly the promise of Allah is true.

... فَلَا تَغُرَّنَّكُمُ الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا...

Let not then this present life deceive you,

C3877. Cf. 31:33 and n. 3624.

The deception of Evil takes two forms.

1. The seductive temptations of this world may deceive us into forgetting the Hereafter.

... وَلَا يَغُرَّنَّكُم بِاللَّهِ الْغَرُورُ ﴿٥﴾

nor let the Chief Deceiver deceive you about Allah.

إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ فَاتَّخِذُوهُ عَدُوًّا...

6. Verily Satan is an enemy to you: so treat him as an enemy.

... إِنَّمَا يَدْعُو حِزْبَهُ لِيَكُونُوا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ السَّعِيرِ ﴿٦﴾

He only invites his adherents, that they may become Companions of the Blazing Fire.