The Thirty-Fifth Surah

Al-Fatir (The Originator)

Mecca Period 43

The Quranic text and Ali’s version

وَإِن يُكَذِّبُوكَ فَقَدْ كُذِّبَتْ رُسُلٌ مِّن قَبْلِكَ...

35:4. And if they reject thee, so were messengers rejected before thee:

C3875. And yet there will be human perversity which will reject the True and accept the False.

The prophet of Allah is not discouraged by this, as everything ultimately returns to Allah, and we must trust to His Wisdom in His Universal Plan. (R).

... وَإِلَى اللَّهِ تُرْجَعُ الأمُورُ ﴿٤﴾

to Allah go back for decision all affairs.

Asad’s version

35:3 O men! Call to mind the blessings which God has bestowed upon you! Is there any creator, other than God, that could provide for you sustenance out of heaven and earth? 3 There is no deity save Him: and yet, how perverted are your minds! 4

35:4 But if they [whose minds are perverted] give thee the lie, [O Prophet, remember that] even so, before thy time, have [other] apostles been given the lie: for [the unbelievers always refuse to admit that] all things go back to God [as their source].