035- FĀṬIR
THE ORIGINATOR
Fāṭir
A Makkan sūrah, Fāṭir was reportedly revealed immediately after Sūrah 25, al-Furqān. According to some, vv. 27 and 32 are from the Madinan period, while others maintain that vv. 29 and 32 are Madinan. The sūrah takes its name from the reference to God as the Originator of the heavens and the earth in v. 1, but is often known as al-Malāʾikah, “The Angels” (al-Itqān), since v. 1 provides the only description of some aspects of the angels’ physical appearance in the Quran.
The main focus of the sūrah is upon the Oneness of God as the only Creator and Sustainer of existence. It begins with an affirmation of God as the sole Originator and Provider (vv. 1–3) and returns to this theme throughout (vv. 13–17, 27–28), contrasting the Power of God with the claims the polytheists make for their idols (vv. 13–14, 40–41). A discussion of Satan as the Deluder and enemy (vv. 5–8) leads into the other major theme of this sūrah, the contrast between the believers and the disbelievers (vv. 7–8, 10); vv. 19–22 provide one of the most poetic contrasts between the two groups. The longest comparison between the two groups (vv. 29–39), followed by a final contrast between the Power of God and that of the idols (vv. 40–41), segues into a final passage on the nature of disbelief and the ends to which it leads (vv. 42–45).
(source: “The Study Quran” a new translation and commentary by Seyyed Hossein Nasr)
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