Fatir 35:41
Originator · Meccan · Juz 22 · Page 439
He Holds the Heavens
۞إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُمۡسِكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ أَن تَزُولَاۚ وَلَئِن زَالَتَآ إِنۡ أَمۡسَكَهُمَا مِنۡ أَحَدࣲ مِّنۢ بَعۡدِهِۦٓۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ حَلِيمًا غَفُورࣰا ٤١
Lo! Allah graspeth the heavens and the earth that they deviate not, and if they were to deviate there is not one that could grasp them after Him. Lo! He is ever Clement, Forgiving.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
Indeed, Allah holds the heavens and earth, lest they cease.
Insight
According to Elmalılı, idolatry and injustice are such great crimes that heavens and earth could collapse from their ill omen; but Allah is forbearing and holds them.
Reflect
Answer Allah’s forbearance by leaving sin.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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