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سُورَةُ فُصِّلَتۡ · 41:54
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أَلَآ إِنَّهُمْ فِى مِرْيَةٍۢ مِّن لِّقَآءِ رَبِّهِمْ ۗ أَلَآ إِنَّهُۥ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ مُّحِيطٌۢ

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Unquestionably, they are in doubt about the meeting with their Lord. Unquestionably He is, of all things, encompassing.

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Introduction

This is āyah 54 of Sūrat Fussilat (Explained in Detail), the 61st sūrah in the traditional order of revelation. It was revealed in the Meccan period and sits within Juzʾ 25. Meccan verses tend to address faith, the oneness of God, and the hereafter.

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Revelation & occasion

Asbāb al-Nuzūl
Period
Meccan
Order revealed
61 of 114
Surah
Fussilat (41)

No specific occasion of revelation (Asbāb al-Nuzūl) is recorded for this āyah in al-Wāḥidī's collection. Many verses were revealed without a single triggering event.

Commentary

Tafsir

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Hafiz Ibn Kathir

Say: "Tell me, if it is from Allah, and you disbelieve in it Who is more astray than one who is in opposition far away. (52)We will show them Our signs in the universes, and within themselves, until it becomes manifest to them that this is the truth. Is it not sufficient in regard to your Lord that He is a Witness over all things (53)Lo, Verily, they are in doubt concerning the meeting with their Lord. Verily, He is surrounding all things (54) The Qur'an and the Proofs of its Truth Allah says: قُلْ (Say) – 'O Muhammad, to these idolators who disbelieve in the Qur'an'– أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ كَانَ (Tell me, if it) – this Qur'an – مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ كَفَرْتُمْ بِهِ (is from Allah, and you disbelieve in it?) means, 'what do you think your position is before the One Who revealed it to His Messenger?' Allah says: مَنْ أَضَلُّ مِمَّنْ هُوَ فِي شِقَاقٍ بَعِيدٍ (Who is more astray th…
Provenance

Chains of transmission

Oral — isnād

  1. ~610–632 CERevelation & memorisation

    Received by the Prophet ﷺ and preserved by the ḥuffāẓ (memorisers) among the Companions.

  2. 1st century AHMutawātir transmissionawaiting curation

    Carried by mass-transmission through the generations of qurrāʾ.

  3. TodayLiving chainsawaiting curation

    Continuous ijāzah chains link reciters today back to the Prophet ﷺ.

Verified isnād chains for this āyah will be added by curators.

Written — the manuscript record

  1. ~650 CEʿUthmānic codicesawaiting curation

    The standardised muṣḥaf sent to the great cities (e.g. the Topkapı and Samarqand codices).

  2. 8th–10th c.Early Ḥijāzī & Kūfic foliosawaiting curation

    Surviving leaves in Birmingham, Sanaa, Paris (BnF) and beyond.

  3. Modern printModern printawaiting curation

    The 1924 Cairo edition → today: the standard printed muṣḥaf used worldwide.

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