The Originator
35. Fāṭir
فاطر
Page #440
35:45
وَلَوْ
يُؤَاخِذُ
اللَّهُ
النَّاسَ
بِمَا
كَسَبُوا
مَا
تَرَكَ
عَلَى
ظَهْرِهَا
مِن
دَابَّةٍ
وَلَكِن
يُؤَخِّرُهُمْ
إِلَى
أَجَلٍ
مُّسَمًّى
فَإِذَا
جَاءَ
أَجَلُهُمْ
فَإِنَّ
اللَّهَ
كَانَ
بِعِبَادِهِ
بَصِيرًا
wa-law yuʾākhidhu llāhu n-nāsa bi-mā kasabū mā taraka ʿalā ẓahrihā min dābbatin wa-lākin yuʾakhkhiruhum ʾilā ʾajalin musamman fa-ʾidhā jāʾa ʾajaluhum fa-ʾinna llāha kāna bi-ʿibādihī baṣīran
Were Allah to take humans to task because of what they have earned, He would not leave any living being on its back. But He respites them until a specified time, and when their time comes, [He retributes them in accordance with their works], for Allah has been watching His servants.
— Ali Quli Qarai
If Allah were to punish men according to what they deserve. He would not leave on the back of the (earth) a single living creature: but He gives them respite for a stated Term: when their Term expires, verily Allah has in His sight all His Servants.
