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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Light of the Holy Qur'an Interpretation of Sura Al-fatir The Feature of Sura Al-fatir This Sura has been revealed at Mecca, and contains forty five verses. ‘Fa-t?ir’ is one of the attributes of Allah and it means ‘the Originator’. The name of this Sura has been taken from the first verse of the Sura in which Allah has been introduced as ‘the Originator of the heavens and the earth’.

Like other Meccan Suras, the main axis of the discussion in this Sura is about Origin, Resurrection, and struggle against polytheism. The Virtue of the Sura: Imam S?a-diq (a.s.) in a tradition said: “There are two suras in the Qur’a-n which are one after another and they begin with /alhamd-u-lilla-h/ (the praise belongs (only) to Allah): Sura As-Saba’, and Sura Al-Fa-t?ir.

Whoever recites them by night, Allah will protect him in His support, and whoever recites them during the day, there will come to him no affliction (on that day) …” [^1] [^1] The Commentary of Nu-r-uth-Thaqalayn, Vol. 4, P.

345 Section 1 : Humanity exhorted to hold Commentary : Verse 1 Satan as its enemy Allah alone, the Creator, the Deputor of Angels – Who adds to His creation whosoever He pleases – None can ever go against the Will of Allah - The disbelievers warned against severe punishment and the believers given the glad tidings of the Great Reward awaiting them بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ In The Name of Allah, The Beneficent, The Merciful (1) الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ فَاطِرِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ جَاعِلِ الْمَلآئِكَةِ رُسُلاً اُوْلِي أَجْنِحَةٍ مَّثْنَي وَثُلاَثَ وَرُبَاعَ يَزِيدُ فِي الْخَلْقِ مَا يَشَآءُ اِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلي كُلّ‌ِ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ 1.“(All) praise belongs to Allah, the Originator of the heavens and the earth, Who appointed the angels messengers having wings two, three, and four.

He adds to creation what He pleases; verily Allah is All-Powerful over every thing.” Commentary: The Qur’a-nic word /fa-t?ir/ means: ‘Originator’, and the Arabic word /’ajnih?ah/ is derived from /jina-h?/ in the sense of ‘wing’ which allusively means power. In Persian it is also said ‘the wing of so and so is burnt or broken’ which indicates he has no power. Similar to Suras: Al-Hamd, Saba’, and Al-Kahf, this Sura begins with the praise of Allah, too.

His praise is for the sake of the creation of the vast world of existence.

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