Surah Fussilat Ayat 21 in Arabic Text
English Translation
Here you can read various translations of verse 21
And they will say to their skins, “Why have you testified against us?” They will say, “We were made to speak by Allah, who has made everything speak; and He created you the first time, and to Him you are returned.
They will say to their skins: “Why bear ye witness against us?” They will say: “Allah hath given us speech,- (He) Who giveth speech to everything: He created you for the first time, and unto Him were ye to return.
They will ask their skins: “Why did you bear witness against us?” The skins will reply: “Allah gave us speech, as He gave speech to all others. He it is Who created you for the first time and it is to Him that you will be sent back.
And they will say to their skins, “Why do you testify against us?” They will say: “Allah has caused us to speak, as He causes all things to speak, and He created you the first time, and to Him you are made to return.”
And they say unto their skins: Why testify ye against us? They say: Allah hath given us speech Who giveth speech to all things, and Who created you at the first, and unto Whom ye are returned.
And they will say to their skins, “Why have you testified against us?” They will say, ” Allah has caused us to pronounce (words), Who has caused everything to pronounce (words). And He created you the first time, and to Him you will be returned.
They will say to their skins, ‘Why did you testify against us?’ and their skins will reply, ‘God, who gave speech to everything, has given us speech- it was He who created you the first time and to Him you have been returned-
یہ اپنی کھالوں سے کہیں گے کہ تم نے ہمارے خلاف شہادت کیوں دی، وه جواب دیں گی کہ ہمیں اس اللہ نے قوت گویائی عطا فرمائی جس نے ہر چیز کو بولنے کی طاقت بخشی ہے، اسی نے تمہیں اول مرتبہ پیدا کیا اور اسی کی طرف تم سب لوٹائے جاؤ گے
Quran 41 Verse 21 Explanation
For those looking for commentary to help with the understanding of Surah Fussilat ayat 21, we’ve provided two Tafseer works below. The first is the tafseer of Abul Ala Maududi, the second is of Ibn Kathir.
Ala-Maududi
(41:21) They will ask their skins: “Why did you bear witness against us?” The skins will reply: “Allah gave us speech,[26] as He gave speech to all others. He it is Who created you for the first time and it is to Him that you will be sent back.
26. This shows that not only man’s own limbs will bear witness on the Day of Resurrection, but every such thing before which man would have committed any crime will also speak out. The same thing has been said in Surah Al- Zilzal, thus: The earth will cast out all the burdens, which lie within it, and man will say: what has befallen it? On that Day shall it relate whatever had happened (on it), because your Lord will have commanded it (to do so). (Surah Fussilat, ayat 2-5).
Ibn-Kathir
The tafsir of Surah Fussilat verse 21 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Fussilat ayat 19 which provides the complete commentary from verse 19 through 24.
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