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Tafheem-ul-Quran: Surah Fatir

Surah Fatir โ€” Makki, 45 ayahs. Introduction and central theme from Tafheem-ul-Quran, with a link to the full Malayalam tafseer on Thafheem.net.

Published: 19 July 2026

35. Surah Fatir (ูุงุทุฑ)

Revelation: Makki (revealed at Makkah) ยท Ayahs: 45

Introduction โ€” from Tafheem-ul-Quran

A middle-Makkan surah, also called Al-Mala'ikah. It is a sustained address on Allah's creative power โ€” the angels with wings two, three and four, the winds, the seas, the mountains of many hues โ€” declaring that all besides Him are too poor to create even a fly: 'O mankind, you are the ones in need of Allah, and Allah is the Self-Sufficient, the Praiseworthy.'

Condensed from Sayyid Abul A'la Maududi's introduction to this surah in Tafheem-ul-Quran.

Read the full tafseer

The complete ayah-by-ayah Malayalam tafseer of this surah, with Maududi's explanatory notes, is available free at Thafheem.net โ€” the online edition of the Malayalam Tafheemul Quran.

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