Surah 59. Al-Hashr, Ayah 24
| هُوَ اللَّهُ الْخَالِقُ الْبَارِئُ الْمُصَوِّرُ ۖ لَهُ الْأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَىٰ ۚ يُسَبِّحُ لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۖ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ |
| Transliteration | : | huwa 'allaah al- khaaliq al- baari' al- mus.awwir la- -hu al- asmaa' al- h.usnaa yusabbih. la- -hu maa fe as- samaawaat wa- al- 'ard. wa- huwa al- cazez al- h.akem |
| Pickthall | : | He is Allah, the Creator, the Shaper out of naught, the Fashioner. His are the most beautiful names. All that is in the heavens and the earth glorifieth Him, and He is the Mighty, the Wise. |
| Asad | : | He is God, the Creator, the Maker who shapes all forms and appearances!31 His [alone] are the attributes of perfection.32 All that is in the heavens and on earth extols His limitless glory: for He alone is almighty, truly wise! |
| Malik | : | He is Allah, the Creator, the Evolver, the Modeler. His are the most beautiful names. All that is in the heavens and the earth declares His glory, and He is the All-Mighty, the All-Wise. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | He is Allah the Creator the Evolver the Bestower of Forms (or colors). To Him belong the Most Beautiful Names: Whatever is in the heavens and on earth doth declare His Praises and Glory: and He is the exalted in Might the Wise. 5405 5406 5407 5408 |
Note - 31Thus Baydawi. The two terms al-bari' ("the Maker") and
al-musawwir ("the Shaper", i.e., of all forms and
appearances) evidently constitute here one single unit.
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Note - 32For this rendering of al-asma' al-husna, see surah {7},
note [145].
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Note - 5405Allah's attributes of Goodness and Power having been
referred to, we are now told of His creative energy, of
which three aspects are here mentioned, as explained in
the following note. The point is emphasised that He does
not merely create and leave alone; He goes on fashioning,
evolving new forms and colours, and sustaining all the
energies and capacities which He has put into His
Creation, according to various laws which He has
established.
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Note - 5406The act or acts of creation have various aspects, and the
various words used in this connection are summarised in
n. 120 to ii. 117, as supplemented by n. 916 to vi. 94
and n. 923 to vi. 98. Khalaqa is the general term for
creation, and the Author of all Creation is Khaliq. Baraa
implies a process of evolving from previously created
matter or state; the Author of this process is Bari-u,
the Originator. Sawwara implies giving definite form or
colour, so as to make a thing exactly suited to a given
end or object: hence the title Musawwir, Fashioner for
this shows the completion of the visible stage of
creation.
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Note - 5407Cf. vii. 180, n. 1154; and xvii. 110, n. 2322.
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Note - 5408Thus the argument of the Sura is rounded off on the same
note as was struck at the beginning lix. 1. The first
verse and the last verse of the Sura are the same, except
as regards the tense of the verb sabbaha. In the first
verse it is the optative form of the preterite sabbaha:
everything declares the Glory of Allah! After the
illustrations given, the declaratory form of the aorist
is appropriate, yusabbihu: "everything doth declare the
Glory of Allah'.
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Allah's attributes of Goodness and Power having been referred to, we are now told of His creative energy, of which three aspects are here mentioned, as explained in the following note. The point is emphasised that He does not merely create and leave alone; He goes on fashioning, evolving new forms and colours, and sustaining all the energies and capacities which He has put into His Creation, according to various laws which He has established. |
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The act or acts of creation have various aspects, and the various words used in this connection are summarised in n. 120 to ii. 117, as supplemented by n. 916 to vi. 94 and n. 923 to vi. 98. Khalaqa is the general term for creation, and the Author of all Creation is Khaliq. Baraa implies a process of evolving from previously created matter or state; the Author of this process is Bari-u, the Originator. Sawwara implies giving definite form or colour, so as to make a thing exactly suited to a given end or object: hence the title Musawwir, Fashioner for this shows the completion of the visible stage of creation. |
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Thus the argument of the Sura is rounded off on the same note as was struck at the beginning lix. 1. The first verse and the last verse of the Sura are the same, except as regards the tense of the verb sabbaha. In the first verse it is the optative form of the preterite sabbaha: everything declares the Glory of Allah! After the illustrations given, the declaratory form of the aorist is appropriate, yusabbihu: "everything doth declare the Glory of Allah'. |
