41:3 Fussilat (Explained in detail)

ثم أثنى على الكتاب بتمام البيان فقال: { فُصِّلَتْ آيَاتُهُ } أي: فصل كل شيء من أنواعه على حدته، وهذا يستلزم البيان التام، والتفريق بين كل شيء، وتمييز الحقائق. { قُرْآنًا عَرَبِيًّا } أي: باللغة الفصحى أكمل اللغات، فصلت آياته وجعل عربيًا. { لِقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ } أي: لأجل أن يتبين لهم معناه، كما تبين لفظه، ويتضح لهم الهدى من الضلال، والْغَيِّ من الرشاد.وأما الجاهلون، الذين لا يزيدهم الهدى إلا ضلالاً، ولا البيان إلا عَمًى فهؤلاء لم يُسَقِ الكلام لأجلهم، { سَوَاءٌ عَلَيْهِمْ أَأَنْذَرْتَهُمْ أَمْ لَمْ تُنْذِرْهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ }

قوله تبارك وتعالى "كتاب فصلت آياته" أي بينت معانيه وأحكمت أحكامه "قرآنا عربيا" أي في حال كونه قرآنا عربيا بينا واضحا فمعانيه مفصلة وألفاظه واضحة غير مشكلة كقوله تعالى "كتاب أحكمت آياته ثم فصلت من لدن حكيم خبير" أي هو معجز من حيث لفظه ومعناه "لا يأتيه الباطل من بين يديه ولا من خلفه تنزيل من حكيم حميد" وقوله تعالى "لقوم يعلمون" أي إنما يعرف هذا البيان والوضوح العلماء الراسخون.

Which was revealed in Makkah

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

Description of the Qur'an, and what Those Who turn away from it say.

حـم - تَنزِيلٌ مِّنَ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

(Ha Mim. A revelation from the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.) means, the Qur'an is revealed from the Most Gracious, Most Merciful. This is like the Ayat:

قُلْ نَزَّلَهُ رُوحُ الْقُدُسِ مِن رَّبِّكَ بِالْحَقِّ

(Say Ruh Al-Qudus (Jibril) has brought it down from your Lord with truth) (16:102).

وَإِنَّهُ لَتَنزِيلُ رَبِّ الْعَـلَمِينَ - نَزَلَ بِهِ الرُّوحُ الاٌّمِينُ - عَلَى قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُنْذِرِينَ

(And truly, this is a revelation from the Lord of all that exists, Which the trustworthy Ruh (Jibril) has brought down upon your heart that you may be (one) of the warners.) (26:192-194).

كِتَـبٌ فُصِّلَتْ ءَايَـتُهُ

(A Book whereof the Ayat are explained in detail) means, its meanings are clear and its rulings are sound and wise.

قُرْءَاناً عَرَبِيّاً

(a Qur'an in Arabic) means, because it is a clear Arabic Qur'an, its meanings are precise and detailed and its words are clear and not confusing. This is like the Ayah:

كِتَابٌ أُحْكِمَتْ ءايَـتُهُ ثُمَّ فُصِّلَتْ مِن لَّدُنْ حَكِيمٍ خَبِيرٍ

((This is) a Book, the Ayat whereof are completed, and then explained in detail from One (Allah), Who is All-Wise Well-Acquainted) (11:1). meaning, it is miraculous in its wording and in its meanings.

لاَّ يَأْتِيهِ الْبَـطِلُ مِن بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَلاَ مِنْ خَلْفِهِ تَنزِيلٌ مِّنْ حَكِيمٍ حَمِيدٍ

(Falsehood cannot come to it from before it or behind it, (it is) sent down by the All-Wise, Worthy of all praise.) (41:42).

لِقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ

(for people who know.) means, this clear style will be readily understood by scholars who are thoroughly versed in knowledge.

بَشِيراً وَنَذِيراً

(Giving glad tidings and warning,) means, sometimes it brings glad tidings to the believers, and sometimes it brings a warning to the disbelievers.

فَأَعْرَضَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ فَهُمْ لاَ يَسْمَعُونَ

(but most of them turn away, so they hear not.) means, most of the Quraysh did not understand anything of it at all, despite the fact that it was so clear.

وَقَالُواْ قُلُوبُنَا فِى أَكِنَّةٍ

(And they say: "Our hearts are under coverings...") meaning, they are wrapped and screened,

مِمَّا تَدْعُونَا إِلَيْهِ وَفِى ءَاذانِنَا وَقْرٌ

(from that to which you invite us; and in our ears is deafness,) means, `we are deaf to the message you bring to us.'

وَمِن بَيْنِنَا وَبَيْنِكَ حِجَابٌ

(and between us and you is a screen,) `so nothing of what you say reaches us.'

فَاعْمَلْ إِنَّنَا عَـمِلُونَ

(so work you (on your way); verily, we are working) means, go your way, and we will go our way, and we will not follow you.

A Book kitābun the predicate thereof whose signs have been set out in detail whose signs have been expounded through various rulings stories and admonitions as an Arabic Qur’ān qur’ānan ‘arabiyyan a circumstantial qualifier referring to kitābun ‘a Book’ by qualifying it adjectivally for a people li-qawmin is semantically connected to fussilat ‘set out in detail’ who have knowledge who understand this fact — and they are the Arabs;

And after stating these qualities, it is said towards the end of the verse-3, لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ (for a people who understand) which means that the verses of the Holy Qur'an being in Arabic, their being clear and evident and their communicating good news as well as warnings can only benefit those people who intend to ponder over them and understand them. But the Arabs and the Quraysh, despite all this, turned away from the Qur'an, and let alone trying to understand, they did not even bear to listen to the Qur'an. This has been mentioned at the end of verse 4: "Yet most of them turned away, so they do not listen."