Quran Quote  :  And had I knowledge of the unseen, I should have amassed all kinds of good, and no evil would have ever touched me. - 7:188

Quran-42:29 Surah Ash-shura English Translation,Transliteration and Tafsir(Tafseer).

وَمِنۡ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ خَلۡقُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَثَّ فِيهِمَا مِن دَآبَّةٖۚ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ جَمۡعِهِمۡ إِذَا يَشَآءُ قَدِيرٞ

Transliteration:( Wa min Aayaatihee khalqus samaawaati wal ardi wa maa bassa feehimaa min daaabbah; wa Huwa 'alaa jam'ihim izaa yashaaa'u Qadeer (section 3) )

29 And of His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth and of whatever moving creatures He has spread forth [89] amongst them. And He has the power [90] to gather them together when He Pleases. (Kanzul Imaan Translation)

(29) And of His signs is the creation of the heavens and earth and what He has dispersed throughout them of creatures. And He, for gathering them when He wills, is competent. (Saheen International Translation)

Surah Ash-Shura Ayat 29 Tafsir (Commentry)



  • Tafseer-e-Naeemi (Ahmad Yaar Khan)
  • Ibn Kathir
  • Ala-Madudi
  • Shaheen International

89. It could have two meanings: Allah Almighty has spread the creation throughout the world. One is here while the other is there. One will be found in one time, the other at another time.

But on the Day of judgement all the scattered things will be assembled at one place. Allah Almighty knows how to scatter and to assemble.

After death, the limbs of a human body turn into small particles. But Allah Almighty has full power to gather these particles into a whole body i.e. on the Day of Judgement a limb of one person will not mix in the body of another..

90. Because He had created first without any example, so why should it be difficult for Him to recreate it.

Ibn-Kathir

29. And among His Ayat is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and whatever moving creatures He has dispersed in them both. And He is Able to assemble them whenever He wills. 30. And whatever of misfortune befalls you, it is because of what your hands have earned. And He pardons much. 31. And you cannot escape from Allah in the earth, and besides Allah you have neither any protector nor any helper.


Among the Signs of Allah is the Creation of the Heavens and the Earth

﴿وَمِنْ ءَايَـتِهِ﴾

(And among His Ayat) the signs which point to His great might and power,

﴿خَلْقُ السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضِ وَمَا بَثَّ فِيهِمَا﴾

(is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and whatever moving creatures He has dispersed in them both.) means, whatever He has created in them, i.e., in the heavens and the earth.

﴿مِن دَآبَّةٍ﴾

(and whatever moving creatures) this includes the angels, men, Jinn and all the animals with their different shapes, colors, languages, natures, kinds and types. He has distributed them throughout the various regions of the heavens and earth.

﴿وَهُوَ﴾

(And He) means, yet despite all that,

﴿عَلَى جَمْعِهِمْ إِذَا يَشَآءُ قَدِيرٌ﴾

(is Able to assemble them whenever He wills.) means, on the Day of Resurrection, He will gather the first and the last of them, and bring all His creatures together in one place where they will all hear the voice of the caller and all of them will be seen clearly; then He will judge between them with justice and truth.

The Cause of Misfortune is Sin

﴿وَمَآ أَصَـبَكُمْ مِّن مُّصِيبَةٍ فَبِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِيكُمْ﴾

(And whatever of misfortune befalls you, it is because of what your hands have earned.) means, `whatever disasters happen to you, O mankind, are because of sins that you have committed in the past.’

﴿وَيَعْفُواْ عَن كَثِيرٍ﴾

(And He pardons much.) means, of sins; `He does not punish you for them, rather He forgives you.’

﴿وَلَوْ يُؤَاخِذُ اللَّهُ النَّاسَ بِمَا كَسَبُواْ مَا تَرَكَ عَلَى ظَهْرِهَا مِن دَآبَّةٍ﴾

(And if Allah were to punish men for that which they earned, He would not leave a moving creature on the surface of the earth) (35:45). According to a Sahih Hadith:

«وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ مَا يُصِيبُ الْمُؤْمِنَ مِنْ نَصَبٍ وَلَا وَصَبٍ وَلَا هَمَ وَلَا حَزَنٍ إِلَّا كَفَّرَ اللهُ عَنْهُ بِهَا مِنْ خَطَايَاهُ، حَتْى الشَّوْكَةِ يُشَاكُهَا»

(By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, no believer is stricken with fatigue, exhaustion, worry or grief, but Allah will forgive him for some of his sins thereby — even a thorn which pricks him.) Imam Ahmad recorded that Mu`awiyah bin Abi Sufyan, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “I heard the Messenger of Allah say:

«مَا مِنْ شَيْءٍ يُصِيبُ الْمُؤْمِنَ فِي جَسَدِهِ يُؤْذِيهِ إِلَّا كَفَّرَ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهُ بِهِ مِنْ سَيِّئَاتِه»

(No physical harm befalls a believer, but Allah will expiate for some of his sins because of it.)” Imam Ahmad also recorded that `A’ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, said, “The Messenger of Allah said:

«إِذَا كَثُرَتْ ذُنُوبُ الْعَبْدِ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَا يُكَفِّرُهَا، ابْتَلَاهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى بِالْحَزَنِ لِيُكَفِّرَهَا»

(If a person commits many sins and has nothing that will expiate for them, Allah will test him with some grief that will expiate for them.)”

(42:29) And of His Signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth and the living creatures that He has spread out in them.[50] He has the power to bring them together when He so wills.[51]

Ala-Maududi

(42:29) And of His Signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth and the living creatures that He has spread out in them.[50] He has the power to bring them together when He so wills.[51]


50. “In them both”: In both the earth and the heavens.

51. That is, just as He has the power to disperse them, so He has also the power to gather them all together. Therefore, it is wrong to think that Resurrection cannot take place, and all the former and the latter generations cannot be raised up and gathered all together.

(29) And of His signs is the creation of the heavens and earth and what He has dispersed throughout them of creatures. And He, for gathering them when He wills, is competent.

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