This page contains all verses of surah Fussilat in addition to Interpretation of all verses by Arberry (A. J. Arberry). In the first part you can read surah فصلت ordered in pages exactly as it is present in the Quran. To read an interpretation of a verse click on its number.
And they say, "Our hearts are within coverings from that to which you invite us, and in our ears is deafness, and between us and you is a partition, so work; indeed, we are working."
They say, 'Our hearts are veiled from what thou callest us to, and in our ears is a heaviness, and between us and thee there is a veil; so act; we are acting!'
Say, O [Muhammad], "I am only a man like you to whom it has been revealed that your god is but one God; so take a straight course to Him and seek His forgiveness." And woe to those who associate others with Allah -
Say: 'I am only a mortal, like you are. To me it has been revealed that your God is One God; so go straight with Him, and ask for His forgiveness; and woe to the idolaters
And He placed on the earth firmly set mountains over its surface, and He blessed it and determined therein its [creatures\'] sustenance in four days without distinction - for [the information] of those who ask.
Then He directed Himself to the heaven while it was smoke and said to it and to the earth, "Come [into being], willingly or by compulsion." They said, "We have come willingly."
English Transliteration
Thumma istawa ila alssamai wahiya dukhanun faqala laha walilardi itiyatawAAan aw karhan qalata ataynataiAAeena
Then He lifted Himself to heaven when it was smoke, and said to it and to the earth, "Come willingly, or unwillingly!" They said, "We come willingly."