57. Surah Al-Hadid The Iron

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ

Bismi Allahi arrahmani arraheem

In the name of Allah, All-Merciful, Most Merciful

سَبَّحَ لِلّٰهِ مَا فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِۚ وَهُوَ الْعَز۪يزُ الْحَك۪يمُ

Sabbaha lillahi ma fee assamawatiwal-ardi wahuwa alAAazeezu alhakeem

Everything in the heavens and the earth glorifies Allah. He is the Almighty, the All-Wise.

لَهُ مُلْكُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِۚ يُحْـي۪ وَيُم۪يتُۚ وَهُوَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَد۪يرٌ

Lahu mulku assamawatiwal-ardi yuhyee wayumeetu wahuwa AAalakulli shay-in qadeer

The kingdom of the heavens and the earth belongs to Him. He gives life and causes to die. He has power over all things.

هُوَ الْاَوَّلُ وَالْاٰخِرُ وَالظَّاهِرُ وَالْبَاطِنُۚ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَل۪يمٌ

Huwa al-awwalu wal-akhiru waththahiruwalbatinu wahuwa bikulli shay-in AAaleem

He is the First and the Last, the Outward and the Inward. He has knowledge of all things.

هُوَ الَّذ۪ي خَلَقَ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضَ ف۪ي سِتَّةِ اَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ اسْتَوٰى عَلَى الْعَرْشِۜ يَعْلَمُ مَا يَلِجُ فِي الْاَرْضِ وَمَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا وَمَا يَنْزِلُ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ وَمَا يَعْرُجُ ف۪يهَاۜ وَهُوَ مَعَكُمْ اَيْنَ مَا كُنْتُمْۜ وَاللّٰهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَص۪يرٌ

Huwa allathee khalaqa assamawatiwal-arda fee sittati ayyamin thumma istawaAAala alAAarshi yaAAlamu ma yaliju fee al-ardiwama yakhruju minha wama yanzilu mina assama-iwama yaAAruju feeha wahuwa maAAakum ayna makuntum wallahu bima taAAmaloona baseer

It is He Who created the heavens and the earth in six days, then established Himself firmly on the Throne. He knows what goes into the earth and what comes out of it, what comes down from heaven and what goes up into it. He is with you wherever you are – Allah sees what you do.

لَهُ مُلْكُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِۜ وَاِلَى اللّٰهِ تُرْجَعُ الْاُمُورُ

Lahu mulku assamawatiwal-ardi wa-ila Allahi turjaAAual-omoor

The kingdom of the heavens and the earth belongs to Him. All things return to Allah.

يُولِجُ الَّيْلَ فِي النَّهَارِ وَيُولِجُ النَّهَارَ فِي الَّيْلِۜ وَهُوَ عَل۪يمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ

Yooliju allayla fee annahariwayooliju annahara fee allayi wahuwa AAaleemun bithatiassudoor

He makes night merge into day and day merge into night. He knows what the heart contains.

اٰمِنُوا بِاللّٰهِ وَرَسُولِه۪ وَاَنْفِقُوا مِمَّا جَعَلَكُمْ مُسْتَخْلَف۪ينَ ف۪يهِۜ فَالَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا مِنْكُمْ وَاَنْفَقُوا لَهُمْ اَجْرٌ كَب۪يرٌ

Aminoo billahiwarasoolihi waanfiqoo mimma jaAAalakum mustakhlafeenafeehi fallatheena amanoo minkum waanfaqoolahum ajrun kabeer

Have iman in Allah and His Messenger and give of that to which He has made you successors. Those of you who have iman and give will have an immense reward.

وَمَا لَكُمْ لَا تُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللّٰهِۚ وَالرَّسُولُ يَدْعُوكُمْ لِتُؤْمِنُوا بِرَبِّكُمْ وَقَدْ اَخَذَ م۪يثَاقَكُمْ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُؤْمِن۪ينَ

Wama lakum la tu/minoona billahiwarrasoolu yadAAookum litu/minoo birabbikum waqad akhathameethaqakum in kuntum mu/mineen

And what is the matter with you with you that you do not have iman in Allah, when the Messenger calls you to have iman in your Lord, and He has made a covenant with you if you are muminun?

هُوَ الَّذ۪ي يُنَزِّلُ عَلٰى عَبْدِه۪ٓ اٰيَاتٍ بَيِّنَاتٍ لِيُخْرِجَكُمْ مِنَ الظُّلُمَاتِ اِلَى النُّورِۜ وَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ بِكُمْ لَرَؤُ۫فٌ رَح۪يمٌ

Huwa allathee yunazzilu AAalaAAabdihi ayatin bayyinatin liyukhrijakummina aththulumati ila annooriwa-inna Allaha bikum laraoofun raheem

It is He who sends down Clear Signs to His slave to bring you out of the darkness to the light. Allah is All-Gentle with you, Most Merciful.

وَمَا لَكُمْ اَلَّا تُنْفِقُوا ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ وَلِلّٰهِ م۪يرَاثُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِۜ لَا يَسْتَو۪ي مِنْكُمْ مَنْ اَنْفَقَ مِنْ قَبْلِ الْفَتْحِ وَقَاتَلَۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ اَعْظَمُ دَرَجَةً مِنَ الَّذ۪ينَ اَنْفَقُوا مِنْ بَعْدُ وَقَاتَلُواۜ وَكُلاًّ وَعَدَ اللّٰهُ الْحُسْنٰىۜ وَاللّٰهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَب۪يرٌ۟

Wama lakum alla tunfiqoo feesabeeli Allahi walillahi meerathu assamawatiwal-ardi la yastawee minkum man anfaqa minqabli alfathi waqatala ola-ika aAAthamudarajatan mina allatheena anfaqoo min baAAdu waqataloowakullan waAAada Allahu alhusna wallahubima taAAmaloona khabeer

And how is it with you that you do not give in the Way of Allah, when the inheritance of the heavens and the earth belongs to Allah? Those of you who gave and fought before the Victory are not the same as those who gave and fought afterwards. They are higher in rank. But to each of them Allah has promised the Best. Allah is aware of what you do.

مَنْ ذَا الَّذ۪ي يُقْرِضُ اللّٰهَ قَرْضاً حَسَناً فَيُضَاعِفَهُ لَهُ وَلَهُٓ اَجْرٌ كَر۪يمٌۚ

Man tha allathee yuqriduAllaha qardan hasanan fayudaAAifahulahu walahu ajrun kareem

Who will make a good loan to Allah so that He may multiply it for him? He will have a generous reward.

يَوْمَ تَرَى الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ يَسْعٰى نُورُهُمْ بَيْنَ اَيْد۪يهِمْ وَبِاَيْمَانِهِمْ بُشْرٰيكُمُ الْيَوْمَ جَنَّاتٌ تَجْر۪ي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْاَنْهَارُ خَالِد۪ينَ ف۪يهَاۜ ذٰلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظ۪يمُۚ

Yawma tara almu/mineena walmu/minatiyasAAa nooruhum bayna aydeehim wabi-aymanihim bushrakumualyawma jannatun tajree min tahtiha al-anharukhalideena feeha thalika huwa alfawzu alAAatheem

On the Day you see the men and women of the muminun, with their light streaming out in front of them, and to their right: ‘Good news for you today of Gardens with rivers flowing under them, remaining in them timelessly, for ever. That is the Great Victory.’

يَوْمَ يَقُولُ الْمُنَافِقُونَ وَالْمُنَافِقَاتُ لِلَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا انْظُرُونَا نَقْتَبِسْ مِنْ نُورِكُمْ ق۪يلَ ارْجِعُوا وَرَٓاءَكُمْ فَالْتَمِسُوا نُوراًۜ فَضُرِبَ بَيْنَهُمْ بِسُورٍ لَهُ بَابٌۜ بَاطِنُهُ ف۪يهِ الرَّحْمَةُ وَظَاهِرُهُ مِنْ قِبَلِهِ الْعَذَابُۜ

Yawma yaqoolu almunafiqoona walmunafiqatulillatheena amanoo onthuroonanaqtabis min noorikum qeela irjiAAoo waraakum faltamisoonooran faduriba baynahum bisoorin lahu babun batinuhufeehi arrahmatu wathahiruhumin qibalihi alAAathab

That Day the men and women of the hypocrites will say to those who have iman, ‘Wait for us so that we can borrow some of your light. ’ They will be told, ‘Go back and look for light!’ And a wall will be erected between them with a gate in it, on the inside of which there will be mercy but before whose exterior lies the punishment.

يُنَادُونَهُمْ اَلَمْ نَكُنْ مَعَكُمْۜ قَالُوا بَلٰى وَلٰكِنَّكُمْ فَـتَنْتُمْ اَنْفُسَكُمْ وَتَرَبَّصْتُمْ وَارْتَبْتُمْ وَغَرَّتْكُمُ الْاَمَانِيُّ حَتّٰى جَٓاءَ اَمْرُ اللّٰهِ وَغَرَّكُمْ بِاللّٰهِ الْغَرُورُ

Yunadoonahum alam nakun maAAakum qaloobala walakinnakum fatantum anfusakum watarabbastumwartabtum wagharratkumu al-amaniyyu hattajaa amru Allahi wagharrakum billahialgharoor

They will call out to them, ‘Were we not with you?’ They will reply, ‘Indeed you were. But you made trouble for yourselves and hung back and and doubted and false hopes deluded you until Allah’s command arrived. The Deluder deluded you about Allah.

فَالْيَوْمَ لَا يُؤْخَذُ مِنْكُمْ فِدْيَةٌ وَلَا مِنَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُواۜ مَأْوٰيكُمُ النَّارُۜ هِيَ مَوْلٰيكُمْۜ وَبِئْسَ الْمَص۪يرُ

Falyawma la yu/khathuminkum fidyatun wala mina allatheena kafaroo ma/wakumuannaru hiya mawlakum wabi/sa almaseer

So today no ransom will be accepted from you or from those who were kafir. Your refuge is the Fire. It is your master. What an evil destination!’

اَلَمْ يَأْنِ لِلَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُٓوا اَنْ تَخْشَعَ قُلُوبُهُمْ لِذِكْرِ اللّٰهِ وَمَا نَزَلَ مِنَ الْحَقِّۙ وَلَا يَكُونُوا كَالَّذ۪ينَ اُو۫تُوا الْكِتَابَ مِنْ قَبْلُ فَطَالَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْاَمَدُ فَقَسَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْۜ وَكَث۪يرٌ مِنْهُمْ فَاسِقُونَ

Alam ya/ni lillatheena amanooan takhshaAAa quloobuhum lithikri Allahi wamanazala mina alhaqqi wala yakoonoo kallatheenaootoo alkitaba min qablu fatala AAalayhimu al-amadufaqasat quloobuhum wakatheerun minhum fasiqoon

Has the time not arrived for the hearts of those who have iman to yield to the remembrance of Allah and to the truth He has sent down, so they are not like those who were given the Book before for whom the time seemed over long so that their hearts became hard? Many of them are deviators.

اِعْلَمُٓوا اَنَّ اللّٰهَ يُحْـيِ الْاَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَاۜ قَدْ بَيَّنَّا لَكُمُ الْاٰيَاتِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

IAAlamoo anna Allaha yuhyeeal-arda baAAda mawtiha qad bayyanna lakumual-ayati laAAallakum taAAqiloon

Know that Allah brings the earth to life after it was dead. We have made the Signs clear to you so that hopefully you will use your intellect.

اِنَّ الْمُصَّدِّق۪ينَ وَالْمُصَّدِّقَاتِ وَاَقْرَضُوا اللّٰهَ قَرْضاً حَسَناً يُضَاعَفُ لَهُمْ وَلَهُمْ اَجْرٌ كَر۪يمٌ

Inna almussaddiqeena walmussaddiqatiwaaqradoo Allaha qardan hasanan yudaAAafulahum walahum ajrun kareem

The men and women who give sadaqa and make a good loan to Allah will have it increased for them and they will have a generous reward.

وَالَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا بِاللّٰهِ وَرُسُلِـه۪ٓ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الصِّدّ۪يقُونَۗ وَالشُّهَدَٓاءُ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْۜ لَهُمْ اَجْرُهُمْ وَنُورُهُمْۜ وَالَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا وَكَذَّبُوا بِاٰيَاتِنَٓا اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ اَصْحَابُ الْجَح۪يمِ۟

Wallatheena amanoo billahiwarusulihi ola-ika humu assiddeeqoona washshuhadaoAAinda rabbihim lahum ajruhum wanooruhum wallatheenakafaroo wakaththaboo bi-ayatina ola-ikaas-habu aljaheem

Those who have iman in Allah and His Messengers – such people are the truly sincere – and the martyrs who are with their Lord will receive their wages and their light. But those who are kafir and deny Our Signs, will be Companions of the Blazing Fire.

اِعْلَمُٓوا اَنَّمَا الْحَيٰوةُ الدُّنْيَا لَعِبٌ وَلَهْوٌ وَز۪ينَةٌ وَتَفَاخُرٌ بَيْنَكُمْ وَتَكَاثُرٌ فِي الْاَمْوَالِ وَالْاَوْلَادِۜ كَمَثَلِ غَيْثٍ اَعْجَبَ الْكُفَّارَ نَبَاتُهُ ثُمَّ يَه۪يجُ فَتَرٰيهُ مُصْفَراًّ ثُمَّ يَكُونُ حُطَاماًۜ وَفِي الْاٰخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ شَد۪يدٌۙ وَمَغْفِرَةٌ مِنَ اللّٰهِ وَرِضْوَانٌۜ وَمَا الْحَيٰوةُ الدُّنْيَٓا اِلَّا مَتَاعُ الْغُرُورِ

IAAlamoo annama alhayatuaddunya laAAibun walahwun wazeenatun watafakhurunbaynakum watakathurun fee al-amwali wal-awladikamathali ghaythin aAAjaba alkuffara nabatuhuthumma yaheeju fatarahu musfarran thumma yakoonu hutamanwafee al-akhirati AAathabun shadeedun wamaghfiratunmina Allahi waridwanun wama alhayatuaddunya illa mataAAu alghuroor

Know that the life of this world is merely a game and a diversion and ostentation and a cause of boasting among yourselves and trying to outdo one another in wealth and children: like the plant-growth after rain which delights the cultivators, but then it withers and you see it turning yellow, and then it becomes broken stubble. In the Next World there is terrible punishment but also forgiveness from Allah and His good pleasure. The life of this world is nothing but the enjoyment of delusion.

سَابِقُٓوا اِلٰى مَغْفِرَةٍ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ وَجَنَّةٍ عَرْضُهَا كَعَرْضِ السَّمَٓاءِ وَالْاَرْضِۙ اُعِدَّتْ لِلَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا بِاللّٰهِ وَرُسُلِه۪ۜ ذٰلِكَ فَضْلُ اللّٰهِ يُؤْت۪يهِ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُۜ وَاللّٰهُ ذُوالْفَضْلِ الْعَظ۪يمِ

Sabiqoo ila maghfiratin minrabbikum wajannatin AAarduha kaAAardi assama-iwal-ardi oAAiddat lillatheena amanoobillahi warusulihi thalika fadlu Allahiyu/teehi man yashao wallahu thooalfadli alAAatheem

Race each other to forgiveness from your Lord and to a Garden, whose breadth is like that of heaven and earth combined, made ready for those who have iman in Allah and His Messengers. That is Allah’s favour which He gives to those He wills. Allah’s favour is indeed immense.

مَٓا اَصَابَ مِنْ مُص۪يبَةٍ فِي الْاَرْضِ وَلَا ف۪ٓي اَنْفُسِكُمْ اِلَّا ف۪ي كِتَابٍ مِنْ قَبْلِ اَنْ نَبْرَاَهَاۜ اِنَّ ذٰلِكَ عَلَى اللّٰهِ يَس۪يرٌۚ

Ma asaba min museebatinfee al-ardi wala fee anfusikum illa fee kitabinmin qabli an nabraaha inna thalika AAala Allahiyaseer

Nothing occurs, either in the earth or in yourselves, without its being in a Book before We make it happen. That is something easy for Allah.

لِكَيْلَا تَأْسَوْا عَلٰى مَا فَاتَكُمْ وَلَا تَفْرَحُوا بِمَٓا اٰتٰيكُمْۜ وَاللّٰهُ لَا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ مُخْتَالٍ فَخُورٍۙ

Likayla ta/saw AAala mafatakum wala tafrahoo bima atakumwallahu la yuhibbu kulla mukhtalinfakhoor

That is so that you will not be grieved about the things that pass you by or exult about the things that come to you. Allah does not love any vain or boastful man:

اَلَّذ۪ينَ يَبْخَلُونَ وَيَأْمُرُونَ النَّاسَ بِالْبُخْلِۜ وَمَنْ يَتَوَلَّ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ هُوَ الْغَنِيُّ الْحَم۪يدُ

Allatheena yabkhaloona waya/muroona annasabilbukhli waman yatawalla fa-inna Allaha huwaalghaniyyu alhameed

those who are tight-fisted and tell others to be tight-fisted. If anyone turns away, Allah is the Rich Beyond Need, the Praiseworthy.

لَقَدْ اَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلَنَا بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ وَاَنْزَلْنَا مَعَهُمُ الْكِتَابَ وَالْم۪يزَانَ لِيَقُومَ النَّاسُ بِالْقِسْطِۚ وَاَنْزَلْنَا الْحَد۪يدَ ف۪يهِ بَأْسٌ شَد۪يدٌ وَمَنَافِعُ لِلنَّاسِ وَلِيَعْلَمَ اللّٰهُ مَنْ يَنْصُرُهُ وَرُسُلَهُ بِالْغَيْبِۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ قَوِيٌّ عَز۪يزٌ۟

Laqad arsalna rusulana bilbayyinatiwaanzalna maAAahumu alkitaba walmeezanaliyaqooma annasu bilqisti waanzalnaalhadeeda feehi ba/sun shadeedun wamanafiAAu linnasiwaliyaAAlama Allahu man yansuruhu warusulahu bilghaybiinna Allaha qawiyyun AAazeez

We sent Our Messengers with the Clear Signs and sent down the Book and the Balance with them so that mankind might establish justice. And We sent down iron in which there lies great force and which has many uses for mankind, so that Allah might know those who help Him and His Messengers in the Unseen. Allah is All-Strong, Almighty.

وَلَقَدْ اَرْسَلْنَا نُوحاً وَاِبْرٰه۪يمَ وَجَعَلْنَا ف۪ي ذُرِّيَّتِهِمَا النُّبُوَّةَ وَالْكِتَابَ فَمِنْهُمْ مُهْتَدٍۚ وَكَث۪يرٌ مِنْهُمْ فَاسِقُونَ

Walaqad arsalna noohan wa-ibraheemawajaAAalna fee thurriyyatihima annubuwwatawalkitaba faminhum muhtadin wakatheerun minhum fasiqoon

We sent Nuh and Ibrahim and placed Prophethood and the Book among their descendants. Some of them are guided but many of them are deviators.

ثُمَّ قَفَّيْنَا عَلٰٓى اٰثَارِهِمْ بِرُسُلِنَا وَقَفَّيْنَا بِع۪يسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ وَاٰتَيْنَاهُ الْاِنْج۪يلَ وَجَعَلْنَا ف۪ي قُلُوبِ الَّذ۪ينَ اتَّبَعُوهُ رَأْفَةً وَرَحْمَةًۜ وَرَهْبَانِيَّةًۨ ابْتَدَعُوهَا مَا كَتَبْنَاهَا عَلَيْهِمْ اِلَّا ابْتِغَٓاءَ رِضْوَانِ اللّٰهِ فَمَا رَعَوْهَا حَقَّ رِعَايَـتِهَاۚ فَاٰتَيْنَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا مِنْهُمْ اَجْرَهُمْۚ وَكَث۪يرٌ مِنْهُمْ فَاسِقُونَ

Thumma qaffayna AAala atharihimbirusulina waqaffayna biAAeesa ibni maryamawaataynahu al-injeela wajaAAalna fee quloobiallatheena ittabaAAoohu ra/fatan warahmatan warahbaniyyatanibtadaAAooha ma katabnaha AAalayhimilla ibtighaa ridwani Allahifama raAAawha haqqa riAAayatihafaatayna allatheena amanoo minhumajrahum wakatheerun minhum fasiqoon

Then We sent Our Messengers following in their footsteps and sent ‘Isa son of Maryam after them, giving him the Gospel. We put compassion and mercy in the hearts of those who followed him. They invented monasticism – We did not prescribe it for them – purely out of desire to gain the pleasure of Allah, but even so they did not observe it as it should have been observed. To those of them who had iman We gave their reward but many of them are deviators.

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَاٰمِنُوا بِرَسُولِه۪ يُؤْتِكُمْ كِفْلَيْنِ مِنْ رَحْمَتِه۪ وَيَجْعَلْ لَكُمْ نُوراً تَمْشُونَ بِه۪ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْۜ وَاللّٰهُ غَفُورٌ رَح۪يمٌۙ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanooittaqoo Allaha waaminoo birasoolihi yu/tikumkiflayni min rahmatihi wayajAAal lakum nooran tamshoonabihi wayaghfir lakum wallahu ghafoorun raheem

You who have iman! have taqwa of Allah and iman in His Messenger. He will give you a double portion of His mercy and grant you a Light by which to walk and forgive you. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

لِئَلَّا يَعْلَمَ اَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ اَلَّا يَقْدِرُونَ عَلٰى شَيْءٍ مِنْ فَضْلِ اللّٰهِ وَاَنَّ الْفَضْلَ بِيَدِ اللّٰهِ يُؤْت۪يهِ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُۜ وَاللّٰهُ ذُوالْفَضْلِ الْعَظ۪يمِ

Li-alla yaAAlama ahlu alkitabialla yaqdiroona AAala shay-in min fadli Allahiwaanna alfadla biyadi Allahi yu/teehi man yashaowallahu thoo alfadli alAAatheem

So that the People of the Book may know that they have no power at all over any of Allah’s favour and that all favour is in the Hand of Allah. He gives it to anyone He wills. Allah’s favour is indeed immense.