Surah Al-Hadid
(The Iron)
Chapter 57
It is 29 Verses 4 Units (Ruku’): Revealed at Madinah
In the Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful
1. Whatever is in the heavens and the earth declares the Glory of Allah, and He is the All-Mighty, the Truly Wise.
2. His is the dominion of the heavens and the earth; He gives life and causes death; and He (Allah) is Able to do all things.
3. He (Allah) is the First and the Last, and the Most High and the Most Near, and He is the All-Knower of all things.
4. He (Allah) it is who created the heavens and the earth in six Days, and then firmly established Himself over the Throne. He knows that which goes deep down into the earth, and that which comes forth from it, and that which comes down from the heaven, and that which ascends up to it, and He is with you wherever you are (by His Knowledge and Power); and Allah Ever Sees what you do.
5. His is the dominion of the heavens and the earth; and to Allah are (all) matters returned (for Decision).
6. He causes the night to enter in upon the day, and causes the day to enter in upon the night, and He (Allah) has full Knowledge of whatever is in the chests (of mankind).
7. Believe in Allah and His Messenger (Muhammad), and spend (in charity) out of that in which He has made you successors; and such of you who believe and spend (in charity) shall have a great reward (of Paradise).
8. And what reason have you that you should not believe in Allah? And the Messenger (the Prophet Muhammad) invites you to believe in (Allah) your (true) Lord, and indeed He (Allah) has taken your covenant, if you are (truly) believers.
9. He it is who sends down clear Verses upon His servant (the Prophet Muhammad), that he may bring you forth from utter darknesses into light; and most surely Allah is Most Kind, Most Merciful to you.
10. And what reason have you that you should not spend in Allah’s Way?
While to Allah (alone) belongs the heritage of the heavens and the earth; not equal among you are those who spent (in Our Way) before the conquest (of Makkah) and fought (with those among you who did so later): Such are higher in rank than those who spent and fought (in Allah’s Way) after them; and Allah has promised good to all; and Allah is All-Aware of what you do.
11. Who is there that will lend to Allah a goodly loan (i.e., spend voluntarily in charity), so He will double it for him, and he will have an excellent reward (of Paradise).
12. On the Day you will see the believing men and believing women their light running before them and on their right hand (it will be said to them as a welcome): Good news for you today, gardens beneath which rivers flow, to abide therein forever, that is the Great Achievement.
13. On the Day when the hypocrites, men and women, will say to those who believe (in Allah, His Messengers, and the Last Day): Wait for us, so that we may have some of your light; it will be said: Turn back and seek a light. Then a wall will be put up between them (and the believers) with a gate therein; inside it is Mercy, while outside lies Torment.
14. They will cry out to them: Were we not with you? They will say: Yes! But you caused yourselves to fall into temptation, and you waited and doubted, and vain desires deceived you til the Command of Allah came, while the chief-deceiver (Satan) deceived you about Allah.
15. So today ransom will not be accepted from you (O hypocrites) nor from those who disbelieved (in the Truth); your home is the Hellfire; it is your (only) refuge, and evil is the destination.
16. Has not the time yet come for those who believe (in Allah, His last Messenger Muhammad, and the Last Day) that their hearts should be humble to the Remembrance of Allah (God), and what has come down of the Truth? And that they should not be like those who were given the Scripture before (the Jews and Nazarenes i.e., Christians), and whose hearts have hardened with the passing of time, so that most of them are defiantly disobedient.
17. Know that Allah gives life to the earth after its death; indeed, We have made the Verses clear to you, that you may understand.
18. Surely (as for) the charitable men and charitable women (who believed with certainty what was sent down to them) and (those who) lend to Allah a goodly loan (and spend voluntarily in charity seeking purely the Countenance of their Lord), it will be doubled for them, and they will have a noble reward (in the Hereafter).
19. And (as for) those who believe in Allah and His Messengers, these are the truthful, and the martyrs with their Lord (Allah); they will have their Reward and their Light, but (as for) those who disbelieve (in Allah, His last Messenger Muhammad, and the Last Day) and deny Our Verses (the Qur’an), these are the dwellers of the Hellfire.
20. Know that this world’s life is only play and passing delight and boasting among yourselves and rivalry in respect of wealth and children, like rain causing vegetation to grow which pleases the tiler, then it dries up so that you will see it become yellow, then it becomes straw. But in the Hereafter (there is) a severe Torment (for the disbelievers) and Forgiveness from Allah and (His) Good Pleasure (for the believers); and this world’s life is nothing but a deceiving enjoyment.
21. Hasten to Forgiveness from (Allah) your Lord and a Paradise the vastness of which is as the vastness of the heavens and the earth; prepared for those who believe in Allah and His Messengers; this is the Bounty of Allah, He gives it to whom He wills; and Allah is the Lord of Great Bounty.
22. No calamity befalls in the earth nor in your own selves, but it is in a Record before We bring it into existence; surely this is easy for Allah.
23. So that you may not grieve for what has escaped you, nor be exultant for what He has given you; and Allah does not like anyone self-deluded and boastful.
24. Those who are niggardly and enjoin miserliness on people; and whoever turns away, then surely Allah is He (alone) Who is the Self-Sufficient, the Praiseworthy.
25. Certainly We have sent Our Messengers with clear Proofs, and sent down with them the Scripture and the Balance that the people may conduct themselves with justice; and We have sent down iron, wherein is mighty power and many benefits (and uses) for the people, and that Allah may make evident who helps Him (His Cause) and His Messengers though unseen; surely Allah is All-Strong, All-Mighty.
26. And certainly We have sent Noah and Abraham and placed among their offspring Prophethood and the Scripture; so there are among them those who are (rightly) guided, but most of them are defiantly disobedient.
27. Then We have sent Our Messengers to follow in their footsteps, and We sent Jesus, the son of Mary to follow, and We gave him the Gospel, and We put in the hearts of those who (truly) followed him affection and mercy; as for the monasticism they innovated for themselves - We did not prescribe it for them, but (they sought it) only to seek Allah’s Pleasure, but they did not observe it with its proper observance; so We gave to those of them who believed their Reward, and most of them are defiantly disobedient.
28. O you who believe (in the earlier Scriptures i.e., the Jews and Christians)! Submit to the Commandments of Allah (God) and believe in His (final and last) Messenger (Muhammad). He (Allah) will give you a double portion of His Mercy, and make for you a light with which you will walk, and forgive you, and Allah is Most Forgiving, Most Merciful;
29. So that the followers of the (earlier) Scriptures (Jews and Christians) may know that they are not able to obtain anything of the Bounty of Allah (if they refuse to believe in this Message), and that (all) Bounty is in the Hand of Allah (alone), He gives it to whom He wills; for Allah (God) is the Lord of Great Bounty.