Sura 57: Al-Hadeed (Iron) - Quran Inspector

In the name of GOD, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

بِسْمِbis'miIn (the) nameٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmāniMost Gracious,ٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmiMost Merciful.

[57:1] Glorifying GOD is everything in the heavens and the earth. He is the Almighty, Most Wise.

سَبَّحَsabbaḥa[It] declared the gloryلِلَّهِlillahiof Godمَاmāwhateverفِىfī(is) inٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth,وَهُوَwahuwaand He (is)ٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzuthe Almighty,ٱلْحَكِيمُl-ḥakīmuMost Wise. ﴿١﴾

[57:2] To Him belongs the kingship of the heavens and the earth. He controls life and death. He is Omnipotent.

لَهُۥlahuFor Him (is)مُلْكُmul'kudominion / kingship (of)ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth,يُحْىِۦyuḥ'yīHe gives lifeوَيُمِيتُwayumītuand He causes death,وَهُوَwahuwaand He (is)عَلَىٰʿalāoverكُلِّkulliallشَىْءٍshayinthing(s)قَدِيرٌqadīrunOmnipotent. ﴿٢﴾

[57:3] He is the Alpha and the Omega. He is the Outermost and the Innermost. He is fully aware of all things.

هُوَhuwaHe (is)ٱلْأَوَّلُl-awaluthe First / Alphaوَٱلْـَٔاخِرُwal-ākhiruand the Last / Omega,وَٱلظَّـٰهِرُwal-ẓāhiruand the Apparent / Most Obvious / Outermostوَٱلْبَاطِنُwal-bāṭinuand the Hidden / Innermost,وَهُوَwahuwaand He (is)بِكُلِّbikulliof everyشَىْءٍshayinthingعَلِيمٌʿalīmunfully aware. ﴿٣﴾

[57:4] He is the One who created the heavens and the earth in six days,* then assumed all authority. He knows everything that enters into the earth, and everything that comes out of it, and everything that comes down from the sky, and everything that climbs into it. He is with you wherever you may be. GOD is Seer of everything you do.

هُوَhuwaHe (is)ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One whoخَلَقَkhalaqaHe createdٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaand the earthفِىfīinسِتَّةِsittatisixأَيَّامٍayyāmindays,ثُمَّthummathenٱسْتَوَىٰis'tawāHe firmly settledعَلَىʿalāoverٱلْعَرْشِl-ʿarshithe Throne.يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuHe knowsمَاmāwhatيَلِجُyalijuit penetrates / entersفِىfīintoٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthوَمَاwamāand whatيَخْرُجُyakhrujuit comes outمِنْهَاmin'hāfrom it,وَمَاwamāand whatيَنزِلُyanziluit descendsمِنَminafromٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe heavenوَمَاwamāand whatيَعْرُجُyaʿrujuit ascendsفِيهَاfīhātherein;وَهُوَwahuwaand He (is)مَعَكُمْmaʿakumwith you [all]أَيْنَaynawhere*مَاmāthat (*wherever)كُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] are.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)بِمَاbimāof whatتَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou [all] doبَصِيرٌbaṣīrunSeer. ﴿٤﴾

*57:4 The six days of creation are simply a yardstick to inform us of the relative importance of various components, to emphasize the significance of the planet Earth, and to let us know that the Earth is the only inhabited planet. See Footnote 41:9-10.

[57:5] To Him belongs the kingship of the heavens and the earth. All matters are controlled by GOD.

لَّهُۥlahuFor Him (is)مُلْكُmul'kudominion / kingship (of)ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth,وَإِلَىwa-ilāand toٱللَّهِl-lahiGodتُرْجَعُtur'jaʿu[it] returnsٱلْأُمُورُl-umūruall matters. ﴿٥﴾

[57:6] He merges the night into the day, and merges the day into the night. He is fully aware of the innermost thoughts.

يُولِجُyūlijuHe mergesٱلَّيْلَal-laylathe nightفِىfīintoٱلنَّهَارِl-nahārithe dayوَيُولِجُwayūlijuand He mergesٱلنَّهَارَl-nahārathe dayفِىfīintoٱلَّيْلِal-laylithe night,وَهُوَwahuwaand He (is)عَلِيمٌۢʿalīmunfully awareبِذَاتِbidhātiof (what) [it] possessedٱلصُّدُورِl-ṣudūrithe hearts / minds. ﴿٦﴾

[57:7] Believe in GOD and His messenger, and give from what He has bestowed upon you. Those among you who believe and give (to charity) have deserved a great recompense.

ءَامِنُوا۟āminūBelieve [you all]بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Godوَرَسُولِهِۦwarasūlihiand His messengerوَأَنفِقُوا۟wa-anfiqūand spend [you all]مِمَّاmimmāof whatجَعَلَكُمjaʿalakumHe made / appointed you [all] (of)مُّسْتَخْلَفِينَmus'takhlafīnathose who became inheritors / successorsفِيهِfīhiin it.فَٱلَّذِينَfa-alladhīnaAnd those whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanūthey believedمِنكُمْminkumamong you [all]وَأَنفَقُوا۟wa-anfaqūand they spend,لَهُمْlahumfor them (is)أَجْرٌajruna reward / recompenseكَبِيرٌkabīrungreat. ﴿٧﴾

[57:8] Why should you not believe in GOD when the messenger is inviting you to believe in your Lord? He has taken a pledge from you, if you are believers.

وَمَاwamāAnd what (is)لَكُمْlakumfor you [all]لَاlā(that) notتُؤْمِنُونَtu'minūnayou [all] believeبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Godوَٱلرَّسُولُwal-rasūluwhile the messengerيَدْعُوكُمْyadʿūkumhe invites you [all]لِتُؤْمِنُوا۟litu'minūthat you [all] may believeبِرَبِّكُمْbirabbikumin your Lord,وَقَدْwaqadand indeed,أَخَذَakhadhaHe tookمِيثَـٰقَكُمْmīthāqakumyour pledgeإِنinifكُنتُمkuntumyou [all] areمُّؤْمِنِينَmu'minīnabelievers. ﴿٨﴾

[57:9] He is the One who sends down to His servant clear revelations, in order to lead you out of the darkness into the light. GOD is Compassionate towards you, Most Merciful.

هُوَhuwaHe (is)ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One whoيُنَزِّلُyunazziluHe sends downعَلَىٰʿalāuponعَبْدِهِۦٓʿabdihiHis servantءَايَـٰتٍۭāyātinverses / revelationsبَيِّنَـٰتٍbayyinātinclearلِّيُخْرِجَكُمliyukh'rijakumthat He may bring you [all] outمِّنَminafromٱلظُّلُمَـٰتِl-ẓulumātithe darknessإِلَىilātoٱلنُّورِl-nūrithe light.وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodبِكُمْbikumto you [all] (is)لَرَءُوفٌlaraūfunsurely Compassionate,رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMerciful. ﴿٩﴾

[57:10] Why do you not spend in the cause of GOD, when GOD possesses all wealth in the heavens and the earth? Distinguished from the rest are those among you who spend before the victory and strive. They attain a greater rank than those who spend after the victory and strive. For each, GOD promises salvation. GOD is Cognizant of everything you do.

وَمَاwamāAnd what (is)لَكُمْlakumfor you [all]أَلَّاallāthat notتُنفِقُوا۟tunfiqūyou [all] spendفِىfīinسَبِيلِsabīli(the) causeٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,وَلِلَّهِwalillahiwhile [for] God (is)مِيرَٰثُmīrāthuInheritor (of)ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth?لَاlāNotيَسْتَوِىyastawīit is equalمِنكُمminkumamong you [all]مَّنْman(those) whoأَنفَقَanfaqa[he] spentمِنminfromقَبْلِqablibeforeٱلْفَتْحِl-fatḥithe victoryوَقَـٰتَلَwaqātalaand he fought (strived).أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose (are)أَعْظَمُaʿẓamugreaterدَرَجَةًdarajatanrankمِّنَminathanٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoأَنفَقُوا۟anfaqū[they] spentمِنۢminfromبَعْدُbaʿduafterwardsوَقَـٰتَلُوا۟waqātalūand they fought (strived).وَكُلًّاwakullanBut to each,وَعَدَwaʿada[He] promisedٱللَّهُl-lahuGodٱلْحُسْنَىٰl-ḥus'nāthe best.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)بِمَاbimāof whatتَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou [all] doخَبِيرٌkhabīrunCognizant. ﴿١٠﴾

[57:11] Who would like to loan GOD a loan of righteousness, to have it multiplied for him manifold, and end up with a generous recompense?

مَّنmanWho (is)ذَاdhā[of]ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe one whoيُقْرِضُyuq'riḍu[he] will loanٱللَّهَl-laha(to) Godقَرْضًاqarḍana loanحَسَنًاḥasananrighteousness,فَيُضَـٰعِفَهُۥfayuḍāʿifahuso (that) He multiplies itلَهُۥlahufor himوَلَهُۥٓwalahuand for him (is)أَجْرٌajruna reward / recompenseكَرِيمٌkarīmunnoble / generous? ﴿١١﴾

[57:12] The day will come when you see the believing men and women with their lights radiating ahead of them and to their right. Good news is yours that, on that day, you will have gardens with flowing streams. You will abide therein forever. This is the great triumph.

يَوْمَyawma(On the) Dayتَرَىtarāyou will seeٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believing menوَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِwal-mu'minātiand the believing women,يَسْعَىٰyasʿā[it] proceeds / runs,نُورُهُمnūruhumtheir lightبَيْنَbayna between / before*أَيْدِيهِمْaydīhimtheir hands (*ahead of them)وَبِأَيْمَـٰنِهِمwabi-aymānihimand on their right,بُشْرَىٰكُمُbush'rākumu"Good news for you [all]ٱلْيَوْمَl-yawmathis Dayجَنَّـٰتٌjannātungardensتَجْرِىtajrīit flowsمِنminfromتَحْتِهَاtaḥtihāunderneath itٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُl-anhāruthe rivers / streams,خَـٰلِدِينَkhālidīna[ones] abiding foreverفِيهَاfīhātherein.ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThatهُوَhuwait (is)ٱلْفَوْزُl-fawzuthe triumphٱلْعَظِيمُl-ʿaẓīmuthe great." ﴿١٢﴾

[57:13] On that day, the hypocrite men and women will say to those who believed, "Please allow us to absorb some of your light." It will be said, "Go back behind you, and seek light." A barrier will be set up between them, whose gate separates mercy on the inner side, from retribution on the outer side.

يَوْمَyawma(On the) Dayيَقُولُyaqūlu[he] will sayٱلْمُنَـٰفِقُونَl-munāfiqūnathe hypocrite menوَٱلْمُنَـٰفِقَـٰتُwal-munāfiqātuand the hypocrite womenلِلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believed,ٱنظُرُونَاunẓurūnā"Wait for us [you all],نَقْتَبِسْnaqtabiswe (may) acquire / borrow some illuminationمِنminofنُّورِكُمْnūrikumyour light."قِيلَqīlaIt (will be) said,ٱرْجِعُوا۟ir'jiʿū"Go back [you all]وَرَآءَكُمْwarāakumbehind you [all]فَٱلْتَمِسُوا۟fal-tamisūand seek [you all]نُورًاnūranlight."فَضُرِبَfaḍuribaThen (will be) put upبَيْنَهُمbaynahumbetween themبِسُورٍbisūrin[of] a barrier,لَّهُۥlahufor itبَابٌۢbābuna gateبَاطِنُهُۥbāṭinuhuits interior,فِيهِfīhiin it (is)ٱلرَّحْمَةُl-raḥmatu[the] mercyوَظَـٰهِرُهُۥwaẓāhiruhuwhile its exterior,مِنminfromقِبَلِهِqibalihifacing towards itٱلْعَذَابُl-ʿadhābuthe retribution. ﴿١٣﴾

[57:14] They will call upon them, "Were we not with you?" They will answer, "Yes, but you cheated your souls, hesitated, doubted, and became misled by wishful thinking, until GOD's judgment came. You were diverted from GOD by illusions.

يُنَادُونَهُمْyunādūnahumThey will call them,أَلَمْalam"Were notنَكُنnakunwe [were]مَّعَكُمْmaʿakumwith you [all]?"قَالُوا۟qālūThey said,بَلَىٰbalā"Yes,وَلَـٰكِنَّكُمْwalākinnakumbut you [all]فَتَنتُمْfatantum[you all] were led to temptationأَنفُسَكُمْanfusakumyourselvesوَتَرَبَّصْتُمْwatarabbaṣtumand you [all] awaitedوَٱرْتَبْتُمْwa-ir'tabtumand you [all] doubtedوَغَرَّتْكُمُwagharratkumuand [it] deceived you [all]ٱلْأَمَانِىُّl-amāniyuthe wishful thinkingحَتَّىٰḥattāuntilجَآءَjāa[it] cameأَمْرُamru(the) command / decision / judgmentٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God.وَغَرَّكُمwagharrakumAnd [it] deceived you [all]بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiabout Godٱلْغَرُورُl-gharūruthe illusion. ﴿١٤﴾

[57:15] "Therefore, today no ransom can be taken from you, nor from those who disbelieved. Your abode is the fire; it is your lord, and miserable abode."

فَٱلْيَوْمَfal-yawma"So todayلَاlānotيُؤْخَذُyu'khadhuit will be takenمِنكُمْminkumfrom you [all]فِدْيَةٌfid'yatunany ransomوَلَاwalāand notمِنَminafromٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelieved,مَأْوَىٰكُمُmawākumuYour abode (is)ٱلنَّارُl-nāruthe Fire;هِىَhiyait (is)مَوْلَىٰكُمْmawlākumyour protector / lord and masterوَبِئْسَwabi'saand miserableٱلْمَصِيرُl-maṣīruthe destination / abode." ﴿١٥﴾

[57:16] Is it not time for those who believed to open up their hearts for GOD's message, and the truth that is revealed herein? They should not be like the followers of previous scriptures whose hearts became hardened with time and, consequently, many of them turned wicked.

أَلَمْalamHas notيَأْنِyaniit come timeلِلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those whoءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanū[they] believedأَنanthatتَخْشَعَtakhshaʿa[it] become humbleقُلُوبُهُمْqulūbuhumtheir heartsلِذِكْرِlidhik'rifor (the) remembrance / messageٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godوَمَاwamāand whatنَزَلَnazalait came downمِنَminaofٱلْحَقِّl-ḥaqithe truth?وَلَاwalāAnd notيَكُونُوا۟yakūnūthey becomeكَٱلَّذِينَka-alladhīnalike those whoأُوتُوا۟ūtū[they] were givenٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe scriptureمِنminfromقَبْلُqablubefore,فَطَالَfaṭālathen [it] was prolongedعَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimufor themٱلْأَمَدُl-amaduthe term,فَقَسَتْfaqasatso [it] hardenedقُلُوبُهُمْqulūbuhumtheir hearts;وَكَثِيرٌwakathīrunand manyمِّنْهُمْmin'humof them (are)فَـٰسِقُونَfāsiqūnadefiantly disobedient / wicked [ones]. ﴿١٦﴾

[57:17] Know that GOD revives the land after it had died. We thus explain the revelations for you, that you may understand.

ٱعْلَمُوٓا۟iʿ'lamūKnow [you all]أَنَّannathatٱللَّهَl-lahaGodيُحْىِyuḥ'yīHe gives lifeٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍa(to) the earthبَعْدَbaʿdaafterمَوْتِهَاmawtihāits death.قَدْqadIndeed,بَيَّنَّاbayyannāwe made clear / clarifiedلَكُمُlakumufor you [all]ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِl-āyātithe signs / revelationsلَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you [all] mayتَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūna[you all] understand. ﴿١٧﴾

[57:18] Surely, the charitable men and women have loaned GOD a loan of goodness. They will receive their reward multiplied manifold; they have deserved a generous recompense.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلْمُصَّدِّقِينَl-muṣadiqīnathe charitable menوَٱلْمُصَّدِّقَـٰتِwal-muṣadiqātiand the charitable women,وَأَقْرَضُوا۟wa-aqraḍūand they lentٱللَّهَl-lahaGodقَرْضًاqarḍana loanحَسَنًاḥasanangoodness,يُضَـٰعَفُyuḍāʿafuit will be multipliedلَهُمْlahumfor them,وَلَهُمْwalahumand for them (is)أَجْرٌajruna reward / recompenseكَرِيمٌkarīmunnoble / generous. ﴿١٨﴾

[57:19] Those who believed in GOD and His messengers are the saints and martyrs. Reserved for them at their Lord are their rewards and their light. As for those who disbelieved and rejected our revelations, they have incurred Hell.

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believedبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Godوَرُسُلِهِۦٓwarusulihiand His messengers,أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikathoseهُمُhumuthey (are)ٱلصِّدِّيقُونَl-ṣidīqūnathe truthful ones / saintsوَٱلشُّهَدَآءُwal-shuhadāuand the martyrs,عِندَʿinda(are) withرَبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lord.لَهُمْlahumFor them (is)أَجْرُهُمْajruhumtheir rewardوَنُورُهُمْwanūruhumand their light.وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaBut those whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelieved,وَكَذَّبُوا۟wakadhabūand they denied / rejectedبِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآbiāyātināin our verses / revelations,أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikathose (are)أَصْحَـٰبُaṣḥābu(the) companions (of)ٱلْجَحِيمِl-jaḥīmithe Hellfire. ﴿١٩﴾

[57:20] Know that this worldly life is no more than play and games, and boasting among you, and hoarding of money and children. It is like abundant rain that produces plants and pleases the disbelievers. But then the plants turn into useless hay, and are blown away by the wind. In the Hereafter there is either severe retribution, or forgiveness from GOD and approval. This worldly life is no more than a temporary illusion.

ٱعْلَمُوٓا۟iʿ'lamūKnow [you all]أَنَّمَاannamāthat onlyٱلْحَيَوٰةُl-ḥayatuthe life (of)ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe world (is)لَعِبٌlaʿibunplayوَلَهْوٌwalahwunand amusementوَزِينَةٌwazīnatunand adornmentsوَتَفَاخُرٌۢwatafākhurunand boastingبَيْنَكُمْbaynakumamong you [all]وَتَكَاثُرٌwatakāthurunand competitive quest for more / hoardingفِىfīofٱلْأَمْوَٰلِl-amwālithe wealthوَٱلْأَوْلَـٰدِwal-awlādiand the children,كَمَثَلِkamathalilike the example (of)غَيْثٍghaythina rain,أَعْجَبَaʿjabait pleasedٱلْكُفَّارَl-kufārathe tillers / disbelieversنَبَاتُهُۥnabātuhuits growth;ثُمَّthummathenيَهِيجُyahījuit withersفَتَرَىٰهُfatarāhuand you see itمُصْفَرًّاmuṣ'farranturn yellow;ثُمَّthummathenيَكُونُyakūnuit becomesحُطَـٰمًاḥuṭāmandebris / hay.وَفِىwafīAnd inٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafter (is)عَذَابٌʿadhābuna retributionشَدِيدٌshadīdunsevereوَمَغْفِرَةٌwamaghfiratunand forgivenessمِّنَminafromٱللَّهِl-lahiGodوَرِضْوَٰنٌwariḍ'wānunand approval.وَمَاwamāBut not (is)ٱلْحَيَوٰةُl-ḥayatuthe life (of)ٱلدُّنْيَآl-dun'yāthe worldإِلَّاillāexceptمَتَـٰعُmatāʿu(the) enjoymentٱلْغُرُورِl-ghurūrithe illusion. ﴿٢٠﴾

[57:21] Therefore, you shall race towards forgiveness from your Lord, and a Paradise whose width encompasses the heaven and the earth. It awaits those who believed in GOD and His messengers. Such is GOD's grace that He bestows upon whomever He wills. GOD is Possessor of Infinite Grace.

سَابِقُوٓا۟sābiqūHasten / Advance quickly / Race [you all]إِلَىٰilātoمَغْفِرَةٍmaghfiratin(the) forgivenessمِّنminfromرَّبِّكُمْrabbikumyour Lordوَجَنَّةٍwajannatinand a Paradiseعَرْضُهَاʿarḍuhāits widthكَعَرْضِkaʿarḍi(is) like (the) width (of)ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe heavenوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth,أُعِدَّتْuʿiddatit was preparedلِلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believedبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Godوَرُسُلِهِۦwarusulihiand His messengers.ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat (is)فَضْلُfaḍlu(the) bounty / grace (of)ٱللَّهِl-lahiGod,يُؤْتِيهِyu'tīhiHe gives itمَنman(to) whomيَشَآءُyashāuHe wills.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)ذُوdhūPossessor ofٱلْفَضْلِl-faḍli[the] bounty / grace,ٱلْعَظِيمِl-ʿaẓīmithe Great / Infinite. ﴿٢١﴾

[57:22] Anything that happens on earth, or to you, has already been recorded, even before the creation. This is easy for GOD to do.

مَآmāNotأَصَابَaṣābait befellمِنminanyمُّصِيبَةٍmuṣībatinafflictionفِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthوَلَاwalāand notفِىٓfīinأَنفُسِكُمْanfusikumyourselves,إِلَّاillābutفِىfīinكِتَـٰبٍkitābina recordمِّنminfromقَبْلِqablibeforeأَنanthatنَّبْرَأَهَآnabra-ahāwe bring it into existence.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ذَٰلِكَdhālikathatعَلَىʿalāforٱللَّهِl-lahiGod (is)يَسِيرٌyasīruneasy. ﴿٢٢﴾

*57:22 We are absolutely free to side with God, or with Satan. God happens to know precisely what kind of decision each of us will make. The video tape of your life, from birth to death, is already recorded. See Appendix 14.

[57:23] Thus, you should not grieve over anything you miss, nor be proud of anything He has bestowed upon you. GOD does not love those who are boastful, proud.

لِّكَيْلَاlikaylāSo that not / lestتَأْسَوْا۟tasawyou [all] regret / grieveعَلَىٰʿalāoverمَاmāwhatفَاتَكُمْfātakumit escaped you [all],وَلَاwalāand (do) notتَفْرَحُوا۟tafraḥū[you all] exult / (be) proudبِمَآbimāat whatءَاتَىٰكُمْātākumHe gave you [all].وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Godلَاlānotيُحِبُّyuḥibbu[He] lovesكُلَّkullaeveryمُخْتَالٍmukh'tālinproud / arrogantفَخُورٍfakhūrinboastful. ﴿٢٣﴾

[57:24] They are stingy, and enjoin the people to be stingy. If one turns away, then GOD is the Rich, the Praiseworthy.

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose whoيَبْخَلُونَyabkhalūnathey are stingyوَيَأْمُرُونَwayamurūnaand they command / enjoinٱلنَّاسَl-nāsa(on) the peopleبِٱلْبُخْلِbil-bukh'liin [the] stinginess.وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverيَتَوَلَّyatawallahe turns away,فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod,هُوَhuwaHe (is)ٱلْغَنِىُّl-ghaniyu[the] Free of need / Rich,ٱلْحَمِيدُl-ḥamīduthe Praiseworthy. ﴿٢٤﴾

[57:25] We sent our messengers supported by clear proofs, and we sent down to them the scripture and the law, that the people may uphold justice. And we sent down the iron, wherein there is strength, and many benefits for the people. All this in order for GOD to distinguish those who would support Him and His messengers, on faith. GOD is Powerful, Almighty.

لَقَدْlaqadCertainlyأَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāwe sentرُسُلَنَاrusulanāour messengersبِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِbil-bayinātiwith the clear proofsوَأَنزَلْنَاwa-anzalnāand we sent downمَعَهُمُmaʿahumuwith themٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe scriptureوَٱلْمِيزَانَwal-mīzānaand the balance / lawلِيَقُومَliyaqūmathat [he] may establishٱلنَّاسُl-nāsuthe peopleبِٱلْقِسْطِbil-qis'ṭi[in the] justice.وَأَنزَلْنَاwa-anzalnāAnd we sent downٱلْحَدِيدَl-ḥadīdathe iron,فِيهِfīhitherein (is)بَأْسٌbasunpower / strength / mightشَدِيدٌshadīdunmighty / strongوَمَنَـٰفِعُwamanāfiʿuand benefitsلِلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor the people,وَلِيَعْلَمَwaliyaʿlamaand that [He] may distinguishٱللَّهُl-lahuGodمَنmanwhoيَنصُرُهُۥyanṣuruhu[he] supports Himوَرُسُلَهُۥwarusulahuand His messengersبِٱلْغَيْبِbil-ghaybiby the unseen / faith.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)قَوِىٌّqawiyyunPowerfulعَزِيزٌʿazīzunAlmighty. ﴿٢٥﴾

[57:26] We sent Noah and Abraham, and we granted their descendants prophethood and the scripture. Some of them were guided, while many were wicked.

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainlyأَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāwe sentنُوحًاnūḥanNoahوَإِبْرَٰهِيمَwa-ib'rāhīmaand Abraham,وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāand we placedفِىfīinذُرِّيَّتِهِمَاdhurriyyatihimāboth their offspring / descendantsٱلنُّبُوَّةَl-nubuwata[the] prophethoodوَٱلْكِتَـٰبَwal-kitābaand the scripture;فَمِنْهُمfamin'humand among them (is)مُّهْتَدٍmuh'tadina guided one,وَكَثِيرٌwakathīrunbut mostمِّنْهُمْmin'humof them (are)فَـٰسِقُونَfāsiqūnadefiantly disobediently / wicked [ones]. ﴿٢٦﴾

[57:27] Subsequent to them, we sent our messengers. We sent Jesus the son of Mary, and we gave him the Injeel (Gospel), and we placed in the hearts of his followers kindness and mercy. But they invented hermitism which we never decreed for them. All we asked them to do was to uphold the commandments approved by GOD. But they did not uphold the message as they should have. Consequently, we gave those who believed among them their recompense, while many of them were wicked.

ثُمَّthummaThenقَفَّيْنَاqaffaynāwe caused to follow / in successive seriesعَلَىٰٓʿalāonءَاثَـٰرِهِمāthārihimtheir footstepsبِرُسُلِنَاbirusulinā[with] our messengersوَقَفَّيْنَاwaqaffaynāand we caused to follow / in successive seriesبِعِيسَىbiʿīsāwith Jesus,ٱبْنِib'nison (of)مَرْيَمَmaryamaMary,وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُwaātaynāhuand we gave himٱلْإِنجِيلَl-injīlathe Gospel (Injeel).وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāAnd we placedفِىfīinقُلُوبِqulūbi(the) heartsٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those whoٱتَّبَعُوهُittabaʿūhuthey followed himرَأْفَةًrafatancompassion / kindnessوَرَحْمَةًwaraḥmatanand mercy.وَرَهْبَانِيَّةًwarahbāniyyatanBut monasticism / hermetism ٱبْتَدَعُوهَاib'tadaʿūhāthey invented / innovated it -مَاmānotكَتَبْنَـٰهَاkatabnāhāwe ordained / prescribed itعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimfor them -إِلَّاillāexcept (only)ٱبْتِغَآءَib'tighāato seekرِضْوَٰنِriḍ'wāni(the) pleasureٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,فَمَاfamābut notرَعَوْهَاraʿawhāthey observed itحَقَّḥaqqa(with) rightرِعَايَتِهَاriʿāyatihāits observance.فَـَٔاتَيْنَاfaātaynāSo we gaveٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believedمِنْهُمْmin'humamong themأَجْرَهُمْajrahumtheir reward,وَكَثِيرٌwakathīrunbut mostمِّنْهُمْmin'humof them (are)فَـٰسِقُونَfāsiqūnadefiantly disobediently / wicked [ones]. ﴿٢٧﴾

[57:28] O you who believe, you shall reverence GOD and believe in His messenger. He will then grant you double the reward from His mercy, endow you with light to guide you, and forgive you. GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believed!ٱتَّقُوا۟ittaqūReverence [you all]ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodوَءَامِنُوا۟waāminūand believe [you all]بِرَسُولِهِۦbirasūlihiin His messenger;يُؤْتِكُمْyu'tikumHe will give you [all]كِفْلَيْنِkif'laynidouble portionمِنminofرَّحْمَتِهِۦraḥmatihiHis mercyوَيَجْعَلwayajʿaland He makesلَّكُمْlakumfor you [all]نُورًاnūrana light,تَمْشُونَtamshūnayou [all] will walkبِهِۦbihiwith it,وَيَغْفِرْwayaghfirand He forgivesلَكُمْlakum[for] you [all].وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)غَفُورٌghafūrunForgiver,رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMerciful. ﴿٢٨﴾

[57:29] Thus, the followers of previous scripture should know that they have not monopolized GOD's mercy and grace, and that all grace is in GOD's hand. He bestows it upon whomever He wills. GOD is Possessor of Infinite Grace.

لِّئَلَّاli-allāSo that notيَعْلَمَyaʿlama[he] knowأَهْلُahlu(the) people (of)ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe scriptureأَلَّاallāthat notيَقْدِرُونَyaqdirūnathey have powerعَلَىٰʿalāoverشَىْءٍshayinanythingمِّنminfromفَضْلِfaḍli(the) bounty / mercy and graceٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,وَأَنَّwa-annaand thatٱلْفَضْلَl-faḍlathe bounty / grace (is)بِيَدِbiyadi in (the) Hand (of)ٱللَّهِl-lahiGod;يُؤْتِيهِyu'tīhiHe gives itمَنmanwhomيَشَآءُyashāuHe wills.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)ذُوdhū Possessor ofٱلْفَضْلِl-faḍli[the] Bounty / Grace,ٱلْعَظِيمِl-ʿaẓīmithe Great / Infinite. ﴿٢٩﴾

Sura 57: Al-Hadeed (Iron) الحديد

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