The Iron - سورة الحديد

سَبَّحَ لِلَّهِ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۖ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ ( 1 )
Whatever is in the heavens and earth exalts Allah, and He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

لَهُ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۖ يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ ۖ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ( 2 )
His is the dominion of the heavens and earth. He gives life and causes death, and He is over all things competent.

هُوَ الْأَوَّلُ وَالْآخِرُ وَالظَّاهِرُ وَالْبَاطِنُ ۖ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ ( 3 )
He is the First and the Last, the Ascendant and the Intimate, and He is, of all things, Knowing.

هُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ
فِي سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ اسْتَوَىٰ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ ۚ يَعْلَمُ مَا
يَلِجُ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَمَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا وَمَا يَنزِلُ مِنَ
السَّمَاءِ وَمَا يَعْرُجُ فِيهَا ۖ وَهُوَ مَعَكُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ ۚ
وَاللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ ( 4 )
It is He who created the heavens and earth in six
days and then established Himself above the Throne. He knows what
penetrates into the earth and what emerges from it and what descends
from the heaven and what ascends therein; and He is with you wherever
you are. And Allah, of what you do, is Seeing.

لَّهُ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۚ وَإِلَى اللَّهِ تُرْجَعُ الْأُمُورُ ( 5 )
His is the dominion of the heavens and earth. And to Allah are returned [all] matters.

يُولِجُ اللَّيْلَ فِي النَّهَارِ وَيُولِجُ النَّهَارَ فِي اللَّيْلِ ۚ وَهُوَ عَلِيمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ ( 6 )
He causes the night to enter the day and causes the day to enter the night, and he is Knowing of that within the breasts.

آمِنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَأَنفِقُوا مِمَّا
جَعَلَكُم مُّسْتَخْلَفِينَ فِيهِ ۖ فَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنكُمْ
وَأَنفَقُوا لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ كَبِيرٌ ( 7 )
Believe in Allah and His Messenger and spend out
of that in which He has made you successors. For those who have believed
among you and spent, there will be a great reward.

وَمَا لَكُمْ لَا تُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ ۙ
وَالرَّسُولُ يَدْعُوكُمْ لِتُؤْمِنُوا بِرَبِّكُمْ وَقَدْ أَخَذَ
مِيثَاقَكُمْ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ( 8 )
And why do you not believe in Allah while the
Messenger invites you to believe in your Lord and He has taken your
covenant, if you should [truly] be believers?

هُوَ الَّذِي يُنَزِّلُ عَلَىٰ عَبْدِهِ آيَاتٍ
بَيِّنَاتٍ لِّيُخْرِجَكُم مِّنَ الظُّلُمَاتِ إِلَى النُّورِ ۚ وَإِنَّ
اللَّهَ بِكُمْ لَرَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ ( 9 )
It is He who sends down upon His Servant
[Muhammad] verses of clear evidence that He may bring you out from
darknesses into the light. And indeed, Allah is to you Kind and
Merciful.

وَمَا لَكُمْ أَلَّا تُنفِقُوا فِي سَبِيلِ
اللَّهِ وَلِلَّهِ مِيرَاثُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۚ لَا يَسْتَوِي
مِنكُم مَّنْ أَنفَقَ مِن قَبْلِ الْفَتْحِ وَقَاتَلَ ۚ أُولَٰئِكَ
أَعْظَمُ دَرَجَةً مِّنَ الَّذِينَ أَنفَقُوا مِن بَعْدُ وَقَاتَلُوا ۚ
وَكُلًّا وَعَدَ اللَّهُ الْحُسْنَىٰ ۚ وَاللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ
خَبِيرٌ ( 10 )
And why do you not spend in the cause of Allah
while to Allah belongs the heritage of the heavens and the earth? Not
equal among you are those who spent before the conquest [of Makkah] and
fought [and those who did so after it]. Those are greater in degree than
they who spent afterwards and fought. But to all Allah has promised the
best [reward]. And Allah, with what you do, is Acquainted.

مَّن ذَا الَّذِي يُقْرِضُ اللَّهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًا فَيُضَاعِفَهُ لَهُ وَلَهُ أَجْرٌ كَرِيمٌ ( 11 )
Who is it that would loan Allah a goodly loan so He will multiply it for him and he will have a noble reward?

يَوْمَ تَرَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ
يَسْعَىٰ نُورُهُم بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَبِأَيْمَانِهِم بُشْرَاكُمُ
الْيَوْمَ جَنَّاتٌ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا ۚ
ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ ( 12 )
On the Day you see the believing men and
believing women, their light proceeding before them and on their right,
[it will be said], "Your good tidings today are [of] gardens beneath
which rivers flow, wherein you will abide eternally." That is what is
the great attainment.

يَوْمَ يَقُولُ الْمُنَافِقُونَ وَالْمُنَافِقَاتُ
لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا انظُرُونَا نَقْتَبِسْ مِن نُّورِكُمْ قِيلَ ارْجِعُوا
وَرَاءَكُمْ فَالْتَمِسُوا نُورًا فَضُرِبَ بَيْنَهُم بِسُورٍ لَّهُ بَابٌ
بَاطِنُهُ فِيهِ الرَّحْمَةُ وَظَاهِرُهُ مِن قِبَلِهِ الْعَذَابُ ( 13 )
On the [same] Day the hypocrite men and hypocrite
women will say to those who believed, "Wait for us that we may acquire
some of your light." It will be said, "Go back behind you and seek
light." And a wall will be placed between them with a door, its interior
containing mercy, but on the outside of it is torment.

يُنَادُونَهُمْ أَلَمْ نَكُن مَّعَكُمْ ۖ قَالُوا
بَلَىٰ وَلَٰكِنَّكُمْ فَتَنتُمْ أَنفُسَكُمْ وَتَرَبَّصْتُمْ
وَارْتَبْتُمْ وَغَرَّتْكُمُ الْأَمَانِيُّ حَتَّىٰ جَاءَ أَمْرُ اللَّهِ
وَغَرَّكُم بِاللَّهِ الْغَرُورُ ( 14 )
The hypocrites will call to the believers, "Were
we not with you?" They will say, "Yes, but you afflicted yourselves and
awaited [misfortune for us] and doubted, and wishful thinking deluded
you until there came the command of Allah. And the Deceiver deceived you
concerning Allah.

فَالْيَوْمَ لَا يُؤْخَذُ مِنكُمْ فِدْيَةٌ وَلَا
مِنَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا ۚ مَأْوَاكُمُ النَّارُ ۖ هِيَ مَوْلَاكُمْ ۖ
وَبِئْسَ الْمَصِيرُ ( 15 )
So today no ransom will be taken from you or from
those who disbelieved. Your refuge is the Fire. It is most worthy of
you, and wretched is the destination.

أَلَمْ يَأْنِ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَن تَخْشَعَ
قُلُوبُهُمْ لِذِكْرِ اللَّهِ وَمَا نَزَلَ مِنَ الْحَقِّ وَلَا يَكُونُوا
كَالَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ مِن قَبْلُ فَطَالَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْأَمَدُ
فَقَسَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ ۖ وَكَثِيرٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَاسِقُونَ ( 16 )
Has the time not come for those who have believed
that their hearts should become humbly submissive at the remembrance of
Allah and what has come down of the truth? And let them not be like
those who were given the Scripture before, and a long period passed over
them, so their hearts hardened; and many of them are defiantly
disobedient.

اعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ يُحْيِي الْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا ۚ قَدْ بَيَّنَّا لَكُمُ الْآيَاتِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ ( 17 )
Know that Allah gives life to the earth after its
lifelessness. We have made clear to you the signs; perhaps you will
understand.

إِنَّ الْمُصَّدِّقِينَ وَالْمُصَّدِّقَاتِ وَأَقْرَضُوا اللَّهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًا يُضَاعَفُ لَهُمْ وَلَهُمْ أَجْرٌ كَرِيمٌ ( 18 )
Indeed, the men who practice charity and the
women who practice charity and [they who] have loaned Allah a goodly
loan - it will be multiplied for them, and they will have a noble
reward.

وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِ
أُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الصِّدِّيقُونَ ۖ وَالشُّهَدَاءُ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ لَهُمْ
أَجْرُهُمْ وَنُورُهُمْ ۖ وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَكَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا
أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْجَحِيمِ ( 19 )
And those who have believed in Allah and His
messengers - those are [in the ranks of] the supporters of truth and the
martyrs, with their Lord. For them is their reward and their light. But
those who have disbelieved and denied Our verses - those are the
companions of Hellfire.

اعْلَمُوا أَنَّمَا الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا لَعِبٌ
وَلَهْوٌ وَزِينَةٌ وَتَفَاخُرٌ بَيْنَكُمْ وَتَكَاثُرٌ فِي الْأَمْوَالِ
وَالْأَوْلَادِ ۖ كَمَثَلِ غَيْثٍ أَعْجَبَ الْكُفَّارَ نَبَاتُهُ ثُمَّ
يَهِيجُ فَتَرَاهُ مُصْفَرًّا ثُمَّ يَكُونُ حُطَامًا ۖ وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ
عَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ وَمَغْفِرَةٌ مِّنَ اللَّهِ وَرِضْوَانٌ ۚ وَمَا
الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا مَتَاعُ الْغُرُورِ ( 20 )
Know that the life of this world is but amusement
and diversion and adornment and boasting to one another and competition
in increase of wealth and children - like the example of a rain whose
[resulting] plant growth pleases the tillers; then it dries and you see
it turned yellow; then it becomes [scattered] debris. And in the
Hereafter is severe punishment and forgiveness from Allah and approval.
And what is the worldly life except the enjoyment of delusion.

سَابِقُوا إِلَىٰ مَغْفِرَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ
وَجَنَّةٍ عَرْضُهَا كَعَرْضِ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ أُعِدَّتْ لِلَّذِينَ
آمَنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ فَضْلُ اللَّهِ يُؤْتِيهِ مَن
يَشَاءُ ۚ وَاللَّهُ ذُو الْفَضْلِ الْعَظِيمِ ( 21 )
Race toward forgiveness from your Lord and a
Garden whose width is like the width of the heavens and earth, prepared
for those who believed in Allah and His messengers. That is the bounty
of Allah which He gives to whom He wills, and Allah is the possessor of
great bounty.

مَا أَصَابَ مِن مُّصِيبَةٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا
فِي أَنفُسِكُمْ إِلَّا فِي كِتَابٍ مِّن قَبْلِ أَن نَّبْرَأَهَا ۚ إِنَّ
ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى اللَّهِ يَسِيرٌ ( 22 )
No disaster strikes upon the earth or among
yourselves except that it is in a register before We bring it into being
- indeed that, for Allah, is easy -

لِّكَيْلَا تَأْسَوْا عَلَىٰ مَا فَاتَكُمْ وَلَا تَفْرَحُوا بِمَا آتَاكُمْ ۗ وَاللَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ مُخْتَالٍ فَخُورٍ ( 23 )
In order that you not despair over what has
eluded you and not exult [in pride] over what He has given you. And
Allah does not like everyone self-deluded and boastful -

الَّذِينَ يَبْخَلُونَ وَيَأْمُرُونَ النَّاسَ بِالْبُخْلِ ۗ وَمَن يَتَوَلَّ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْغَنِيُّ الْحَمِيدُ ( 24 )
[Those] who are stingy and enjoin upon people
stinginess. And whoever turns away - then indeed, Allah is the Free of
need, the Praiseworthy.

لَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلَنَا بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ
وَأَنزَلْنَا مَعَهُمُ الْكِتَابَ وَالْمِيزَانَ لِيَقُومَ النَّاسُ
بِالْقِسْطِ ۖ وَأَنزَلْنَا الْحَدِيدَ فِيهِ بَأْسٌ شَدِيدٌ وَمَنَافِعُ
لِلنَّاسِ وَلِيَعْلَمَ اللَّهُ مَن يَنصُرُهُ وَرُسُلَهُ بِالْغَيْبِ ۚ
إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَوِيٌّ عَزِيزٌ ( 25 )
We have already sent Our messengers with clear
evidences and sent down with them the Scripture and the balance that the
people may maintain [their affairs] in justice. And We sent down iron,
wherein is great military might and benefits for the people, and so that
Allah may make evident those who support Him and His messengers unseen.
Indeed, Allah is Powerful and Exalted in Might.

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا وَإِبْرَاهِيمَ
وَجَعَلْنَا فِي ذُرِّيَّتِهِمَا النُّبُوَّةَ وَالْكِتَابَ ۖ فَمِنْهُم
مُّهْتَدٍ ۖ وَكَثِيرٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَاسِقُونَ ( 26 )
And We have already sent Noah and Abraham and
placed in their descendants prophethood and scripture; and among them is
he who is guided, but many of them are defiantly disobedient.

ثُمَّ قَفَّيْنَا عَلَىٰ آثَارِهِم بِرُسُلِنَا
وَقَفَّيْنَا بِعِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ وَآتَيْنَاهُ الْإِنجِيلَ
وَجَعَلْنَا فِي قُلُوبِ الَّذِينَ اتَّبَعُوهُ رَأْفَةً وَرَحْمَةً
وَرَهْبَانِيَّةً ابْتَدَعُوهَا مَا كَتَبْنَاهَا عَلَيْهِمْ إِلَّا
ابْتِغَاءَ رِضْوَانِ اللَّهِ فَمَا رَعَوْهَا حَقَّ رِعَايَتِهَا ۖ
فَآتَيْنَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنْهُمْ أَجْرَهُمْ ۖ وَكَثِيرٌ مِّنْهُمْ
فَاسِقُونَ ( 27 )
Then We sent following their footsteps Our
messengers and followed [them] with Jesus, the son of Mary, and gave him
the Gospel. And We placed in the hearts of those who followed him
compassion and mercy and monasticism, which they innovated; We did not
prescribe it for them except [that they did so] seeking the approval of
Allah. But they did not observe it with due observance. So We gave the
ones who believed among them their reward, but many of them are
defiantly disobedient.

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ
وَآمِنُوا بِرَسُولِهِ يُؤْتِكُمْ كِفْلَيْنِ مِن رَّحْمَتِهِ وَيَجْعَل
لَّكُمْ نُورًا تَمْشُونَ بِهِ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ۚ وَاللَّهُ غَفُورٌ
رَّحِيمٌ ( 28 )
O you who have believed, fear Allah and believe
in His Messenger; He will [then] give you a double portion of His mercy
and make for you a light by which you will walk and forgive you; and
Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.

لِّئَلَّا يَعْلَمَ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ أَلَّا
يَقْدِرُونَ عَلَىٰ شَيْءٍ مِّن فَضْلِ اللَّهِ ۙ وَأَنَّ الْفَضْلَ بِيَدِ
اللَّهِ يُؤْتِيهِ مَن يَشَاءُ ۚ وَاللَّهُ ذُو الْفَضْلِ الْعَظِيمِ ( 29 )
[This is] so that the People of the Scripture may
know that they are not able [to obtain] anything from the bounty of
Allah and that [all] bounty is in the hand of Allah; He gives it to whom
He wills. And Allah is the possessor of great bounty.