Sourate Al-Hadid (57) with hamza shown

In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. All that is in the heavens and the earth glorifies God.i 1

بسم ٱلله ٱلرحمن ٱلرحيم سبح لله ما في ٱلسموت وٱلأرض

And He is the All-Powerful, the Wise.i 1

وهو ٱلعزيز ٱلحكيم

To Him belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth; He gives life and gives death. 2

له ملك ٱلسموت وٱلأرض يحي ويميت

And He is capable of all things. 2

وهو على كل شىء قدير

He is the First and the Last, the Manifest and the Hidden. 3

هو ٱلأول وٱلءاخر وٱلظهر وٱلباطن

And He is fully aware of all things. 3

وهو بكل شىء عليم

It is He who created the heavens and the earth in six days, then established Himself upon the Edifice.i 4

هو ٱلذي خلق ٱلسموت وٱلأرض في ستة أيام ثم ٱستوى على ٱلعرش

He knows what penetrates into the earth and what comes out of it, what descends from the sky and what ascends into it. 4

يعلم ما يلج في ٱلأرض وما يخرج منها وما ينزل من ٱلسمآء وما يعرج فيها

And He is with you wherever you are. 4

وهو معكم أين ما كنتم

And God sees fully what you do. 4

وٱلله بما تعملون بصير

To Him belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. 5

له ملك ٱلسموت وٱلأرض

And to God all matters return. 5

وإلى ٱلله ترجع ٱلأمور

He causes the night to enter into the day and causes the day to enter into the night. 6

يولج ٱليل في ٱلنهار ويولج ٱلنهار في ٱليل

And He is fully aware of what is in the breasts. 6

وهو عليم بذات ٱلصدور

Believe in God and His messenger, and spend from that which He has made you trustees of. 7

ءامنوا بٱلله ورسوله وأنفقوا مما جعلكم مستخلفين فيه

Those among you who believe and spend will have a great reward. 7

فٱلذين ءامنوا منكم وأنفقوا لهم أجر كبير

What is [the matter] with you that you do not believe in God, while the messenger invites you to believe in your Guardian, and He has already taken your covenant, if you are believers? 8

وما لكم لا تؤمنون بٱلله وٱلرسول يدعوكم لتؤمنوا بربكم وقد أخذ ميثقكم إن كنتم مؤمنين

It is He who sends down upon His obedient one clear signs, to bring you out of the darknesses into the light. 9

هو ٱلذي ينزل على عبده ءايت بينت ليخرجكم من ٱلظلمت إلى ٱلنور

And indeed, God is to you full of kindness and benevolence. 9

وإن ٱلله بكم لرءوف رحيم

And what is [the matter] with you that you do not spend in the way of God, while to God belongs the inheritance of the heavens and the earth? 10

وما لكم ألا تنفقوا في سبيل ٱلله ولله ميرث ٱلسموت وٱلأرض

Not equal among you are those who spent and fought before the conquest [and those who did so later]. 10

لا يستوي منكم من أنفق من قبل ٱلفتح وقتل

...and [those who did so] afterward. Those are greater in degree than those who spent and fought afterward. 10

أولئك أعظم درجة من ٱلذين أنفقوا من بعد وقتلوا

But to all, God has promised the best [reward]. 10

وكلا وعد ٱلله ٱلحسنى

And God is fully informed of what you do. 10

وٱلله بما تعملون خبير

Who is it that will lend God a goodly loan, so He will multiply it for him, and he will have a generous reward? 11

من ذا ٱلذي يقرض ٱلله قرضا حسنا فيضعفه له وله أجر كريم

The Day you will see the believing men and believing women, their light running before them and on their right. 12

يوم ترى ٱلمؤمنين وٱلمؤمنت يسعى نورهم بين أيديهم وبأيمنهم

Your good tidings today: gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein you will abide eternally. 12

بشرىكم ٱليوم جنت تجري من تحتها ٱلأنهر خلدين فيها

That is the great triumph. 12

ذلك هو ٱلفوز ٱلعظيم

The Day the hypocrite men and hypocrite women will say to those who believed: "Wait for us that we may borrow from your light." It will be said: "Go back behind you and seek a light." 13

يوم يقول ٱلمنفقون وٱلمنفقت للذين ءامنوا ٱنظرونا نقتبس من نوركم قيل ٱرجعوا ورآءكم فٱلتمسوا نورا

Then a wall will be erected between them, having a gate, its interior containing benevolence, and its exterior, before it, containing punishment.i 13

فضرب بينهم بسور له باب باطنه فيه ٱلرحمة وظهره من قبله ٱلعذاب

They will call to them: "Were we not with you?" 14

ينادونهم ألم نكن معكم

They will say: "Yes, but you tempted yourselves, and awaited, and doubted, and false hopes deceived you until the command of God came, and the deceiver deceived you concerning God." 14

قالوا بلى ولكنكم فتنتم أنفسكم وتربصتم وٱرتبتم وغرتكم ٱلأماني حتى جآء أمر ٱلله وغركم بٱلله ٱلغرور

So today no ransom will be taken from you, nor from those who denied. Your refuge is the Fire; it is your master. 15

فٱليوم لا يؤخذ منكم فدية ولا من ٱلذين كفروا مأوىكم ٱلنار هي مولىكم

And what a wretched destination. 15

وبئس ٱلمصير

Has the time not come for those who believe that their cores should be humbled at the remembrance of God and what has descended of truth? 16

ألم يأن للذين ءامنوا أن تخشع قلوبهم لذكر ٱلله وما نزل من ٱلحق

And let them not be like those who were given the Scripture before, and time grew long for them, so their cores hardened.i 16

ولا يكونوا كٱلذين أوتوا ٱلكتب من قبل فطال عليهم ٱلأمد فقست قلوبهم

And many of them are the oversteppers. 16

وكثير منهم فسقون

Know that God gives life to the earth after its death. 17

ٱعلموا أن ٱلله يحي ٱلأرض بعد موتها

We have certainly made clear to you the signs, that you might reason. 17

قد بينا لكم ٱلءايت لعلكم تعقلون

Indeed, the men and women who give sincerely, and who lend God a goodly loan — it will be multiplied for them, and they will have a generous reward. 18

إن ٱلمصدقين وٱلمصدقت وأقرضوا ٱلله قرضا حسنا يضعف لهم ولهم أجر كريم

And those who believe in God and His messengers — those are the truthful ones. 19

وٱلذين ءامنوا بٱلله ورسله أولئك هم ٱلصديقون

And the witnesses, with their Guardian. 19

وٱلشهدآء عند ربهم

They will have their reward and their light. 19

لهم أجرهم ونورهم

And those who denied and denied Our signs — those are the companions of the Blaze.i 19

وٱلذين كفروا وكذبوا بايتنآ أولئك أصحب ٱلجحيم

Know that the present life is but play, diversion, adornment, mutual boasting among you, and competition in wealth and children — like the example of a rain whose vegetation delights the sowers, then it dries up, and you see it turn yellow, then it becomes debris.i 20

ٱعلموا أنما ٱلحيوة ٱلدنيا لعب ولهو وزينة وتفاخر بينكم وتكاثر في ٱلأمول وٱلأولد كمثل غيث أعجب ٱلكفار نباته ثم يهيج فترىه مصفرا ثم يكون حطما

And in the Hereafter: severe punishment, or forgiveness from God and approval. 20

وفي ٱلءاخرة عذاب شديد ومغفرة من ٱلله ورضون

And the present life is nothing but the enjoyment of delusion. 20

وما ٱلحيوة ٱلدنيآ إلا متع ٱلغرور

Race toward forgiveness from your Guardian and a garden whose width is like the width of the heaven and the earth, prepared for those who believe in God and His messengers. 21

سابقوا إلى مغفرة من ربكم وجنة عرضها كعرض ٱلسمآء وٱلأرض أعدت للذين ءامنوا بٱلله ورسله

That is the favor of God, which He gives to whom He wills. 21

ذلك فضل ٱلله يؤتيه من يشآء

And God is the possessor of great favor. 21

وٱلله ذو ٱلفضل ٱلعظيم

No calamity strikes the earth or yourselves except that it is in a register before We bring it into being.i 22

مآ أصاب من مصيبة في ٱلأرض ولا في أنفسكم إلا في كتب من قبل أن نبرأهآ

Indeed, that is easy for God — so that you do not grieve for what has escaped you, nor exult [excessively] over what He has given you. 23

إن ذلك على ٱلله يسير لكيلا تأسوا على ما فاتكم ولا تفرحوا بمآ ءاتىكم

And God does not love every self-important boaster. 23

وٱلله لا يحب كل مختال فخور

Those who are stingy and enjoin stinginess upon people. 24

ٱلذين يبخلون ويأمرون ٱلناس بٱلبخل

And whoever turns away — then indeed, God is the Free of need, the Praiseworthy. 24

ومن يتول فإن ٱلله هو ٱلغني ٱلحميد

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We have certainly sent Our messengers with clear proofs and sent down with them the Scripture and the balance that people may maintain justice.i 25

لقد أرسلنا رسلنا بٱلبينت وأنزلنا معهم ٱلكتب وٱلميزان ليقوم ٱلناس بٱلقسط

And We sent down iron, in which is great strength and benefits for the people. 25

وأنزلنا ٱلحديد فيه بأس شديد ومنفع للناس

And so that God may distinguish who supports Him and His messengers, without having seen Them.i 25

وليعلم ٱلله من ينصره ورسله بٱلغيب

Indeed, God is Strong and All-Powerful.i 25

إن ٱلله قوي عزيز

And We certainly sent Nuh and Ibrahim and placed in their descendants prophecy and the Scripture.i 26

ولقد أرسلنا نوحا وإبرهيم وجعلنا في ذريتهما ٱلنبوة وٱلكتب

Some of them were guided... 26

فمنهم مهتد

...and many of them are the oversteppers. 26

وكثير منهم فسقون

Then We caused Our messengers to follow in their footsteps, and We caused Issa son of Maryam to follow, and We gave him the Injil.i 27

ثم قفينا على ءاثرهم برسلنا وقفينا بعيسى ٱبن مريم وءاتينه ٱلإنجيل

And We placed in the cores of those who followed him compassion and benevolence, and monasticism, which they invented — We did not prescribe it for them — except in seeking the pleasure of God. 27

وجعلنا في قلوب ٱلذين ٱتبعوه رأفة ورحمة ورهبانية ٱبتدعوها ما كتبنها عليهم إلا ٱبتغآء رضون ٱلله

But they did not observe it as it should have been observed. 27

فما رعوها حق رعايتها

So We gave those among them who believed their reward. 27

فاتينا ٱلذين ءامنوا منهم أجرهم

And many of them are the oversteppers. 27

وكثير منهم فسقون

O you who believe, be mindful of God and believe in His messenger; He will give you a double portion of His benevolence and make for you a light by which you will walk, and He will forgive you. 28

يأيها ٱلذين ءامنوا ٱتقوا ٱلله وءامنوا برسوله يؤتكم كفلين من رحمته ويجعل لكم نورا تمشون به ويغفر لكم

And God is Forgiving, benevolent — so that the People of the Scripture may know that they have no power over anything of the favor of God, and that [all] favor is in the hand of God, which He gives to whom He wills.i 29

وٱلله غفور رحيم لئلا يعلم أهل ٱلكتب ألا يقدرون على شىء من فضل ٱلله وأن ٱلفضل بيد ٱلله يؤتيه من يشآء

And God is the possessor of great favor. 29

وٱلله ذو ٱلفضل ٱلعظيم