Al-Hadid
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
All that is in the heavens and the
earth glorifieth Allah; and He is the Mighty, the Wise.
(1)
His is the Sovereignty of the heavens
and the earth; He quickeneth and He giveth death; and He
is Able to do all things. (2)
He is the First and the Last, and the
Outward and the Inward; and He is Knower of all things.
(3)
He it is Who created the heavens and
the earth in six Days; then He mounted the Throne. He
knoweth all that entereth the earth and all that
emergeth therefrom and all that cometh down from the sky
and all that ascendeth therein; and He is with you
wheresoever ye may be. And Allah is Seer of what ye do.
(4)
His is the Sovereignty of the heavens
and the earth, and unto Allah (all) things are brought
back. (5)
He causeth the night to pass into the
day, and He causeth the day to pass into the night, and
He is knower of all that is in the breasts. (6)
Believe in Allah and His messenger,
and spend of that whereof He hath made you trustees; and
such of you as believe and spend (aright), theirs will
be a great reward. (7)
What aileth you that ye believe not in
Allah, when the messenger calleth you to believe in your
Lord, and He hath already made a covenant with you, if
ye are believers? (8)
He it is Who sendeth down clear
revelations unto His slave, that He may bring you forth
from darkness unto light; and lo! for you, Allah is Full
of Pity, Merciful. (9)
And what aileth you that ye spend not
in the way of Allah when unto Allah belongeth the
inheritance of the heavens and the earth? Those who
spent and fought before the victory are not upon a level
(with the rest of you). Such are greater in rank than
those who spent and fought afterwards. Unto each hath
Allah promised good. And Allah is aware of what ye do.
(10)
Who is he that will lend unto Allah a
goodly loan, that He may double it for him and his may
be a rich reward? (11)
On the day when thou (Muhammad) wilt
see the believers, men and women, their light shining
forth before them and on their right hands, (and wilt
hear it said unto them): Glad news for you this day:
Gardens underneath which rivers flow, wherein ye are
immortal. That is the supreme triumph. (12)
On the day when the hypocritical men
and the hypocritical women will say unto those who
believe: Look on us that we may borrow from your light!
it will be said: Go back and seek for light! Then there
will separate them a wall wherein is a gate, the inner
side whereof containeth mercy, while the outer side
thereof is toward the doom. (13)
They will cry unto them (saying):
Were we not with you? They will say: verily; but ye
tempted one another, and hesitated, and doubted, and
vain desires beguiled you till the ordinance of Allah
came to pass; and the deceiver deceived you concerning
Allah; (14)
So this day no ransom can be taken
from you nor from those who disbelieved. Your home is
the Fire; that is your patron, and a hapless journey's
end. (15)
Is not the time ripe for the hearts
of those who believe to submit to Allah's reminder and
to the truth which is revealed, that they become not as
those who received the scripture of old but the term was
prolonged for them and so their hearts were hardened,
and many of them are evil-livers. (16)
Know that Allah quickeneth the earth
after its death. We have made clear Our revelations for
you, that haply ye may understand. (17)
Lo! those who give alms, both men and
women, and lend unto Allah a goodly loan, it will be
doubled for them, and theirs will be a rich reward. (18)
And those who believe in Allah and
His messengers, they are the loyal, and the martyrs are
with their Lord; they have their reward and their light;
while as for those who disbelieve and deny Our
revelations, they are owners of hell-fire. (19)
Know that the life of the world is
only play, and idle talk, and pageantry, and boasting
among you, and rivalry in respect of wealth and children;
as the likeness of vegetation after rain, whereof the
growth is pleasing to the husbandman, but afterward it
drieth up and thou seest it turning yellow, then it
becometh straw. And in the Hereafter there is grievous
punishment, and (also) forgiveness from Allah and His
good pleasure, whereas the life of the world is but
matter of illusion. (20)
Race one with another for forgiveness
from your Lord and a Garden whereof the breadth is as
the breadth of the heavens and the earth, which is in
store for those who believe in Allah and His messengers.
Such is the bounty of Allah, which He bestoweth upon
whom He will, and Allah is of Infinite Bounty. (21)
Naught of disaster befalleth in the
earth or in yourselves but it is in a Book before we
bring it into being - Lo! that is easy for Allah - (22)
That ye grieve not for the sake of
that which hath escaped you, nor yet exult because of
that which hath been given. Allah loveth not all
prideful boasters, (23)
Who hoard and who enjoin upon the
people avarice. And whosoever turneth away, still Allah
is the Absolute, the Owner of Praise. (24)
We verily sent Our messengers with
clear proofs, and revealed with them the Scripture and
the Balance, that mankind may observe right measure; and
He revealed iron, wherein is mighty power and (many)
uses for mankind, and that Allah may know him who
helpeth Him and His messengers, though unseen. Lo! Allah
is Strong, Almighty. (25)
And We verily sent Noah and Abraham
and placed the prophethood and the scripture among their
seed, and among them there is he who goeth right, but
many of them are evil-livers. (26)
Then We caused Our messengers to
follow in their footsteps; and We caused Jesus, son of
Mary, to follow, and gave him the Gospel, and placed
compassion and mercy in the hearts of those who followed
him. But monasticism they invented - We ordained it not
for them - only seeking Allah's pleasure, and they
observed it not with right observance. So We give those
of them who believe their reward, but many of them are
evil-livers. (27)
O ye who believe! Be mindful of your
duty to Allah and put faith in His messenger. He will
give you twofold of His mercy and will appoint for you a
light wherein ye shall walk, and will forgive you. Allah
is Forgiving, Merciful; (28)
That the People of the Scripture may
know that they control naught of the bounty of Allah,
but that the bounty is in Allah's hand to give to whom
He will. And Allah is of Infinite Bounty. (29)