Revealed in Madinah, Surah Al-Hadid (The Iron) outlines the relationship between belief, charity, and sacrifice, urging the believers to spend in the path of God. It highlights that God is the First and the Last, the Manifest and the Hidden, possessing absolute knowledge of everything. The chapter compares the light given to believers on the Day of Judgment to the darkness of the hypocrites, urging humanity to soften their hearts to the remembrance of God before they harden.
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Sabbaha lillahi ma fee alssamawati waalardi wahuwa alAAazeezu alhakeemu
Translation
Glorifying God is everything in the heavens and the earth. He is the Almighty, the Wise
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Lahu mulku alssamawati waalardi yuhyee wayumeetu wahuwa AAala kulli shayin qadeerun
Translation
To Him belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. He gives life and causes death, and He has power over all things
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Huwa alawwalu waalakhiru waalththahiru waalbatinu wahuwa bikulli shayin AAaleemun
Translation
He is the First and the Last, and the Outer and the Inner, and He has knowledge of all things
Synthesizes four foundational divine attributes: God is 'The First' (eternal without beginning), 'The Last' (everlasting without end), 'The Manifest' (evident through His magnificent creation), and 'The Hidden' (transcendent beyond physical sight and comprehension).
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Huwa allathee khalaqa alssamawati waalarda fee sittati ayyamin thumma istawa AAala alAAarshi yaAAlamu ma yaliju fee alardi wama yakhruju minha wama yanzilu mina alssamai wama yaAAruju feeha wahuwa maAAakum ayna ma kuntum waAllahu bima taAAmaloona baseerun
Translation
It is He who created the heavens and the earth in six days, then settled over the Throne. He knows what penetrates into the earth, and what comes out of it, and what descends from the sky, and what ascends to it. And He is with you wherever you may be. God is Seeing of everything you do
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Lahu mulku alssamawati waalardi waila Allahi turjaAAu alomooru
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To Him belongs the kingship of the heavens and the earth, and to God all matters are referred
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Yooliju allayla fee alnnahari wayooliju alnnahara fee allayi wahuwa AAaleemun bithati alssudoori
Translation
He merges the night into the day, and He merges the day into the night; and He knows what the hearts contains
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Aminoo biAllahi warasoolihi waanfiqoo mimma jaAAalakum mustakhlafeena feehi faallatheena amanoo minkum waanfaqoo lahum ajrun kabeerun
Translation
Believe in God and His Messenger, and spend from what He made you inherit. Those among you who believe and give will have a great reward
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Wama lakum la tuminoona biAllahi waalrrasoolu yadAAookum lituminoo birabbikum waqad akhatha meethaqakum in kuntum mumineena
Translation
What is the matter with you that you do not believe in God, when the Messenger calls you to believe in your Lord, and He has received a pledge from you, if you are believers
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Huwa allathee yunazzilu AAala AAabdihi ayatin bayyinatin liyukhrijakum mina alththulumati ila alnnoori wainna Allaha bikum laraoofun raheemun
Translation
It is He who sends down upon His servant clear revelations, to bring you out of darkness into the light. God is Gentle towards you, Most Compassionate
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Wama lakum alla tunfiqoo fee sabeeli Allahi walillahi meerathu alssamawati waalardi la yastawee minkum man anfaqa min qabli alfathi waqatala olaika aAAthamu darajatan mina allatheena anfaqoo min baAAdu waqataloo wakullan waAAada Allahu alhusna waAllahu bima taAAmaloona khabeerun
Translation
And why is it that you do not spend in the cause of God, when to God belongs the inheritance of the heavens and the earth? Not equal among you are those who contributed before the conquest, and fought. Those are higher in rank than those who contributed afterwards, and fought. But God promises both a good reward. God is Well Experienced in what you do
Establishes historical tiers of spiritual merit: honors those early companions who sacrificed their wealth and risked their lives during the vulnerable Meccan and early Medinan persecution years before the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah/Conquest of Mecca, ranking them above those who contributed only after Islam became victorious and secure.
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Man tha allathee yuqridu Allaha qardan hasanan fayudaAAifahu lahu walahu ajrun kareemun
Translation
Who is he who will lend God a loan of goodness, that He may double it for him, and will have a generous reward
God poetically frames spending on the poor as granting a 'goodly loan' (Qardan Hasana) to God Himself. Upon hearing this verse, the companion Abu ad-Dahdah took the Prophet's hand and joyfully donated his entire luxury orchard of six hundred fruit-bearing date palms as an endowment for the destitute.
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Yawma tara almumineena waalmuminati yasAAa nooruhum bayna aydeehim wabiaymanihim bushrakumu alyawma jannatun tajree min tahtiha alanharu khalideena feeha thalika huwa alfawzu alAAatheemu
Translation
On the Day when you see the believing men and believing women—their light radiating ahead of them, and to their right: “Good news for you today: gardens beneath which rivers flow, dwelling therein forever. That is the great triumph.”
Describes the crossing of the Bridge over Hellfire (As-Sirat): sincere believers are endowed with radiant spiritual light emanating from their chests and right hands illuminating their steps, while hypocrites are left stranded in pitch-black darkness, begging for a ray of light.
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Yawma yaqoolu almunafiqoona waalmunafiqatu lillatheena amanoo onthuroona naqtabis min noorikum qeela irjiAAoo waraakum failtamisoo nooran faduriba baynahum bisoorin lahu babun batinuhu feehi alrrahmatu wathahiruhu min qibalihi alAAathabu
Translation
On the Day when the hypocritical men and hypocritical women will say to those who believed, “Wait for us; let us absorb some of your light.” It will be said, “Go back behind you, and seek light.” A wall will be raised between them, in which is a door; within it is mercy, and outside it is agony
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Yunadoonahum alam nakun maAAakum qaloo bala walakinnakum fatantum anfusakum watarabbastum wairtabtum wagharratkumu alamaniyyu hatta jaa amru Allahi wagharrakum biAllahi algharooru
Translation
They will call to them, “Were we not with you?” They will say, “Yes, but you cheated your souls, and waited, and doubted, and became deluded by wishful thinking, until the command of God arrived; and arrogance deceived you regarding God.”
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Faalyawma la yukhathu minkum fidyatun wala mina allatheena kafaroo mawakumu alnnaru hiya mawlakum wabisa almaseeru
Translation
“Therefore, today no ransom will be accepted from you, nor from those who disbelieved. The Fire is your refuge. It is your companion—what an evil fate!”
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Alam yani lillatheena amanoo an takhshaAAa quloobuhum lithikri Allahi wama nazala mina alhaqqi wala yakoonoo kaallatheena ootoo alkitaba min qablu fatala AAalayhimu alamadu faqasat quloobuhum wakatheerun minhum fasiqoona
Translation
Is it not time for those who believe to surrender their hearts to the remembrance of God, and to the truth that has come down, and not be like those who were given the Book previously, but time became prolonged for them, so their hearts hardened, and many of them are sinners
A gentle divine awakening for believers: revealed when the companions, having achieved peace and stability in Medina, began to show subtle signs of spiritual complacency. God urged them to soften their hearts in humble mindfulness before spiritual apathy hardened their hearts like previous nations.
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IAAlamoo anna Allaha yuhyee alarda baAAda mawtiha qad bayyanna lakumu alayati laAAallakum taAAqiloona
Translation
Know that God revives the earth after its death. We thus explain the revelations for you, so that you may understand
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Inna almussaddiqeena waalmussaddiqati waaqradoo Allaha qardan hasanan yudaAAafu lahum walahum ajrun kareemun
Translation
The charitable men and charitable women, who have loaned God a loan of righteousness—it will be multiplied for them, and for them is a generous reward
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Waallatheena amanoo biAllahi warusulihi olaika humu alssiddeeqoona waalshshuhadao AAinda rabbihim lahum ajruhum wanooruhum waallatheena kafaroo wakaththaboo biayatina olaika ashabu aljaheemi
Translation
Those who believe in God and His messengers—these are the sincere and the witnesses with their Lord; they will have their reward and their light. But as for those who disbelieve and deny Our revelations—these are the inmates of the Blaze
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IAAlamoo annama alhayatu alddunya laAAibun walahwun wazeenatun watafakhurun baynakum watakathurun fee alamwali waalawladi kamathali ghaythin aAAjaba alkuffara nabatuhu thumma yaheeju fatarahu musfarran thumma yakoonu hutaman wafee alakhirati AAathabun shadeedun wamaghfiratun mina Allahi waridwanun wama alhayatu alddunya illa mataAAu alghuroori
Translation
Know that the worldly life is only play, and distraction, and glitter, and boasting among you, and rivalry in wealth and children. It is like a rainfall that produces plants, and delights the disbelievers. But then it withers, and you see it yellowing, and then it becomes debris. While in the Hereafter there is severe agony, and forgiveness from God, and acceptance. The life of this world is nothing but enjoyment of vanity
A poignant psychological assessment of worldly attachment: compares life to an ephemeral cycle—amusement, superficial beauty, social status competition, and accumulation of wealth—analogous to desert vegetation that blooms green after rain, only to turn yellow and crumble into brittle chaff.
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Sabiqoo ila maghfiratin min rabbikum wajannatin AAarduha kaAAardi alssamai waalardi oAAiddat lillatheena amanoo biAllahi warusulihi thalika fadlu Allahi yuteehi man yashao waAllahu thoo alfadli alAAatheemi
Translation
Race towards forgiveness from your Lord; and a Garden as vast as the heavens and the earth, prepared for those who believe in God and His messengers. That is the grace of God; He bestows it on whomever He wills. God is the Possessor of Immense Grace
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Ma asaba min museebatin fee alardi wala fee anfusikum illa fee kitabin min qabli an nabraaha inna thalika AAala Allahi yaseerun
Translation
No calamity occurs on earth, or in your souls, but it is in a Book, even before We make it happen. That is easy for God
A timeless therapeutic remedy for grief and anxiety: confirms that every hardship, loss, or blessing was recorded in the divine decree before the creation of the cosmos, freeing believers from agonizing over what slipped away and preventing them from becoming arrogant when succeeding.
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Likayla tasaw AAala ma fatakum wala tafrahoo bima atakum waAllahu la yuhibbu kulla mukhtalin fakhoorin
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That you may not sorrow over what eludes you, nor exult over what He has given you. God does not love the proud snob
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Allatheena yabkhaloona wayamuroona alnnasa bialbukhli waman yatawalla fainna Allaha huwa alghaniyyu alhameedu
Translation
Those who are stingy, and induce people to be stingy. Whoever turns away—God is the Independent, the Praiseworthy
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Laqad arsalna rusulana bialbayyinati waanzalna maAAahumu alkitaba waalmeezana liyaqooma alnnasu bialqisti waanzalna alhadeeda feehi basun shadeedun wamanafiAAu lilnnasi waliyaAAlama Allahu man yansuruhu warusulahu bialghaybi inna Allaha qawiyyun AAazeezun
Translation
We sent Our messengers with the clear proofs, and We sent down with them the Book and the Balance, that humanity may uphold justice. And We sent down iron, in which is violent force, and benefits for humanity. That God may know who supports Him and His messengers invisibly. God is Strong and Powerful
Notice the extraordinary phrasing: 'And We sent down iron' ('Wa-anzalna al-Hadid'). Modern astrophysics confirms that iron atoms cannot be generated within our solar system; iron requires the extreme thermonuclear heat of catastrophic supernova explosions outside our solar system, which subsequently seeded the forming Earth with iron-rich meteorites—literally 'sent down' from deep space.
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Walaqad arsalna noohan waibraheema wajaAAalna fee thurriyyatihima alnnubuwwata waalkitaba faminhum muhtadin wakatheerun minhum fasiqoona
Translation
We sent Noah and Abraham, and established in their line Prophethood and the Scripture. Some of them are guided, but many of them are sinners
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Thumma qaffayna AAala atharihim birusulina waqaffayna biAAeesa ibni maryama waataynahu alinjeela wajaAAalna fee quloobi allatheena ittabaAAoohu rafatan warahmatan warahbaniyyatan ibtadaAAooha ma katabnaha AAalayhim illa ibtighaa ridwani Allahi fama raAAawha haqqa riAAayatiha faatayna allatheena amanoo minhum ajrahum wakatheerun minhum fasiqoona
Translation
Then We sent in their wake Our messengers, and followed up with Jesus son of Mary, and We gave him the Gospel, and instilled in the hearts of those who followed him compassion and mercy. But as for the monasticism which they invented—We did not ordain it for them—only to seek God’s approval. But they did not observe it with its due observance. So We gave those of them who believed their reward, but many of them are sinful
Clarifies Christian monasticism ('Rahbaniyyah'): affirms that total celibacy and withdrawal into remote monasteries was a human ascetic innovation devised by well-meaning followers seeking piety, rather than a divinely commanded obligation, noting that many struggled to maintain its unnatural demands.
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Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoo ittaqoo Allaha waaminoo birasoolihi yutikum kiflayni min rahmatihi wayajAAal lakum nooran tamshoona bihi wayaghfir lakum waAllahu ghafoorun raheemun
Translation
O you who believe! Fear God, and believe in His Messenger: He will give you a double portion of His mercy, and will give you a light by which you walk, and will forgive you. God is Forgiving and Merciful
Transliteration
Lialla yaAAlama ahlu alkitabi alla yaqdiroona AAala shayin min fadli Allahi waanna alfadla biyadi Allahi yuteehi man yashao waAllahu thoo alfadli alAAatheemi
Translation
That the People of the Book may know that they have no power whatsoever over God’s grace, and that all grace is in God’s hand; He gives it to whomever He wills. God is Possessor of Great Grace