The Iron · Madani · 29 Ayahs
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
سَبَّحَ Glorifies لِلَّهِ [to] Allah مَا whatever فِى (is) in ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ the heavens وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ and the earth وَهُوَ and He ٱلْعَزِيزُ (is) the All-Mighty ٱلْحَكِيمُ the All-Wise ١
Whatever is in the heavens and earth exalts Allāh, and He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.
— Come To Light
لَهُۥ For Him مُلْكُ (is the) dominion ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ (of) the heavens وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ and the earth يُحْىِۦ He gives life وَيُمِيتُ ۖ and causes death وَهُوَ and He عَلَىٰ (is) over كُلِّ all شَىْءٍۢ things قَدِيرٌ All-Powerful ٢
His is the dominion of the heavens and earth. He gives life and causes death, and He is over all things competent.
— Come To Light
هُوَ He ٱلْأَوَّلُ (is) the First وَٱلْـَٔاخِرُ and the Last وَٱلظَّـٰهِرُ and the Apparent وَٱلْبَاطِنُ ۖ and the Unapparent وَهُوَ and He بِكُلِّ (is) of every شَىْءٍ thing عَلِيمٌ All-Knower ٣
He is the First and the Last, the Ascendant and the Intimate, and He is, of all things, Knowing.
— Come To Light
هُوَ He ٱلَّذِى (is) the One Who خَلَقَ created ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ the heavens وَٱلْأَرْضَ and the earth فِى in سِتَّةِ six أَيَّامٍۢ periods ثُمَّ then ٱسْتَوَىٰ He rose عَلَى over ٱلْعَرْشِ ۚ the Throne يَعْلَمُ He knows مَا what يَلِجُ penetrates فِى in(to) ٱلْأَرْضِ the earth وَمَا and what يَخْرُجُ comes forth مِنْهَا from it وَمَا and what يَنزِلُ descends مِنَ from ٱلسَّمَآءِ the heaven وَمَا and what يَعْرُجُ ascends فِيهَا ۖ therein وَهُوَ and He مَعَكُمْ (is) with you أَيْنَ wherever مَا wherever كُنتُمْ ۚ you are وَٱللَّهُ And Allah بِمَا of what تَعْمَلُونَ you do بَصِيرٌۭ (is) All-seer ٤
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 Allāh, of what you do, is Seeing.
— Come To Light
لَّهُۥ For Him مُلْكُ (is the) dominion ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ (of) the heavens وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ and the earth وَإِلَى and to ٱللَّهِ Allah تُرْجَعُ will be returned ٱلْأُمُورُ the matters ٥
His is the dominion of the heavens and earth. And to Allāh are returned [all] matters.
— Come To Light
يُولِجُ He merges ٱلَّيْلَ the night فِى into ٱلنَّهَارِ the day وَيُولِجُ and He merges ٱلنَّهَارَ the day فِى into ٱلَّيْلِ ۚ the night وَهُوَ and He عَلِيمٌۢ (is) All-Knower بِذَاتِ of what is in the breasts ٱلصُّدُورِ of what is in the breasts ٦
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.
— Come To Light
ءَامِنُوا۟ Believe بِٱللَّهِ in Allah وَرَسُولِهِۦ and His Messenger وَأَنفِقُوا۟ and spend مِمَّا of what جَعَلَكُم He has made you مُّسْتَخْلَفِينَ trustees فِيهِ ۖ therein فَٱلَّذِينَ And those ءَامَنُوا۟ who believe مِنكُمْ among you وَأَنفَقُوا۟ and spend لَهُمْ for them أَجْرٌۭ (is) a reward كَبِيرٌۭ great ٧
Believe in Allāh and His Messenger and spend out of that in which He has made you successive inheritors. For those who have believed among you and spent, there will be a great reward.
— Come To Light
وَمَا And what لَكُمْ (is) for you لَا (that) not تُؤْمِنُونَ you believe بِٱللَّهِ ۙ in Allah وَٱلرَّسُولُ while the Messenger يَدْعُوكُمْ calls you لِتُؤْمِنُوا۟ that you believe بِرَبِّكُمْ in your Lord وَقَدْ and indeed أَخَذَ He has taken مِيثَـٰقَكُمْ your covenant إِن if كُنتُم you are مُّؤْمِنِينَ believers ٨
And why do you not believe in Allāh while the Messenger invites you to believe in your Lord and He has taken your covenant, if you should [truly] be believers?
— Come To Light
هُوَ He ٱلَّذِى (is) the One Who يُنَزِّلُ sends down عَلَىٰ upon عَبْدِهِۦٓ His slave ءَايَـٰتٍۭ Verses بَيِّنَـٰتٍۢ clear لِّيُخْرِجَكُم that He may bring you out مِّنَ from ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتِ the darkness[es] إِلَى into ٱلنُّورِ ۚ the light وَإِنَّ And indeed ٱللَّهَ Allah بِكُمْ to you لَرَءُوفٌۭ (is the) Most Kind رَّحِيمٌۭ (the) Most Merciful ٩
It is He who sends down upon His Servant [Muḥammad (ﷺ)] verses of clear evidence that He may bring you out from darknesses into the light. And indeed, Allāh is to you Kind and Merciful.
— Come To Light
وَمَا And what لَكُمْ (is) for you أَلَّا that not تُنفِقُوا۟ you spend فِى in سَبِيلِ (the) way ٱللَّهِ (of) Allah وَلِلَّهِ while for Allah مِيرَٰثُ (is the) heritage ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ (of) the heavens وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ and the earth لَا Not يَسْتَوِى are equal مِنكُم among you مَّنْ (those) who أَنفَقَ spent مِن before قَبْلِ before ٱلْفَتْحِ the victory وَقَـٰتَلَ ۚ and fought أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ Those أَعْظَمُ (are) greater دَرَجَةًۭ (in) degree مِّنَ than ٱلَّذِينَ those who أَنفَقُوا۟ spent مِنۢ afterwards بَعْدُ afterwards وَقَـٰتَلُوا۟ ۚ and fought وَكُلًّۭا But to all وَعَدَ Allah has promised ٱللَّهُ Allah has promised ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ۚ the best وَٱللَّهُ And Allah بِمَا of what تَعْمَلُونَ you do خَبِيرٌۭ (is) All-Aware ١٠
And why do you not spend in the cause of Allāh while to Allāh 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 Allāh has promised the best [reward]. And Allāh, of what you do, is Aware.
— Come To Light
مَّن Who (is) ذَا the one who ٱلَّذِى the one who يُقْرِضُ will loan ٱللَّهَ (to) Allah قَرْضًا a loan حَسَنًۭا goodly فَيُضَـٰعِفَهُۥ so He will multiply it لَهُۥ for him وَلَهُۥٓ and for him أَجْرٌۭ (is) a reward كَرِيمٌۭ noble ١١
Who is it that would loan Allāh a goodly loan so He will multiply it for him and he will have a noble reward?
— Come To Light
يَوْمَ (On the) Day تَرَى you will see ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ the believing men وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ and the believing women يَسْعَىٰ running نُورُهُم their light بَيْنَ before them أَيْدِيهِمْ before them وَبِأَيْمَـٰنِهِم and on their right بُشْرَىٰكُمُ Glad tidings for you ٱلْيَوْمَ this Day جَنَّـٰتٌۭ gardens تَجْرِى flowing مِن from تَحْتِهَا underneath it ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ the rivers خَـٰلِدِينَ abiding forever فِيهَا ۚ therein ذَٰلِكَ That هُوَ [it] (is) ٱلْفَوْزُ the success ٱلْعَظِيمُ the great ١٢
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.
— Come To Light
يَوْمَ (On the) Day يَقُولُ will say ٱلْمُنَـٰفِقُونَ the hypocrite men وَٱلْمُنَـٰفِقَـٰتُ and the hypocrite women لِلَّذِينَ to those who ءَامَنُوا۟ believed ٱنظُرُونَا Wait for us نَقْتَبِسْ we may acquire مِن of نُّورِكُمْ your light قِيلَ It will be said ٱرْجِعُوا۟ Go back وَرَآءَكُمْ behind you فَٱلْتَمِسُوا۟ and seek نُورًۭا light فَضُرِبَ Then will be put up بَيْنَهُم between them بِسُورٍۢ a wall لَّهُۥ for it بَابٌۢ a gate بَاطِنُهُۥ its interior فِيهِ in it ٱلرَّحْمَةُ (is) mercy وَظَـٰهِرُهُۥ but its exterior مِن facing towards [it] قِبَلِهِ facing towards [it] ٱلْعَذَابُ the punishment ١٣
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.
— Come To Light
يُنَادُونَهُمْ They will call them أَلَمْ Were not نَكُن we مَّعَكُمْ ۖ with you قَالُوا۟ They will say بَلَىٰ Yes وَلَـٰكِنَّكُمْ but you فَتَنتُمْ led to temptation أَنفُسَكُمْ yourselves وَتَرَبَّصْتُمْ and you awaited وَٱرْتَبْتُمْ and you doubted وَغَرَّتْكُمُ and deceived you ٱلْأَمَانِىُّ the wishful thinking حَتَّىٰ until جَآءَ came أَمْرُ (the) Command ٱللَّهِ (of) Allah وَغَرَّكُم And deceived you بِٱللَّهِ about Allah ٱلْغَرُورُ the deceiver ١٤
They [i.e., the hypocrites] will call to them [i.e., 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 Allāh. And the Deceiver [i.e., Satan] deceived you concerning Allāh.
— Come To Light
فَٱلْيَوْمَ So today لَا not يُؤْخَذُ will be accepted مِنكُمْ from you فِدْيَةٌۭ any ransom وَلَا and not مِنَ from ٱلَّذِينَ those who كَفَرُوا۟ ۚ disbelieved مَأْوَىٰكُمُ Your abode ٱلنَّارُ ۖ (is) the Fire هِىَ it (is) مَوْلَىٰكُمْ ۖ your protector وَبِئْسَ and wretched is ٱلْمَصِيرُ the destination ١٥
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."
— Come To Light
۞ أَلَمْ Has not يَأْنِ come (the) time لِلَّذِينَ for those who ءَامَنُوٓا۟ believed أَن that تَخْشَعَ become humble قُلُوبُهُمْ their hearts لِذِكْرِ at (the) remembrance (of) Allah ٱللَّهِ at (the) remembrance (of) Allah وَمَا and what نَزَلَ has come down مِنَ of ٱلْحَقِّ the truth وَلَا And not يَكُونُوا۟ they become كَٱلَّذِينَ like those who أُوتُوا۟ were given ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ the Book مِن before قَبْلُ before فَطَالَ (and) was prolonged عَلَيْهِمُ for them ٱلْأَمَدُ the term فَقَسَتْ so hardened قُلُوبُهُمْ ۖ their hearts وَكَثِيرٌۭ and many مِّنْهُمْ of them فَـٰسِقُونَ (are) defiantly disobedient ١٦
Has the time not come for those who have believed that their hearts should become humbly submissive at the remembrance of Allāh 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.
— Come To Light
ٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ Know أَنَّ that ٱللَّهَ Allah يُحْىِ gives life ٱلْأَرْضَ (to) the earth بَعْدَ after مَوْتِهَا ۚ its death قَدْ Indeed بَيَّنَّا We have made clear لَكُمُ to you ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ the Signs لَعَلَّكُمْ so that you may تَعْقِلُونَ understand ١٧
Know that Allāh gives life to the earth after its lifelessness. We have made clear to you the signs; perhaps you will understand.
— Come To Light
إِنَّ Indeed ٱلْمُصَّدِّقِينَ the men who give charity وَٱلْمُصَّدِّقَـٰتِ and the women who give charity وَأَقْرَضُوا۟ and who lend ٱللَّهَ (to) Allah قَرْضًا a loan حَسَنًۭا goodly يُضَـٰعَفُ it will be multiplied لَهُمْ for them وَلَهُمْ and for them أَجْرٌۭ (is) a reward كَرِيمٌۭ noble ١٨
Indeed, the men who practice charity and the women who practice charity and [they who] have loaned Allāh a goodly loan - it will be multiplied for them, and they will have a noble reward.
— Come To Light
وَٱلَّذِينَ And those who ءَامَنُوا۟ believe بِٱللَّهِ in Allah وَرُسُلِهِۦٓ and His Messengers أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ [those] هُمُ they ٱلصِّدِّيقُونَ ۖ (are) the truthful وَٱلشُّهَدَآءُ and the martyrs عِندَ (are) with رَبِّهِمْ their Lord لَهُمْ For them أَجْرُهُمْ (is) their reward وَنُورُهُمْ ۖ and their light وَٱلَّذِينَ But those who كَفَرُوا۟ disbelieve وَكَذَّبُوا۟ and deny بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ Our Verses أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ those أَصْحَـٰبُ (are the) companions ٱلْجَحِيمِ (of) the Hellfire ١٩
And those who have believed in Allāh 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.
— Come To Light
ٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ Know أَنَّمَا that ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ the life ٱلدُّنْيَا (of) the world لَعِبٌۭ (is) play وَلَهْوٌۭ and amusement وَزِينَةٌۭ and adornment وَتَفَاخُرٌۢ and boasting بَيْنَكُمْ among you وَتَكَاثُرٌۭ and competition in increase فِى of ٱلْأَمْوَٰلِ the wealth وَٱلْأَوْلَـٰدِ ۖ and the children كَمَثَلِ like (the) example غَيْثٍ (of) a rain أَعْجَبَ pleases ٱلْكُفَّارَ the tillers نَبَاتُهُۥ its growth ثُمَّ then يَهِيجُ it dries فَتَرَىٰهُ and you see it مُصْفَرًّۭا turning yellow ثُمَّ then يَكُونُ becomes حُطَـٰمًۭا ۖ debris وَفِى And in ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ the Hereafter عَذَابٌۭ (is) a punishment شَدِيدٌۭ severe وَمَغْفِرَةٌۭ and forgiveness مِّنَ from ٱللَّهِ Allah وَرِضْوَٰنٌۭ ۚ and Pleasure وَمَا But not ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ (is) the life ٱلدُّنْيَآ (of) the world إِلَّا except مَتَـٰعُ (the) enjoyment ٱلْغُرُورِ (of) delusion ٢٠
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 Allāh and approval. And what is the worldly life except the enjoyment of delusion.
— Come To Light
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