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Sura - 57 Iron (Al-Hadeed) |
[57:0] In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
[57:1] Glorifying GOD is everything in the heavens
and the earth. He is the Almighty, Most Wise.
[57:2] To Him belongs the kingship of the heavens
and the earth. He controls life and death. He is Omnipotent.
[57:3] He is the Alpha and the Omega. He is the Outermost
and the Innermost. He is fully aware of all things.
[57:4] He is the One who created the heavens and
the earth in six days, then assumed all authority. He knows everything that
enters into the earth, and everything that comes out of it, and everything
that comes down from the sky, and everything that climbs into it. He is with
you wherever you may be. GOD is Seer of everything you do.
[57:5] To Him belongs the kingship of the heavens
and the earth. All matters are controlled by GOD.
[57:6] He merges the night into the day, and merges
the day into the night. He is fully aware of the innermost thoughts.
[57:7] Believe in GOD and His messenger, and give
from what He has bestowed upon you. Those among you who believe and give
(to charity) have deserved a great recompense.
[57:8] Why should you not believe in GOD when the
messenger is inviting you to believe in your Lord? He has taken a pledge
from you, if you are believers.
[57:9] He is the One who sends down to His servant
clear revelations, in order to lead you out of the darkness into the light.
GOD is Compassionate towards you, Most Merciful.
[57:10] Why do you not spend in the cause of GOD,
when GOD possesses all wealth in the heavens and the earth?
Special Honor
[57:11] Who would like to loan GOD a loan of
righteousness, to have it multiplied for him manifold, and end up with a
generous recompense?
*57:4 The six days of creation are simply a
yardstick to inform us of the relative importance of various components, to
emphasize the significance of the planet Earth, and to let us know that the
Earth is the only inhabited planet. See Footnote
41:9-10.
The Worst Losers
[57:13] On that day, the hypocrite men and women
will say to those who believed, "Please allow us to absorb some of your light."
It will be said, "Go back behind you, and seek light." A barrier will be
set up between them, whose gate separates mercy on the inner side, from
retribution on the outer side.
[57:14] They will call upon them, "Were we not
with you?" They will answer, "Yes, but you cheated your souls, hesitated,
doubted, and became misled by wishful thinking, until GOD's judgment came.
You were diverted from GOD by illusions.
[57:15] "Therefore, today no ransom can be taken
from you, nor from those who disbelieved. Your abode is the fire; it is your
lord, and miserable abode."
Deterioration of
Religion
[57:16] Is it not time for those who believed to
open up their hearts for GOD's message, and the truth that is revealed herein?
They should not be like the followers of previous scriptures whose hearts
became hardened with time and, consequently, many of them turned
wicked.
[57:17] Know that GOD revives the land after it
had died. We thus explain the revelations for you, that you may
understand.
[57:18] Surely, the charitable men and women, have
loaned GOD a loan of goodness. They will receive their reward multiplied
manifold; they have deserved a generous recompense.
[57:19] Those who believed in GOD and His messengers
are the saints and martyrs. Reserved for them at their Lord are their rewards
and their light. As for those who disbelieved and rejected our revelations,
they have incurred Hell.
Preoccupation With This Life
Condemned
[57:20] Know that this worldly life is no more
than play and games, and boasting among you, and hoarding of money and children.
It is like abundant rain that produces plants and pleases the disbelievers.
But then the plants turn into useless hay, and are blown away by the wind.
In the Hereafter there is either severe retribution, or forgiveness from
GOD and approval. This worldly life is no more than a temporary
illusion.
The Intelligent
Alternative
[57:21] Therefore, you shall race towards forgiveness
from your Lord, and a Paradise whose width encompasses the heaven and the
earth. It awaits those who believed in GOD and His messengers. Such is GOD's
grace that He bestows upon whomever He wills. GOD is Possessor of Infinite
Grace.
Profound Fact*
[57:22] Anything that happens on earth, or to you,
has already been recorded, even before the creation. This is easy for GOD
to do.
[57:23] Thus, you should not grieve over anything
you miss, nor be proud of anything He has bestowed upon you. GOD does not
love those who are boastful, proud.
*57:22 We are absolutely free to side with God, or with Satan. God happens
to know precisely what kind of decision each of us will make. The video tape
of your life, from birth to death, is already recorded. See
Appendix
14.
The Prophets
[57:26] We sent Noah and Abraham, and we granted
their descendants prophethood and the scripture. Some of them were guided,
while many were wicked.
Deterioration of
Religion
[57:27] Subsequent to them, we sent our messengers.
We sent Jesus the son of Mary, and we gave him the Injeel (Gospel), and we
placed in the hearts of his followers kindness and mercy. But they invented
hermitism which we never decreed for them. All we asked them to do was to
uphold the commandments approved by GOD. But they did not uphold the message
as they should have. Consequently, we gave those who believed among them
their recompense, while many of them were wicked.
[57:28] O you who believe, you shall reverence
GOD and believe in His messenger. He will then grant you double the reward
from His mercy, endow you with light to guide you, and forgive you. GOD is
Forgiver, Most Merciful.
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