Surah Al-Ĥadīd (The Iron) in English

1. والذين آمنوا بالله ورسله أولئك هم الصديقون والشهداء عند ربهم لهم أجرهم ونورهم والذين كفروا وكذبوا بآياتنا أولئك أصحاب الجحيم

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   Those who have faith in Allah and His apostles—it is they who are the truthful and witnesses with their Lord; they shall have their reward and their light. But as for those who are faithless and deny Our signs, they shall be the inmates of hell.

   wa-lladhīna ʾāmanū bi-llāhi wa-rusulihī ʾulāʾika humu ṣ-ṣiddīqūna wa-sh-shuhadāʾu ʿinda rabbihim lahum ʾajruhum wa-nūruhum wa-lladhīna kafarū wa-kadhdhabū bi-ʾāyātinā ʾulāʾika ʾaṣḥābu l-jaḥīmi

2. اعلموا أنما الحياة الدنيا لعب ولهو وزينة وتفاخر بينكم وتكاثر في الأموال والأولاد كمثل غيث أعجب الكفار نباته ثم يهيج فتراه مصفرا ثم يكون حطاما وفي الآخرة عذاب شديد ومغفرة من الله ورضوان وما الحياة الدنيا إلا متاع الغرور

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   Know that the life of this world is mere diversion and play, glamour and mutual vainglory among you and rivalry for wealth and children—like rain, whose growth impresses the farmer. Then it withers and you see it turn yellow, then it becomes chaff. Whereas in the Hereafter there is forgiveness from Allah and His approval and a severe punishment. The life of this world is nothing but the wares of delusion.

   iʿlamū ʾannamā l-ḥayātu d-dunyā laʿibun wa-lahwun wa-zīnatun wa-tafākhurun baynakum wa-takāthurun fī l-ʾamwāli wa-l-ʾawlādi ka-mathali ghaythin ʾaʿjaba l-kuffāra nabātuhū thumma yahīju fa-tarāhu muṣfarran thumma yakūnu ḥuṭāman wa-fī l-ʾākhirati ʿadhābun shadīdun wa-maghfiratun mina llāhi wa-riḍwānun wa-mā l-ḥayātu d-dunyā ʾillā matāʿu l-ghurūri

3. سابقوا إلى مغفرة من ربكم وجنة عرضها كعرض السماء والأرض أعدت للذين آمنوا بالله ورسله ذلك فضل الله يؤتيه من يشاء والله ذو الفضل العظيم

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   Take the lead towards forgiveness from your Lord and a paradise as vast as the heavens and the earth, prepared for those who have faith in Allah and His apostles. That is Allah’s grace, which He grants to whomever He wishes, and Allah is dispenser of a great grace.

   sābiqū ʾilā maghfiratin min rabbikum wa-jannatin ʿarḍuhā ka-ʿarḍi s-samāʾi wa-l-ʾarḍi ʾuʿiddat li-lladhīna ʾāmanū bi-llāhi wa-rusulihī dhālika faḍlu llāhi yuʾtīhi man yashāʾu wa-llāhu dhū l-faḍli l-ʿaẓīmi

4. ما أصاب من مصيبة في الأرض ولا في أنفسكم إلا في كتاب من قبل أن نبرأها إن ذلك على الله يسير

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   No affliction visits the land or yourselves but it is in a Book before We bring it about—that is indeed easy for Allah—

   mā ʾaṣāba min muṣībatin fī l-ʾarḍi wa-lā fī ʾanfusikum ʾillā fī kitābin min qabli ʾan nabraʾahā ʾinna dhālika ʿalā llāhi yasīrun

5. لكيلا تأسوا على ما فاتكم ولا تفرحوا بما آتاكم والله لا يحب كل مختال فخور

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   so that you may not grieve for what escapes you, nor boast for what comes your way, and Allah does not like any swaggering braggart.

   li-kay-lā taʾsaw ʿalā mā fātakum wa-lā tafraḥū bi-mā ʾātākum wa-llāhu lā yuḥibbu kulla mukhtālin fakhūrin-i

6. الذين يبخلون ويأمرون الناس بالبخل ومن يتول فإن الله هو الغني الحميد

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   Such as are [themselves] stingy and bid [other] people to be stingy. And whoever refuses to comply [should know that] indeed Allah is the All-sufficient, the All-laudable.

   alladhīna yabkhalūna wa-yaʾmurūna n-nāsa bi-l-bukhli wa-man yatawalla fa-ʾinna llāha huwa l-ghaniyyu l-ḥamīdu