Surah Al-Hadid

سَابِقُوٓا۟إِلَىٰمَغْفِرَةٍۢمِّنرَّبِّكُمْوَجَنَّةٍعَرْضُهَاكَعَرْضِٱلسَّمَآءِوَٱلْأَرْضِأُعِدَّتْلِلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟بِٱللَّهِوَرُسُلِهِۦذَٰلِكَفَضْلُٱللَّهِيُؤْتِيهِمَنيَشَآءُوَٱللَّهُذُوٱلْفَضْلِٱلْعَظِيمِ

[Hence,] vie with one another in seeking to attain to your Sustainer’s forgiveness, and [thus] to a paradise as vast as the heavens and the earth, which has been readied for those who have attained to faith in God and His Apostle: such is the bounty of God which He grants unto whomever He wills - for God is limitless in His great bounty.

مَآأَصَابَمِنمُّصِيبَةٍۢفِىٱلْأَرْضِوَلَافِىٓأَنفُسِكُمْإِلَّافِىكِتَٰبٍۢمِّنقَبْلِأَننَّبْرَأَهَآإِنَّذَٰلِكَعَلَىٱللَّهِيَسِيرٌۭ

NO CALAMITY can ever befall the earth, and nei­ther your own selves, unless it be [laid down] in Our decree before We bring it into being: verily, all this is easy for God.

لِّكَيْلَاتَأْسَوْا۟عَلَىٰمَافَاتَكُمْوَلَاتَفْرَحُوا۟بِمَآءَاتَىٰكُمْوَٱللَّهُلَايُحِبُّكُلَّمُخْتَالٍۢفَخُورٍ

[Know this,] so that you may not despair over whatever [good] has escaped you nor exult [unduly] over whatever [good] has come to you: for, God does not love any of those who, out of self-conceit, act in a boastful manner –

ٱلَّذِينَيَبْخَلُونَوَيَأْمُرُونَٱلنَّاسَبِٱلْبُخْلِوَمَنيَتَوَلَّفَإِنَّٱللَّهَهُوَٱلْغَنِىُّٱلْحَمِيدُ

those who are niggardly [with God’s bounty] and bid others to be niggardly! And he who turns his back [on this truth ought to know that], verily, God alone is self-sufficient, the One to whom all praise is due!

لَقَدْأَرْسَلْنَارُسُلَنَابِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِوَأَنزَلْنَامَعَهُمُٱلْكِتَٰبَوَٱلْمِيزَانَلِيَقُومَٱلنَّاسُبِٱلْقِسْطِوَأَنزَلْنَاٱلْحَدِيدَفِيهِبَأْسٌۭشَدِيدٌۭوَمَنَٰفِعُلِلنَّاسِوَلِيَعْلَمَٱللَّهُمَنيَنصُرُهُۥوَرُسُلَهُۥبِٱلْغَيْبِإِنَّٱللَّهَقَوِىٌّعَزِيزٌۭ

Indeed, [even aforetime] did We send forth Our apostles with all evidence of [this] truth; and through them We bestowed revelation from on high, and [thus gave you] a balance [wherewith to weigh right and wrong], so that men might behave with equity; and We bestowed [upon you] from on high [the ability to make use of] iron, in which there is awesome power as well as [a source of] benefits for man: and [all this was given to you] so that God might mark out those who would stand up for him and His Apostle, even though He [Himself] is beyond the reach of human perception. Verily, God is powerful, almighty!

وَلَقَدْأَرْسَلْنَانُوحًۭاوَإِبْرَٰهِيمَوَجَعَلْنَافِىذُرِّيَّتِهِمَاٱلنُّبُوَّةَوَٱلْكِتَٰبَفَمِنْهُممُّهْتَدٍۢوَكَثِيرٌۭمِّنْهُمْفَٰسِقُونَ

And, indeed, [to the same end] We sent forth Noah and Abraham [as Our message-bearers], and established prophethood and revelation among their descendants; and some of them were on the right way, but many were iniquitous.

ثُمَّقَفَّيْنَاعَلَىٰٓءَاثَٰرِهِمبِرُسُلِنَاوَقَفَّيْنَابِعِيسَىٱبْنِمَرْيَمَوَءَاتَيْنَٰهُٱلْإِنجِيلَوَجَعَلْنَافِىقُلُوبِٱلَّذِينَٱتَّبَعُوهُرَأْفَةًۭوَرَحْمَةًۭوَرَهْبَانِيَّةًٱبْتَدَعُوهَامَاكَتَبْنَٰهَاعَلَيْهِمْإِلَّاٱبْتِغَآءَرِضْوَٰنِٱللَّهِفَمَارَعَوْهَاحَقَّرِعَايَتِهَافَـَٔاتَيْنَاٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟مِنْهُمْأَجْرَهُمْوَكَثِيرٌۭمِّنْهُمْفَٰسِقُونَ

And thereupon We caused [other of] Our apostles to follow in their footsteps; and [in the course of time] We caused them to be followed by Jesus, the son of Mary, upon whom We bestowed the Gospel; and in the hearts of those who [truly] followed him We engendered compassion and mercy. But as for monastic asceticism - We did not enjoin it upon them: they invented it themselves out of a desire for God’s goodly acceptance. But then, they did not [always] observe it as it ought to have been observed: and so We granted their recompense unto such of them as had [truly] attained to faith, whereas many of them became iniquitous.

يَٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟ٱتَّقُوا۟ٱللَّهَوَءَامِنُوا۟بِرَسُولِهِۦيُؤْتِكُمْكِفْلَيْنِمِنرَّحْمَتِهِۦوَيَجْعَللَّكُمْنُورًۭاتَمْشُونَبِهِۦوَيَغْفِرْلَكُمْوَٱللَّهُغَفُورٌۭرَّحِيمٌۭ

O YOU who have attained to faith! Remain con­scious of God, and believe in His Apostle, [and] He will grant you doubly of His grace, and will light for you a light wherein you shall walk, and will forgive you [your past sins]: for God is much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace.

لِّئَلَّايَعْلَمَأَهْلُٱلْكِتَٰبِأَلَّايَقْدِرُونَعَلَىٰشَىْءٍۢمِّنفَضْلِٱللَّهِوَأَنَّٱلْفَضْلَبِيَدِٱللَّهِيُؤْتِيهِمَنيَشَآءُوَٱللَّهُذُوٱلْفَضْلِٱلْعَظِيمِ

And the followers of earlier revelation should know that they have no power whatever over any of God’s bounty, seeing that all bounty is in God’s hand [alone]: He grants it unto whomever He wills - for God is limitless in His great bounty.