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Holy
Quran Section
> English
Translation and Commentary of the Holy Quran by
Maulana Muhammad Ali (Table of
Contents)
>
Chapter
57 (Al-Hadid-
Iron)
> Section 1 (Verses 1 to 10) Section/Ruku 1
[Verses 1 to 10]: Establishment of the Kingdom of
God: 1.
Introduction: From this, the 57th chapter, to the 66th, there is again a group of Madinan chapters, which all seem to have been revealed from about the 4th to the 7th year of the Hijrah with the exception of ch. 63, which seems to have been revealed in the 2nd year of the Hijrah, and ch. 62 and ch. 64, which in all probability were revealed in the first. This is the last group of Madinan revelations and it complements the subject-matter of the Madinan group of the chapters with which the Holy Qur’an opens. It may be noted that five out of the ten chapters of this group commence with the hymn of the glorification of the Divine Being, which shows that this period was marked by the onward march of Islam. 2. Translation: 1 Whatever is in the heavens and the earth declares the glory of Allah, and He is the Mighty, the Wise. 2 His is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. He gives life and causes death; and He is Possessor of power over all things. 3 He is the First and the Last and the Manifest and the Hidden,a and He is Knower of all things. 4 He it is Who created the heavens and the earth in six periods, and He is established on the Throne of Power. He knows that which goes down into the earth and that which comes forth out of it, and that which comes down from heaven and that which goes up to it. And He is with you wherever you are. And Allah is Seer of what you do. 5 His is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; and to Allah are (all) affairs returned. 6 He causes the night to pass into the day, and causes the day to pass into the night. And He is Knower of what is in the hearts. 7 Believe in Allah and His Messenger, and spend of that whereof He has made you heirs. So those of you who believe and spend — for them is a great reward. 8 And what reason have you that you believe not in Allah? And the Messenger invites you to believe in your Lord, and He has indeed accepted your covenant, if you are believers.a 9 He it is Who sends down clear messages to His servant, that he may bring you forth from darkness into light. And surely Allah is Kind, Merciful to you. 10 And what reason have you that you spend not in Allah’s way? And Allah’s is the inheritance of the heavens and the earth. Those of you who spent before the Victorya and fought are not on a level (with others). They are greater in rank than those who spent and fought afterwards. And Allah has promised good to all. And Allah is Aware of what you do. 3. Commentary: 8a. The believers, who are addressed, are exhorted to be true to their belief. Belief is thus not mere confession of the Truth but the upholding of it under trials. [Back to verse 8] 10a. By Victory here is meant the moral victory gained by the Hudaibiyah truce, or the conquest of Makkah, which made the Muslims virtually the masters of the whole of Arabia. The sacrifices made earlier had therefore a greater value on account of the trials which the Muslims had then to face. [Back to verse 10]
Holy
Quran Section
> English
Translation and Commentary of the Holy Quran by
Maulana Muhammad Ali (Table of
Contents)
>
Chapter
57 (Al-Hadid-
Iron)
> Section 1 (Verses 1 to 10)
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