Anwar Al-Quran

Verses 1–3

57. Al-Hadid · The Iron

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

سَبَّحَ لِلَّهِ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ

57:1Whatever there is in the heavens and [whatever there is on] the earth glorifies Allah and He is the All-mighty, the All-wise.

لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ ۖ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ قَدِيرٌ

57:2To Him belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth: He gives life and brings death, and He has power over all things.

هُوَ ٱلْأَوَّلُ وَٱلْءَاخِرُ وَٱلظَّٰهِرُ وَٱلْبَاطِنُ ۖ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌ

57:3He is the First and the Last, the Manifest and the Hidden, and He has knowledge of all things.101112

Tafsir

Commentary on this passage

Verse 1

3.Everything glorifies Allah in accordance to its position. Those who are given tongue with speech glorify Allah in words and those who cannot, they glorify Allah in the form which is self-evident. And towards this subtle point, the Masoomeen (a.s.) have pointed out, in reference to the excellence of “Khake-Shifa”, (dust which heals) that rosary made of this dust. If a person just moves the beads of this rosary it does glorification of Allah by itself. And it is evident, that, when every particle of the universe is engrossed in the glorification of Allah, then how that dust will not be engrossed in the glorification of Allah in which the blood of the martyr is absorbed. And which is the dust of the place of the greatest sacrifice of devotion. On which the greatest man of the world and the master of all those who have sacrificed in the way of Allah has performed the last prostration of his life.

Footnotes

Explanations of words and phrases in these verses

  1. 10

    Awwal - One without a beginning.

  2. 11

    Zahir - Whose effects are apparent.

  3. 12

    Batin - Whose reality is above common understanding.

  4. Benefit

    Surah Hadeed, Hashr, Saff, Juma and Taghabun are included in the Moosaijat, which if recited before going to bed can bestow one with the vision of Imams. The best comparison of this Surah is that from the aspect of meaning it is the last. From the aspect of favours it is apparent and from the aspect of veiling it is the hidden.