57. Surah Al-Hadid

The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:

اعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ يُحْيِي الْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا...

57: 17.  Know ye (all) that Allah giveth life to the earth after its death!

C5297. As the dead earth is revived after the refreshing showers of rain, so is it with the spirit of man, whether as an individual or a race or Ummah. There is no cause for despair. Allah's Truth will revive the spiritual faculties if it is accepted with humility and zeal.

...قَدْ بَيَّنَّا لَكُمُ الْآيَاتِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ ﴿١٧﴾

already have We shown the Signs plainly to you, that ye may learn wisdom.

إِنَّ الْمُصَّدِّقِينَ وَالْمُصَّدِّقَاتِ وَأَقْرَضُوا اللَّهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًا...

57: 18.  For those who give in Charity, men and women, and loan to Allah a Beautiful Loan,

C5298. Cf. 57:11; also see 2:245, n. 276.

...يُضَاعَفُ لَهُمْ وَلَهُمْ أَجْرٌ كَرِيمٌ ﴿١٨﴾

it shall be increased manifold (to their credit), and they shall have (besides) a liberal reward.

Asad’s Version:

57:17 [But] know that God gives life to the earth after it has been lifeless! 25

We have indeed made Our messages clear unto you, so that you might use your reason.

57:18 Verily, as for the men and women who accept the truth as true, 28 and who [thus] offer up unto God a goodly loan, they will be amply repaid, 27 and shall have a noble reward [in the life to come].