Surah Al-Hadid, Ayah 21 (57:21)

ٱلْحَدِيد

سَابِقُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ مَغْفِرَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَجَنَّةٍ عَرْضُهَا كَعَرْضِ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ أُعِدَّتْ …

Quran 57:21 is ayah 21 of Surah Al-Hadid (“The Iron”), a Medinan surah of 29 ayahs. It is in Juz 27, on page 540 of the Madani Mushaf.

57:21
سَابِقُوٓا۟إِلَىٰمَغْفِرَةٍمِّنرَّبِّكُمْوَجَنَّةٍعَرْضُهَاكَعَرْضِٱلسَّمَآءِوَٱلْأَرْضِأُعِدَّتْلِلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟بِٱللَّهِوَرُسُلِهِۦ ۚذَٰلِكَفَضْلُٱللَّهِيُؤْتِيهِمَنيَشَآءُ ۚوَٱللَّهُذُوٱلْفَضْلِٱلْعَظِيمِ٢١
sābiqū ilā maghfiratin min rabbikum wajannatin ʿarḍuhā kaʿarḍi l-samāi wal-arḍi uʿiddat lilladhīna āmanū bil-lahi warusulihi dhālika faḍlu l-lahi yu'tīhi man yashāu wal-lahu dhū l-faḍli l-ʿaẓīmi

Race [i.e., compete] toward forgiveness from your Lord and a Garden whose width is like the width of the heavens and earth, prepared for those who believed in Allāh and His messengers. That is the bounty of Allāh which He gives to whom He wills, and Allāh is the possessor of great bounty.(21)

Word by word

  1. سَابِقُوٓا۟sābiqūRace
  2. إِلَىٰilāto
  3. مَغْفِرَةٍmaghfiratin(the) forgiveness
  4. مِّنminfrom
  5. رَّبِّكُمْrabbikumyour Lord
  6. وَجَنَّةٍwajannatinand a Garden
  7. عَرْضُهَاʿarḍuhāits width
  8. كَعَرْضِkaʿarḍi(is) like (the) width
  9. ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāi(of) the heaven
  10. وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth
  11. أُعِدَّتْuʿiddatprepared
  12. لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those who
  13. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
  14. بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allah
  15. وَرُسُلِهِۦ ۚwarusulihiand His Messengers
  16. ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
  17. فَضْلُfaḍlu(is the) Bounty
  18. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
  19. يُؤْتِيهِyu'tīhiHe gives
  20. مَنman(to) whom
  21. يَشَآءُ ۚyashāuHe wills
  22. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
  23. ذُوdhū(is) the Possessor of Bounty
  24. ٱلْفَضْلِl-faḍli(is) the Possessor of Bounty
  25. ٱلْعَظِيمِl-ʿaẓīmithe Great

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