Al-Hadid

Everything in the heavens and the earth glorifies Allah. He is the First and the Last, the Outward and the Inward, and He is with you wherever you are. Believe in Allah and His Messenger, and spend from what He has entrusted to you. Those who spent and fought before the Victory are greater in rank than those who did so later. Who will lend Allah a good loan, so that He multiplies it? On that Day you will see the believers with their light running ahead of them. The hypocrites will say, “Wait for us, so we can take some of your light!” They will be told, “Go back and seek light,” and a wall with a gate will be set up between them. Has the time not come for those who believe that their hearts should be humbled at the remembrance of Allah? Know that Allah brings the earth back to life after its death. Know that this life is only play, amusement, show, boasting and competing in wealth and children, like rain whose crops delight the farmers, then dry up, turn yellow and become chaff. So race to forgiveness from your Lord and a Garden as wide as the heavens and the earth. No disaster strikes but it is written in a Book, so that you do not grieve over what you missed or gloat over what you were given. Allah does not love those who are stingy and urge others to be stingy. We sent Our messengers with clear signs, and sent down with them the Book and the Balance, so that people may uphold justice, and We sent down iron, with its great strength and many benefits. We sent Nuh and Ibrahim, and messengers one after another, and ‘Isa, son of Maryam, and gave him the Gospel. O you who believe, be mindful of Allah and believe in His Messenger, and He will give you a light to walk by. All grace is in Allah’s hand.