هُوَ
ٱلۡأَوَّلُ
وَٱلۡأٓخِرُ
وَٱلظَّٰهِرُ
وَٱلۡبَاطِنُۖ
وَهُوَ
بِكُلِّ
شَيۡءٍ
عَلِيمٌ
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He is the First and the Last, and the Outward and the Inward; and He is Knower of all things.
— M. Pickthall
He is the First1 and the Last,2 the Ascendant3 and the Intimate,4 and He is, of all things, Knowing.
— Saheeh International
He is the First and the Last, the Evident and the Immanent: and He has full knowledge of all things.
— A. Yusuf Ali
Read Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Which was revealed in Madina
The Virtues of Surat Al-Hadid
Imam Ahmad recorded that `Irbad bin Sariyah said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite Al-Musabbihat before he went to sleep, saying,
«إِنَّ فِيهِنَّ آيَةً أَفْضَلُ مِنْ أَلْفِ آيَة»
(In them there is an Ayah that is better than a thousan
…Which was revealed in Madina
The Virtues of Surat Al-Hadid
Imam Ahmad recorded that `Irbad bin Sariyah said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite
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