Surah Al-Hadid
Quran 57:2
Read Quran 57:2 from Surah Al-Hadid (The Iron) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.
Quran verse
Qur'an 57:2
لَهُ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۖ يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ ۖ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ٢
His is the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth; He quickeneth and He giveth death; and He is Able to do all things.
English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain. Digital text from Tanzil.net.
- Surah
- 57. Al-Hadid (The Iron)
- Ayah
- 2 of 29
- Revelation
- Medinan (revealed in Medina)
- Reference
- 57:2
Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 57:2
Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic.
ثم أخبر عن عموم ملكه، فقال: { لَهُ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ } أي: هو الخالق لذلك، الرازق المدبر لها بقدرته { وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ }