Surah Al-Hadid, Ayah 9 (57:9)

ٱلْحَدِيد

هُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُنَزِّلُ عَلَىٰ عَبْدِهِۦٓ ءَايَٰتٍۭ بَيِّنَٰتٍ لِّيُخْرِجَكُم مِّنَ ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ إِلَى ٱلنُّورِ ۚ …

Quran 57:9 is ayah 9 of Surah Al-Hadid (“The Iron”), a Medinan surah of 29 ayahs. It is in Juz 27, on page 538 of the Madani Mushaf.

57:9
هُوَٱلَّذِىيُنَزِّلُعَلَىٰعَبْدِهِۦٓءَايَٰتٍۭبَيِّنَٰتٍلِّيُخْرِجَكُممِّنَٱلظُّلُمَٰتِإِلَىٱلنُّورِ ۚوَإِنَّٱللَّهَبِكُمْلَرَءُوفٌرَّحِيمٌ٩
huwa alladhī yunazzilu ʿalā ʿabdihi āyātin bayyinātin liyukh'rijakum mina l-ẓulumāti ilā l-nūri wa-inna l-laha bikum laraūfun raḥīmun

It is He who sends down upon His Servant [Muḥammad (ﷺ)] verses of clear evidence that He may bring you out from darknesses into the light. And indeed, Allāh is to you Kind and Merciful.(9)

Word by word

  1. هُوَhuwaHe
  2. ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Who
  3. يُنَزِّلُyunazzilusends down
  4. عَلَىٰʿalāupon
  5. عَبْدِهِۦٓʿabdihiHis slave
  6. ءَايَٰتٍۭāyātinVerses
  7. بَيِّنَٰتٍbayyinātinclear
  8. لِّيُخْرِجَكُمliyukh'rijakumthat He may bring you out
  9. مِّنَminafrom
  10. ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِl-ẓulumātithe darkness[es]
  11. إِلَىilāinto
  12. ٱلنُّورِ ۚl-nūrithe light
  13. وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed
  14. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  15. بِكُمْbikumto you
  16. لَرَءُوفٌlaraūfun(is the) Most Kind
  17. رَّحِيمٌraḥīmun(the) Most Merciful

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