Surah Al-Hadid Verse 27 Translation (57:27) and Analysis

Mathematical

According to the Hafs Mushaf order, this verse is verse 5102 from the beginning and verse 1135 from the end; it is in surah 57 and is verse 27 of Surah Al-Hadid. The word count of verse 27 of Surah Al-Hadid is 39, its letter count is 192, and its total Abjad value has been calculated as 13713. The total Abjad value of Surah Al-Hadid has been calculated as 189037. Abjad counts include the letter ء (Hamza) where present.

Arabic Text

ثم قفينا على اثارهم برسلنا وقفينا بعيسى ابن مريم واتيناه الانجيل وجعلنا في قلوب الذين اتبعوه رأفة ورحمة ورهبانية ابتدعوها ما كتبناها عليهم الا ابتغاء رضوان الله فما رعوها حق رعايـتها فاتينا الذين امنوا منهم اجرهم وكثير منهم فاسقون

Letter Count

SHF

ثمقفيناعلىاثارهمبرسلناوقفينابعيسىابنمريمواتيناهالانجيلوجعلنافيقلوبالذيناتبعوهرأفةورحمةورهبانيةابتدعوهاماكتبناهاعليهمالاابتغاءرضواناللهفمارعوهاحقرعايـتهافاتيناالذينامنوامنهماجرهموكثيرمنهمفاسقون

Transliteration in Latin Letters

Śumme kaffeynâ ‘alâ âśârihim birusulinâ ve kaffeynâ bi-’îsâ-bni meryeme ve âteynâhu-l-incîle ve ce’alnâ fî kulûbi-lleżîne-ttebe’ûhu ra/feten ve rahmeten ve rahbâniyyeten(i)btede’ûhâ mâ ketebnâhâ ‘aleyhim illâ-btiġâe ridvâni(A)llâhi femâ ra’avhâ hakka ri’âyetihâ(s) feâteynâ-lleżîne âmenû minhum ecrahum(s) ve keśîrun minhum fâsikûn(e)

M. Pickthall (English)

Then We caused Our messengers to follow in their footsteps; and We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow, and gave him the Gospel, and placed compassion and mercy in the hearts of those who followed him. But monasticism they invented. We ordained it not for them. Only seeking Allah's pleasure, and they observed it not with right observance. So We give those of them who believe their reward, but many of them are evil livers.

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Yusuf Ali (English)

Then, in their wake, We followed them up with (others of) Our messengers: We sent after them Jesus the son of Mary, and bestowed on him the Gospel; and We ordained in the hearts of those who followed him Compassion and Mercy.(5320) But the Monasticism which they invented for themselves, We did not prescribe for them:(5321) (We commanded) only the seeking for the Good Pleasure of Allah. but that they did not foster(5322) as they should have done. Yet We bestowed, on those among them who believed,(5323) their (due) reward, but many of them are rebellious transgressors.(5324)*

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Explanation

5320 The chief characteristic of the teaching in the Gospels is humility and otherworldliness. The first blessings in the Sermon on the Mount are on "the poor in spirit", "they that mourn", and they that are "meek" (Matt. 5:3-5). Christ's disciples were enjoined to "take no thought for the morrow", and told: "Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof (Matt. 6:34). They were also commanded "that ye resist not evil; but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also" (Matt. 5:39). These are fragmentary presentments of an imperfect philosophy as seen through monastic eyes. Insofar as they represent pity, sympathy with suffering, and deeds of mercy, they represent the spirit of Christ. 5321 But Allah's Kingdom requires also courage, resistance to evil, the firmness, law, and discipline which will enforce justice among men. It requires to mingle with men, so that they can uphold the standard of Truth, against odds if necessary. These were lost sight of in Monasticism, which was not prescribed by Allah. 5322 Allah certainly requires that men shall renounce the idle pleasures of this world, and turn to the Path which leads to Allah's Good Pleasure. But that does not mean gloomy lives, ("they that mourn"), nor perpetual and formal prayers in isolation. Allah's service is done through pure lives in the turmoil of this world. This spirit was lost, or at least not fostered by monastic institutions. On the contrary, a great part of the "struggle and striving" for noble lives was suppressed. 5323 Many of them lost true Faith, or had their Faith corrupted by superstitions. But those who continued firm in Faith saw the natural development of Religion in Islam. Their previous belief was not a disadvantage to them, but helped them, because they kept it free from false and selfish prejudices. These are the ones who are further addressed at the beginning of verse 28 below. 5324 The corruptions in the Christian Church, the hair-splitting disputes, and mutual strife and hatred of sects had become a scandal by the time that the light oflslam came into the world. The pages of Gibbon's great History bear witness. Not only had the religion become void of grace, but the lives of the people, priests and laity, had fallen into great depths of degradation. See remarks in my Appendix V, and the general picture in Kingsley's Hypatia.