سورة الحَدید
Surah Al-Hadîd 57:3
The Iron · Verse 3 of 29
هُوَ الْأَوَّلُ وَالْآخِرُ وَالظَّاهِرُ وَالْبَاطِنُ ۖ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ
Abdul Mannan Omar
He is (from) the very First (there was nothing before Him), and (He will exist to) the Last (there will be nothing after Him), and when nothing remains He will remain (He being an eternal Being). He is the Supreme Being (subordinate to no one). And (whereas He comprehends everything) He is Incomprehensible. He has full knowledge of every thing.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
He is the First and the Last, the Evident and the Immanent: and He has full knowledge of all things.
Ahmed Ali
He is the first and He the last, the transcendent and the immanent; and He has knowledge of everything.
12 more translations
Ali Unal
He is the First, the Last, the All-Outward, and the All-Inward. He has full knowledge of everything.
Daryabadi
He is the First and the Last, and the OutWard and the inward, and He is of everything the Knower.
Faridul Haque
He only is the First and He only the Last, and He only is the Evident and He only the Concealed; and it is He Who knows all things.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
He is the First and the Last and the Manifest and the Hidden, and He is Knower of all things.
Maulvi Sher Ali
HE is the First and the Last, and the Manifest and the Hidden, and HE has full knowledge of all things.
Muhammad Asad
He is the First and the Last, and the Outward as well as the Inward and He has full knowledge of everything.
Muhammad Musin Khan
He is the First (nothing is before Him) and the Last (nothing is after Him), the Most High (nothing is above Him) and the Most Near (nothing is nearer than Him). And He is the All-Knower of every thing.
Muhammad Pickthall
He is the First and the Last, and the Outward and the Inward; and He is Knower of all things.
Muhammad Sarwar
He is the First, the Last, the Manifest, and the Unseen and He knows all things.
Muhammed ali Shakir
He is the First and the Last and the Ascendant (over all) and the Knower of hidden things, and He is Cognizant of all things.
Rashad Khalifa
He is the Alpha and the Omega. He is the Outermost and the Innermost. He is fully aware of all things.
Shabbir Ahmed
He has no beginning and He has no ending. He is the Evident and the Hidden. And He is the Knower of all things.
Commentary 57:3 Four of the numberless Divine Attributes are mentioned here. To render the translation of the Attribute Al-Âkhirالْآخِرُ as “He is the Last or when…
هُوَ الْأَوَّلُ وَالْآخِرُ وَالظَّاهِرُ وَالْبَاطِنُ ۖ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ
57:3 Four of the numberless Divine Attributes are mentioned here. To render the translation of the Attribute Al-Âkhirالْآخِرُ as “He is the Last or when nothing remains, He will remain” would mean that someday even the Paradise will no longer exist. This is contrary to what we are told about the Paradise, that the pure souls will dwell there forever. Therefore the rendering of this Attribute should be, “As His creation depended on Him right from the very beginning, so it will depend upon Him after their death or end.” Al-Awwalالْأَوَّلُ means nothing in creation existed before Him, as He created everything. The explanation of the Attribute Al-Bâtinالْبَاطِنُ is to be found in verses 51:20-21 where we read, “There are signs on the earth for the people of knowledge and firm faith, and signs in your own person. Have you no eyes to perceive?”