Which Surah and Juz is Quran 57:11 from?

This ayah is from Surah Al-Hadid (The Iron), the 57th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 27.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 57:11?

Yes — there are 5 hadiths related to this ayah from Sunan Ibn Majah, Sahih Muslim, Sahih al-Bukhari.

What tafsir is available for Quran 57:11?

Commentary on this ayah is available from Ibn Kathir, Ibn Kathir, Al-Jalalayn, Ibn Abbas — classical scholars of Quranic exegesis.

What topics does Quran 57:11 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Allah, Charity, Divine Command, Divine Reward, Accountability.

Ayah 10

وَمَا لَكُمْ أَلَّا تُنفِقُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ...

57:11Al-Hadid

Q: What does Quran 57:11 mean?

Quran 57:11 (Surah Al-Hadid, Ayah 11) translates to: "Who is it that would loan Allah a goodly loan so He will multiply it for him and he will have a noble reward?"

Ayah 12

يَوْمَ تَرَى ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ يَسْع...

مَّن ذَا ٱلَّذِى يُقْرِضُ ٱللَّهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًۭا فَيُضَٰعِفَهُۥ لَهُۥ وَلَهُۥٓ أَجْرٌۭ كَرِيمٌۭ

man zal lazee yuqridul laaha qardan hasanan fa yudaa'ifahoo lahoo wa lahooo ajrun kareem

Who is it that would loan Allah a goodly loan so He will multiply it for him and he will have a noble reward?

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57:11Ayah 129

5 ayahs in Al-Hadid are strongly about charity. This is one of them.

← Previous on Charity57:10And why do you not spend in the cause of Allah while to Allah belongs the heritage of the heavens and the earth?Next on Charity →57:18Indeed, the men who practice charity and the women who practice charity and [they who] have loaned Allah a goodly loan - it will be multiplied for them,

Tafsir

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Who is it that will lend God by expending his wealth in the way of God a goodly loan goodly by virtue of his expending it for God’s sake so that He may multiply it fa-yudā‘ifahu may also be read fa-yuda‘‘ifahu for him from tenfold up to more than seven hundredfold —as stated in sūrat al-Baqara Q. 2261 and so that there may be for him in addition to the multiplied reward a generous reward coupled with satisfaction and prosperity.

“Allah will be the borrower until he pays off his debt, so long as it (the loan) is not for something that Allah dislikes.”

Sahih Muslim #3980Abu Rafi', the freed slave of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), said:Sahih

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) took as a loan (the rest of the hadith is the same), but with this variation that he (the Holy Prophet) said: Good amongst the servants of Allah is he who is best in paying off the debt.

Sahih al-Bukhari #2292Narrated Abu Huraira:Sahih

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Whoever takes the money of the people with the intention of repaying it, Allah will repay it on his behalf, and whoever takes it in order to spoil it, then Allah will spoil him."

Sunan Ibn Majah #2144Suhaib Al-Khair narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:Sahih

“ Any Man who takes out a loan, having resolved not to pay it back, will meet Allah (SWT) as a thief.”

Sahih Muslim #3869Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Sahih

There was a person who gave loans to the people and said to his men: When an insolvent comes to you show him leniency that Allah may overlook our (faults). So when he met Allah, He overlooked his faults (forgave him).