Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Al-Israa, Ayah 50
۞ قُلْ كُونُوا۟ حِجَارَةً أَوْ حَدِيدًا
Say, "Be you stones or iron
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(Say) to them, O Muhammad: (Be ye stones) whether you are stones or something harder (or iron) or even stronger than iron,
Related Hadiths
Sahih Muslim#3232Sahih
" Just as a furance removes impurity," but no mention is made of iron.
Narrated by This hadith has been narrated by Yabya b. Sa'id with the same chain of transmitters (and the words are):
Sunan Ibn Majah#2298Da'if
“Stone the upper and the lower, stone them both.”
Narrated by It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Prophet (ﷺ) said concerning those who do the action of the people of Lut:
Sahih Muslim#3163Sahih
Verily it is a blessed stony-ground.
Narrated by Salim (b. Abdullah b. 'Umar) reported on the authority of his father (Allah be pleased with them) that Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) was visited by (someone, i. e. an angel) during the fag end of the night at Dhu'l-Hulaifa, and it was said to him:
Sahih Muslim#3632Sahih
'With flesh, and curly tangled hair."
Narrated by This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn 'Abbas (Allah be pleased with them) through another chain of transmitters with the addition of these words:
Sahih al-Bukhari#2791Sahih
Some people conquered many countries and their swords were decorated neither with gold nor silver, but they were decorated with leather, lead and iron.
Narrated by Narrated Abu Umama:
Al-Jalalayn Commentary
Say to them ‘Be stones or iron