Al-Hadid Verse 7 | 57:7

اٰمِنُوْا بِاللّٰهِ وَرَسُوْلِهٖ وَاَنْفِقُوْا مِمَّا جَعَلَكُمْ مُّسْتَخْلَفِيْنَ فِيْهِۗ فَالَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا مِنْكُمْ وَاَنْفَقُوْا لَهُمْ اَجْرٌ كَبِيْرٌ ( الحديد: ٧ )

āminū

ءَامِنُوا۟

Believe

bil-lahi

بِٱللَّهِ

in Allah

warasūlihi

وَرَسُولِهِۦ

and His Messenger

wa-anfiqū

وَأَنفِقُوا۟

and spend

mimmā

مِمَّا

of what

jaʿalakum

جَعَلَكُم

He has made you

mus'takhlafīna

مُّسْتَخْلَفِينَ

trustees

fīhi

فِيهِۖ

therein

fa-alladhīna

فَٱلَّذِينَ

And those

āmanū

ءَامَنُوا۟

who believe

minkum

مِنكُمْ

among you

wa-anfaqū

وَأَنفَقُوا۟

and spend

lahum

لَهُمْ

for them

ajrun

أَجْرٌ

(is) a reward

kabīrun

كَبِيرٌ

great

Aaaminoo billaahi wa Rasoolihee wa anfiqoo mimmaa ja'alakum mustakh lafeena feehi fallazeena aamanoo minkum wa anfaqoo lahum ajrun kabeer (al-Ḥadīd 57:7)

Sahih International:

Believe in Allah and His Messenger and spend out of that in which He has made you successive inheritors. For those who have believed among you and spent, there will be a great reward. (Al-Hadid [57] : 7)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

Believe in Allah and His Messenger, and spend out of that (wealth) in which He has appointed you as deputies. So, for those of you who have believed and spent (in Allah’s way), there is a big reward.

2 Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

3 Ruwwad Translation Center

4 A. J. Arberry

5 Abdul Haleem

6 Abdul Majid Daryabadi

7 Abdullah Yusuf Ali

8 Abul Ala Maududi

9 Ahmed Ali

10 Ahmed Raza Khan

11 Ali Quli Qarai

12 Ali Ünal

13 Amatul Rahman Omar

14 English Literal

15 Faridul Haque

16 Hamid S. Aziz

17 Hilali & Khan

18 Maulana Mohammad Ali

19 Mohammad Habib Shakir

20 Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

21 Muhammad Sarwar

22 Qaribullah & Darwish

23 Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

24 Wahiduddin Khan

25 Talal Itani

26 Tafsir jalalayn

Believe, adhere to belief, in God and His Messenger, and expend, in the way of God, out of that over which He has made you successors, out of the wealth of those mentioned [whom you have succeeded], for you will be succeeded in this [wealth] by those who will come after you; this was revealed at the time of the `hardship' campaign, the campaign of Tabk. For those of you who believe and expend -- an allusion to `Uthmn [b. `Affn], may God be pleased with him -- will have a great reward.

27 Tafseer Ibn Kathir

Ordering Faith and encouraging spending

Allah the Exalted says,

امِنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَأَنفِقُوا مِمَّا جَعَلَكُم مُّسْتَخْلَفِينَ فِيهِ

Believe in Allah and His Messenger, and spend of that whereof He has made you trustees.

Allah the Exalted and Blessed orders having perfect faith in Him and in His Messenger, and that one should persist on this path adhering firmly to it. Allah encourages spending from what He has made mankind trustees of, the wealth that you - mankind - have, that He has lent you. This wealth was in the hands of those before you and was later transferred to you. Therefore, O mankind, spend as Allah commanded you from the wealth that He entrusted to you for His obedience. Otherwise, He will hold you accountable and punish you for your ignoring what He ordained on you in this regard.

Allah's statement,
مِمَّا جَعَلَكُم مُّسْتَخْلَفِينَ فِيهِ
(of that whereof He has made you trustees),

indicates that you - mankind -- will surrender this wealth to someone else. In this case, those who will inherit from you might obey Allah with their wealth, and thus acquire more happiness than you on account of what Allah has granted them. They might disobey Allah, and in this case you will have helped them commit evil and transgression.

Imam Ahmad recorded that Abdullah bin Ash-Shikhkhir said,

"I came to Allah's Messenger as he was reciting
مِمَّا جَعَلَكُم مُّسْتَخْلَفِينَ فِيهِ
(abundance diverts you) and saying,

يَقُولُ ابْنُ ادَمَ مَالِي مَالِي وَهَلْ لَكَ مِن مَالِكَ إِلاَّ مَاأَكَلْتَ فَأَفْنَيْتَ أَوْ لَبِسْتَ فَأَبْلَيْتَ أَوْ تَصَدَّقْتَ فَأَمْضَيْتَ

The Son of Adam claims, "My wealth, my wealth." But is there anything belonging to you, except that which you consumed, which you used, or which you wore and then it became worn or you gave as charity and sent it forward.

Muslim also collected with the addition;

وَمَا سِوَى ذلِكَ فَذَاهِبٌ وَتَارِكُهُ لِلنَّاس

Other than that, you will go away from it and leave it behind for other people.

Allah's statement,

فَالَّذِينَ امَنُوا مِنكُمْ وَأَنفَقُوا لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ كَبِيرٌ

And such of you as believe and spend, theirs will be a great reward.

encourages having faith and spending in acts of obedience.

Allah the Exalted said