Al-Hadid

Posted on 04/02/2012 by marina

AL-HADID الحديد
“Iron.” The title of the LVIIth Surah of the Qur’an in which the word occurs (verse 25): “We sent down iron in which are both keen violence and advantage to men.”

Based on Hughes, Dictionary of Islam

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