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Surah Ash-Shuraa - Page: 6

(The Consultation)

51

۞ وَمَا كَانَ لِبَشَرٍ اَنْ يُّكَلِّمَهُ اللّٰهُ اِلَّا وَحْيًا اَوْ مِنْ وَّرَاۤئِ حِجَابٍ اَوْ يُرْسِلَ رَسُوْلًا فَيُوْحِيَ بِاِذْنِهٖ مَا يَشَاۤءُ ۗاِنَّهٗ عَلِيٌّ حَكِيْمٌ ٥١

wamā
وَمَا
And not
kāna
كَانَ
is
libasharin
لِبَشَرٍ
for any human
an
أَن
that
yukallimahu
يُكَلِّمَهُ
Allah should speak to him
l-lahu
ٱللَّهُ
Allah should speak to him
illā
إِلَّا
except
waḥyan
وَحْيًا
(by) revelation
aw
أَوْ
or
min
مِن
from
warāi
وَرَآئِ
behind
ḥijābin
حِجَابٍ
a veil
aw
أَوْ
or
yur'sila
يُرْسِلَ
(by) sending
rasūlan
رَسُولًا
a Messenger
fayūḥiya
فَيُوحِىَ
then he reveals
bi-idh'nihi
بِإِذْنِهِۦ
by His permission
مَا
what
yashāu
يَشَآءُۚ
He wills
innahu
إِنَّهُۥ
Indeed, He
ʿaliyyun
عَلِىٌّ
(is) Most High
ḥakīmun
حَكِيمٌ
Most Wise
And it is not for any human being that Allah should speak to him except by revelation or from behind a partition or that He sends a messenger [i.e., angel] to reveal, by His permission, what He wills. Indeed, He is Most High and Wise. (QS. [42] Ash-Shuraa: 51)
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52

وَكَذٰلِكَ اَوْحَيْنَآ اِلَيْكَ رُوْحًا مِّنْ اَمْرِنَا ۗمَا كُنْتَ تَدْرِيْ مَا الْكِتٰبُ وَلَا الْاِيْمَانُ وَلٰكِنْ جَعَلْنٰهُ نُوْرًا نَّهْدِيْ بِهٖ مَنْ نَّشَاۤءُ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ۗوَاِنَّكَ لَتَهْدِيْٓ اِلٰى صِرَاطٍ مُّسْتَقِيْمٍۙ ٥٢

wakadhālika
وَكَذَٰلِكَ
And thus
awḥaynā
أَوْحَيْنَآ
We have revealed
ilayka
إِلَيْكَ
to you
rūḥan
رُوحًا
an inspiration
min
مِّنْ
by
amrinā
أَمْرِنَاۚ
Our Command
مَا
Not
kunta
كُنتَ
did you
tadrī
تَدْرِى
know
مَا
what
l-kitābu
ٱلْكِتَٰبُ
the Book (is)
walā
وَلَا
and not
l-īmānu
ٱلْإِيمَٰنُ
the faith
walākin
وَلَٰكِن
But
jaʿalnāhu
جَعَلْنَٰهُ
We have made it
nūran
نُورًا
a light
nahdī
نَّهْدِى
We guide
bihi
بِهِۦ
with it
man
مَن
whom
nashāu
نَّشَآءُ
We will
min
مِنْ
of
ʿibādinā
عِبَادِنَاۚ
Our slaves
wa-innaka
وَإِنَّكَ
And indeed you
latahdī
لَتَهْدِىٓ
surely guide
ilā
إِلَىٰ
to
ṣirāṭin
صِرَٰطٍ
(the) path
mus'taqīmin
مُّسْتَقِيمٍ
straight
And thus We have revealed to you an inspiration of Our command [i.e., the Quran]. You did not know what is the Book or [what is] faith, but We have made it a light by which We guide whom We will of Our servants. And indeed, [O Muhammad], you guide to a straight path – (QS. [42] Ash-Shuraa: 52)
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53

صِرَاطِ اللّٰهِ الَّذِيْ لَهٗ مَا فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ وَمَا فِى الْاَرْضِۗ اَلَآ اِلَى اللّٰهِ تَصِيْرُ الْاُمُوْرُ ࣖ ٥٣

ṣirāṭi
صِرَٰطِ
(The) path
l-lahi
ٱللَّهِ
(of) Allah
alladhī
ٱلَّذِى
the One
lahu
لَهُۥ
to Whom
مَا
(belongs) whatever
فِى
(is) in
l-samāwāti
ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ
the heavens
wamā
وَمَا
and whatever
فِى
(is) in
l-arḍi
ٱلْأَرْضِۗ
the earth
alā
أَلَآ
Unquestionably!
ilā
إِلَى
To
l-lahi
ٱللَّهِ
Allah
taṣīru
تَصِيرُ
reach
l-umūru
ٱلْأُمُورُ
all affairs
The path of Allah, to whom belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Unquestionably, to Allah do [all] matters evolve [i.e., return]. (QS. [42] Ash-Shuraa: 53)
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