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Surah Ash-Shuraa

الشورى · The Consultation · Meccan · 53 verses

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

42:1

حٰمۤ ۚ ۝١

Ḥā mīm

1. Ha, Meem.

42:2

عۤسۤقۤ ۗ ۝٢

‘Ain sīn qōf

2. Ayn, Seen, Qaf.

42:3

كَذٰلِكَ يُوْحِيْٓ اِلَيْكَ وَاِلَى الَّذِيْنَ مِنْ قَبْلِكَۙ اللّٰهُ الْعَزِيْزُ الْحَكِيْمُ ۝٣

Każālika yūḥī ilaika wa ilal-lażīna min qoblik, allāhul-‘azīzul-ḥakīm

3. Thus He inspires you, and those before you—Allah the Almighty, the Wise.

42:4

لَهٗ مَا فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ وَمَا فِى الْاَرْضِۗ وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيْمُ ۝٤

Lahū mā fis-samāwāti wa mā fil-arḍ, wa huwal-‘aliyyul-‘aẓīm

4. To Him belongs everything in the heavens and everything on earth. He is the Sublime, the Magnificent.

42:5

تَكَادُ السَّمٰوٰتُ يَتَفَطَّرْنَ مِنْ فَوْقِهِنَّ وَالْمَلٰۤىِٕكَةُ يُسَبِّحُوْنَ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّهِمْ وَيَسْتَغْفِرُوْنَ لِمَنْ فِى الْاَرْضِۗ اَلَآ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ هُوَ الْغَفُوْرُ الرَّحِيْمُ ۝٥

Takādus-samāwātu yatafaṭṭorna min fauqihinna wal-malā-ikatu yusabbiḥūna biḥamdi robbihim wa yastaghfirūna liman fil-arḍ, alā innallāha huwal-ghofūrur-roḥīm

5. The heavens above them almost burst apart, while the angels glorify the praises of their Lord, and ask forgiveness for those on earth. Allah is indeed the Forgiver, the Merciful.

42:6

وَالَّذِيْنَ اتَّخَذُوْا مِنْ دُوْنِهٖٓ اَوْلِيَاۤءَ اللّٰهُ حَفِيْظٌ عَلَيْهِمْۖ وَمَآ اَنْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِوَكِيْلٍ ۝٦

Wal-lażīnattakhożū min dūnihī auliyā-allāhu ḥafīẓun ‘alaihim, wa mā anta ‘alaihim biwakīl

6. As for those who take masters other than Him: Allah is in charge of them, and you are not responsible for them.

42:7

وَكَذٰلِكَ اَوْحَيْنَآ اِلَيْكَ قُرْاٰنًا عَرَبِيًّا لِّتُنْذِرَ اُمَّ الْقُرٰى وَمَنْ حَوْلَهَا وَتُنْذِرَ يَوْمَ الْجَمْعِ لَا رَيْبَ فِيْهِ ۗفَرِيْقٌ فِى الْجَنَّةِ وَفَرِيْقٌ فِى السَّعِيْرِ ۝٧

Wa każālika auḥainā ilaika qur'ānan ‘arobiyyal litunżiro ummal-qurō wa man ḥaulahā wa tunżiro yaumal-jam‘i lā roiba fīh, farīqun fil-jannati wa farīqun fis-sa‘īr

7. Thus We inspired you with an Arabic Quran, that you may warn the Central City and whoever is around it, and to warn of the Day of Assembly, of which there is no doubt; a group in the Garden, and a group in the Furnace.

42:8

وَلَوْ شَاۤءَ اللّٰهُ لَجَعَلَهُمْ اُمَّةً وَّاحِدَةً وَّلٰكِنْ يُّدْخِلُ مَنْ يَّشَاۤءُ فِيْ رَحْمَتِهٖۗ وَالظّٰلِمُوْنَ مَا لَهُمْ مِّنْ وَّلِيٍّ وَّلَا نَصِيْرٍ ۝٨

Wa lau syā-allāhu laja‘alahum ummataw wāḥidataw wa lākiy yudkhilu may yasyā-u fī roḥmatih, waẓ-ẓōlimūna mā lahum miw waliyyiw wa lā naṣīr

8. Had Allah willed, He could have made them one community, but He admits into His mercy whomever He wills. As for the wrongdoers, they will have no protector and no savior.

42:9

اَمِ اتَّخَذُوْا مِنْ دُوْنِهٖٓ اَوْلِيَاۤءَۚ فَاللّٰهُ هُوَ الْوَلِيُّ وَهُوَ يُحْيِ الْمَوْتٰى ۖوَهُوَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيْرٌ ࣖ ۝٩

Amittakhożū min dūnihī auliyā', fallāhu huwal-waliyyu wa huwa yuḥyil-mautā, wa huwa ‘alā kulli syai'in qodīr

9. Or have they adopted protectors besides Him? But Allah is the Protector, and He gives life to the dead, and He has power over all things.

42:10

وَمَا اخْتَلَفْتُمْ فِيْهِ مِنْ شَيْءٍ فَحُكْمُهٗٓ اِلَى اللّٰهِ ۗذٰلِكُمُ اللّٰهُ رَبِّيْ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُۖ وَاِلَيْهِ اُنِيْبُ ۝١٠

Wa makhtalaftum fīhi min syai'in faḥukmuhū ilallāh, żālikumullāhu robbī ‘alaihi tawakkaltu wa ilaihi unīb

10. Whatever matter you differ about, its judgment rests with Allah. “Such is Allah, my Lord, in whom I trust, and unto Him I repent.”

42:11

فَاطِرُ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِۗ جَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِّنْ اَنْفُسِكُمْ اَزْوَاجًا وَّمِنَ الْاَنْعَامِ اَزْوَاجًاۚ يَذْرَؤُكُمْ فِيْهِۗ لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهٖ شَيْءٌ ۚوَهُوَ السَّمِيْعُ الْبَصِيْرُ ۝١١

Fāṭirus-samāwāti wal-arḍ, ja‘ala lakum min anfusikum azwājaw wa minal-an‘āmi azwājā, yażro'ukum fīh, laisa kamiṡlihī syai', wa huwas-samī‘ul-baṣīr

11. Originator of the heavens and the earth. He made for you mates from among yourselves, and pairs of animals, by means of which He multiplies you. There is nothing like Him. He is the Hearing, the Seeing.

42:12

لَهٗ مَقَالِيْدُ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِۚ يَبْسُطُ الرِّزْقَ لِمَنْ يَّشَاۤءُ وَيَقْدِرُ ۗاِنَّهٗ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيْمٌ ۝١٢

Lahū maqōlīdus-samāwāti wal-arḍ, yabsuṭur-rizqo limay yasyā-u wa yaqdir, innahū bikulli syai'in ‘alīm

12. To Him belongs absolute control of the heavens and the earth. He spreads the bounties to whomever He wills, or reduces it. He is aware of all things.

42:13

شَرَعَ لَكُمْ مِّنَ الدِّيْنِ مَا وَصّٰى بِهٖ نُوْحًا وَّالَّذِيْٓ اَوْحَيْنَآ اِلَيْكَ وَمَا وَصَّيْنَا بِهٖٓ اِبْرٰهِيْمَ وَمُوْسٰى وَعِيْسٰٓى اَنْ اَقِيْمُوا الدِّيْنَ وَلَا تَتَفَرَّقُوْا فِيْهِۗ كَبُرَ عَلَى الْمُشْرِكِيْنَ مَا تَدْعُوْهُمْ اِلَيْهِۗ اَللّٰهُ يَجْتَبِيْٓ اِلَيْهِ مَنْ يَّشَاۤءُ وَيَهْدِيْٓ اِلَيْهِ مَنْ يُّنِيْبُۗ ۝١٣

Syaro‘a lakum minad-dīni mā waṣṣō bihī nūḥaw wal-lażī auḥainā ilaika wa mā waṣṣō bihī ibrōhīma wa mūsā wa ‘īsā an aqīmud-dīna wa lā tatafarroqū fīh, kaburo ‘alal-musyrikīna mā tad‘ūhum ilaih, allāhu yajtabī ilaihi may yasyā-u wa yahdī ilaihi may yunīb

13. He prescribed for you the same religion He enjoined upon Noah, and what We inspired to you, and what We enjoined upon Abraham, and Moses, and Jesus: “You shall uphold the religion, and be not divided therein.” As for the idolaters, what you call them to is outrageous to them. Allah chooses to Himself whom He wills, and He guides to Himself whoever repents.

42:14

وَمَا تَفَرَّقُوْٓا اِلَّا مِنْۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَاۤءَهُمُ الْعِلْمُ بَغْيًاۢ بَيْنَهُمْۗ وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَتْ مِنْ رَّبِّكَ اِلٰٓى اَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى لَّقُضِيَ بَيْنَهُمْۗ وَاِنَّ الَّذِيْنَ اُوْرِثُوا الْكِتٰبَ مِنْۢ بَعْدِهِمْ لَفِيْ شَكٍّ مِّنْهُ مُرِيْبٍ ۝١٤

Wa mā tafarroqū illā mim ba‘di mā jā-ahumul-‘ilmu baghyam bainahum, wa lau lā kalimatun sabaqot mir robbika ilā ajalim musammal laquḍiya bainahum, wa innal-lażīna ūriṡul-kitāba mim ba‘dihim lafī syakkim minhu murīb

14. They became divided only after knowledge came to them, out of resentment among themselves. Were it not for a predetermined decision from your Lord, judgment would have been pronounced between them. Indeed, those who were made to inherit the Book after them are in grave doubt about it.

42:15

فَلِذٰلِكَ فَادْعُ ۚوَاسْتَقِمْ كَمَآ اُمِرْتَۚ وَلَا تَتَّبِعْ اَهْوَاۤءَهُمْۚ وَقُلْ اٰمَنْتُ بِمَآ اَنْزَلَ اللّٰهُ مِنْ كِتٰبٍۚ وَاُمِرْتُ لِاَعْدِلَ بَيْنَكُمْ ۗ اَللّٰهُ رَبُّنَا وَرَبُّكُمْ ۗ لَنَآ اَعْمَالُنَا وَلَكُمْ اَعْمَالُكُمْ ۗ لَاحُجَّةَ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمْ ۗ اَللّٰهُ يَجْمَعُ بَيْنَنَا ۚوَاِلَيْهِ الْمَصِيْرُ ۗ ۝١٥

Fa liżālika fad‘, wastaqim kamā umirt, wa lā tattabi‘ ahwā-ahum, wa qul āmantu bimā anzalallāhu min kitāb, wa umirtu li'a‘dila bainakum, allāhu robbunā wa robbukum, lanā a‘mālunā wa lakum a‘mālukum, lā ḥujjata bainanā wa bainakum, allāhu yajma‘u bainanā,wa ilaihil-maṣīr

15. To this go on inviting, and be upright as you were commanded, and do not follow their inclinations, and say, “I believe in whatever Book Allah has sent down, and I was commanded to judge between you equitably. Allah is our Lord and your Lord. We have our deeds, and you have your deeds. Let there be no quarrel between us and you. Allah will bring us together, and to Him is the ultimate return.”

42:16

وَالَّذِيْنَ يُحَاۤجُّوْنَ فِى اللّٰهِ مِنْۢ بَعْدِ مَا اسْتُجِيْبَ لَهٗ حُجَّتُهُمْ دَاحِضَةٌ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ وَعَلَيْهِمْ غَضَبٌ وَّلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَدِيْدٌ ۝١٦

Wal-lażīna yuḥājjūna fillāhi mim ba‘di mastujība lahū ḥujjatuhum dāḥiḍotun ‘inda robbihim wa ‘alaihim ghoḍobuw wa lahum ‘ażābun syadīd

16. As for those who dispute about Allah after having answered His call, their argument is invalid with their Lord; and upon them falls wrath; and a grievous torment awaits them.

42:17

اَللّٰهُ الَّذِيْٓ اَنْزَلَ الْكِتٰبَ بِالْحَقِّ وَالْمِيْزَانَ ۗوَمَا يُدْرِيْكَ لَعَلَّ السَّاعَةَ قَرِيْبٌ ۝١٧

Allāhul-lażī anzalal-kitāba bil-ḥaqqi wal-mīzān, wa mā yudrīka la‘allas-sā‘ata qorīb

17. It is Allah who revealed the Book with the truth, and the Balance. And what will make you realize that perhaps the Hour is near?

42:18

يَسْتَعْجِلُ بِهَا الَّذِيْنَ لَا يُؤْمِنُوْنَ بِهَاۚ وَالَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا مُشْفِقُوْنَ مِنْهَاۙ وَيَعْلَمُوْنَ اَنَّهَا الْحَقُّ ۗ اَلَآ اِنَّ الَّذِيْنَ يُمَارُوْنَ فِى السَّاعَةِ لَفِيْ ضَلٰلٍۢ بَعِيْدٍ ۝١٨

Yasta‘jilu bihal-lażīna lā yu'minūna bihā, wal-lażīna āmanū musyfiqūna minhā, wa ya‘lamūna annahal-ḥaqq, alā innal-lażīna yumārūna fis-sā‘ati lafī ḍolālim ba‘īd

18. Those who do not believe in it seek to hasten it; but those who believe are apprehensive of it, and they know it to be the truth. Absolutely, those who question the Hour are in distant error.

42:19

اَللّٰهُ لَطِيْفٌۢ بِعِبَادِهٖ يَرْزُقُ مَنْ يَّشَاۤءُ ۚوَهُوَ الْقَوِيُّ الْعَزِيْزُ ࣖ ۝١٩

Allāhu laṭīfum bi‘ibādihī yarzuqu may yasyā', wa huwal-qowiyyul-‘azīz

19. Allah is Kind towards His worshipers. He provides for whomever He wills. He is the Powerful, the Honorable.

42:20

مَنْ كَانَ يُرِيْدُ حَرْثَ الْاٰخِرَةِ نَزِدْ لَهٗ فِيْ حَرْثِهٖۚ وَمَنْ كَانَ يُرِيْدُ حَرْثَ الدُّنْيَا نُؤْتِهٖ مِنْهَاۙ وَمَا لَهٗ فِى الْاٰخِرَةِ مِنْ نَّصِيْبٍ ۝٢٠

Man kāna yurīdu ḥarṡal-ākhiroti nazid lahū fī ḥarṡih, wa man kāna yurīdu ḥarṡad-dun-yā nu'tihī minhā, wa mā lahū fil-ākhiroti min naṣīb

20. Whoever desires the harvest of the Hereafter, We increase for him his harvest; and whoever desires the harvest of this world, We give him thereof, and he has no share of the Hereafter.

42:21

اَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكٰۤؤُا شَرَعُوْا لَهُمْ مِّنَ الدِّيْنِ مَا لَمْ يَأْذَنْۢ بِهِ اللّٰهُ ۗوَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةُ الْفَصْلِ لَقُضِيَ بَيْنَهُمْ ۗوَاِنَّ الظّٰلِمِيْنَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ اَلِيْمٌ ۝٢١

Am lahum syurokā-u syaro‘ū lahum minad-dīni mā lam ya'żam bihillāh, wa lau lā kalimatul-faṣli laquḍiya bainahum, wa innaẓ-ẓōlimīna lahum ‘ażābun alīm

21. Or is it that they have partners who litigate for them religious laws never authorized by Allah? Were it not for the conclusive decision, it would have been settled between them. The wicked will have a painful punishment.

42:22

تَرَى الظّٰلِمِيْنَ مُشْفِقِيْنَ مِمَّا كَسَبُوْا وَهُوَ وَاقِعٌۢ بِهِمْ ۗوَالَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَعَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ فِيْ رَوْضَاتِ الْجَنَّاتِۚ لَهُمْ مَّا يَشَاۤءُوْنَ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ ۗذٰلِكَ هُوَ الْفَضْلُ الْكَبِيْرُ ۝٢٢

Taroẓ-ẓōlimīna musyfiqīna mimmā kasabū wa huwa wāqi‘um bihim, wal-lażīna āmanū wa ‘amiluṣ-ṣōliḥāti fī rouḍōtil-jannāt, lahum mā yasyā-ūna ‘inda robbihim, żālika huwal-faḍlul-kabīr

22. You will see the unjust terrified of what they have earned, and it will befall them. As for those who believe and do good deeds, they will be in the Meadows of the Gardens; they will have whatever they please in the presence of their Lord; that is the supreme blessing.

42:23

ذٰلِكَ الَّذِيْ يُبَشِّرُ اللّٰهُ عِبَادَهُ الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَعَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِۗ قُلْ لَّآ اَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ اَجْرًا اِلَّا الْمَوَدَّةَ فِى الْقُرْبٰىۗ وَمَنْ يَّقْتَرِفْ حَسَنَةً نَّزِدْ لَهٗ فِيْهَا حُسْنًا ۗاِنَّ اللّٰهَ غَفُوْرٌ شَكُوْرٌ ۝٢٣

Żālikal-lażī yubasysyirullāhu ‘ibādahul-lażīna āmanū wa ‘amiluṣ-ṣōliḥāt, qul lā as'alukum ‘alaihi ajron illal-mawaddata fil-qurbā, wa may yaqtarif ḥasanatan nazid lahū fīhā ḥusnā, innallāha ghofūrun syakūr

23. That is the good news Allah gives to His servants who believe and do good deeds. Say, “I ask of you no wage for it, except affection among the near of kin.” Whoever does a good deed, We will increase its goodness for him. Allah is Forgiving and Appreciative.

42:24

اَمْ يَقُوْلُوْنَ افْتَرٰى عَلَى اللّٰهِ كَذِبًاۚ فَاِنْ يَّشَاِ اللّٰهُ يَخْتِمْ عَلٰى قَلْبِكَ ۗوَيَمْحُ اللّٰهُ الْبَاطِلَ وَيُحِقُّ الْحَقَّ بِكَلِمٰتِهٖ ۗاِنَّهٗ عَلِيْمٌ ۢبِذَاتِ الصُّدُوْرِ ۝٢٤

Am yaqūlūnaftarō ‘alallāhi każibā, fa'iy yasya'illāhu yakhtim ‘alā qolbik, wa yamḥullāhul-bāṭila wa yuḥiqqul-ḥaqqo bikalimātih, innahū ‘alīmum biżātiṣ-ṣudūr

24. Or do they say, “He forged a lie about Allah”? If Allah so willed, He could have sealed your heart. But Allah obliterates the false, and confirms the true by His words. He knows what is in the hearts.

42:25

وَهُوَ الَّذِيْ يَقْبَلُ التَّوْبَةَ عَنْ عِبَادِهٖ وَيَعْفُوْا عَنِ السَّيِّاٰتِ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا تَفْعَلُوْنَۙ ۝٢٥

Wa huwal-lażī yaqbalut-taubata ‘an ‘ibādihī wa ya‘fū ‘anis-sayyi'āti wa ya‘lamu mā taf‘alūn

25. It is He who accepts the repentance of His worshipers, and remits the sins, and knows what you do.

42:26

وَيَسْتَجِيْبُ الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَعَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ وَيَزِيْدُهُمْ مِّنْ فَضْلِهٖ ۗوَالْكٰفِرُوْنَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَدِيْدٌ ۝٢٦

Wa yastajībul-lażīna āmanū wa ‘amiluṣ-ṣōliḥāti wa yazīduhum min faḍlih, wal-kāfirūna lahum ‘ażābun syadīd

26. And He answers those who believe and do good deeds, and He increases them of His grace. But the disbelievers will suffer a terrible punishment.

42:27

وَلَوْ بَسَطَ اللّٰهُ الرِّزْقَ لِعِبَادِهٖ لَبَغَوْا فِى الْاَرْضِ وَلٰكِنْ يُّنَزِّلُ بِقَدَرٍ مَّا يَشَاۤءُ ۗاِنَّهٗ بِعِبَادِهٖ خَبِيْرٌۢ بَصِيْرٌ ۝٢٧

Wa lau basaṭollāhur rizqo li‘ibādihī labaghou fil-arḍi wa lākiy yunazzilu biqodarim mā yasyā', innahū bi‘ibādihī khobīrum baṣīr

27. If Allah were to increase the provision to His servants, they would transgress on earth; but He sends down in precise measure whatever He wills. Surely, regarding His servants, He is Expert and Observant.

42:28

وَهُوَ الَّذِيْ يُنَزِّلُ الْغَيْثَ مِنْۢ بَعْدِ مَا قَنَطُوْا وَيَنْشُرُ رَحْمَتَهٗ ۗوَهُوَ الْوَلِيُّ الْحَمِيْدُ ۝٢٨

Wa huwal-lażī yunazzilul-ghoiṡa mim ba‘di mā qonaṭū wa yansyuru roḥmatah, wa huwal-waliyyul-ḥamīd

28. It is He who brings down the rain after they have despaired, and unfolds His mercy. He is the Guardian, the Praised.

42:29

وَمِنْ اٰيٰتِهٖ خَلْقُ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَمَا بَثَّ فِيْهِمَا مِنْ دَاۤبَّةٍ ۗوَهُوَ عَلٰى جَمْعِهِمْ اِذَا يَشَاۤءُ قَدِيْرٌ ࣖ ۝٢٩

Wa min āyātihī kholqus-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa mā baṡṡa fīhimā min dābbah, wa huwa ‘alā jam‘ihim iżā yasyā-u qodīr

29. And of His signs are the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the creatures He has spread throughout them; and He is Able to gather them at will.

42:30

وَمَآ اَصَابَكُمْ مِّنْ مُّصِيْبَةٍ فَبِمَا كَسَبَتْ اَيْدِيْكُمْ وَيَعْفُوْا عَنْ كَثِيْرٍۗ ۝٣٠

Wa mā aṣōbakum mim muṣībatin fabimā kasabat aidīkum wa ya‘fū ‘an kaṡīr

30. Whatever misfortune befalls you, it is because of what your hands have earned; and yet He pardons much.

42:31

وَمَآ اَنْتُمْ بِمُعْجِزِيْنَ فِى الْاَرْضِۚ وَمَا لَكُمْ مِّنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ مِنْ وَّلِيٍّ وَّلَا نَصِيْرٍ ۝٣١

Wa mā antum bimu‘jizīna fil-arḍ, wa mā lakum min dūnillāhi miw waliyyiw wa lā naṣīr

31. You are not the ones to interfere on earth; and besides Allah, you have no ally, and no helper.

42:32

وَمِنْ اٰيٰتِهِ الْجَوَارِ فِى الْبَحْرِ كَالْاَعْلَامِ ۗ ۝٣٢

Wa min āyātihil-jawāri fil-baḥri kal-a‘lām

32. And of His signs are the ships sailing the sea like flags.

42:33

اِنْ يَّشَأْ يُسْكِنِ الرِّيْحَ فَيَظْلَلْنَ رَوَاكِدَ عَلٰى ظَهْرِهٖۗ اِنَّ فِيْ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيٰتٍ لِّكُلِّ صَبَّارٍ شَكُوْرٍۙ ۝٣٣

Iy yasya' yuskinir-rīḥa fa yaẓlalna rowākida ‘alā ẓohrih, inna fī żālika la'āyātil likulli ṣobbārin syakūr

33. If He willed, He could have stilled the winds, leaving them motionless on its surface. Surely in that are signs for every disciplined, grateful person.

42:34

اَوْ يُوْبِقْهُنَّ بِمَا كَسَبُوْا وَيَعْفُ عَنْ كَثِيْرٍۙ ۝٣٤

Au yūbiqhunna bimā kasabū wa ya‘fu ‘an kaṡīr

34. Or He could wreck them, because of what they have earned. And yet He pardons much.

42:35

وَّيَعْلَمَ الَّذِيْنَ يُجَادِلُوْنَ فِيْٓ اٰيٰتِنَاۗ مَا لَهُمْ مِّنْ مَّحِيْصٍ ۝٣٥

Wa ya‘lamal-lażīna yujādilūna fī āyātinā, mā lahum mim maḥīṣ

35. Those who dispute Our signs know that there is no asylum for them.

42:36

فَمَآ اُوْتِيْتُمْ مِّنْ شَيْءٍ فَمَتَاعُ الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَا ۚوَمَا عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ خَيْرٌ وَّاَبْقٰى لِلَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَعَلٰى رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُوْنَۚ ۝٣٦

Famā ūtītum min syai'in fa matā‘ul-ḥayātid-dun-yā, wa mā ‘indallāhi khoiruw wa abqō lil-lażīna āmanū wa ‘alā robbihim yatawakkalūn

36. Whatever thing you are given is only the provision of this life. But what Allah possesses is better and more lasting for those who believe and rely on their Lord.

42:37

وَالَّذِيْنَ يَجْتَنِبُوْنَ كَبٰۤىِٕرَ الْاِثْمِ وَالْفَوَاحِشَ وَاِذَا مَا غَضِبُوْا هُمْ يَغْفِرُوْنَ ۚ ۝٣٧

Wal-lażīna yajtanibūna kabā-irol-iṡmi wal-fawāḥisya wa iżā mā ghoḍibū hum yaghfirūn

37. And those who avoid major sins and indecencies; and if they become angry, they forgive.

42:38

وَالَّذِيْنَ اسْتَجَابُوْا لِرَبِّهِمْ وَاَقَامُوا الصَّلٰوةَۖ وَاَمْرُهُمْ شُوْرٰى بَيْنَهُمْۖ وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنٰهُمْ يُنْفِقُوْنَ ۚ ۝٣٨

Wal-lażīnastajābū lirobbihim wa aqōmuṣ-ṣolāta wa amruhum syūrō bainahum, wa mimmā rozaqnāhum yunfiqūn

38. And those who respond to their Lord, and pray regularly, and conduct their affairs by mutual consultation, and give of what We have provided them.

42:39

وَالَّذِيْنَ اِذَآ اَصَابَهُمُ الْبَغْيُ هُمْ يَنْتَصِرُوْنَ ۝٣٩

Wal-lażīna iżā aṣōbahumul-baghyu hum yantaṣirūn

39. And those who, when wronged, defend themselves.

42:40

وَجَزٰۤؤُا سَيِّئَةٍ سَيِّئَةٌ مِّثْلُهَا ۚفَمَنْ عَفَا وَاَصْلَحَ فَاَجْرُهٗ عَلَى اللّٰهِ ۗاِنَّهٗ لَا يُحِبُّ الظّٰلِمِيْنَ ۝٤٠

Wa jazā-u sayyi'atin sayyi'atum miṡluhā, faman ‘afā wa aṣlaḥa fa ajruhū ‘alallāh, innahū lā yuḥibbuẓ-ẓōlimīn

40. The repayment of a bad action is one equivalent to it. But whoever pardons and makes reconciliation, his reward lies with Allah. He does not love the unjust.

42:41

وَلَمَنِ انْتَصَرَ بَعْدَ ظُلْمِهٖ فَاُولٰۤىِٕكَ مَا عَلَيْهِمْ مِّنْ سَبِيْلٍۗ ۝٤١

Wa lamanintaṣoro ba‘da ẓulmihī fa ulā-ika mā ‘alaihim min sabīl

41. As for those who retaliate after being wronged, there is no blame on them.

42:42

اِنَّمَا السَّبِيْلُ عَلَى الَّذِيْنَ يَظْلِمُوْنَ النَّاسَ وَيَبْغُوْنَ فِى الْاَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّۗ اُولٰۤىِٕكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ اَلِيْمٌ ۝٤٢

Innamas-sabīlu ‘alal-lażīna yaẓlimūnan-nāsa wa yabghūna fil-arḍi bighoiril-ḥaqq, ulā-ika lahum ‘ażābun alīm

42. Blame lies on those who wrong people, and commit aggression in the land without right. These will have a painful punishment.

42:43

وَلَمَنْ صَبَرَ وَغَفَرَ اِنَّ ذٰلِكَ لَمِنْ عَزْمِ الْاُمُوْرِ ࣖ ۝٤٣

Wa laman ṣobaro wa ghofaro inna żālika lamin ‘azmil-umūr

43. But whoever endures patiently and forgives—that is a sign of real resolve.

42:44

وَمَنْ يُّضْلِلِ اللّٰهُ فَمَا لَهٗ مِنْ وَّلِيٍّ مِّنْۢ بَعْدِهٖ ۗوَتَرَى الظّٰلِمِيْنَ لَمَّا رَاَوُا الْعَذَابَ يَقُوْلُوْنَ هَلْ اِلٰى مَرَدٍّ مِّنْ سَبِيْلٍۚ ۝٤٤

Wa may yuḍlilillāhu famā lahū miw waliyyim mim ba‘dih, wa taroẓ-ẓōlimīna lammā ro'awul-‘ażāba yaqūlūna hal ilā maroddim min sabīl

44. Whoever Allah leaves astray has no protector apart from Him. And you will see the transgressors, when they see the torment, saying, “Is there a way of going back?”

42:45

وَتَرٰىهُمْ يُعْرَضُوْنَ عَلَيْهَا خٰشِعِيْنَ مِنَ الذُّلِّ يَنْظُرُوْنَ مِنْ طَرْفٍ خَفِيٍّۗ وَقَالَ الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْٓا اِنَّ الْخٰسِرِيْنَ الَّذِيْنَ خَسِرُوْٓا اَنْفُسَهُمْ وَاَهْلِيْهِمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ ۗ اَلَآ اِنَّ الظّٰلِمِيْنَ فِيْ عَذَابٍ مُّقِيْمٍ ۝٤٥

Wa tarōhum yu‘roḍūna ‘alaihā khōsyi‘īna minaż żulli yanẓurūna min ṭorfin khofiyy, wa qōlal-lażīna āmanū innal-khōsirīnal-lażīna khosirū anfusahum wa ahlīhim yaumal-qiyāmah, alā innaẓ-ẓōlimīna fī ‘ażābim muqīm

45. And you will see them exposed to it, cowering from disgrace, looking with concealed eyes. Those who believed will say, “The losers are those who lost themselves and their families on the Day of Resurrection.” Indeed, the evildoers are in a lasting torment.

42:46

وَمَا كَانَ لَهُمْ مِّنْ اَوْلِيَاۤءَ يَنْصُرُوْنَهُمْ مِّنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ ۗوَمَنْ يُّضْلِلِ اللّٰهُ فَمَا لَهٗ مِنْ سَبِيْلٍ ۗ ۝٤٦

Wa mā kāna lahum min auliyā-a yanṣurūnahum min dūnillāh, wa may yuḍlilillāhu famā lahū min sabīl

46. They will have no allies to support them against Allah. Whomever Allah leaves astray has no way out.

42:47

اِسْتَجِيْبُوْا لِرَبِّكُمْ مِّنْ قَبْلِ اَنْ يَّأْتِيَ يَوْمٌ لَّا مَرَدَّ لَهٗ مِنَ اللّٰهِ ۗمَا لَكُمْ مِّنْ مَّلْجَاٍ يَّوْمَىِٕذٍ وَّمَا لَكُمْ مِّنْ نَّكِيْرٍ ۝٤٧

Istajībū lirobbikum min qobli ay ya'tiya yaumul lā marodda lahū minallāh, mā lakum mim malja'iy yauma'iżiw wa mā lakum min nakīr

47. Respond to your Lord before there comes from Allah a Day that cannot be turned back. You will have no refuge on that Day, and no possibility of denial.

42:48

فَاِنْ اَعْرَضُوْا فَمَآ اَرْسَلْنٰكَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَفِيْظًا ۗاِنْ عَلَيْكَ اِلَّا الْبَلٰغُ ۗوَاِنَّآ اِذَآ اَذَقْنَا الْاِنْسَانَ مِنَّا رَحْمَةً فَرِحَ بِهَا ۚوَاِنْ تُصِبْهُمْ سَيِّئَةٌ ۢبِمَا قَدَّمَتْ اَيْدِيْهِمْ فَاِنَّ الْاِنْسَانَ كَفُوْرٌ ۝٤٨

Fa in a‘roḍū famā arsalnāka ‘alaihim ḥafīẓō, in ‘alaika illal-balāgh, wa innā iżā ażaqnal-insāna minnā roḥmatan fariḥa bihā, wa in tuṣibhum sayyi'atum bimā qoddamat aidīhim fa'innal-insāna kafūr

48. But if they turn away—We did not send you as a guardian over them. Your only duty is communication. Whenever We let man taste mercy from Us, he rejoices in it; but when misfortune befalls them, as a consequence of what their hands have perpetrated, man turns blasphemous.

42:49

لِلّٰهِ مُلْكُ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِۗ يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَاۤءُ ۗيَهَبُ لِمَنْ يَّشَاۤءُ اِنَاثًا وَّيَهَبُ لِمَنْ يَّشَاۤءُ الذُّكُوْرَ ۙ ۝٤٩

Lillāhi mulkus-samāwāti wal-arḍ, yakhluqu mā yasyā', yahabu limay yasyā-u ināṡaw wa yahabu limay yasyā-uż-żukūr

49. To Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. He creates whatever He wills. He grants daughters to whomever He wills, and He grants sons to whomever He wills.

42:50

اَوْ يُزَوِّجُهُمْ ذُكْرَانًا وَّاِنَاثًا ۚوَيَجْعَلُ مَنْ يَّشَاۤءُ عَقِيْمًا ۗاِنَّهٗ عَلِيْمٌ قَدِيْرٌ ۝٥٠

Au yuzawwijuhum żukrōnaw wa ināṡā, wa yaj‘alu may yasyā-u ‘aqīmā, innahū ‘alīmun qodīr

50. Or He combines them together, males and females; and He renders whomever He wills sterile. He is Knowledgeable and Capable.

42:51

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

Wa mā kāna libasyarin ay yukallimahullāhu illā waḥyan au miw warō-i ḥijābin au yursila rosūlan fa yūḥiya bi'iżnihī mā yasyā', innahū ‘aliyyun ḥakīm

51. It is not for any human that Allah should speak to him, except by inspiration, or from behind a veil, or by sending a messenger to reveal by His permission whatever He wills. He is All-High, All-Wise.

42:52

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

Wa każālika auḥainā ilaika rūḥam min amrinā, mā kunta tadrī mal-kitābu wa lal-īmānu wa lākin ja‘alnāhu nūron nahdī bihī man nasyā-u min ‘ibādinā, wa innaka latahdī ilā ṣirōṭim mustaqīm

52. We thus inspired you spiritually, by Our command. You did not know what the Scripture is, nor what faith is, but We made it a light, with which We guide whomever We will of Our servants. You surely guide to a straight path.

42:53

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

Ṣirōṭillāhil-lażī lahū mā fis-samāwāti wa mā fil-arḍ, alā ilallāhi taṣīrul-umūr

53. The path of Allah, to whom belongs everything in the heavens and everything on earth. Indeed, to Allah all matters revert.

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Surah Ash-Shuraa (The Consultation) is surah number 42 of the Quran. It has 53 verses and is a Meccan surah. Read the Arabic, transliteration and translation verse by verse or as continuous text; every verse also has its own page.

Arabic text: Ministry of Religious Affairs of Indonesia (Kemenag RI). Transliteration: Aplikita. English translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com (CC BY-ND 4.0).