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Qur’an 42:52 Ash-Shura, verse 52
وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ رُوحًۭا مِّنْ أَمْرِنَا ۚ مَا كُنتَ تَدْرِى مَا ٱلْكِتَٰبُ وَلَا ٱلْإِيمَٰنُ وَلَٰكِن جَعَلْنَٰهُ نُورًۭا نَّهْدِى بِهِۦ مَن نَّشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ۚ وَإِنَّكَ لَتَهْدِىٓ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍۢ مُّسْتَقِيمٍۢ
And thus We have revealed to you an inspiration of Our command. 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 -
Translation: Saheeh International. Brackets mark words added for clarity.
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Word by word
| Arabic | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| وَكَذَٰلِكَ | wakadhālika | And thus |
| أَوْحَيْنَآ | awḥaynā | We have revealed |
| إِلَيْكَ | ilayka | to you |
| رُوحًۭا | rūḥan | an inspiration |
| مِّنْ | min | by |
| أَمْرِنَا ۚ | amrinā | Our Command |
| مَا | mā | Not |
| كُنتَ | kunta | (did) you |
| تَدْرِى | tadrī | know |
| مَا | mā | what |
| ٱلْكِتَـٰبُ | l-kitābu | the Book (is) |
| وَلَا | walā | and not |
| ٱلْإِيمَـٰنُ | l-īmānu | the faith |
| وَلَـٰكِن | walākin | But |
| جَعَلْنَـٰهُ | jaʿalnāhu | We have made it |
| نُورًۭا | nūran | a light |
| نَّهْدِى | nahdī | We guide |
| بِهِۦ | bihi | with it |
| مَن | man | whom |
| نَّشَآءُ | nashāu | We will |
| مِنْ | min | of |
| عِبَادِنَا ۚ | ʿibādinā | Our slaves |
| وَإِنَّكَ | wa-innaka | And indeed, you |
| لَتَهْدِىٓ | latahdī | surely guide |
| إِلَىٰ | ilā | to |
| صِرَٰطٍۢ | ṣirāṭin | (the) Path |
| مُّسْتَقِيمٍۢ | mus'taqīmin | Straight |
In context
The verses around 42:52 in Ash-Shura.
- 42:50أَوْ يُزَوِّجُهُمْ ذُكْرَانًۭا وَإِنَٰثًۭا ۖ وَيَجْعَلُ مَن يَشَآءُ عَقِيمًا ۚ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِيمٌۭ قَدِيرٌۭOr He makes them [both] males and females, and He renders whom He wills barren. Indeed, He is Knowing and Competent.
- 42:51۞ وَمَا كَانَ لِبَشَرٍ أَن يُكَلِّمَهُ ٱللَّهُ إِلَّا وَحْيًا أَوْ مِن وَرَآئِ حِجَابٍ أَوْ يُرْسِلَ رَسُولًۭا فَيُوحِىَ بِإِذْنِهِۦ مَا يَشَآءُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِىٌّ حَكِيمٌۭAnd 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 to reveal, by His permission, what He wills. Indeed, He is Most High and Wise.
- 42:53صِرَٰطِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ أَلَآ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ تَصِيرُ ٱلْأُمُورُThe path of Allah, to whom belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Unquestionably, to Allah do [all] matters evolve.
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