سورة الشورى
Surah Ash-Shura
The Consultation
Surah Ash-Shura (The Consultation) is the 42nd surah of the Quran. It has 53 verses and is a Meccan surah. Below is the complete Arabic text with an English translation and transliteration, verse by verse.
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
حمٓ﴿١﴾
Hameem
Ḥā, Meem.
عٓسٓقٓ﴿٢﴾
ʿaynseenqaf
ʿAyn, Seen, Qāf.
كَذَٰلِكَ يُوحِيٓ إِلَيۡكَ وَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِكَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ﴿٣﴾
Kathalika yoohee ilayka waila allatheena min qablika Allahu alʿazeezu alhakeemu
Thus has He revealed to you, [O Muḥammad], and to those before you - Allāh, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.
لَهُۥ مَا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَ مَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ۖ وَ هُوَ ٱلۡعَلِيُّ ٱلۡعَظِيمُ﴿٤﴾
Lahu ma fee alssamawati wama fee alardi wahuwa alʿaliyyu alʿatheemu
To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth, and He is the Most High, the Most Great.
تَكَادُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُ يَتَفَطَّرۡنَ مِن فَوۡقِهِنَّ ۚ وَ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ يُسَبِّحُونَ بِحَمۡدِ رَبِّهِمۡ وَ يَسۡتَغۡفِرُونَ لِمَن فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ۗ أَلَآ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلۡغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ﴿٥﴾
Takadu alssamawatu yatafattarna min fawqihinna waalmalaikatu yusabbihoona bihamdi rabbihim wayastaghfiroona liman fee alardi ala inna Allaha huwa alghafooru alrraheemu
The heavens almost break from above them, and the angels exalt [Allāh] with praise of their Lord and ask forgiveness for those on earth. Unquestionably, it is Allāh who is the Forgiving, the Merciful.
وَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُواْ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ أَوۡلِيَآءَ ٱللَّهُ حَفِيظٌ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وَ مَآ أَنتَ عَلَيۡهِم بِوَكِيلࣲ﴿٦﴾
Waallatheena ittakhathoo min doonihi awliyaa Allahu hafeethun ʿalayhim wama anta ʿalayhim biwakeelin
And those who take as allies other than Him - Allāh is [yet] Guardian over them; and you, [O Muḥammad], are not over them a manager -
وَ كَذَٰلِكَ أَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَيۡكَ قُرۡءَانًا عَرَبِيࣰّا لِّتُنذِرَ أُمَّ ٱلۡقُرَىٰ وَ مَنۡ حَوۡلَهَا وَ تُنذِرَ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡجَمۡعِ لَا رَيۡبَ فِيهِ ۚ فَرِيقࣱ فِي ٱلۡجَنَّةِ وَ فَرِيقࣱ فِي ٱلسَّعِيرِ﴿٧﴾
Wakathalika awhayna ilayka quranan ʿarabiyyan litunthira omma alqura waman hawlaha watunthira yawma aljamʿi la rayba feehi fareequn fee aljannati wafareequn fee alssaʿeeri
And thus We have revealed to you an Arabic Qur’ān that you may warn the Mother of Cities [i.e., Makkah] and those around it and warn of the Day of Assembly, about which there is no doubt. A party will be in Paradise and a party in the Blaze.
وَ لَوۡ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَجَعَلَهُمۡ أُمَّةࣰ وَٰحِدَةࣰ وَ لَٰكِن يُدۡخِلُ مَن يَشَآءُ فِي رَحۡمَتِهِۦ ۚ وَ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ مَا لَهُم مِّن وَلِيࣲّ وَ لَا نَصِيرٍ﴿٨﴾
Walaw shaa Allahu lajaʿalahum ommatan wahidatan walakin yudkhilu man yashao fee rahmatihi waalththalimoona ma lahum min waliyyin wala naseerin
And if Allāh willed, He could have made them [of] one religion, but He admits whom He wills into His mercy. And the wrongdoers have not any protector or helper.
أَمِ ٱتَّخَذُواْ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ أَوۡلِيَآءَ ۖ فَٱللَّهُ هُوَ ٱلۡوَلِيُّ وَ هُوَ يُحۡيِ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ وَ هُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءࣲ قَدِيرࣱ﴿٩﴾
Ami ittakhathoo min doonihi awliyaa faAllahu huwa alwaliyyu wahuwa yuhyee almawta wahuwa ʿala kulli shayin qadeerun
Or have they taken protectors [or allies] besides Him? But Allāh - He is the Protector, and He gives life to the dead, and He is over all things competent.
وَ مَا ٱخۡتَلَفۡتُمۡ فِيهِ مِن شَيۡءࣲ فَحُكۡمُهُۥٓ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ ۚ ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبِّي عَلَيۡهِ تَوَكَّلۡتُ وَ إِلَيۡهِ أُنِيبُ﴿١٠﴾
Wama ikhtalaftum feehi min shayin fahukmuhu ila Allahi thalikumu Allahu rabbee ʿalayhi tawakkaltu wailayhi oneebu
And in anything over which you disagree - its ruling is [to be referred] to Allāh. [Say], "That is Allāh, my Lord; upon Him I have relied, and to Him I turn back."
فَاطِرُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ۚ جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنۡ أَنفُسِكُمۡ أَزۡوَٰجࣰا وَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِ أَزۡوَٰجࣰا يَذۡرَؤُكُمۡ فِيهِ ۚ لَيۡسَ كَمِثۡلِهِۦ شَيۡءࣱ ۖ وَ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡبَصِيرُ﴿١١﴾
Fatiru alssamawati waalardi jaʿala lakum min anfusikum azwajan wamina alanʿami azwajan yathraokum feehi laysa kamithlihi shayon wahuwa alssameeʿu albaseeru
[He is] Creator of the heavens and the earth. He has made for you from yourselves, mates, and among the cattle, mates; He multiplies you thereby. There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the Hearing, the Seeing.
لَهُۥ مَقَالِيدُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ۖ يَبۡسُطُ ٱلرِّزۡقَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَ يَقۡدِرُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ بِكُلِّ شَيۡءٍ عَلِيمࣱ﴿١٢﴾
Lahu maqaleedu alssamawati waalardi yabsutu alrrizqa liman yashao wayaqdiru innahu bikulli shayin ʿaleemun
To Him belong the keys of the heavens and the earth. He extends provision for whom He wills and restricts [it]. Indeed He is, of all things, Knowing.
شَرَعَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلدِّينِ مَا وَصَّىٰ بِهِۦ نُوحࣰا وَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَيۡكَ وَ مَا وَصَّيۡنَا بِهِۦٓ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ وَ مُوسَىٰ وَ عِيسَىٰٓ ۖ أَنۡ أَقِيمُواْ ٱلدِّينَ وَ لَا تَتَفَرَّقُواْ فِيهِ ۚ كَبُرَ عَلَى ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ مَا تَدۡعُوهُمۡ إِلَيۡهِ ۚ ٱللَّهُ يَجۡتَبِيٓ إِلَيۡهِ مَن يَشَآءُ وَ يَهۡدِيٓ إِلَيۡهِ مَن يُنِيبُ﴿١٣﴾
Sharaʿa lakum mina alddeeni ma wassa bihi noohan waallathee awhayna ilayka wama wassayna bihi ibraheema wamoosa waʿeesa an aqeemoo alddeena wala tatafarraqoo feehi kabura ʿala almushrikeena ma tadʿoohum ilayhi Allahu yajtabee ilayhi man yashao wayahdee ilayhi man yuneebu
He has ordained for you of religion what He enjoined upon Noah and that which We have revealed to you, [O Muḥammad], and what We enjoined upon Abraham and Moses and Jesus - to establish the religion and not be divided therein. Difficult for those who associate others with Allāh is that to which you invite them. Allāh chooses for Himself whom He wills and guides to Himself whoever turns back [to Him].
وَ مَا تَفَرَّقُوٓاْ إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا جَآءَهُمُ ٱلۡعِلۡمُ بَغۡيَۢا بَيۡنَهُمۡ ۚ وَ لَوۡلَا كَلِمَةࣱ سَبَقَتۡ مِن رَّبِّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلࣲ مُّسَمࣰّى لَّقُضِيَ بَيۡنَهُمۡ ۚ وَ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أُورِثُواْ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡ لَفِي شَكࣲّ مِّنۡهُ مُرِيبࣲ﴿١٤﴾
Wama tafarraqoo illa min baʿdi ma jaahumu alʿilmu baghyan baynahum walawla kalimatun sabaqat min rabbika ila ajalin musamman laqudiya baynahum wainna allatheena oorithoo alkitaba min baʿdihim lafee shakkin minhu mureebin
And they did not become divided until after knowledge had come to them - out of jealous animosity between themselves. And if not for a word that preceded from your Lord [postponing the penalty] until a specified time, it would have been concluded between them. And indeed, those who were granted inheritance of the Scripture after them are, concerning it, in disquieting doubt.
فَلِذَٰلِكَ فَٱدۡعُ ۖ وَ ٱسۡتَقِمۡ كَمَآ أُمِرۡتَ ۖ وَ لَا تَتَّبِعۡ أَهۡوَآءَهُمۡ ۖ وَ قُلۡ ءَامَنتُ بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ مِن كِتَٰبࣲ ۖ وَ أُمِرۡتُ لِأَعۡدِلَ بَيۡنَكُمُ ۖ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّنَا وَ رَبُّكُمۡ ۖ لَنَآ أَعۡمَٰلُنَا وَ لَكُمۡ أَعۡمَٰلُكُمۡ ۖ لَا حُجَّةَ بَيۡنَنَا وَ بَيۡنَكُمُ ۖ ٱللَّهُ يَجۡمَعُ بَيۡنَنَا ۖ وَ إِلَيۡهِ ٱلۡمَصِيرُ﴿١٥﴾
Falithalika faodʿu waistaqim kama omirta wala tattabiʿ ahwaahum waqul amantu bima anzala Allahu min kitabin waomirtu liaʿdila baynakum Allahu rabbuna warabbukum lana aʿmaluna walakum aʿmalukum la hujjata baynana wabaynakumu Allahu yajmaʿu baynana wailayhi almaseeru
So to that [religion of Allāh] invite, [O Muḥammad], and remain on a right course as you are commanded and do not follow their inclinations but say, "I have believed in what Allāh has revealed of scripture [i.e., the Qur’ān], and I have been commanded to do justice among you. Allāh is our Lord and your Lord. For us are our deeds, and for you your deeds. There is no [need for] argument between us and you. Allāh will bring us together, and to Him is the [final] destination."
وَ ٱلَّذِينَ يُحَآجُّونَ فِي ٱللَّهِ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا ٱسۡتُجِيبَ لَهُۥ حُجَّتُهُمۡ دَاحِضَةٌ عِندَ رَبِّهِمۡ وَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ غَضَبࣱ وَ لَهُمۡ عَذَابࣱ شَدِيدٌ﴿١٦﴾
Waallatheena yuhajjoona fee Allahi min baʿdi ma istujeeba lahu hujjatuhum dahidatun ʿinda rabbihim waʿalayhim ghadabun walahum ʿathabun shadeedun
And those who argue concerning Allāh after He has been responded to - their argument is invalid with their Lord, and upon them is [His] wrath, and for them is a severe punishment.
ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَنزَلَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَ ٱلۡمِيزَانَ ۗ وَ مَا يُدۡرِيكَ لَعَلَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ قَرِيبࣱ﴿١٧﴾
Allahu allathee anzala alkitaba bialhaqqi waalmeezani wama yudreeka laʿalla alssaʿata qareebun
It is Allāh who has sent down the Book in truth and [also] the balance [i.e., justice]. And what will make you perceive? Perhaps the Hour is near.
يَسۡتَعۡجِلُ بِهَا ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِهَا ۖ وَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مُشۡفِقُونَ مِنۡهَا وَ يَعۡلَمُونَ أَنَّهَا ٱلۡحَقُّ ۗ أَلَآ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُمَارُونَ فِي ٱلسَّاعَةِ لَفِي ضَلَٰلِۭ بَعِيدٍ﴿١٨﴾
Yastaʿjilu biha allatheena la yuminoona biha waallatheena amanoo mushfiqoona minha wayaʿlamoona annaha alhaqqu ala inna allatheena yumaroona fee alssaʿati lafee dalalin baʿeedin
Those who do not believe in it are impatient for it, but those who believe are fearful of it and know that it is the truth. Unquestionably, those who dispute concerning the Hour are in extreme error.
ٱللَّهُ لَطِيفُۢ بِعِبَادِهِۦ يَرۡزُقُ مَن يَشَآءُ ۖ وَ هُوَ ٱلۡقَوِيُّ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ﴿١٩﴾
Allahu lateefun biʿibadihi yarzuqu man yashao wahuwa alqawiyyu alʿazeezu
Allāh is Subtle with His servants; He gives provision to whom He wills. And He is the Powerful, the Exalted in Might.
مَن كَانَ يُرِيدُ حَرۡثَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ نَزِدۡ لَهُۥ فِي حَرۡثِهِۦ ۖ وَ مَن كَانَ يُرِيدُ حَرۡثَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا نُؤۡتِهِۦ مِنۡهَا وَ مَا لَهُۥ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ مِن نَّصِيبٍ﴿٢٠﴾
Man kana yureedu hartha alakhirati nazid lahu fee harthihi waman kana yureedu hartha alddunya nutihi minha wama lahu fee alakhirati min naseebin
Whoever desires the harvest of the Hereafter - We increase for him in his harvest [i.e., reward]. And whoever desires the harvest [i.e., benefits] of this world - We give him thereof, but there is not for him in the Hereafter any share.
أَمۡ لَهُمۡ شُرَكَٰٓؤُاْ شَرَعُواْ لَهُم مِّنَ ٱلدِّينِ مَا لَمۡ يَأۡذَنۢ بِهِ ٱللَّهُ ۚ وَ لَوۡلَا كَلِمَةُ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ لَقُضِيَ بَيۡنَهُمۡ ۗ وَ إِنَّ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ لَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمࣱ﴿٢١﴾
Am lahum shurakao sharaʿoo lahum mina alddeeni ma lam yathan bihi Allahu walawla kalimatu alfasli laqudiya baynahum wainna alththalimeena lahum ʿathabun aleemun
Or have they partners [i.e., other deities] who have ordained for them a religion to which Allāh has not consented? But if not for the decisive word, it would have been concluded between them. And indeed, the wrongdoers will have a painful punishment.
تَرَى ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ مُشۡفِقِينَ مِمَّا كَسَبُواْ وَ هُوَ وَاقِعُۢ بِهِمۡ ۗ وَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَ عَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ فِي رَوۡضَاتِ ٱلۡجَنَّاتِ ۖ لَهُم مَّا يَشَآءُونَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمۡ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلۡفَضۡلُ ٱلۡكَبِيرُ﴿٢٢﴾
Tara alththalimeena mushfiqeena mimma kasaboo wahuwa waqiʿun bihim waallatheena amanoo waʿamiloo alssalihati fee rawdati aljannati lahum ma yashaoona ʿinda rabbihim thalika huwa alfadlu alkabeeru
You will see the wrongdoers fearful of what they have earned, and it will [certainly] befall them. And those who have believed and done righteous deeds will be in lush regions of the gardens [in Paradise] having whatever they will in the presence of their Lord. That is what is the great bounty.
ذَٰلِكَ ٱلَّذِي يُبَشِّرُ ٱللَّهُ عِبَادَهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَ عَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ ۗ قُل لَّآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ أَجۡرًا إِلَّا ٱلۡمَوَدَّةَ فِي ٱلۡقُرۡبَىٰ ۗ وَ مَن يَقۡتَرِفۡ حَسَنَةࣰ نَّزِدۡ لَهُۥ فِيهَا حُسۡنًا ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورࣱ شَكُورٌ﴿٢٣﴾
Thalika allathee yubashshiru Allahu ʿibadahu allatheena amanoo waʿamiloo alssalihati qul la asalukum ʿalayhi ajran illa almawaddata fee alqurba waman yaqtarif hasanatan nazid lahu feeha husnan inna Allaha ghafoorun shakoorun
It is that of which Allāh gives good tidings to His servants who believe and do righteous deeds. Say, [O Muḥammad], "I do not ask you for it [i.e., this message] any payment [but] only good will through [i.e., due to] kinship." And whoever commits a good deed - We will increase for him good therein. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Appreciative.
أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ ٱفۡتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبࣰا ۖ فَإِن يَشَإِ ٱللَّهُ يَخۡتِمۡ عَلَىٰ قَلۡبِكَ ۗ وَ يَمۡحُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡبَٰطِلَ وَ يُحِقُّ ٱلۡحَقَّ بِكَلِمَٰتِهِۦٓ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِيمُۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ﴿٢٤﴾
Am yaqooloona iftara ʿala Allahi kathiban fain yashai Allahu yakhtim ʿala qalbika wayamhu Allahu albatila wayuhiqqu alhaqqa bikalimatihi innahu ʿaleemun bithati alssudoori
Or do they say, "He has invented about Allāh a lie"? But if Allāh willed, He could seal over your heart. And Allāh eliminates falsehood and establishes the truth by His words. Indeed, He is Knowing of that within the breasts.
وَ هُوَ ٱلَّذِي يَقۡبَلُ ٱلتَّوۡبَةَ عَنۡ عِبَادِهِۦ وَ يَعۡفُواْ عَنِ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ وَ يَعۡلَمُ مَا تَفۡعَلُونَ﴿٢٥﴾
Wahuwa allathee yaqbalu alttawbata ʿan ʿibadihi wayaʿfoo ʿani alssayyiati wayaʿlamu ma tafʿaloona
And it is He who accepts repentance from His servants and pardons misdeeds, and He knows what you do.
وَ يَسۡتَجِيبُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَ عَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَ يَزِيدُهُم مِّن فَضۡلِهِۦ ۚ وَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ لَهُمۡ عَذَابࣱ شَدِيدࣱ﴿٢٦﴾
Wayastajeebu allatheena amanoo waʿamiloo alssalihati wayazeeduhum min fadlihi waalkafiroona lahum ʿathabun shadeedun
And He answers [the supplication of] those who have believed and done righteous deeds and increases [for] them from His bounty. But the disbelievers will have a severe punishment.
وَ لَوۡ بَسَطَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلرِّزۡقَ لِعِبَادِهِۦ لَبَغَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَ لَٰكِن يُنَزِّلُ بِقَدَرࣲ مَّا يَشَآءُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ بِعِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرُۢ بَصِيرࣱ﴿٢٧﴾
Walaw basata Allahu alrrizqa liʿibadihi labaghaw fee alardi walakin yunazzilu biqadarin ma yashao innahu biʿibadihi khabeerun baseerun
And if Allāh had extended [excessively] provision for His servants, they would have committed tyranny throughout the earth. But He sends [it] down in an amount which He wills. Indeed He is, of His servants, Aware and Seeing.
وَ هُوَ ٱلَّذِي يُنَزِّلُ ٱلۡغَيۡثَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا قَنَطُواْ وَ يَنشُرُ رَحۡمَتَهُۥ ۚ وَ هُوَ ٱلۡوَلِيُّ ٱلۡحَمِيدُ﴿٢٨﴾
Wahuwa allathee yunazzilu alghaytha min baʿdi ma qanatoo wayanshuru rahmatahu wahuwa alwaliyyu alhameedu
And it is He who sends down the rain after they had despaired and spreads His mercy. And He is the Protector, the Praiseworthy.
وَ مِنۡ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ خَلۡقُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَ مَا بَثَّ فِيهِمَا مِن دَآبَّةࣲ ۚ وَ هُوَ عَلَىٰ جَمۡعِهِمۡ إِذَا يَشَآءُ قَدِيرࣱ﴿٢٩﴾
Wamin ayatihi khalqu alssamawati waalardi wama baththa feehima min dabbatin wahuwa ʿala jamʿihim itha yashao qadeerun
And of His signs is the creation of the heavens and earth and what He has dispersed throughout them of creatures. And He, for gathering them when He wills, is competent.
وَ مَآ أَصَٰبَكُم مِّن مُّصِيبَةࣲ فَبِمَا كَسَبَتۡ أَيۡدِيكُمۡ وَ يَعۡفُواْ عَن كَثِيرࣲ﴿٣٠﴾
Wama asabakum min museebatin fabima kasabat aydeekum wayaʿfoo ʿan katheerin
And whatever strikes you of disaster - it is for what your hands have earned; but He pardons much.
وَ مَآ أَنتُم بِمُعۡجِزِينَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ۖ وَ مَا لَكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَلِيࣲّ وَ لَا نَصِيرࣲ﴿٣١﴾
Wama antum bimuʿjizeena fee alardi wama lakum min dooni Allahi min waliyyin wala naseerin
And you will not cause failure [to Allāh] upon the earth. And you have not besides Allāh any protector or helper.
وَ مِنۡ ءَايَٰتِهِ ٱلۡجَوَارِ فِي ٱلۡبَحۡرِ كَٱلۡأَعۡلَٰمِ﴿٣٢﴾
Wamin ayatihi aljawari fee albahri kaalaʿlami
And of His signs are the ships in the sea, like mountains.
إِن يَشَأۡ يُسۡكِنِ ٱلرِّيحَ فَيَظۡلَلۡنَ رَوَاكِدَ عَلَىٰ ظَهۡرِهِۦٓ ۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتࣲ لِّكُلِّ صَبَّارࣲ شَكُورٍ﴿٣٣﴾
In yasha yuskini alrreeha fayathlalna rawakida ʿala thahrihi inna fee thalika laayatin likulli sabbarin shakoorin
If He willed, He could still the wind, and they would remain motionless on its surface. Indeed in that are signs for everyone patient and grateful.
أَوۡ يُوبِقۡهُنَّ بِمَا كَسَبُواْ وَ يَعۡفُ عَن كَثِيرࣲ﴿٣٤﴾
Aw yoobiqhunna bima kasaboo wayaʿfu ʿan katheerin
Or He could destroy them for what they earned; but He pardons much.
وَ يَعۡلَمَ ٱلَّذِينَ يُجَٰدِلُونَ فِيٓ ءَايَٰتِنَا مَا لَهُم مِّن مَّحِيصࣲ﴿٣٥﴾
Wayaʿlama allatheena yujadiloona fee ayatina ma lahum min maheesin
And [that is so] those who dispute concerning Our signs may know that for them there is no place of escape.
فَمَآ أُوتِيتُم مِّن شَيۡءࣲ فَمَتَٰعُ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَا ۚ وَ مَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ خَيۡرࣱ وَ أَبۡقَىٰ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَ عَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمۡ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ﴿٣٦﴾
Fama ooteetum min shayin famataʿu alhayati alddunya wama ʿinda Allahi khayrun waabqa lillatheena amanoo waʿala rabbihim yatawakkaloona
So whatever thing you have been given - it is but [for] enjoyment of the worldly life. But what is with Allāh is better and more lasting for those who have believed and upon their Lord rely
وَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَجۡتَنِبُونَ كَبَٰٓئِرَ ٱلۡإِثۡمِ وَ ٱلۡفَوَٰحِشَ وَ إِذَا مَا غَضِبُواْ هُمۡ يَغۡفِرُونَ﴿٣٧﴾
Waallatheena yajtaniboona kabaira alithmi waalfawahisha waitha ma ghadiboo hum yaghfiroona
And those who avoid the major sins and immoralities, and when they are angry, they forgive,
وَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسۡتَجَابُواْ لِرَبِّهِمۡ وَ أَقَامُواْ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَ أَمۡرُهُمۡ شُورَىٰ بَيۡنَهُمۡ وَ مِمَّا رَزَقۡنَٰهُمۡ يُنفِقُونَ﴿٣٨﴾
Waallatheena istajaboo lirabbihim waaqamoo alssalata waamruhum shoora baynahum wamimma razaqnahum yunfiqoona
And those who have responded to their Lord and established prayer and whose affair is [determined by] consultation among themselves, and from what We have provided them, they spend,
وَ ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَآ أَصَابَهُمُ ٱلۡبَغۡيُ هُمۡ يَنتَصِرُونَ﴿٣٩﴾
Waallatheena itha asabahumu albaghyu hum yantasiroona
And those who, when tyranny strikes them, they retaliate [in a just manner].
وَ جَزَٰٓؤُاْ سَيِّئَةࣲ سَيِّئَةࣱ مِّثۡلُهَا ۖ فَمَنۡ عَفَا وَ أَصۡلَحَ فَأَجۡرُهُۥ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ﴿٤٠﴾
Wajazao sayyiatin sayyiatun mithluha faman ʿafa waaslaha faajruhu ʿala Allahi innahu la yuhibbu alththalimeena
And the retribution for an evil act is an evil one like it, but whoever pardons and makes reconciliation - his reward is [due] from Allāh. Indeed, He does not like wrongdoers.
وَ لَمَنِ ٱنتَصَرَ بَعۡدَ ظُلۡمِهِۦ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ مَا عَلَيۡهِم مِّن سَبِيلٍ﴿٤١﴾
Walamani intasara baʿda thulmihi faolaika ma ʿalayhim min sabeelin
And whoever retaliates after having been wronged - those have not upon them any cause [for blame].
إِنَّمَا ٱلسَّبِيلُ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يَظۡلِمُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ وَ يَبۡغُونَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ بِغَيۡرِ ٱلۡحَقِّ ۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمࣱ﴿٤٢﴾
Innama alssabeelu ʿala allatheena yathlimoona alnnasa wayabghoona fee alardi bighayri alhaqqi olaika lahum ʿathabun aleemun
The cause is only against the ones who wrong the people and tyrannize upon the earth without right. Those will have a painful punishment.
وَ لَمَن صَبَرَ وَ غَفَرَ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ لَمِنۡ عَزۡمِ ٱلۡأُمُورِ﴿٤٣﴾
Walaman sabara waghafara inna thalika lamin ʿazmi alomoori
And whoever is patient and forgives - indeed, that is of the matters [worthy] of resolve.
وَ مَن يُضۡلِلِ ٱللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن وَلِيࣲّ مِّنۢ بَعۡدِهِۦ ۗ وَ تَرَى ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ لَمَّا رَأَوُاْ ٱلۡعَذَابَ يَقُولُونَ هَلۡ إِلَىٰ مَرَدࣲّ مِّن سَبِيلࣲ﴿٤٤﴾
Waman yudlili Allahu fama lahu min waliyyin min baʿdihi watara alththalimeena lamma raawoo alʿathaba yaqooloona hal ila maraddin min sabeelin
And he whom Allāh sends astray - for him there is no protector beyond Him. And you will see the wrongdoers, when they see the punishment, saying, "Is there for return [to the former world] any way?"
وَ تَرَىٰهُمۡ يُعۡرَضُونَ عَلَيۡهَا خَٰشِعِينَ مِنَ ٱلذُّلِّ يَنظُرُونَ مِن طَرۡفٍ خَفِيࣲّ ۗ وَ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ إِنَّ ٱلۡخَٰسِرِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓاْ أَنفُسَهُمۡ وَ أَهۡلِيهِمۡ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ ۗ أَلَآ إِنَّ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ فِي عَذَابࣲ مُّقِيمࣲ﴿٤٥﴾
Watarahum yuʿradoona ʿalayha khashiʿeena mina alththulli yanthuroona min tarfin khafiyyin waqala allatheena amanoo inna alkhasireena allatheena khasiroo anfusahum waahleehim yawma alqiyamati ala inna alththalimeena fee ʿathabin muqeemin
And you will see them being exposed to it [i.e., the Fire], humbled from humiliation, looking from [behind] a covert glance. And those who had believed will say, "Indeed, the [true] losers are the ones who lost themselves and their families on the Day of Resurrection. Unquestionably, the wrongdoers are in an enduring punishment."
وَ مَا كَانَ لَهُم مِّنۡ أَوۡلِيَآءَ يَنصُرُونَهُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَ مَن يُضۡلِلِ ٱللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن سَبِيلٍ﴿٤٦﴾
Wama kana lahum min awliyaa yansuroonahum min dooni Allahi waman yudlili Allahu fama lahu min sabeelin
And there will not be for them any allies to aid them other than Allāh. And whoever Allāh sends astray - for him there is no way.
ٱسۡتَجِيبُواْ لِرَبِّكُم مِّن قَبۡلِ أَن يَأۡتِيَ يَوۡمࣱ لَّا مَرَدَّ لَهُۥ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ مَا لَكُم مِّن مَّلۡجَإࣲ يَوۡمَئِذࣲ وَ مَا لَكُم مِّن نَّكِيرࣲ﴿٤٧﴾
Istajeeboo lirabbikum min qabli an yatiya yawmun la maradda lahu mina Allahi ma lakum min maljain yawmaithin wama lakum min nakeerin
Respond to your Lord before a Day comes from Allāh of which there is no repelling. No refuge will you have that Day, nor for you will there be any denial.
فَإِنۡ أَعۡرَضُواْ فَمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَٰكَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ حَفِيظًا ۖ إِنۡ عَلَيۡكَ إِلَّا ٱلۡبَلَٰغُ ۗ وَ إِنَّآ إِذَآ أَذَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مِنَّا رَحۡمَةࣰ فَرِحَ بِهَا ۖ وَ إِن تُصِبۡهُمۡ سَيِّئَةُۢ بِمَا قَدَّمَتۡ أَيۡدِيهِمۡ فَإِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ كَفُورࣱ﴿٤٨﴾
Fain aʿradoo fama arsalnaka ʿalayhim hafeethan in ʿalayka illa albalaghu wainna itha athaqna alinsana minna rahmatan fariha biha wain tusibhum sayyiatun bima qaddamat aydeehim fainna alinsana kafoorun
But if they turn away - then We have not sent you, [O Muḥammad], over them as a guardian; upon you is only [the duty of] notification. And indeed, when We let man taste mercy from Us, he rejoices in it; but if evil afflicts him for what his hands have put forth, then indeed, man is ungrateful.
لِّلَّهِ مُلۡكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ۚ يَخۡلُقُ مَا يَشَآءُ ۚ يَهَبُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ إِنَٰثࣰا وَ يَهَبُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ ٱلذُّكُورَ﴿٤٩﴾
Lillahi mulku alssamawati waalardi yakhluqu ma yashao yahabu liman yashao inathan wayahabu liman yashao alththukoora
To Allāh belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth; He creates what He wills. He gives to whom He wills female [children], and He gives to whom He wills males.
أَوۡ يُزَوِّجُهُمۡ ذُكۡرَانࣰا وَ إِنَٰثࣰا ۖ وَ يَجۡعَلُ مَن يَشَآءُ عَقِيمًا ۚ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِيمࣱ قَدِيرࣱ﴿٥٠﴾
Aw yuzawwijuhum thukranan wainathan wayajʿalu man yashao ʿaqeeman innahu ʿaleemun qadeerun
Or He makes them [both] males and females, and He renders whom He wills barren. Indeed, He is Knowing and Competent.
وَ مَا كَانَ لِبَشَرٍ أَن يُكَلِّمَهُ ٱللَّهُ إِلَّا وَحۡيًا أَوۡ مِن وَرَآيِٕ حِجَابٍ أَوۡ يُرۡسِلَ رَسُولࣰا فَيُوحِيَ بِإِذۡنِهِۦ مَا يَشَآءُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِيٌّ حَكِيمࣱ﴿٥١﴾
Wama kana libasharin an yukallimahu Allahu illa wahyan aw min warai hijabin aw yursila rasoolan fayoohiya biithnihi ma yashao innahu ʿaliyyun hakeemun
And it is not for any human being that Allāh 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.
وَ كَذَٰلِكَ أَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَيۡكَ رُوحࣰا مِّنۡ أَمۡرِنَا ۚ مَا كُنتَ تَدۡرِي مَا ٱلۡكِتَٰبُ وَ لَا ٱلۡإِيمَٰنُ وَ لَٰكِن جَعَلۡنَٰهُ نُورࣰا نَّهۡدِي بِهِۦ مَن نَّشَآءُ مِنۡ عِبَادِنَا ۚ وَ إِنَّكَ لَتَهۡدِيٓ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطࣲ مُّسۡتَقِيمࣲ﴿٥٢﴾
Wakathalika awhayna ilayka roohan min amrina ma kunta tadree ma alkitabu wala aleemanu walakin jaʿalnahu nooran nahdee bihi man nashao min ʿibadina wainnaka latahdee ila siratin mustaqeemin
And thus We have revealed to you an inspiration of Our command [i.e., the Qur’ān]. 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 Muḥammad], you guide to a straight path -
صِرَٰطِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّذِي لَهُۥ مَا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَ مَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ۗ أَلَآ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ تَصِيرُ ٱلۡأُمُورُ﴿٥٣﴾
Sirati Allahi allathee lahu ma fee alssamawati wama fee alardi ala ila Allahi taseeru alomooru
The path of Allāh, to whom belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Unquestionably, to Allāh do [all] matters evolve [i.e., return].
Translation: Saheeh International · Transliteration
About this surah
Name
It is derived frog the sentence, wa amru-hum shura baina hum, of verse 38, implying thereby that it is a Surah in which the word shura has occurred.
Period of Revelation
Although it could not be known from any authentic traditions, yet one feels after a study of its subject matter that this Surah might have been sent down consecutively after Ha-Miim As Sajdah, for it seems to be, in a way, a supplement to it. This will become clear to every person who first studies Surah Ha-Mim As Sajdah carefully and then goes through this Surah. He will see that in that Surah the Quraish chiefs had been taken to tack for their deaf and blind opposition so that anyone in Makkah and in its out-skirts, who had any sense of morality and nobility left in him, should know how unreasonably the chiefs of the people were opposing Muhammad (upon whom be Allah's peace), and as against them, how serious he was in everything he said, how rational was his standpoint and how noble his character and conduct. Immediately after that warning this Surah was sent down, which did full justice to teaching and instruction, and made the truth of the Holy Prophet's message plain in such an impressive way that anyone who had any element of the love of the truth in him and who had not been blinded by the errors of ignorance, could not help being influenced by it.
Theme and Subject Matter
The discourse begins in a way as if to say:"Why are you expressing surprise and amazement at what Our Prophet is presenting before you?What he says is not new or strange, nor anything novel, which might have been presented for the first time in history: that Revelation should come down to a man from God and he should be given instructions for the guidance of mankind. Allah has been sending similar Revelations with similar instructions to the former Prophets before this. It is not surprising that the Owner of the Universe should be acknowledged as Deity and Ruler, but what is strange is that one should accept another as divine and deity in spite of being His subject and slave. You are being angry with him who is presenting Tauhid before you, where as the shirk that you are practicing with regard to the Master of the Universe is such a grave crime as may cause the heavens to break asunder. The angels are amazed at this boldness of yours and fear that the wrath of Allah might descend on you any moment."
After this the people have been told that a person's being appointed to Prophethood and his presenting himself as a Prophet does not mean that he has been made master of the people's destinies and he has come to the world with that very claim. Allah has kept the destinies in His own hand. The Prophet has come only to arouse the heedless and guide the strayed ones to the Right Path. To call to account those who do not listen to him and to punish or not to punish them is Allah's own responsibility. and not part of the Prophet's work. Therefore, they should take it out of their head that the Prophet has come with a claim similar to those that are made by their so called religious guides and saints to the effect that he who would not listen to them, or would behave insolently towards them, would be burnt to death: In this very connection, the people have also been told that the Prophet has not come to condemn them but he is their well wisher; he is warning them that the way they are following will only lead to their own destruction.
Then, an answer has been given to the question: Why didn't Allah make all human beings righteous by birth, and why did He allow the difference of viewpoint owing to which the people start following each and every way of thought and action?The answer given is this: Owing to this very fact has it become possible for man to attain to the special mercy of Allah, which is not meant for other dumb creatures, but is only meant for those endowed with power and authority, who should take Allah as Patron and Guardian not instinctively but consciously by willing choice. Allah supports the man who adopts this way and guides and helps him to do good and right and admits him into His special mercy. On the contrary, the man who misuses his option and makes his patron those who are not, in fact, the guardians, and cannot be, are deprived of divine mercy. In this connection, it has also been made clear that only Allah is the Patron of man and of all other creatures. Others are neither the patron nor have the power to do full justice to patronage. Man's success depends only on this that he should make no mistake in choosing a patron for himself by the use of his free choice, and should take only Him his Guide Who, in reality, is the real Patron.
After this, it has been explained what the Din being presented by the Holy Prophet Muhammad (upon whom be Allah's peace) really is:
Its primary basis that as Allah Almighty is the Creator, Master and real Patron of the Universe and Man, He alone is Man's Ruler, He alone has the right to give Man Faith (Din) and Law (system of belief and practice) and judge the disputes of man and tell what is Truth and what is falsehood. No other being has any right whatever to be man's lawgiver. In other words, like the natural sovereignty, the sovereignty with regard to lawmaking also is vested only in Allah. No man or creature, apart from Allah, can be the bearer of this sovereignty. And if a person does not recognize and accept this Divine rule of Allah, it is merely futile for him to recognize the natural sovereignty of Allah.
On this very basis has Allah ordained a Din (True Religion) for Man from the very beginning. It was one and the same Religion that was vouchsafed in every age to all the Prophets. No Prophet ever founded any separate religion of his own. The same one Religion has been enjoined by Allah for all Mankind since the beginning of creation, and all the Prophets have been following it and inviting others to follow it.
This Religion and Creed was not sent so that man may rest content only with believing in it, but it was sent with the purpose and intention that it alone should be introduced, established and enforced in the world, and no man made religion be made to prevail in Allah's earth apart from His Religion. The Prophets had not been appointed only to preach this Religion but to establish it particularly in the world.
This same was the original Religion of mankind, but after the death of the Prophets, selfish people created new creeds by creating schisms for vested interests due to self conceit, vanity and ostentation. All the different religions and creeds found in the world today have resulted from corruption of the original Divine Truth.
Now, the Holy Prophet Muhammad (upon whom be Allah's peace,) has been sent so that he may present before the people the same and original Religion in place of the various practices and artificial creeds and man made religions, and may try to establish the same. On this, if instead of being grateful, you feel angry and come out to fight him, it is your folly; the Prophet will not abandon his mission only because of your foolishness. He has been enjoined to adhere to his faith at all costs and to carry out the mission to which he has been appointed. Therefore, the people should not cherish any false hope that in order to please thee he would cater to the same whims and superstitions of ignorance which has corrupted Allah's Religion before.
You do not understand how great an impudence it is against Allah to adopt a man made religion and law instead of the Religion and Law enjoined by Allah. You think it is an ordinary thing and there is nothing wrong with it. But in the sight of Allah it is the worst kind of shirk and a grave crime whose punishment will be imposed on all those who enforced their own religion on Allah's earth and those who adopted and followed their religion.
Thus, after presenting a clear and visible concept of Religion it is said:"The best possible method that could be employed for your instruction and for bringing you to the Right Path has already been employed. On the one hand, Allah has sent down His Book, which is teaching you the truth in a most impressive way in your own language; and on the other, the lives of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (upon whom be Allah's peace) and his Companions are present before you by which you can see for yourselves what kind of men are prepared by the guidance given in this Book. Even then if you do not accept this guidance, nothing else in the world can bring you to the Right Path. The only alternative, therefore, is that you should be allowed to persist in the same error in which you have remained involved for centuries, and made to meet with the same doom which has been destined by Allah for such wrongdoers."
While stating these truths, brief arguments have been given, here and there, for Tauhid and the Hereafter, the world worshipers have been warned of the evil consequences and their punishment in the life hereafter, and the disbelievers have been criticized for the moral weaknesses, which were the real cause of their deviation from the truth. The Surah has been concluded with two important themes.
First, that the Holy Prophet was wholly unaware of this concept of the "Book" or the True Faith during the first forty years of his life and then his sudden appearance before the people with those two things, is a manifest proof of his being a Prophet.
Secondly, his presenting his own teaching as the teaching of God does not mean that he claims to have spoken to God, face to face, but God has conveyed to him this Guidance, as in the case of all other Prophets, in three ways: He speaks to His Prophets either through Revelation, or from behind a veil, or He sends an angel with the message. This thing was clarified so that the opponents did not have an opportunity of accusing the Holy Prophet of claiming to have spoken to God, face to face, and the lovers of the truth should know by what methods Allah gave instruction to the man whom He had appointed to the mission of Prophethood.
Source: Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi - Tafhim al-Qur'an - The Meaning of the Quran