بِسمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحمٰنِ الرَّحيمِ

In the name of The God, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

Ash-Shura 42:1

حم

Ha, Mim.

Ash-Shura 42:2

عسق

Ayn, Sin, Qaf.

Ash-Shura 42:3

كَذٰلِكَ يوحى إِلَيكَ وَإِلَى الَّذينَ مِن قَبلِكَ اللَّهُ العَزيزُ الحَكيمُ

Thus The God, the Mighty, the Wise, reveals to you and to those before you.

Ash-Shura 42:4

لَهُ ما فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ وَما فِى الأَرضِ ۖ وَهُوَ العَلِىُّ العَظيمُ

His is whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on earth. He is the Most High, the Great.

Ash-Shura 42:5

تَكادُ السَّمٰوٰتُ يَتَفَطَّرنَ مِن فَوقِهِنَّ ۚ وَالمَلٰئِكَةُ يُسَبِّحونَ بِحَمدِ رَبِّهِم وَيَستَغفِرونَ لِمَن فِى الأَرضِ ۗ أَلا إِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الغَفورُ الرَّحيمُ

The heavens nearly split apart from above them. The angels glorify their Lord with praise and seek forgiveness for those on earth. Indeed, The God is the Forgiving, the Merciful.

Ash-Shura 42:6

وَالَّذينَ اتَّخَذوا مِن دونِهِ أَولِياءَ اللَّهُ حَفيظٌ عَلَيهِم وَما أَنتَ عَلَيهِم بِوَكيلٍ

As for those who take protectors apart from Him, The God watches over them, and you are not their guardian.

Ash-Shura 42:7

وَكَذٰلِكَ أَوحَينا إِلَيكَ قُرءانًا عَرَبِيًّا لِتُنذِرَ أُمَّ القُرىٰ وَمَن حَولَها وَتُنذِرَ يَومَ الجَمعِ لا رَيبَ فيهِ ۚ فَريقٌ فِى الجَنَّةِ وَفَريقٌ فِى السَّعيرِ

Thus We revealed to you an Arabic Quran, so that you may warn the Mother of Towns and those around it, and warn of the Day of Gathering, about which there is no doubt: a group in the Garden and a group in the Blaze.

Ash-Shura 42:8

وَلَو شاءَ اللَّهُ لَجَعَلَهُم أُمَّةً وٰحِدَةً وَلٰكِن يُدخِلُ مَن يَشاءُ فى رَحمَتِهِ ۚ وَالظّٰلِمونَ ما لَهُم مِن وَلِىٍّ وَلا نَصيرٍ

Had The God willed, He would have made them one community. But He admits whom He wills into His mercy. The wrongdoers have neither protector nor helper.

Ash-Shura 42:9

أَمِ اتَّخَذوا مِن دونِهِ أَولِياءَ ۖ فَاللَّهُ هُوَ الوَلِىُّ وَهُوَ يُحىِ المَوتىٰ وَهُوَ عَلىٰ كُلِّ شَىءٍ قَديرٌ

Or have they taken protectors apart from Him? The God is the Protector. He gives life to the dead and has power over all things.

Ash-Shura 42:10

وَمَا اختَلَفتُم فيهِ مِن شَىءٍ فَحُكمُهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ ۚ ذٰلِكُمُ اللَّهُ رَبّى عَلَيهِ تَوَكَّلتُ وَإِلَيهِ أُنيبُ

Whatever you differ about, its judgment belongs to The God. That is The God, my Lord. In Him I have placed my trust, and to Him I turn back.

Ash-Shura 42:11

فاطِرُ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالأَرضِ ۚ جَعَلَ لَكُم مِن أَنفُسِكُم أَزوٰجًا وَمِنَ الأَنعٰمِ أَزوٰجًا ۖ يَذرَؤُكُم فيهِ ۚ لَيسَ كَمِثلِهِ شَىءٌ ۖ وَهُوَ السَّميعُ البَصيرُ

Originator of the heavens and the earth. He made mates for you from yourselves, and pairs from livestock. Through this He multiplies you. Nothing is like Him. He is the Hearing, the Seeing.

Ash-Shura 42:12

لَهُ مَقاليدُ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالأَرضِ ۖ يَبسُطُ الرِّزقَ لِمَن يَشاءُ وَيَقدِرُ ۚ إِنَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَىءٍ عَليمٌ

His are the keys of the heavens and the earth. He expands provision for whom He wills and restricts it. He knows all things.

Ash-Shura 42:13

شَرَعَ لَكُم مِنَ الدّينِ ما وَصّىٰ بِهِ نوحًا وَالَّذى أَوحَينا إِلَيكَ وَما وَصَّينا بِهِ إِبرٰهيمَ وَموسىٰ وَعيسىٰ ۖ أَن أَقيمُوا الدّينَ وَلا تَتَفَرَّقوا فيهِ ۚ كَبُرَ عَلَى المُشرِكينَ ما تَدعوهُم إِلَيهِ ۚ اللَّهُ يَجتَبى إِلَيهِ مَن يَشاءُ وَيَهدى إِلَيهِ مَن يُنيبُ

He prescribed for you of religion what He enjoined upon Noah, what We revealed to you, and what We enjoined upon Abraham, Moses, and Jesus: establish religion and do not become divided in it. What you call them to is burdensome to those who associate partners. The God chooses for Himself whom He wills and guides to Himself whoever turns back.

Ash-Shura 42:14

وَما تَفَرَّقوا إِلّا مِن بَعدِ ما جاءَهُمُ العِلمُ بَغيًا بَينَهُم ۚ وَلَولا كَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَت مِن رَبِّكَ إِلىٰ أَجَلٍ مُسَمًّى لَقُضِىَ بَينَهُم ۚ وَإِنَّ الَّذينَ أورِثُوا الكِتٰبَ مِن بَعدِهِم لَفى شَكٍّ مِنهُ مُريبٍ

They became divided only after knowledge came to them, out of rivalry among themselves. Had a word from your Lord not already gone forth until a specified term, judgment would have been made between them. Those who inherited the Book after them are in disturbing doubt about it.

Ash-Shura 42:15

فَلِذٰلِكَ فَادعُ ۖ وَاستَقِم كَما أُمِرتَ ۖ وَلا تَتَّبِع أَهواءَهُم ۖ وَقُل ءامَنتُ بِما أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ مِن كِتٰبٍ ۖ وَأُمِرتُ لِأَعدِلَ بَينَكُمُ ۖ اللَّهُ رَبُّنا وَرَبُّكُم ۖ لَنا أَعمٰلُنا وَلَكُم أَعمٰلُكُم ۖ لا حُجَّةَ بَينَنا وَبَينَكُمُ ۖ اللَّهُ يَجمَعُ بَينَنا ۖ وَإِلَيهِ المَصيرُ

So call to this, remain steadfast as you have been commanded, and do not follow their desires. Say, “I believe in whatever Book The God has sent down, and I have been commanded to act justly among you. The God is our Lord and your Lord. Our deeds are ours and your deeds are yours. There is no argument between us and you. The God will gather us together, and to Him is the destination.”

Ash-Shura 42:16

وَالَّذينَ يُحاجّونَ فِى اللَّهِ مِن بَعدِ مَا استُجيبَ لَهُ حُجَّتُهُم داحِضَةٌ عِندَ رَبِّهِم وَعَلَيهِم غَضَبٌ وَلَهُم عَذابٌ شَديدٌ

Those who argue about The God after He has been responded to—their argument is invalid with their Lord. Upon them is wrath, and theirs is a severe punishment.

Ash-Shura 42:17

اللَّهُ الَّذى أَنزَلَ الكِتٰبَ بِالحَقِّ وَالميزانَ ۗ وَما يُدريكَ لَعَلَّ السّاعَةَ قَريبٌ

The God is the One who sent down the Book in truth, and the balance. What will make you know? Perhaps the Hour is near.

Ash-Shura 42:18

يَستَعجِلُ بِهَا الَّذينَ لا يُؤمِنونَ بِها ۖ وَالَّذينَ ءامَنوا مُشفِقونَ مِنها وَيَعلَمونَ أَنَّهَا الحَقُّ ۗ أَلا إِنَّ الَّذينَ يُمارونَ فِى السّاعَةِ لَفى ضَلٰلٍ بَعيدٍ

Those who do not believe in it seek to hasten it, while those who believe are fearful of it and know that it is the truth. Indeed, those who dispute about the Hour are far astray.

Ash-Shura 42:19

اللَّهُ لَطيفٌ بِعِبادِهِ يَرزُقُ مَن يَشاءُ ۖ وَهُوَ القَوِىُّ العَزيزُ

The God is gentle with His servants. He provides for whom He wills. He is the Powerful, the Mighty.

Ash-Shura 42:20

مَن كانَ يُريدُ حَرثَ الـٔاخِرَةِ نَزِد لَهُ فى حَرثِهِ ۖ وَمَن كانَ يُريدُ حَرثَ الدُّنيا نُؤتِهِ مِنها وَما لَهُ فِى الـٔاخِرَةِ مِن نَصيبٍ

Whoever desires the harvest of the Hereafter, We increase his harvest. Whoever desires the harvest of this world, We give him some of it, but he has no share in the Hereafter.

Ash-Shura 42:21

أَم لَهُم شُرَكٰؤُا۟ شَرَعوا لَهُم مِنَ الدّينِ ما لَم يَأذَن بِهِ اللَّهُ ۚ وَلَولا كَلِمَةُ الفَصلِ لَقُضِىَ بَينَهُم ۗ وَإِنَّ الظّٰلِمينَ لَهُم عَذابٌ أَليمٌ

Or do they have partners who prescribed for them of religion what The God has not permitted? Had it not been for the word of separation, judgment would have been made between them. The wrongdoers have a painful punishment.

Ash-Shura 42:22

تَرَى الظّٰلِمينَ مُشفِقينَ مِمّا كَسَبوا وَهُوَ واقِعٌ بِهِم ۗ وَالَّذينَ ءامَنوا وَعَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ فى رَوضاتِ الجَنّاتِ ۖ لَهُم ما يَشاءونَ عِندَ رَبِّهِم ۚ ذٰلِكَ هُوَ الفَضلُ الكَبيرُ

You see the wrongdoers fearful of what they earned, and it will fall upon them. Those who believe and do righteous deeds are in the meadows of the Gardens. They have whatever they wish with their Lord. That is the great bounty.

Ash-Shura 42:23

ذٰلِكَ الَّذى يُبَشِّرُ اللَّهُ عِبادَهُ الَّذينَ ءامَنوا وَعَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ ۗ قُل لا أَسـَٔلُكُم عَلَيهِ أَجرًا إِلَّا المَوَدَّةَ فِى القُربىٰ ۗ وَمَن يَقتَرِف حَسَنَةً نَزِد لَهُ فيها حُسنًا ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفورٌ شَكورٌ

That is what The God gives as good news to His servants who believe and do righteous deeds. Say, “I ask you for no payment for it except affection in kinship.” Whoever earns a good deed, We increase goodness for him in it. The God is Forgiving, Appreciative.

Ash-Shura 42:24

أَم يَقولونَ افتَرىٰ عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِبًا ۖ فَإِن يَشَإِ اللَّهُ يَختِم عَلىٰ قَلبِكَ ۗ وَيَمحُ اللَّهُ البٰطِلَ وَيُحِقُّ الحَقَّ بِكَلِمٰتِهِ ۚ إِنَّهُ عَليمٌ بِذاتِ الصُّدورِ

Or do they say, “He has fabricated a lie about The God”? If The God wills, He can seal your heart. The God erases falsehood and establishes the truth through His words. He knows what is within the breasts.

Ash-Shura 42:25

وَهُوَ الَّذى يَقبَلُ التَّوبَةَ عَن عِبادِهِ وَيَعفوا عَنِ السَّيِّـٔاتِ وَيَعلَمُ ما تَفعَلونَ

He is the One who accepts repentance from His servants, pardons evil deeds, and knows what you do.

Ash-Shura 42:26

وَيَستَجيبُ الَّذينَ ءامَنوا وَعَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ وَيَزيدُهُم مِن فَضلِهِ ۚ وَالكٰفِرونَ لَهُم عَذابٌ شَديدٌ

He answers those who believe and do righteous deeds and increases them from His bounty. The disbelievers have a severe punishment.

Ash-Shura 42:27

وَلَو بَسَطَ اللَّهُ الرِّزقَ لِعِبادِهِ لَبَغَوا فِى الأَرضِ وَلٰكِن يُنَزِّلُ بِقَدَرٍ ما يَشاءُ ۚ إِنَّهُ بِعِبادِهِ خَبيرٌ بَصيرٌ

Had The God expanded provision for His servants, they would have transgressed on earth. But He sends down in measure what He wills. He is Aware of His servants, Seeing.

Ash-Shura 42:28

وَهُوَ الَّذى يُنَزِّلُ الغَيثَ مِن بَعدِ ما قَنَطوا وَيَنشُرُ رَحمَتَهُ ۚ وَهُوَ الوَلِىُّ الحَميدُ

He is the One who sends down rain after they have despaired and spreads His mercy. He is the Protector, the Praiseworthy.

Ash-Shura 42:29

وَمِن ءايٰتِهِ خَلقُ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالأَرضِ وَما بَثَّ فيهِما مِن دابَّةٍ ۚ وَهُوَ عَلىٰ جَمعِهِم إِذا يَشاءُ قَديرٌ

Among His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth and the moving creatures He has scattered in them. He has power to gather them whenever He wills.

Ash-Shura 42:30

وَما أَصٰبَكُم مِن مُصيبَةٍ فَبِما كَسَبَت أَيديكُم وَيَعفوا عَن كَثيرٍ

Whatever calamity strikes you is because of what your hands have earned, and He pardons much.

Ash-Shura 42:31

وَما أَنتُم بِمُعجِزينَ فِى الأَرضِ ۖ وَما لَكُم مِن دونِ اللَّهِ مِن وَلِىٍّ وَلا نَصيرٍ

You cannot escape on earth, and apart from The God you have neither protector nor helper.

Ash-Shura 42:32

وَمِن ءايٰتِهِ الجَوارِ فِى البَحرِ كَالأَعلٰمِ

Among His signs are the ships sailing on the sea like mountains.

Ash-Shura 42:33

إِن يَشَأ يُسكِنِ الرّيحَ فَيَظلَلنَ رَواكِدَ عَلىٰ ظَهرِهِ ۚ إِنَّ فى ذٰلِكَ لَـٔايٰتٍ لِكُلِّ صَبّارٍ شَكورٍ

If He wills, He stills the wind, and they remain motionless upon its surface. In this are signs for everyone patient and grateful.

Ash-Shura 42:34

أَو يوبِقهُنَّ بِما كَسَبوا وَيَعفُ عَن كَثيرٍ

Or He destroys them for what they have earned, and He pardons much.

Ash-Shura 42:35

وَيَعلَمَ الَّذينَ يُجٰدِلونَ فى ءايٰتِنا ما لَهُم مِن مَحيصٍ

And so that those who dispute about Our signs may know that they have no escape.

Ash-Shura 42:36

فَما أوتيتُم مِن شَىءٍ فَمَتٰعُ الحَيوٰةِ الدُّنيا ۖ وَما عِندَ اللَّهِ خَيرٌ وَأَبقىٰ لِلَّذينَ ءامَنوا وَعَلىٰ رَبِّهِم يَتَوَكَّلونَ

Whatever you have been given is an enjoyment of worldly life. What is with The God is better and more lasting for those who believe and trust in their Lord,

Ash-Shura 42:37

وَالَّذينَ يَجتَنِبونَ كَبٰئِرَ الإِثمِ وَالفَوٰحِشَ وَإِذا ما غَضِبوا هُم يَغفِرونَ

those who avoid major sins and indecencies and, when angered, forgive,

Ash-Shura 42:38

وَالَّذينَ استَجابوا لِرَبِّهِم وَأَقامُوا الصَّلوٰةَ وَأَمرُهُم شورىٰ بَينَهُم وَمِمّا رَزَقنٰهُم يُنفِقونَ

those who respond to their Lord, establish prayer, conduct their affairs by consultation among themselves, and spend from what We have provided them,

Ash-Shura 42:39

وَالَّذينَ إِذا أَصابَهُمُ البَغىُ هُم يَنتَصِرونَ

and those who defend themselves when oppression strikes them.

Ash-Shura 42:40

وَجَزٰؤُا۟ سَيِّئَةٍ سَيِّئَةٌ مِثلُها ۖ فَمَن عَفا وَأَصلَحَ فَأَجرُهُ عَلَى اللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّهُ لا يُحِبُّ الظّٰلِمينَ

The recompense of an evil is an evil like it. But whoever pardons and makes amends, his reward rests with The God. He does not love the wrongdoers.

Ash-Shura 42:41

وَلَمَنِ انتَصَرَ بَعدَ ظُلمِهِ فَأُولٰئِكَ ما عَلَيهِم مِن سَبيلٍ

Whoever defends himself after being wronged—there is no cause against them.

Ash-Shura 42:42

إِنَّمَا السَّبيلُ عَلَى الَّذينَ يَظلِمونَ النّاسَ وَيَبغونَ فِى الأَرضِ بِغَيرِ الحَقِّ ۚ أُولٰئِكَ لَهُم عَذابٌ أَليمٌ

The cause is only against those who wrong people and transgress on earth without right. They have a painful punishment.

Ash-Shura 42:43

وَلَمَن صَبَرَ وَغَفَرَ إِنَّ ذٰلِكَ لَمِن عَزمِ الأُمورِ

Whoever is patient and forgives—this is among matters of firm resolve.

Ash-Shura 42:44

وَمَن يُضلِلِ اللَّهُ فَما لَهُ مِن وَلِىٍّ مِن بَعدِهِ ۗ وَتَرَى الظّٰلِمينَ لَمّا رَأَوُا العَذابَ يَقولونَ هَل إِلىٰ مَرَدٍّ مِن سَبيلٍ

Whoever The God leads astray has no protector after Him. You will see the wrongdoers, when they see the punishment, saying, “Is there any way back?”

Ash-Shura 42:45

وَتَرىٰهُم يُعرَضونَ عَلَيها خٰشِعينَ مِنَ الذُّلِّ يَنظُرونَ مِن طَرفٍ خَفِىٍّ ۗ وَقالَ الَّذينَ ءامَنوا إِنَّ الخٰسِرينَ الَّذينَ خَسِروا أَنفُسَهُم وَأَهليهِم يَومَ القِيٰمَةِ ۗ أَلا إِنَّ الظّٰلِمينَ فى عَذابٍ مُقيمٍ

You will see them exposed to it, humbled by disgrace, looking with a furtive glance. Those who believe will say, “The losers are those who have lost themselves and their families on the Day of Resurrection.” Indeed, the wrongdoers are in a lasting punishment.

Ash-Shura 42:46

وَما كانَ لَهُم مِن أَولِياءَ يَنصُرونَهُم مِن دونِ اللَّهِ ۗ وَمَن يُضلِلِ اللَّهُ فَما لَهُ مِن سَبيلٍ

They have no protectors to help them apart from The God. Whoever The God leads astray has no way.

Ash-Shura 42:47

استَجيبوا لِرَبِّكُم مِن قَبلِ أَن يَأتِىَ يَومٌ لا مَرَدَّ لَهُ مِنَ اللَّهِ ۚ ما لَكُم مِن مَلجَإٍ يَومَئِذٍ وَما لَكُم مِن نَكيرٍ

Respond to your Lord before a day comes from The God that cannot be turned back. That day you have no refuge and no denial.

Ash-Shura 42:48

فَإِن أَعرَضوا فَما أَرسَلنٰكَ عَلَيهِم حَفيظًا ۖ إِن عَلَيكَ إِلَّا البَلٰغُ ۗ وَإِنّا إِذا أَذَقنَا الإِنسٰنَ مِنّا رَحمَةً فَرِحَ بِها ۖ وَإِن تُصِبهُم سَيِّئَةٌ بِما قَدَّمَت أَيديهِم فَإِنَّ الإِنسٰنَ كَفورٌ

If they turn away, We have not sent you as a keeper over them. Your duty is only to convey. When We let the human being taste mercy from Us, he rejoices in it. But if an evil strikes them because of what their hands have sent ahead, the human being is deeply ungrateful.

Ash-Shura 42:49

لِلَّهِ مُلكُ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالأَرضِ ۚ يَخلُقُ ما يَشاءُ ۚ يَهَبُ لِمَن يَشاءُ إِنٰثًا وَيَهَبُ لِمَن يَشاءُ الذُّكورَ

To The God belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. He creates what He wills. He grants females to whom He wills and grants males to whom He wills,

Ash-Shura 42:50

أَو يُزَوِّجُهُم ذُكرانًا وَإِنٰثًا ۖ وَيَجعَلُ مَن يَشاءُ عَقيمًا ۚ إِنَّهُ عَليمٌ قَديرٌ

or gives them both males and females, and makes whom He wills barren. He is Knowing, Powerful.

Ash-Shura 42:51

وَما كانَ لِبَشَرٍ أَن يُكَلِّمَهُ اللَّهُ إِلّا وَحيًا أَو مِن وَرائِ حِجابٍ أَو يُرسِلَ رَسولًا فَيوحِىَ بِإِذنِهِ ما يَشاءُ ۚ إِنَّهُ عَلِىٌّ حَكيمٌ

It is not for a human that The God should speak to him except by revelation, or from behind a veil, or by sending a messenger who reveals, with His permission, what He wills. He is Most High, Wise.

Ash-Shura 42:52

وَكَذٰلِكَ أَوحَينا إِلَيكَ روحًا مِن أَمرِنا ۚ ما كُنتَ تَدرى مَا الكِتٰبُ وَلَا الإيمٰنُ وَلٰكِن جَعَلنٰهُ نورًا نَهدى بِهِ مَن نَشاءُ مِن عِبادِنا ۚ وَإِنَّكَ لَتَهدى إِلىٰ صِرٰطٍ مُستَقيمٍ

Thus We revealed to you a spirit of Our command. You did not know what the Book was, nor faith, but We made it a light by which We guide whom We will of Our servants. You indeed guide to a straight path,

Ash-Shura 42:53

صِرٰطِ اللَّهِ الَّذى لَهُ ما فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ وَما فِى الأَرضِ ۗ أَلا إِلَى اللَّهِ تَصيرُ الأُمورُ

the path of The God, to whom belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on earth. Indeed, all affairs return to The God.