Surah
42 Shura (The Counsel) Ayah 0-10, Page 483, Shakir Page 478
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Surah Shura (The
Counsel)
Number of Surah 42
Number of Ayah 53
Place Mecca
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Ha Mim.
2. Ain Sin Qaf.
3. Thus does Allah, the Mighty, the Wise, reveal to you, and (thus He revealed) to those before you.
4. His is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth, and He is the High, the Great.
5. The heavens may almost rend asunder from above them and the angels sing the praise of their Lord and ask forgiveness for those on earth; now surely Allah is the Forgiving, the Merciful.
6. And (as for) those who take guardians besides Him, Allah watches over them, and you have not charge over them.
7. And thus have We revealed to you an Arabic Quran, that you may warn the mother city and those around it, and that you may give warning of the day of gathering together wherein is no doubt; a party shall be in the garden and (another) party in the burning fire.
8. And if Allah had pleased He would surely have made them a single community, but He makes whom He pleases enter into His mercy, and the unjust it is that shall have no guardian or helper.
9. Or have they taken guardians besides Him? But Allah is the Guardian, and He gives life to the dead, and He has power over all things.
10. And in whatever thing you disagree, the judgment thereof is (in) Allah's (hand); that is Allah, my Lord, on Him do I rely and to Him do I turn time after time.
Surah 42 Shura (The Counsel) Ayah 11-15, Page 484
11. The Originator of the heavens and the earth; He made mates for you from among yourselves, and mates of the cattle too, multiplying you thereby; nothing like a likeness of Him; and He is the Hearing, the Seeing.
12. His are the treasures of the heavens and the earth; He makes ample and straitens the means of subsistence for whom He pleases; surely He is Cognizant of all things.
13. He has made plain to you of the religion what He enjoined upon Nuh and that which We have revealed to you and that which We enjoined upon Ibrahim and Musa and Isa that keep to obedience and be not divided therein; hard to the unbelievers is that which you call them to; Allah chooses for Himself whom He pleases, and guides to Himself him who turns (to Him), frequently.
14. And they did not become divided until after knowledge had come to them out of envy among themselves; and had not a word gone forth from your Lord till an appointed term, certainly judgment would have been given between them; and those who were made to inherit the Book after them are most surely in disquieting doubt concerning it.
15. To this then go on inviting, and go on steadfastly on the right way as you are commanded, and do not follow their low desires, and say: I believe in what Allah has revealed of the Book, and I am commanded to do justice between you: Allah is our Lord and your Lord; we shall have our deeds and you shall have your deeds; no plea need there be (now) between us and you: Allah will gather us together, and to Him is the return.
Surah 42 Shura (The Counsel) Ayah 16-22, Page 485
16. And (as for) those who dispute about Allah after that obedience has been rendered to Him, their plea is null with their Lord, and upon them is wrath, and for them is severe punishment.
17. Allah it is Who revealed the Book with truth, and the balance, and what shall make you know that haply the hour be nigh?
18. Those who do not believe in it would hasten it on, and those who believe are in fear from it, and they know that it is the truth. Now most surely those who dispute obstinately concerning the hour are in a great error.
19. Allah is Benignant to His servants; He gives sustenance to whom He pleases, and He is the Strong, the Mighty.
20. Whoever desires the gain of the hereafter, We will give him more of that again; and whoever desires-- the gain of this world, We give him of it, and in the hereafter he has no portion.
21. Or have they associates who have prescribed for them any religion that Allah does not sanction? And were it not for the word of judgment, decision would have certainly been given between them; and surely the unjust shall have a painful punish ^ment.
22. You will see the unjust fearing on account of what they have earned, and it must befall them; and those who believe and do good shall be in the meadows of the gardens; they shall have what they please with their Lord: that is the great grace.
Surah 42 Shura (The Counsel) Ayah 23-31, Page 486
23. That is of which Allah gives the good news to His servants, (to) those who believe and do good deeds. Say: I do not ask of you any reward for it but love for my near relatives; and whoever earns good, We give him more of good therein; surely Allah is Forgiving, Grateful.
24. Or do they say: He has forged a lie against Allah? But if Allah pleased, He would seal your heart; and Allah will blot out the falsehood and confirm the truth with His words; surely He is Cognizant of what is in the breasts.
25. And He it is Who accepts repentance from His servants and pardons the evil deeds and He knows what you do;
26. And He answers those who believe and do good deeds, and gives them more out of His grace; and (as for) the unbelievers, they shall have a severe punishment.
27. And if Allah should amplify the provision for His servants they would certainly revolt in the earth; but He sends it down according to a measure as He pleases; surely He is Aware of, Seeing, His servants.
28. And He it is Who sends down the rain after they have despaired, and He unfolds His mercy; and He is the Guardian, the Praised One.
29. And one of His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth and what He has spread forth in both of them of living beings; and when He pleases He is all-powerful to gather them together.
30. And whatever affliction befalls you, it is on account of what your hands have wrought, and (yet) He pardons most (of your faults).
31. And you cannot escape in the earth, and you shall not have a guardian or a helper besides Allah.
Surah 42 Shura (The Counsel) Ayah 32-44, Page 487
32. And among His signs are the ships in the sea like mountains.
33. If He pleases, He causes the wind to become still so that they lie motionless on its back; most surely there are signs in this for every patient, grateful one,
34. Or He may make them founder for what they have earned, and (even then) pardon most;
35. And (that) those who dispute about Our communications may know; there is no place of refuge for them.
36. So whatever thing you are given, that is only a provision of this world's life, and what is with Allah is better and more lasting for those who believe and rely on their Lord.
37. And those who. shun the great sins and indecencies, and whenever they are angry they forgive.
38. And those who respond to their Lord and keep up prayer, and their rule is to take counsel among themselves, and who spend out of what We have given them.
39. And those who, when great wrong afflicts them, defend themselves.
40. And the recompense of evil is punishment like it, but whoever forgives and amends, he shall have his reward from Allah; surely He does not love the unjust.
41. And whoever defends himself after his being oppressed, these it is against whom there is no way (to blame).
42. The way (to blame) is only against those who oppress men and revolt in the earth unjustly; these shall have a painful punishment.
43. And whoever is patient and forgiving, these most surely are actions due to courage.
44. And whomsoever Allah makes err, he has no guardian after Him; and you shall see the unjust, when they see the punishment, saying: Is there any way to return?
Surah 42 Shura (The Counsel) Ayah 45-51, Page 488
45. And you shall see them brought before it humbling themselves because of the abasements, looking with a faint glance. And those who believe shall say: Surely the losers are they who have lost themselves and their followers on the resurrection day. Now surely the iniquitous shall remain in lasting chastisement.
46. And they shall have no friends to help them besides Allah; and-- whomsoever Allah makes err, he shall have no way.
47. Hearken to your Lord before there comes the day from Allah for which there shall be no averting; you shall have no refuge on that day, nor shall it be yours to make a denial.
48. But if they turn aside, We have not sent you as a watcher over them; on you is only to deliver (the message); and surely when We make man taste mercy from Us, he rejoices thereat; and if an evil afflicts them on account of what their hands have already done, then-surely man is ungrateful.
49. Allah's is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; He creates what He pleases; He grants to whom He pleases daughters and grants to whom He pleases sons.
5O Or He makes them of both sorts, male and female; and He makes whom He pleases barren; surely He is the Knowing, the Powerful.
51. And it is not for any mortal that Allah should speak to them, they could not bear to hear and they did not see.
52. And thus did We reveal to you an inspired book by Our command. You did not know what the Book was, nor (what) the faith (was), but We made it a light, guiding thereby whom We please of Our servants; and most surely you show the way to the right path:
53. The path of Allah, Whose is whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth; now surely to Allah do all affairs eventually come.
Surah Zukhruf (The
Embellishment)
Number of Surah 43
Number of Ayah 89
Place Mecca
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Ha Mim.
2. I swear by the Book that makes things clear:
3. Surely We have made it an Arabic Quran that you may understand.
4. And surely it is in the original of the Book with Us, truly elevated, full of wisdom.
5. What! shall We then turn away the reminder from you altogether because you are an extravagant people?
6. And how many a prophet have We sent among the ancients.
7. And there came not to them a prophet but they mocked at him.
8. Then We destroyed those who were stronger than these in prowess, and the case of the ancients has gone before,
9. And if you should ask them, Who created the heavens and the earth? they would most certainly say: The Mighty, the Knowing One, has created them;
10. He Who made the earth a resting-place for you, and made in it ways for you that you may go aright;
Surah 43 Zukhruf (The Embellishment) Ayah 11-22, Page 490
11. And He Who sends down water from the cloud according to a measure, then We raise to life thereby a dead country, even thus shall you be brought forth;
12. And He Who created pairs of all things, and made for you of the ships and the cattle what you ride on,
13. That you may firmly sit on their backs, then remember the favor of your Lord when you are firmly seated thereon, and say: Glory be to Him Who made this subservient to us and we were not able to do it
14. And surely to our Lord we must return.
15. And they assign to Him a part of His servants; man, to be sure, is clearly ungrateful.
16. What! has He taken daughters to Himself of what He Himself creates and chosen you to have sons?
17. And when one of them is given news of that of which he sets up as a likeness for the Beneficent God, his face becomes black and he is full of rage.
18. What! that which is made in ornaments and which in contention is unable to make plain speech!
19. And they make the angels-- them who are the servants of the Beneficent God-- female (divinities). What! did they witness their creation? Their evidence shall be written down and they shall be questioned.
20. And they say: If the Beneficent God had pleased, we should never have worshipped them. They have no knowledge of this; they only lie.
21. Or have We given them a book before it so that they hold fast to it?
22. Nay! they say: We found our fathers on a course, and surely we are guided by their footsteps.
Surah 43 Zukhruf (The Embellishment) Ayah 23-33, Page 491
23. And thus, We did not send before you any warner in a town, but those who led easy lives in it said: Surely we found our fathers on a course, and surely we are followers of their footsteps.
24. (The warner) said: What! even if I bring to you a better guide than that on which you found your fathers? They said:
Surely we are unbelievers in that with which you are sent.
25. So We inflicted retribution on them, then see how was the end of the rejecters.
26. And when Ibrahim said to his father and his people: Surely I am clear of what you worship,
27. Save Him Who created me, for surely He will guide me.
28. And he made it a word to continue in his posterity that they may return.
29. Nay! I gave them and their fathers to enjoy until there came to them the truth and an Apostle making manifest (the truth).
30. And when there came to them the truth they said: This is magic, and surely we are disbelievers in it.
31. And they say: Why was not this Quran revealed to a man of importance in the two towns?
32. Will they distribute the mercy of your Lord? We distribute among them their livelihood in the life of this world, and We j have exalted some of them above others in degrees, that some of them may take others in subjection; and the mercy of your Lord is better than what they amass.
33. And were it not that all people had been a single nation, We would certainly have assigned to those who disbelieve in the Beneficent God (to make) of silver the roofs of their houses and the stairs by which they ascend.
Surah 43 Zukhruf (The Embellishment) Ayah 34-47, Page 492
34. And the doors of their houses and the couches on which they recline,
35. And (other) embellishments of gold; and all this is naught but provision of this world's life, and the hereafter is with your Lord only for those who guard (against evil).
36. And whoever turns himself away from the remembrance of the Beneficent God, We appoint for him a Shaitan, so he becomes his associate.
37. And most surely they turn them away from the path, and they think that they are guided aright:
38. Until when he comes to Us, he says: O would that between me and you there were the distance of the East and the West; so evil is the associate!
39. And since you were unjust, it will not profit you this day that you are sharers in the chastisement.
40. What! can you then make the deaf to hear or guide the blind and him who is in clear error?
41. But if We should take you away, still We shall inflict retribution on them;
42. Rather We will certainly show you that which We have promised them; for surely We are the possessors of full power over them.
43. Therefore hold fast to that which has been revealed to you; surely you are on the right path.
44. And most surely it is a reminder for you and your people, and you shall soon be questioned.
45. And ask those of Our apostles whom We sent before you: Did We ever appoint gods to be worshipped besides the Beneficent God?
46. And certainly We sent Musa with Our communications to Firon and his chiefs, so he said: Surely I am the apostle of the Lord of the worlds.
47. But when he came to them with Our signs, lo! they laughed at them.
Surah 43 Zukhruf (The Embellishment) Ayah 48-60, Page 493
48. And We did not show them a sign but it was greater than its like, and We overtook them with chastisement that they may turn.
49. And they said: O magician! call on your Lord for our sake, as He has made the covenant with you; we shall surely be the followers of the right way.
50. But when We removed from them the chastisement, lo! they broke the pledge.
51. And Firon proclaimed amongst his people: O my people! is not the kingdom of Egypt mine? And these rivers flow beneath me; do you not then see?
52. Nay! I am better than this fellow, who is contemptible, and who can hardly speak distinctly:
53. But why have not bracelets of gold been put upon him, or why have there not come with him angels as companions?
54. So he incited his people to levity and they obeyed him: surely they were a transgressing people.
55. Then when they displeased Us, We inflicted a retribution on them, so We drowned them all together,
56. And We made them a precedent and example to the later generations.
57. And when a description of the son of Marium is given, lo! your people raise a clamor thereat.
58. And they say: Are our gods better, or is he? They do not set it forth to you save by way of disputation; nay, they are a contentious people.
59. He was naught but a servant on whom We bestowed favor, and We made him an example for the children of Israel.
60. And if We please, We could make among you angels to be successors in the land.
Surah 43 Zukhruf (The Embellishment) Ayah 61-73, Page 494
61. And most surely it is a knowledge of the hour, therefore have no doubt about it and follow me: this is the right path.
62. And let not the Shaitan prevent you; surely he is your j open enemy.
63. And when Isa came with clear arguments he said: I have come to you indeed with wisdom, and that I may make clear to you part of what you differ in; so be careful of (your duty to) Allah and obey me:
64. Surely Allah is my Lord and your Lord, therefore serve Him; this is the right path:
65. But parties from among them differed, so woe to those who were unjust because of the chastisement of a painful day.
66. Do they wait for aught but the hour, that it should come ! upon them all of a sudden while they do not perceive?
67. The friends shall on that day be enemies one to another, except those who guard (against evil).
68. O My servants! there is no fear for you this day, nor shall you grieve.
69. Those who believed in Our communications and were submissive:
70. Enter the garden, you and your wives; you shall be made happy.
71. There shall be sent round to them golden bowls and drinking-cups and therein shall be what their souls yearn after and (wherein) the eyes shall delight, and you shall abide therein.
72. And this is the garden which you are given as an inheritance on account of what you did.
73. For you therein are many fruits of which you shall eat.
Surah 43 Zukhruf (The Embellishment) Ayah 74-89, Page 495
74. Surely the guilty shall abide in the chastisement of hell.
75. It shall not be abated from them and they shall therein be despairing.
76. And We are not unjust to them, but they themselves were unjust.
77. And they shall call out: O Malik! let your Lord make an end of us. He shall say: Surely you shall tarry.
78. Certainly We have brought you the truth, but most of you are averse to the truth.
79. Or have they settled an affair? Then surely We are the settlers.
80. Or do they think that We do not hear what they conceal and their secret discourses? Aye! and Our messengers with them write down.
81. Say: If the Beneficent God has a son, I am the foremost of those who serve.
82. Glory to the Lord of the heavens and the earth, the Lord of power, from what they describe.
83. So leave them plunging into false discourses and sporting until they meet their day which they are threatened with.
84. And He it is Who is God in the heavens and God in the earth; and He is the Wise, the Knowing.
85. And blessed is He Whose is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, and with Him is the knowledge of the hour, and to Him shall you be brought back.
86. And those whom they call upon besides Him have no authority for intercession, but he who bears witness of the truth and they know (him).
87. And if you should ask them who created them, they would certainly say: Allah. Whence are they then turned back?
88. Consider his cry: O my Lord! surely they are a people who do not believe.
89. So turn away from them and say, Peace, for they shall soon come to know.
Transslations copied from
Master M. H. Shakir. http://info.uah.edu/msa/quranShakir.html
and Abdullah Yusuf Ali http://info.uah.edu/msa/quranYusufali.html
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