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Quran 42:52

Surah Ash-Shura, Verse 52

Juz 25 · Page 489 · Ruku 423 · Meccan

وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ رُوحًا مِّنْ أَمْرِنَا مَا كُنتَ تَدْرِى مَا ٱلْكِتَٰبُ وَلَا ٱلْإِيمَٰنُ وَلَٰكِن جَعَلْنَٰهُ نُورًا نَّهْدِى بِهِۦ مَن نَّشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا وَإِنَّكَ لَتَهْدِىٓ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ

Word by word

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

Transliteration

Wakathalika awhaynailayka roohan min amrina ma kunta tadree maalkitabu wala al-eemanu walakinjaAAalnahu nooran nahdee bihi man nashao min AAibadinawa-innaka latahdee ila siratin mustaqeem

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And thus have We inspired in thee (Muhammad) a Spirit of Our command. Thou knewest not what the Scripture was, nor what the Faith. But We have made it a light whereby We guide whom We will of Our bondmen. And lo! thou verily dost guide unto a right path,

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And thus have We, by Our Command, sent inspiration to thee: thou knewest not (before) what was Revelation, and what was Faith; but We have made the (Qur'an) a Light, wherewith We guide such of Our servants as We will; and verily thou dost guide (men) to the Straight Way,-

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

وقوله ( وكذلك أوحينا إليك روحا من أمرنا ) يعني القرآن ، ( ما كنت تدري ما الكتاب ولا الإيمان ) أي : على التفصيل الذي شرع لك في القرآن ، ( ولكن جعلناه ) أي القرآن ( نورا نهدي به من نشاء من عبادنا ) ، كقوله : ( قل هو للذين آمنوا هدى وشفاء والذين لا يؤمنون في آذانهم وقر وهو عليهم عمى أولئك ينادون من مكان بعيد ) [ فصلت : 44 ] .

وقوله : ( وإنك ) [ أي ] يا محمد ( لتهدي إلى صراط مستقيم ) ، وهو الخلق القويم . ثم فسره بقوله :

Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani 1.1 — Tanzil — non-commercial redistribution with attribution.
Translation: Pickthall by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Public domain.
Translation: Yusuf Ali by Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Public domain.
Commentary: تفسير ابن كثير — Public domain.
Word-by-word data via Quran Foundation. Linguistic annotation: the Quranic Arabic Corpus.