Surah Ash-Shura

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 42:1 ▶

   حمٓ ﴿١﴾

   ḥā-mīm

   Ḥā, Meem.

2. 42:2 ▶

   عٓسٓقٓ ﴿٢﴾

   ʿayn-sīn-qāf

   ʿAyn, Seen, Qāf.

   See footnote to 2:1.

3. 42:3 ▶

   كَذَٰلِكَ يُوحِىٓ إِلَيْكَ وَإِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ﴿٣﴾

   kadhālika yūḥī 'ilayka wa'ila lladhīna min qablika llāhu l-ʿazīzu l-ḥakīm

   Thus has He revealed to you, [O Muḥammad], and to those before you - Allāh, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

4. 42:4 ▶

   لَهُۥ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَلِىُّ ٱلْعَظِيمُ ﴿٤﴾

   lahū mā fi s-samāwāti wamā fi l-arḍ | wahuwa l-ʿaliyyu l-ʿaẓīm

   To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth, and He is the Most High, the Most Great.

   See footnote to 2:255.

5. 42:5 ▶

   تَكَادُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتُ يَتَفَطَّرْنَ مِن فَوْقِهِنَّ ۚ وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ يُسَبِّحُونَ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّهِمْ وَيَسْتَغْفِرُونَ لِمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ أَلَآ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ﴿٥﴾

   takādu s-samāwātu yatafaṭṭarna min fawqihinna wal-malā'ikatu yusabbiḥūna biḥamdi rabbihim wayastaghfirūna liman fi l-arḍ | alā 'inna llāha huwa l-ghafūru r-raḥīm

   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.

   i.e., from the grandeur of Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) above them.

6. 42:6 ▶

   وَٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ أَوْلِيَآءَ ٱللَّهُ حَفِيظٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَمَآ أَنتَ عَلَيْهِم بِوَكِيلٍ ﴿٦﴾

   walladhīna ttakhadhū min dūnihī 'awliyā'a llāhu ḥafīẓun ʿalayhim wamā 'anta ʿalayhim biwakīl

   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 -

7. 42:7 ▶

   وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ قُرْءَانًا عَرَبِيًّا لِّتُنذِرَ أُمَّ ٱلْقُرَىٰ وَمَنْ حَوْلَهَا وَتُنذِرَ يَوْمَ ٱلْجَمْعِ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهِ ۚ فَرِيقٌ فِى ٱلْجَنَّةِ وَفَرِيقٌ فِى ٱلسَّعِيرِ ﴿٧﴾

   wakadhālika 'awḥaynā 'ilayka qur'ānan ʿarabiyyal litundhira 'umma l-qurā waman ḥawlahā watundhira yawma l-jamʿi lā rayba fīh | farīqun fi l-jannati wafarīqun fi s-saʿīr

   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.

   i.e., all other peoples.

8. 42:8 ▶

   وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَجَعَلَهُمْ أُمَّةً وَٰحِدَةً وَلَـٰكِن يُدْخِلُ مَن يَشَآءُ فِى رَحْمَتِهِۦ ۚ وَٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ مَا لَهُم مِّن وَلِىٍّ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ ﴿٨﴾

   walaw shā'a llāhu lajaʿalahum 'ummataw wāḥidataw walākiy yudkhilu may yashā'u fī raḥmatih | waẓ-ẓālimūna mā lahum miw waliyyiw walā naṣīr

   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.

   i.e., those who desire His guidance and His acceptance of them.

9. 42:9 ▶

   أَمِ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ أَوْلِيَآءَ ۖ فَٱللَّهُ هُوَ ٱلْوَلِىُّ وَهُوَ يُحْىِ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ﴿٩﴾

   ami ttakhadhū min dūnihī 'awliyā' | fallāhu huwa l-waliyyu wahuwa yuḥyi l-mawtā wahuwa ʿalā kulli shay'in qadīr

   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.

10. 42:10 ▶

    وَمَا ٱخْتَلَفْتُمْ فِيهِ مِن شَىْءٍ فَحُكْمُهُۥٓ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ ۚ ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبِّى عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَإِلَيْهِ أُنِيبُ ﴿١٠﴾

    wama khtalaftum fīhi min shay'in faḥukmuhū 'ila llāh | dhālikumu llāhu rabbī ʿalayhi tawakkaltu wa'ilayhi 'unīb

    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."

    In remembrance and repentance.

11. 42:11 ▶

    فَاطِرُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا وَمِنَ ٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ أَزْوَٰجًا ۖ يَذْرَؤُكُمْ فِيهِ ۚ لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِۦ شَىْءٌ ۖ وَهُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْبَصِيرُ ﴿١١﴾

    fāṭiru s-samāwāti wal-arḍ | jaʿala lakum min 'anfusikum 'azwājaw wamina l-anʿāmi 'azwājā | yadhra'ukum fīh | laysa kamithlihī shay' | wahuwa s-samīʿu l-baṣīr

    [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.

    There is no similarity whatsoever between the Creator and His creation in essence, in attributes or in deed.

    See footnotes to 17:1.

12. 42:12 ▶

    لَهُۥ مَقَالِيدُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ يَبْسُطُ ٱلرِّزْقَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَقْدِرُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌ ﴿١٢﴾

    lahū maqālīdu s-samāwāti wal-arḍ | yabsuṭu r-rizqa limay yashā'u wayaqdir | innahū bikulli shay'in ʿalīm

    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.

13. 42:13 ▶

    ۞ شَرَعَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلدِّينِ مَا وَصَّىٰ بِهِۦ نُوحًا وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ وَمَا وَصَّيْنَا بِهِۦٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ وَعِيسَىٰٓ ۖ أَنْ أَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلدِّينَ وَلَا تَتَفَرَّقُوا۟ فِيهِ ۚ كَبُرَ عَلَى ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ مَا تَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَيْهِ ۚ ٱللَّهُ يَجْتَبِىٓ إِلَيْهِ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهْدِىٓ إِلَيْهِ مَن يُنِيبُ ﴿١٣﴾

    sharaʿa lakum mina d-dīni mā waṣṣā bihī nūḥaw walladhī 'awḥaynā 'ilayka wamā waṣṣaynā bihī 'ibrāhīma wamūsā waʿīsā | an 'aqīmu d-dīna walā tatafarraqū fīh | kabura ʿala l-mushrikīna mā tadʿūhum 'ilayh | allāhu yajtabī 'ilayhi may yashā'u wayahdī 'ilayhi may yunīb

    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].

14. 42:14 ▶

    وَمَا تَفَرَّقُوٓا۟ إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْعِلْمُ بَغْيًۢا بَيْنَهُمْ ۚ وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَتْ مِن رَّبِّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى لَّقُضِىَ بَيْنَهُمْ ۚ وَإِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أُورِثُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ لَفِى شَكٍّ مِّنْهُ مُرِيبٍ ﴿١٤﴾

    wamā tafarraqū 'illā mim baʿdi mā jā'ahumu l-ʿilmu baghyam baynahum | walawlā kalimatun sabaqat mir rabbika 'ilā 'ajalim musammal laquḍiya baynahum | wa'inna lladhīna 'ūrithu l-kitāba mim baʿdihim lafī shakkim minhu murīb

    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.

    Decree. See footnote to 10:19.

15. 42:15 ▶

    فَلِذَٰلِكَ فَٱدْعُ ۖ وَٱسْتَقِمْ كَمَآ أُمِرْتَ ۖ وَلَا تَتَّبِعْ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ ۖ وَقُلْ ءَامَنتُ بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ مِن كِتَـٰبٍ ۖ وَأُمِرْتُ لِأَعْدِلَ بَيْنَكُمُ ۖ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّنَا وَرَبُّكُمْ ۖ لَنَآ أَعْمَـٰلُنَا وَلَكُمْ أَعْمَـٰلُكُمْ ۖ لَا حُجَّةَ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمُ ۖ ٱللَّهُ يَجْمَعُ بَيْنَنَا ۖ وَإِلَيْهِ ٱلْمَصِيرُ ﴿١٥﴾

    falidhālika fadʿ | wastaqim kamā 'umirt | walā tattabiʿ 'ahwā'ahum | waqul 'āmantu bimā 'anzala llāhu min kitāb | wa'umirtu li'aʿdila baynakum | allāhu rabbunā warabbukum | lanā 'aʿmālunā walakum 'aʿmālukum | lā ḥujjata baynanā wabaynakum | allāhu yajmaʿu baynanā | wa'ilayhi l-maṣīr

    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."

    Another meaning understood from the Arabic is "So because of that [division and separation into sects], invite [them back to Allāh]..."

    i.e., the consequences thereof.

    Since the truth has been made clear and since those who refuse it do so only out of stubbornness or worldly interests.

16. 42:16 ▶

    وَٱلَّذِينَ يُحَآجُّونَ فِى ٱللَّهِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا ٱسْتُجِيبَ لَهُۥ حُجَّتُهُمْ دَاحِضَةٌ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ وَعَلَيْهِمْ غَضَبٌ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ ﴿١٦﴾

    walladhīna yuḥājjūna fi llāhi mim baʿdi ma stujība lahū ḥujjatuhum dāḥiḍatun ʿinda rabbihim waʿalayhim ghaḍabuw walahum ʿadhābun shadīd

    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.

    i.e., after people have accepted the truth from Allāh, in an attempt to turn the believers away from His religion of Islām.

17. 42:17 ▶

    ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنزَلَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَٱلْمِيزَانَ ۗ وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ قَرِيبٌ ﴿١٧﴾

    allāhu lladhī 'anzala l-kitāba bil-ḥaqqi wal-mīzān | wamā yudrīka laʿalla s-sāʿata qarīb

    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.

18. 42:18 ▶

    يَسْتَعْجِلُ بِهَا ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهَا ۖ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مُشْفِقُونَ مِنْهَا وَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهَا ٱلْحَقُّ ۗ أَلَآ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُمَارُونَ فِى ٱلسَّاعَةِ لَفِى ضَلَـٰلٍۭ بَعِيدٍ ﴿١٨﴾

    yastaʿjilu biha lladhīna lā yu'minūna bihā | walladhīna 'āmanū mushfiqūna minhā wayaʿlamūna 'annaha l-ḥaqq | alā 'inna lladhīna yumārūna fi s-sāʿati lafī ḍalālim baʿīd

    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.

    They had challenged the Prophet (ﷺ) to bring it on immediately.

19. 42:19 ▶

    ٱللَّهُ لَطِيفٌۢ بِعِبَادِهِۦ يَرْزُقُ مَن يَشَآءُ ۖ وَهُوَ ٱلْقَوِىُّ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ﴿١٩﴾

    allāhu laṭīfum biʿibādihī yarzuqu may yashā' | wahuwa l-qawiyyu l-ʿazīz

    Allāh is Subtle with His servants; He gives provision to whom He wills. And He is the Powerful, the Exalted in Might.

    See footnote in 12:100.

20. 42:20 ▶

    مَن كَانَ يُرِيدُ حَرْثَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ نَزِدْ لَهُۥ فِى حَرْثِهِۦ ۖ وَمَن كَانَ يُرِيدُ حَرْثَ ٱلدُّنْيَا نُؤْتِهِۦ مِنْهَا وَمَا لَهُۥ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ مِن نَّصِيبٍ ﴿٢٠﴾

    man kāna yurīdu ḥartha l-ākhirati nazid lahū fī ḥarthih | waman kāna yurīdu ḥartha d-dunyā nu'tihī minhā wamā lahū fi l-ākhirati min naṣīb

    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.

21. 42:21 ▶

    أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَـٰٓؤُا۟ شَرَعُوا۟ لَهُم مِّنَ ٱلدِّينِ مَا لَمْ يَأْذَنۢ بِهِ ٱللَّهُ ۚ وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةُ ٱلْفَصْلِ لَقُضِىَ بَيْنَهُمْ ۗ وَإِنَّ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ ﴿٢١﴾

    am lahum shurakā'u sharaʿū lahum mina d-dīni mā lam ya'dham bihi llāh | walawlā kalimatu l-faṣli laquḍiya baynahum | wa'inna ẓ-ẓālimīna lahum ʿadhābun 'alīm

    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.

    Decree. See footnote to 10:19.

22. 42:22 ▶

    تَرَى ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ مُشْفِقِينَ مِمَّا كَسَبُوا۟ وَهُوَ وَاقِعٌۢ بِهِمْ ۗ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ فِى رَوْضَاتِ ٱلْجَنَّاتِ ۖ لَهُم مَّا يَشَآءُونَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْفَضْلُ ٱلْكَبِيرُ ﴿٢٢﴾

    tara ẓ-ẓālimīna mushfiqīna mimmā kasabū wahuwa wāqiʿum bihim | walladhīna 'āmanū waʿamilu ṣ-ṣāliḥāti fī rawḍāti l-jannāt | lahum mā yashā'ūna ʿinda rabbihim | dhālika huwa l-faḍlu l-kabīr

    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.

23. 42:23 ▶

    ذَٰلِكَ ٱلَّذِى يُبَشِّرُ ٱللَّهُ عِبَادَهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ ۗ قُل لَّآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا إِلَّا ٱلْمَوَدَّةَ فِى ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ ۗ وَمَن يَقْتَرِفْ حَسَنَةً نَّزِدْ لَهُۥ فِيهَا حُسْنًا ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ شَكُورٌ ﴿٢٣﴾

    dhālika lladhī yubashshiru llāhu ʿibādahu lladhīna 'āmanū waʿamilu ṣ-ṣāliḥāt | qul lā 'as'alukum ʿalayhi 'ajran 'illa l-mawaddata fi l-qurbā | wamay yaqtarif ḥasanatan nazid lahū fīhā ḥusnā | inna llāha ghafūrun shakūr

    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.

    See footnote in 35:30.

24. 42:24 ▶

    أَمْ يَقُولُونَ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا ۖ فَإِن يَشَإِ ٱللَّهُ يَخْتِمْ عَلَىٰ قَلْبِكَ ۗ وَيَمْحُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْبَـٰطِلَ وَيُحِقُّ ٱلْحَقَّ بِكَلِمَـٰتِهِۦٓ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِيمٌۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ ﴿٢٤﴾

    am yaqūlūna ftarā ʿala llāhi kadhibā | fa'iy yasha'i llāhu yakhtim ʿalā qalbik | wayamḥu llāhu l-bāṭila wayuḥiqqu l-ḥaqqa bikalimātih | innahū ʿalīmum bidhāti ṣ-ṣudūr

    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.

    i.e., He could make you forget the Qur’ān and deprive you of it.

25. 42:25 ▶

    وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى يَقْبَلُ ٱلتَّوْبَةَ عَنْ عِبَادِهِۦ وَيَعْفُوا۟ عَنِ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا تَفْعَلُونَ ﴿٢٥﴾

    wahuwa lladhī yaqbalu t-tawbata ʿan ʿibādihī wayaʿfū ʿani s-sayyi'āti wayaʿlamu mā tafʿalūn

    And it is He who accepts repentance from His servants and pardons misdeeds, and He knows what you do.

26. 42:26 ▶

    وَيَسْتَجِيبُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ وَيَزِيدُهُم مِّن فَضْلِهِۦ ۚ وَٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ ﴿٢٦﴾

    wayastajību lladhīna 'āmanū waʿamilu ṣ-ṣāliḥāti wayazīduhum min faḍlih | wal-kāfirūna lahum ʿadhābun shadīd

    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.

27. 42:27 ▶

    ۞ وَلَوْ بَسَطَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلرِّزْقَ لِعِبَادِهِۦ لَبَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَـٰكِن يُنَزِّلُ بِقَدَرٍ مَّا يَشَآءُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ بِعِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرٌۢ بَصِيرٌ ﴿٢٧﴾

    walaw basaṭa llāhu r-rizqa liʿibādihī labaghaw fi l-arḍi walākiy yunazzilu biqadarim mā yashā' | innahū biʿibādihī khabīrum baṣīr

    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.

28. 42:28 ▶

    وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُنَزِّلُ ٱلْغَيْثَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا قَنَطُوا۟ وَيَنشُرُ رَحْمَتَهُۥ ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلْوَلِىُّ ٱلْحَمِيدُ ﴿٢٨﴾

    wahuwa lladhī yunazzilu l-ghaytha mim baʿdi mā qanaṭū wayanshuru raḥmatah | wahuwa l-waliyyu l-ḥamīd

    And it is He who sends down the rain after they had despaired and spreads His mercy. And He is the Protector, the Praiseworthy.

29. 42:29 ▶

    وَمِنْ ءَايَـٰتِهِۦ خَلْقُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَثَّ فِيهِمَا مِن دَآبَّةٍ ۚ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ جَمْعِهِمْ إِذَا يَشَآءُ قَدِيرٌ ﴿٢٩﴾

    wamin 'āyātihī khalqu s-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baththa fīhimā min dābbah | wahuwa ʿalā jamʿihim 'idhā yashā'u qadīr

    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.

30. 42:30 ▶

    وَمَآ أَصَـٰبَكُم مِّن مُّصِيبَةٍ فَبِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَيَعْفُوا۟ عَن كَثِيرٍ ﴿٣٠﴾

    wamā 'aṣābakum mim muṣībatin fabimā kasabat 'aydīkum wayaʿfū ʿan kathīr

    And whatever strikes you of disaster - it is for what your hands have earned; but He pardons much.

31. 42:31 ▶

    وَمَآ أَنتُم بِمُعْجِزِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَلِىٍّ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ ﴿٣١﴾

    wamā 'antum bimuʿjizīna fi l-arḍ | wamā lakum min dūni llāhi miw waliyyiw walā naṣīr

    And you will not cause failure [to Allāh] upon the earth. And you have not besides Allāh any protector or helper.

    i.e., escape from Him.

32. 42:32 ▶

    وَمِنْ ءَايَـٰتِهِ ٱلْجَوَارِ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ كَٱلْأَعْلَـٰمِ ﴿٣٢﴾

    wamin 'āyātihi l-jawāri fi l-baḥri kal-aʿlām

    And of His signs are the ships in the sea, like mountains.

33. 42:33 ▶

    إِن يَشَأْ يُسْكِنِ ٱلرِّيحَ فَيَظْلَلْنَ رَوَاكِدَ عَلَىٰ ظَهْرِهِۦٓ ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّكُلِّ صَبَّارٍ شَكُورٍ ﴿٣٣﴾

    iy yasha' yuskini r-rīḥa fayaẓlalna rawākida ʿalā ẓahrih | inna fī dhālika la'āyātil likulli ṣabbārin shakūr

    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.

34. 42:34 ▶

    أَوْ يُوبِقْهُنَّ بِمَا كَسَبُوا۟ وَيَعْفُ عَن كَثِيرٍ ﴿٣٤﴾

    aw yūbiqhunna bimā kasabū wayaʿfu ʿan kathīr

    Or He could destroy them for what they earned; but He pardons much.

    Meaning that Allāh could sink the ships by means of violent winds.

35. 42:35 ▶

    وَيَعْلَمَ ٱلَّذِينَ يُجَـٰدِلُونَ فِىٓ ءَايَـٰتِنَا مَا لَهُم مِّن مَّحِيصٍ ﴿٣٥﴾

    wayaʿlama lladhīna yujādilūna fī 'āyātinā mā lahum mim maḥīṣ

    And [that is so] those who dispute concerning Our signs may know that for them there is no place of escape.

36. 42:36 ▶

    فَمَآ أُوتِيتُم مِّن شَىْءٍ فَمَتَـٰعُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ وَمَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ ﴿٣٦﴾

    famā 'ūtītum min shay'in famatāʿu l-ḥayāti d-dunyā | wamā ʿinda llāhi khayruw wa'abqā lilladhīna 'āmanū waʿalā rabbihim yatawakkalūn

    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

37. 42:37 ▶

    وَٱلَّذِينَ يَجْتَنِبُونَ كَبَـٰٓئِرَ ٱلْإِثْمِ وَٱلْفَوَٰحِشَ وَإِذَا مَا غَضِبُوا۟ هُمْ يَغْفِرُونَ ﴿٣٧﴾

    walladhīna yajtanibūna kabā'ira l-ithmi wal-fawāḥisha wa'idhā mā ghaḍibū hum yaghfirūn

    And those who avoid the major sins and immoralities, and when they are angry, they forgive,

38. 42:38 ▶

    وَٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَجَابُوا۟ لِرَبِّهِمْ وَأَقَامُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَأَمْرُهُمْ شُورَىٰ بَيْنَهُمْ وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَـٰهُمْ يُنفِقُونَ ﴿٣٨﴾

    walladhīna stajābū lirabbihim wa'aqāmu ṣ-ṣalāta wa'amruhum shūrā baynahum wamimmā razaqnāhum yunfiqūn

    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,

39. 42:39 ▶

    وَٱلَّذِينَ إِذَآ أَصَابَهُمُ ٱلْبَغْىُ هُمْ يَنتَصِرُونَ ﴿٣٩﴾

    walladhīna 'idhā 'aṣābahumu l-baghyu hum yantaṣirūn

    And those who, when tyranny strikes them, they retaliate [in a just manner].

    Restoring their rights and not allowing aggressors to take advantage of them out of weakness.

40. 42:40 ▶

    وَجَزَٰٓؤُا۟ سَيِّئَةٍ سَيِّئَةٌ مِّثْلُهَا ۖ فَمَنْ عَفَا وَأَصْلَحَ فَأَجْرُهُۥ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ ﴿٤٠﴾

    wajazā'u sayyi'atin sayyi'atum mithluhā | faman ʿafā wa'aṣlaḥa fa'ajruhū ʿala llāh | innahū lā yuḥibbu ẓ-ẓālimīn

    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.

41. 42:41 ▶

    وَلَمَنِ ٱنتَصَرَ بَعْدَ ظُلْمِهِۦ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ مَا عَلَيْهِم مِّن سَبِيلٍ ﴿٤١﴾

    walamani ntaṣara baʿda ẓulmihī fa'ulā'ika mā ʿalayhim min sabīl

    And whoever retaliates after having been wronged - those have not upon them any cause [for blame].

42. 42:42 ▶

    إِنَّمَا ٱلسَّبِيلُ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يَظْلِمُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ وَيَبْغُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ ﴿٤٢﴾

    innama s-sabīlu ʿala lladhīna yaẓlimūna n-nāsa wayabghūna fi l-arḍi bighayri l-ḥaqq | ulā'ika lahum ʿadhābun 'alīm

    The cause is only against the ones who wrong the people and tyrannize upon the earth without right. Those will have a painful punishment.

43. 42:43 ▶

    وَلَمَن صَبَرَ وَغَفَرَ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ لَمِنْ عَزْمِ ٱلْأُمُورِ ﴿٤٣﴾

    walaman ṣabara waghafara 'inna dhālika lamin ʿazmi l-umūr

    And whoever is patient and forgives - indeed, that is of the matters [worthy] of resolve.

    On the part of those seeking the reward of Allāh.

44. 42:44 ▶

    وَمَن يُضْلِلِ ٱللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن وَلِىٍّ مِّنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ ۗ وَتَرَى ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ لَمَّا رَأَوُا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ يَقُولُونَ هَلْ إِلَىٰ مَرَدٍّ مِّن سَبِيلٍ ﴿٤٤﴾

    wamay yuḍlili llāhu famā lahū miw waliyyim mim baʿdih | watara ẓ-ẓālimīna lammā ra'awu l-ʿadhāba yaqūlūna hal 'ilā maraddim min sabīl

    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?"

45. 42:45 ▶

    وَتَرَىٰهُمْ يُعْرَضُونَ عَلَيْهَا خَـٰشِعِينَ مِنَ ٱلذُّلِّ يَنظُرُونَ مِن طَرْفٍ خَفِىٍّ ۗ وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِنَّ ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَأَهْلِيهِمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۗ أَلَآ إِنَّ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ فِى عَذَابٍ مُّقِيمٍ ﴿٤٥﴾

    watarāhum yuʿraḍūna ʿalayhā khāshiʿīna mina dh-dhulli yanẓurūna min ṭarfin khafiyy | waqāla lladhīna 'āmanū 'inna l-khāsirīna lladhīna khasirū 'anfusahum wa'ahlīhim yawma l-qiyāmah | alā 'inna ẓ-ẓālimīna fī ʿadhābim muqīm

    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."

46. 42:46 ▶

    وَمَا كَانَ لَهُم مِّنْ أَوْلِيَآءَ يَنصُرُونَهُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَمَن يُضْلِلِ ٱللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن سَبِيلٍ ﴿٤٦﴾

    wamā kāna lahum min 'awliyā'a yanṣurūnahum min dūni llāh | wamay yuḍlili llāhu famā lahū min sabīl

    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.

47. 42:47 ▶

    ٱسْتَجِيبُوا۟ لِرَبِّكُم مِّن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِىَ يَوْمٌ لَّا مَرَدَّ لَهُۥ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ مَا لَكُم مِّن مَّلْجَإٍ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن نَّكِيرٍ ﴿٤٧﴾

    istajībū lirabbikum min qabli 'ay ya'tiya yawmul lā maradda lahū mina llāh | mā lakum mim malja'iy yawma'idhiw wamā lakum min nakīr

    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.

    Of your sins or "disapproval" of your punishment.

48. 42:48 ▶

    فَإِنْ أَعْرَضُوا۟ فَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَـٰكَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَفِيظًا ۖ إِنْ عَلَيْكَ إِلَّا ٱلْبَلَـٰغُ ۗ وَإِنَّآ إِذَآ أَذَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِنَّا رَحْمَةً فَرِحَ بِهَا ۖ وَإِن تُصِبْهُمْ سَيِّئَةٌۢ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ فَإِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ كَفُورٌ ﴿٤٨﴾

    fa'in 'aʿraḍū famā 'arsalnāka ʿalayhim ḥafīẓā | in ʿalayka 'illa l-balāgh | wa'innā 'idhā 'adhaqna l-insāna minnā raḥmatan fariḥa bihā | wa'in tuṣibhum sayyi'atum bimā qaddamat 'aydīhim fa'inna l-insāna kafūr

    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.

49. 42:49 ▶

    لِّلَّهِ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَآءُ ۚ يَهَبُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ إِنَـٰثًا وَيَهَبُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ ٱلذُّكُورَ ﴿٤٩﴾

    lillāhi mulku s-samāwāti wal-arḍ | yakhluqu mā yashā' | yahabu limay yashā'u 'ināthaw wayahabu limay yashā'u dh-dhukūr

    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.

50. 42:50 ▶

    أَوْ يُزَوِّجُهُمْ ذُكْرَانًا وَإِنَـٰثًا ۖ وَيَجْعَلُ مَن يَشَآءُ عَقِيمًا ۚ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِيمٌ قَدِيرٌ ﴿٥٠﴾

    aw yuzawwijuhum dhukrānaw wa'ināthaw wayajʿalu may yashā'u ʿaqīmā | innahū ʿalīmun qadīr

    Or He makes them [both] males and females, and He renders whom He wills barren. Indeed, He is Knowing and Competent.

51. 42:51 ▶

    ۞ وَمَا كَانَ لِبَشَرٍ أَن يُكَلِّمَهُ ٱللَّهُ إِلَّا وَحْيًا أَوْ مِن وَرَآئِ حِجَابٍ أَوْ يُرْسِلَ رَسُولًا فَيُوحِىَ بِإِذْنِهِۦ مَا يَشَآءُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِىٌّ حَكِيمٌ ﴿٥١﴾

    wamā kāna libasharin 'ay yukallimahu llāhu 'illā waḥyan 'aw miw warā'i ḥijābin 'aw yursila rasūlan fayūḥiya bi'idhnihī mā yashā' | innahū ʿaliyyun ḥakīm

    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.

52. 42:52 ▶

    وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ رُوحًا مِّنْ أَمْرِنَا ۚ مَا كُنتَ تَدْرِى مَا ٱلْكِتَـٰبُ وَلَا ٱلْإِيمَـٰنُ وَلَـٰكِن جَعَلْنَـٰهُ نُورًا نَّهْدِى بِهِۦ مَن نَّشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ۚ وَإِنَّكَ لَتَهْدِىٓ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ ﴿٥٢﴾

    wakadhālika 'awḥaynā 'ilayka rūḥam min 'amrinā | mā kunta tadrī ma l-kitābu wala l-īmānu walākin jaʿalnāhu nūran nahdī bihī man nashā'u min ʿibādinā | wa'innaka latahdī 'ilā ṣirāṭim mustaqīm

    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 -

53. 42:53 ▶

    صِرَٰطِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ أَلَآ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ تَصِيرُ ٱلْأُمُورُ ﴿٥٣﴾

    ṣirāṭi llāhi lladhī lahū mā fi s-samāwāti wamā fi l-arḍ | alā 'ila llāhi taṣīru l-umūr

    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].

In the transliteration, “|”: the reciter stops; “·”: sakt, a brief cut without taking a breath.