Sura 42: Al-Shoorã (Consultation) - Quran Inspector

In the name of GOD, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

بِسْمِbis'miٱللَّهِl-lahiٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmāniٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmi

حمٓhha-meem ﴿١﴾

*42:1 These initials constitute a significant part of the Quran's miracle (Footnote 40:1).

[42:2] A. S. Q.*

عٓسٓقٓain-seen-qaf ﴿٢﴾

*42:2 This is the only sura where we see the initials 'A.S.Q. ('Ayn Seen Qaf), and the total occurrence of these three letters in this sura is 209, 19x11. Also, the letter "Q" occurs in this sura 57 times, 19x3. The only other sura where we see the initial "Q" is Sura 50, and this letter occurs in that sura also 57 times (See Appendix 1).

[42:3] Inspiring you, and those before you, is GOD, the Almighty, Most Wise.

كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaيُوحِىٓyūḥīإِلَيْكَilaykaوَإِلَىwa-ilāٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaمِنminقَبْلِكَqablikaٱللَّهُl-lahuٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzuٱلْحَكِيمُl-ḥakīmu ﴿٣﴾

[42:4] To Him belongs everything in the heavens and everything on earth, and He is the Most High, the Great.

لَهُۥlahuمَاmāفِىfīٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātiوَمَاwamāفِىfīٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍiوَهُوَwahuwaٱلْعَلِىُّl-ʿaliyuٱلْعَظِيمُl-ʿaẓīmu ﴿٤﴾

[42:5] The heavens above them almost shatter, out of reverence for Him, and the angels praise and glorify their Lord, and they ask forgiveness for those on earth. Absolutely, GOD is the Forgiver, Most Merciful.

تَكَادُtakāduٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتُl-samāwātuيَتَفَطَّرْنَyatafaṭṭarnaمِنminفَوْقِهِنَّfawqihinnaوَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُwal-malāikatuيُسَبِّحُونَyusabbiḥūnaبِحَمْدِbiḥamdiرَبِّهِمْrabbihimوَيَسْتَغْفِرُونَwayastaghfirūnaلِمَنlimanفِىfīٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍiأَلَآalāإِنَّinnaٱللَّهَl-lahaهُوَhuwaٱلْغَفُورُl-ghafūruٱلرَّحِيمُl-raḥīmu ﴿٥﴾

[42:6] Those who set up other lords beside Him, GOD is the One in charge of them; you are not their advocate.

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaٱتَّخَذُوا۟ittakhadhūمِنminدُونِهِۦٓdūnihiأَوْلِيَآءَawliyāaٱللَّهُl-lahuحَفِيظٌḥafīẓunعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimوَمَآwamāأَنتَantaعَلَيْهِمʿalayhimبِوَكِيلٍbiwakīlin ﴿٦﴾

[42:7] We thus reveal to you an Arabic Quran to warn the central community and all around it, and to warn about the Day of Summoning that is inevitable. Some will end up in Heaven, and some in Hell.

وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaأَوْحَيْنَآawḥaynāإِلَيْكَilaykaقُرْءَانًاqur'ānanعَرَبِيًّاʿarabiyyanلِّتُنذِرَlitundhiraأُمَّummaٱلْقُرَىٰl-qurāوَمَنْwamanحَوْلَهَاḥawlahāوَتُنذِرَwatundhiraيَوْمَyawmaٱلْجَمْعِl-jamʿiلَاlāرَيْبَraybaفِيهِfīhiفَرِيقٌfarīqunفِىfīٱلْجَنَّةِl-janatiوَفَرِيقٌwafarīqunفِىfīٱلسَّعِيرِl-saʿīri ﴿٧﴾

[42:8] Had GOD willed, He could have made them one community. But He redeems into His mercy whomever He wills. As for the transgressors, they have no master, nor a helper.

وَلَوْwalawشَآءَshāaٱللَّهُl-lahuلَجَعَلَهُمْlajaʿalahumأُمَّةًummatanوَٰحِدَةًwāḥidatanوَلَـٰكِنwalākinيُدْخِلُyud'khiluمَنmanيَشَآءُyashāuفِىfīرَحْمَتِهِۦraḥmatihiوَٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَwal-ẓālimūnaمَاmāلَهُمlahumمِّنminوَلِىٍّwaliyyinوَلَاwalāنَصِيرٍnaṣīrin ﴿٨﴾

[42:9] Did they find other lords beside Him? GOD is the only Lord and Master. He is the One who resurrects the dead, and He is the Omnipotent One.

أَمِamiٱتَّخَذُوا۟ittakhadhūمِنminدُونِهِۦٓdūnihiأَوْلِيَآءَawliyāaفَٱللَّهُfal-lahuهُوَhuwaٱلْوَلِىُّl-waliyuوَهُوَwahuwaيُحْىِyuḥ'yīٱلْمَوْتَىٰl-mawtāوَهُوَwahuwaعَلَىٰʿalāكُلِّkulliشَىْءٍshayinقَدِيرٌqadīrun ﴿٩﴾

[42:10] If you dispute any part of this message, the judgment for doing this rests with GOD. Such is GOD my Lord. In Him I trust, and to Him I submit.

وَمَاwamāٱخْتَلَفْتُمْikh'talaftumفِيهِfīhiمِنminشَىْءٍshayinفَحُكْمُهُۥٓfaḥuk'muhuإِلَىilāٱللَّهِl-lahiذَٰلِكُمُdhālikumuٱللَّهُl-lahuرَبِّىrabbīعَلَيْهِʿalayhiتَوَكَّلْتُtawakkaltuوَإِلَيْهِwa-ilayhiأُنِيبُunību ﴿١٠﴾

[42:11] Initiator of the heavens and the earth. He created for you from among yourselves spouses - and also for the animals. He thus provides you with the means to multiply. There is nothing that equals Him. He is the Hearer, the Seer.

فَاطِرُfāṭiruٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātiوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiجَعَلَjaʿalaلَكُمlakumمِّنْminأَنفُسِكُمْanfusikumأَزْوَٰجًاazwājanوَمِنَwaminaٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِl-anʿāmiأَزْوَٰجًاazwājanيَذْرَؤُكُمْyadhra-ukumفِيهِfīhiلَيْسَlaysaكَمِثْلِهِۦkamith'lihiشَىْءٌshayonوَهُوَwahuwaٱلسَّمِيعُl-samīʿuٱلْبَصِيرُl-baṣīru ﴿١١﴾

[42:12] To Him belongs absolute control of the heavens and the earth. He is the One who increases the provision for whomever He wills, or reduces it. He is fully aware of all things.

لَهُۥlahuمَقَالِيدُmaqālīduٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātiوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiيَبْسُطُyabsuṭuٱلرِّزْقَl-riz'qaلِمَنlimanيَشَآءُyashāuوَيَقْدِرُwayaqdiruإِنَّهُۥinnahuبِكُلِّbikulliشَىْءٍshayinعَلِيمٌʿalīmun ﴿١٢﴾

[42:13] He decreed for you the same religion decreed for Noah, and what we inspired to you, and what we decreed for Abraham, Moses, and Jesus: "You shall uphold this one religion, and do not divide it."The idol worshipers will greatly resent what you invite them to do. GOD redeems to Himself whomever He wills; He guides to Himself only those who totally submit.

شَرَعَsharaʿaلَكُمlakumمِّنَminaٱلدِّينِl-dīniمَاmāوَصَّىٰwaṣṣāبِهِۦbihiنُوحًاnūḥanوَٱلَّذِىٓwa-alladhīأَوْحَيْنَآawḥaynāإِلَيْكَilaykaوَمَاwamāوَصَّيْنَاwaṣṣaynāبِهِۦٓbihiإِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīmaوَمُوسَىٰwamūsāوَعِيسَىٰٓwaʿīsāأَنْanأَقِيمُوا۟aqīmūٱلدِّينَl-dīnaوَلَاwalāتَتَفَرَّقُوا۟tatafarraqūفِيهِfīhiكَبُرَkaburaعَلَىʿalāٱلْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīnaمَاmāتَدْعُوهُمْtadʿūhumإِلَيْهِilayhiٱللَّهُl-lahuيَجْتَبِىٓyajtabīإِلَيْهِilayhiمَنmanيَشَآءُyashāuوَيَهْدِىٓwayahdīإِلَيْهِilayhiمَنmanيُنِيبُyunību ﴿١٣﴾

[42:14] Ironically, they broke up into sects only after the knowledge had come to them, due to jealousy and resentment among themselves. If it were not for a predetermined decision from your Lord to respite them for a definite interim, they would have been judged immediately. Indeed, the later generations who inherited the scripture are full of doubts.

وَمَاwamāتَفَرَّقُوٓا۟tafarraqūإِلَّاillāمِنۢminبَعْدِbaʿdiمَاmāجَآءَهُمُjāahumuٱلْعِلْمُl-ʿil'muبَغْيًۢاbaghyanبَيْنَهُمْbaynahumوَلَوْلَاwalawlāكَلِمَةٌkalimatunسَبَقَتْsabaqatمِنminرَّبِّكَrabbikaإِلَىٰٓilāأَجَلٍajalinمُّسَمًّىmusammanلَّقُضِىَlaquḍiyaبَيْنَهُمْbaynahumوَإِنَّwa-innaٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaأُورِثُوا۟ūrithūٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābaمِنۢminبَعْدِهِمْbaʿdihimلَفِىlafīشَكٍّshakkinمِّنْهُmin'huمُرِيبٍmurībin ﴿١٤﴾

[42:15] This is what you shall preach, and steadfastly maintain what you are commanded to do, and do not follow their wishes. And proclaim: "I believe in all the scriptures sent down by GOD. I was commanded to judge among you equitably. GOD is our Lord and your Lord. We have our deeds and you have your deeds. There is no argument between us and you. GOD will gather us all together; to Him is the ultimate destiny."

فَلِذَٰلِكَfalidhālikaفَٱدْعُfa-ud'ʿuوَٱسْتَقِمْwa-is'taqimكَمَآkamāأُمِرْتَumir'taوَلَاwalāتَتَّبِعْtattabiʿأَهْوَآءَهُمْahwāahumوَقُلْwaqulءَامَنتُāmantuبِمَآbimāأَنزَلَanzalaٱللَّهُl-lahuمِنminكِتَـٰبٍkitābinوَأُمِرْتُwa-umir'tuلِأَعْدِلَli-aʿdilaبَيْنَكُمُbaynakumuٱللَّهُl-lahuرَبُّنَاrabbunāوَرَبُّكُمْwarabbukumلَنَآlanāأَعْمَـٰلُنَاaʿmālunāوَلَكُمْwalakumأَعْمَـٰلُكُمْaʿmālukumلَاlāحُجَّةَḥujjataبَيْنَنَاbaynanāوَبَيْنَكُمُwabaynakumuٱللَّهُl-lahuيَجْمَعُyajmaʿuبَيْنَنَاbaynanāوَإِلَيْهِwa-ilayhiٱلْمَصِيرُl-maṣīru ﴿١٥﴾

[42:16] Those who argue about GOD, after receiving His message, their argument is nullified at their Lord. They have incurred condemnation, and have deserved a severe retribution.

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaيُحَآجُّونَyuḥājjūnaفِىfīٱللَّهِl-lahiمِنۢminبَعْدِbaʿdiمَاmāٱسْتُجِيبَus'tujībaلَهُۥlahuحُجَّتُهُمْḥujjatuhumدَاحِضَةٌdāḥiḍatunعِندَʿindaرَبِّهِمْrabbihimوَعَلَيْهِمْwaʿalayhimغَضَبٌghaḍabunوَلَهُمْwalahumعَذَابٌʿadhābunشَدِيدٌshadīdun ﴿١٦﴾

[42:17] GOD is the One who sent down the scripture, to deliver the truth and the law. For all that you know, the Hour (Day of Judgment) may be very close.

ٱللَّهُal-lahuٱلَّذِىٓalladhīأَنزَلَanzalaٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābaبِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiوَٱلْمِيزَانَwal-mīzānaوَمَاwamāيُدْرِيكَyud'rīkaلَعَلَّlaʿallaٱلسَّاعَةَl-sāʿataقَرِيبٌqarībun ﴿١٧﴾

[42:18] Challenging it are those who do not believe in it. As for those who believe, they are concerned about it, and they know that it is the truth. Absolutely, those who deny the Hour have gone far astray.

يَسْتَعْجِلُyastaʿjiluبِهَاbihāٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaلَاlāيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnaبِهَاbihāوَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaءَامَنُوا۟āmanūمُشْفِقُونَmush'fiqūnaمِنْهَاmin'hāوَيَعْلَمُونَwayaʿlamūnaأَنَّهَاannahāٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquأَلَآalāإِنَّinnaٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaيُمَارُونَyumārūnaفِىfīٱلسَّاعَةِl-sāʿatiلَفِىlafīضَلَـٰلٍۭḍalālinبَعِيدٍbaʿīdin ﴿١٨﴾

[42:19] GOD is fully aware of all His creatures; He provides for whomever He wills. He is the Powerful, the Almighty.

ٱللَّهُal-lahuلَطِيفٌۢlaṭīfunبِعِبَادِهِۦbiʿibādihiيَرْزُقُyarzuquمَنmanيَشَآءُyashāuوَهُوَwahuwaٱلْقَوِىُّl-qawiyuٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzu ﴿١٩﴾

[42:20] Whoever seeks the rewards of the Hereafter, we multiply the rewards for him. And whoever seeks the materials of this world, we give him therefrom, then he receives no share in the Hereafter.

مَنmanكَانَkānaيُرِيدُyurīduحَرْثَḥarthaٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratiنَزِدْnazidلَهُۥlahuفِىfīحَرْثِهِۦḥarthihiوَمَنwamanكَانَkānaيُرِيدُyurīduحَرْثَḥarthaٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāنُؤْتِهِۦnu'tihiمِنْهَاmin'hāوَمَاwamāلَهُۥlahuفِىfīٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratiمِنminنَّصِيبٍnaṣībin ﴿٢٠﴾

[42:21] They follow idols who decree for them religious laws never authorized by GOD. If it were not for the predetermined decision, they would have been judged immediately. Indeed, the transgressors have incurred a painful retribution.*

أَمْamلَهُمْlahumشُرَكَـٰٓؤُا۟shurakāuشَرَعُوا۟sharaʿūلَهُمlahumمِّنَminaٱلدِّينِl-dīniمَاmāلَمْlamيَأْذَنۢyadhanبِهِbihiٱللَّهُl-lahuوَلَوْلَاwalawlāكَلِمَةُkalimatuٱلْفَصْلِl-faṣliلَقُضِىَlaquḍiyaبَيْنَهُمْbaynahumوَإِنَّwa-innaٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnaلَهُمْlahumعَذَابٌʿadhābunأَلِيمٌalīmun ﴿٢١﴾

*42:21 The Islam of today's Muslim world has been so distorted, it has become a Satanic cult. The Ulama, or religious scholars, have added many extraneous laws, prohibitions, dress codes, dietary regulations, and religious practices never authorized by God. This is one of the main reasons for sending God's Messenger of the Covenant (9:31, 33:67, and Appendix 33).

[42:22] You will see the transgressors worried about everything they had committed; everything will come back and haunt them. As for those who believed and led a righteous life, they will be in the gardens of Paradise. They will receive whatever they wish from their Lord. This is the great blessing.

تَرَىtarāٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnaمُشْفِقِينَmush'fiqīnaمِمَّاmimmāكَسَبُوا۟kasabūوَهُوَwahuwaوَاقِعٌۢwāqiʿunبِهِمْbihimوَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaءَامَنُوا۟āmanūوَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥātiفِىfīرَوْضَاتِrawḍātiٱلْجَنَّاتِl-janātiلَهُمlahumمَّاmāيَشَآءُونَyashāūnaعِندَʿindaرَبِّهِمْrabbihimذَٰلِكَdhālikaهُوَhuwaٱلْفَضْلُl-faḍluٱلْكَبِيرُl-kabīru ﴿٢٢﴾

[42:23] This is the good news from GOD to His servants who believe and lead a righteous life. Say, "I do not ask you for any wage. I do ask each of you to take care of your own relatives." Anyone who does a righteous work, we multiply his reward for it. GOD is Forgiver, Appreciative.

ذَٰلِكَdhālikaٱلَّذِىalladhīيُبَشِّرُyubashiruٱللَّهُl-lahuعِبَادَهُʿibādahuٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaءَامَنُوا۟āmanūوَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥātiقُلqulلَّآlāأَسْـَٔلُكُمْasalukumعَلَيْهِʿalayhiأَجْرًاajranإِلَّاillāٱلْمَوَدَّةَl-mawadataفِىfīٱلْقُرْبَىٰl-qur'bāوَمَنwamanيَقْتَرِفْyaqtarifحَسَنَةًḥasanatanنَّزِدْnazidلَهُۥlahuفِيهَاfīhāحُسْنًاḥus'nanإِنَّinnaٱللَّهَl-lahaغَفُورٌghafūrunشَكُورٌshakūrun ﴿٢٣﴾

[42:24] Are they saying, "He (Rashad)* has fabricated lies about GOD!"? If GOD willed, He could have sealed your mind, but GOD erases the falsehood and affirms the truth with His words. He is fully aware of the innermost thoughts.

أَمْamيَقُولُونَyaqūlūnaٱفْتَرَىٰif'tarāعَلَىʿalāٱللَّهِl-lahiكَذِبًاkadhibanفَإِنfa-inيَشَإِyasha-iٱللَّهُl-lahuيَخْتِمْyakhtimعَلَىٰʿalāقَلْبِكَqalbikaوَيَمْحُwayamḥuٱللَّهُl-lahuٱلْبَـٰطِلَl-bāṭilaوَيُحِقُّwayuḥiqquٱلْحَقَّl-ḥaqaبِكَلِمَـٰتِهِۦٓbikalimātihiإِنَّهُۥinnahuعَلِيمٌۢʿalīmunبِذَاتِbidhātiٱلصُّدُورِl-ṣudūri ﴿٢٤﴾

*42:24 The disbelievers added 2 false statements at the end of Sura 9 to commemorate their idol, the prophet Muhammad. God has revealed overwhelming evidence to erase this blasphemy and establish the truth. By adding the gematrical value of "Rashad Khalifa" (1230), plus the verse number (24), we get 1254, 19x66 (please see Appendices 2 & 24 for the details).

[42:25] He is the One who accepts the repentance from His servants, and remits the sins. He is fully aware of everything you do.

وَهُوَwahuwaٱلَّذِىalladhīيَقْبَلُyaqbaluٱلتَّوْبَةَl-tawbataعَنْʿanعِبَادِهِۦʿibādihiوَيَعْفُوا۟wayaʿfūعَنِʿaniٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِl-sayiātiوَيَعْلَمُwayaʿlamuمَاmāتَفْعَلُونَtafʿalūna ﴿٢٥﴾

[42:26] Responding to Him are those who believe and lead a righteous life. He will shower them with His blessings. As for the disbelievers, they have incurred a severe retribution.

وَيَسْتَجِيبُwayastajībuٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaءَامَنُوا۟āmanūوَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥātiوَيَزِيدُهُمwayazīduhumمِّنminفَضْلِهِۦfaḍlihiوَٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَwal-kāfirūnaلَهُمْlahumعَذَابٌʿadhābunشَدِيدٌshadīdun ﴿٢٦﴾

[42:27] If GOD increased the provision for His servants, they would transgress on earth. This is why He sends it precisely measured to whomever He wills. He is fully Cognizant and Seer of His servants.

وَلَوْwalawبَسَطَbasaṭaٱللَّهُl-lahuٱلرِّزْقَl-riz'qaلِعِبَادِهِۦliʿibādihiلَبَغَوْا۟labaghawفِىfīٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍiوَلَـٰكِنwalākinيُنَزِّلُyunazziluبِقَدَرٍbiqadarinمَّاmāيَشَآءُyashāuإِنَّهُۥinnahuبِعِبَادِهِۦbiʿibādihiخَبِيرٌۢkhabīrunبَصِيرٌbaṣīrun ﴿٢٧﴾

[42:28] He is the One who sends down the rain after they had despaired, and spreads His mercy. He is the only Master, Most Praiseworthy.

وَهُوَwahuwaٱلَّذِىalladhīيُنَزِّلُyunazziluٱلْغَيْثَl-ghaythaمِنۢminبَعْدِbaʿdiمَاmāقَنَطُوا۟qanaṭūوَيَنشُرُwayanshuruرَحْمَتَهُۥraḥmatahuوَهُوَwahuwaٱلْوَلِىُّl-waliyuٱلْحَمِيدُl-ḥamīdu ﴿٢٨﴾

[42:29] Among His proofs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the creatures He spreads in them. He is able to summon them, when He wills.

وَمِنْwaminءَايَـٰتِهِۦāyātihiخَلْقُkhalquٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātiوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiوَمَاwamāبَثَّbathaفِيهِمَاfīhimāمِنminدَآبَّةٍdābbatinوَهُوَwahuwaعَلَىٰʿalāجَمْعِهِمْjamʿihimإِذَاidhāيَشَآءُyashāuقَدِيرٌqadīrun ﴿٢٩﴾

[42:30] Anything bad that happens to you is a consequence of your own deeds, and He overlooks many (of your sins).

وَمَآwamāأَصَـٰبَكُمaṣābakumمِّنminمُّصِيبَةٍmuṣībatinفَبِمَاfabimāكَسَبَتْkasabatأَيْدِيكُمْaydīkumوَيَعْفُوا۟wayaʿfūعَنʿanكَثِيرٍkathīrin ﴿٣٠﴾

[42:31] You can never escape, and you have none beside GOD as a Lord and Master.

وَمَآwamāأَنتُمantumبِمُعْجِزِينَbimuʿ'jizīnaفِىfīٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍiوَمَاwamāلَكُمlakumمِّنminدُونِdūniٱللَّهِl-lahiمِنminوَلِىٍّwaliyyinوَلَاwalāنَصِيرٍnaṣīrin ﴿٣١﴾

[42:32] Among His proofs are the ships that sail the sea with sails like flags.

وَمِنْwaminءَايَـٰتِهِāyātihiٱلْجَوَارِl-jawāriفِىfīٱلْبَحْرِl-baḥriكَٱلْأَعْلَـٰمِkal-aʿlāmi ﴿٣٢﴾

[42:33] If He willed, He could have stilled the winds, leaving them motionless on top of the water. These are proofs for those who are steadfast, appreciative.

إِنinيَشَأْyashaيُسْكِنِyus'kiniٱلرِّيحَl-rīḥaفَيَظْلَلْنَfayaẓlalnaرَوَاكِدَrawākidaعَلَىٰʿalāظَهْرِهِۦٓẓahrihiإِنَّinnaفِىfīذَٰلِكَdhālikaلَـَٔايَـٰتٍlaāyātinلِّكُلِّlikulliصَبَّارٍṣabbārinشَكُورٍshakūrin ﴿٣٣﴾

[42:34] He can annihilate them, as a consequence of their own works. Instead, He overlooks many (of their sins).

أَوْawيُوبِقْهُنَّyūbiq'hunnaبِمَاbimāكَسَبُوا۟kasabūوَيَعْفُwayaʿfuعَنʿanكَثِيرٍkathīrin ﴿٣٤﴾

[42:35] Those who argue against our proofs will find out that they have no basis.

وَيَعْلَمَwayaʿlamaٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaيُجَـٰدِلُونَyujādilūnaفِىٓfīءَايَـٰتِنَاāyātināمَاmāلَهُمlahumمِّنminمَّحِيصٍmaḥīṣin ﴿٣٥﴾

[42:36] Whatever you are given is no more than temporary material of this life. What GOD possesses is far better and everlasting, for those who believe and trust in their Lord.

فَمَآfamāأُوتِيتُمūtītumمِّنminشَىْءٍshayinفَمَتَـٰعُfamatāʿuٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayatiٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāوَمَاwamāعِندَʿindaٱللَّهِl-lahiخَيْرٌkhayrunوَأَبْقَىٰwa-abqāلِلَّذِينَlilladhīnaءَامَنُوا۟āmanūوَعَلَىٰwaʿalāرَبِّهِمْrabbihimيَتَوَكَّلُونَyatawakkalūna ﴿٣٦﴾

[42:37] They avoid gross sins and vice, and when angered they forgive.

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaيَجْتَنِبُونَyajtanibūnaكَبَـٰٓئِرَkabāiraٱلْإِثْمِl-ith'miوَٱلْفَوَٰحِشَwal-fawāḥishaوَإِذَاwa-idhāمَاmāغَضِبُوا۟ghaḍibūهُمْhumيَغْفِرُونَyaghfirūna ﴿٣٧﴾

[42:38] They respond to their Lord by observing the Contact Prayers (Salat). Their affairs are decided after due consultation among themselves, and from our provisions to them they give (to charity).

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaٱسْتَجَابُوا۟is'tajābūلِرَبِّهِمْlirabbihimوَأَقَامُوا۟wa-aqāmūٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalataوَأَمْرُهُمْwa-amruhumشُورَىٰshūrāبَيْنَهُمْbaynahumوَمِمَّاwamimmāرَزَقْنَـٰهُمْrazaqnāhumيُنفِقُونَyunfiqūna ﴿٣٨﴾

[42:39] When gross injustice befalls them, they stand up for their rights.

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaإِذَآidhāأَصَابَهُمُaṣābahumuٱلْبَغْىُl-baghyuهُمْhumيَنتَصِرُونَyantaṣirūna ﴿٣٩﴾

[42:40] Although the just requital for an injustice is an equivalent retribution, those who pardon and maintain righteousness are rewarded by GOD. He does not love the unjust.

وَجَزَٰٓؤُا۟wajazāuسَيِّئَةٍsayyi-atinسَيِّئَةٌsayyi-atunمِّثْلُهَاmith'luhāفَمَنْfamanعَفَاʿafāوَأَصْلَحَwa-aṣlaḥaفَأَجْرُهُۥfa-ajruhuعَلَىʿalāٱللَّهِl-lahiإِنَّهُۥinnahuلَاlāيُحِبُّyuḥibbuٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīna ﴿٤٠﴾

[42:41] Certainly, those who stand up for their rights, when injustice befalls them, are not committing any error.

وَلَمَنِwalamaniٱنتَصَرَintaṣaraبَعْدَbaʿdaظُلْمِهِۦẓul'mihiفَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikaمَاmāعَلَيْهِمʿalayhimمِّنminسَبِيلٍsabīlin ﴿٤١﴾

[42:42] The wrong ones are those who treat the people unjustly, and resort to aggression without provocation. These have incurred a painful retribution.

إِنَّمَاinnamāٱلسَّبِيلُl-sabīluعَلَىʿalāٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaيَظْلِمُونَyaẓlimūnaٱلنَّاسَl-nāsaوَيَبْغُونَwayabghūnaفِىfīٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍiبِغَيْرِbighayriٱلْحَقِّl-ḥaqiأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaلَهُمْlahumعَذَابٌʿadhābunأَلِيمٌalīmun ﴿٤٢﴾

[42:43] Resorting to patience and forgiveness reflects a true strength of character.

وَلَمَنwalamanصَبَرَṣabaraوَغَفَرَwaghafaraإِنَّinnaذَٰلِكَdhālikaلَمِنْlaminعَزْمِʿazmiٱلْأُمُورِl-umūri ﴿٤٣﴾

[42:44] Whomever GOD sends astray will never find any other lord, and you will see such transgressors, when they see the retribution, saying, "Can we get another chance?"

وَمَنwamanيُضْلِلِyuḍ'liliٱللَّهُl-lahuفَمَاfamāلَهُۥlahuمِنminوَلِىٍّwaliyyinمِّنۢminبَعْدِهِۦbaʿdihiوَتَرَىwatarāٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnaلَمَّاlammāرَأَوُا۟ra-awūٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhābaيَقُولُونَyaqūlūnaهَلْhalإِلَىٰilāمَرَدٍّmaraddinمِّنminسَبِيلٍsabīlin ﴿٤٤﴾

[42:45] You will see them facing it, humiliated and debased, and looking, yet trying to avoid looking. Those who believed will proclaim: "The real losers are those who lost their souls and their families on the Day of Resurrection. The transgressors have deserved an everlasting retribution."

وَتَرَىٰهُمْwatarāhumيُعْرَضُونَyuʿ'raḍūnaعَلَيْهَاʿalayhāخَـٰشِعِينَkhāshiʿīnaمِنَminaٱلذُّلِّl-dhuliيَنظُرُونَyanẓurūnaمِنminطَرْفٍṭarfinخَفِىٍّkhafiyyinوَقَالَwaqālaٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanūإِنَّinnaٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَl-khāsirīnaٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaخَسِرُوٓا۟khasirūأَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumوَأَهْلِيهِمْwa-ahlīhimيَوْمَyawmaٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmatiأَلَآalāإِنَّinnaٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnaفِىfīعَذَابٍʿadhābinمُّقِيمٍmuqīmin ﴿٤٥﴾

[42:46] There will be no allies to help them against GOD. Whomever GOD sends astray can never be guided.

وَمَاwamāكَانَkānaلَهُمlahumمِّنْminأَوْلِيَآءَawliyāaيَنصُرُونَهُمyanṣurūnahumمِّنminدُونِdūniٱللَّهِl-lahiوَمَنwamanيُضْلِلِyuḍ'liliٱللَّهُl-lahuفَمَاfamāلَهُۥlahuمِنminسَبِيلٍsabīlin ﴿٤٦﴾

[42:47] You shall respond to your Lord before a day comes which is decreed inevitable by GOD. There will be no refuge for you on that day, nor an advocate.

ٱسْتَجِيبُوا۟is'tajībūلِرَبِّكُمlirabbikumمِّنminقَبْلِqabliأَنanيَأْتِىَyatiyaيَوْمٌyawmunلَّاlāمَرَدَّmaraddaلَهُۥlahuمِنَminaٱللَّهِl-lahiمَاmāلَكُمlakumمِّنminمَّلْجَإٍmalja-inيَوْمَئِذٍyawma-idhinوَمَاwamāلَكُمlakumمِّنminنَّكِيرٍnakīrin ﴿٤٧﴾

[42:48] If they turn away, we did not send you as their guardian. Your sole mission is delivering the message. When we shower the human beings with mercy, they become proud, and when adversity afflicts them, as a consequence of their own deeds, the human beings turn into disbelievers.

فَإِنْfa-inأَعْرَضُوا۟aʿraḍūفَمَآfamāأَرْسَلْنَـٰكَarsalnākaعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimحَفِيظًاḥafīẓanإِنْinعَلَيْكَʿalaykaإِلَّاillāٱلْبَلَـٰغُl-balāghuوَإِنَّآwa-innāإِذَآidhāأَذَقْنَاadhaqnāٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insānaمِنَّاminnāرَحْمَةًraḥmatanفَرِحَfariḥaبِهَاbihāوَإِنwa-inتُصِبْهُمْtuṣib'humسَيِّئَةٌۢsayyi-atunبِمَاbimāقَدَّمَتْqaddamatأَيْدِيهِمْaydīhimفَإِنَّfa-innaٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insānaكَفُورٌkafūrun ﴿٤٨﴾

[42:49] To GOD belongs the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth. He creates whatever He wills, granting daughters to whomever He wills, and granting sons to whomever He wills.

لِّلَّهِlillahiمُلْكُmul'kuٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātiوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiيَخْلُقُyakhluquمَاmāيَشَآءُyashāuيَهَبُyahabuلِمَنlimanيَشَآءُyashāuإِنَـٰثًاināthanوَيَهَبُwayahabuلِمَنlimanيَشَآءُyashāuٱلذُّكُورَl-dhukūra ﴿٤٩﴾

[42:50] Or, He may have the males and the females marry each other, then render whomever He wills sterile. He is Omniscient, Omnipotent.

أَوْawيُزَوِّجُهُمْyuzawwijuhumذُكْرَانًاdhuk'rānanوَإِنَـٰثًاwa-ināthanوَيَجْعَلُwayajʿaluمَنmanيَشَآءُyashāuعَقِيمًاʿaqīmanإِنَّهُۥinnahuعَلِيمٌʿalīmunقَدِيرٌqadīrun ﴿٥٠﴾

[42:51] No human being can communicate with GOD except through inspiration, or from behind a barrier, or by sending a messenger through whom He reveals what He wills. He is the Most High, Most Wise.

وَمَاwamāكَانَkānaلِبَشَرٍlibasharinأَنanيُكَلِّمَهُyukallimahuٱللَّهُl-lahuإِلَّاillāوَحْيًاwaḥyanأَوْawمِنminوَرَآئِwarāiحِجَابٍḥijābinأَوْawيُرْسِلَyur'silaرَسُولًاrasūlanفَيُوحِىَfayūḥiyaبِإِذْنِهِۦbi-idh'nihiمَاmāيَشَآءُyashāuإِنَّهُۥinnahuعَلِىٌّʿaliyyunحَكِيمٌḥakīmun ﴿٥١﴾

[42:52] Thus, we inspired to you a revelation proclaiming our commandments. You had no idea about the scripture, or faith. Yet, we made this a beacon to guide whomever we choose from among our servants. Surely, you guide in a straight path.

وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaأَوْحَيْنَآawḥaynāإِلَيْكَilaykaرُوحًاrūḥanمِّنْminأَمْرِنَاamrināمَاmāكُنتَkuntaتَدْرِىtadrīمَاmāٱلْكِتَـٰبُl-kitābuوَلَاwalāٱلْإِيمَـٰنُl-īmānuوَلَـٰكِنwalākinجَعَلْنَـٰهُjaʿalnāhuنُورًاnūranنَّهْدِىnahdīبِهِۦbihiمَنmanنَّشَآءُnashāuمِنْminعِبَادِنَاʿibādināوَإِنَّكَwa-innakaلَتَهْدِىٓlatahdīإِلَىٰilāصِرَٰطٍṣirāṭinمُّسْتَقِيمٍmus'taqīmin ﴿٥٢﴾

[42:53] The path of GOD, to whom belongs everything in the heavens and everything on earth. Absolutely, all matters are controlled by GOD.

صِرَٰطِṣirāṭiٱللَّهِl-lahiٱلَّذِىalladhīلَهُۥlahuمَاmāفِىfīٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātiوَمَاwamāفِىfīٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍiأَلَآalāإِلَىilāٱللَّهِl-lahiتَصِيرُtaṣīruٱلْأُمُورُl-umūru ﴿٥٣﴾

Sura 42: Al-Shoorã (Consultation) الشورى

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