Surah Ash-Shuraa, ayah 51
۞ وَمَا كَانَ لِبَشَرٍ أَن يُكَلِّمَهُ ٱللَّهُ إِلَّا وَحْيًا أَوْ مِن وَرَآئِ حِجَابٍ أَوْ يُرْسِلَ رَسُولًا فَيُوحِىَ بِإِذْنِهِۦ مَا يَشَآءُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِىٌّ حَكِيمٌ
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.
Ash-Shuraa · 42:51
Word by word
- ۞ وَمَاwamāAnd not
- كَانَkānais
- لِبَشَرٍlibasharinfor any human
- أَنanthat
- يُكَلِّمَهُyukallimahuAllah should speak to him
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah should speak to him
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- وَحْيًاwaḥyan(by) revelation
- أَوْawor
- مِنminfrom
- وَرَآئِwarāibehind
- حِجَابٍḥijābina veil
- أَوْawor
- يُرْسِلَyur'sila(by) sending
- رَسُولًۭاrasūlana messenger
- فَيُوحِىَfayūḥiyathen he reveals
- بِإِذْنِهِۦbi-idh'nihiby His permission
- مَاmāwhat
- يَشَآءُ ۚyashāuHe wills
- إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
- عَلِىٌّʿaliyyun(is) Most High
- حَكِيمٌۭḥakīmunMost Wise
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