Surah Ash-Shuraa, ayah 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
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 -
Ash-Shuraa · 42:52
Word by word
- وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thus
- أَوْحَيْنَآawḥaynāWe have revealed
- إِلَيْكَilaykato you
- رُوحًۭاrūḥanan inspiration
- مِّنْminby
- أَمْرِنَا ۚamrināOur Command
- مَاmāNot
- كُنتَkunta(did) you
- تَدْرِىtadrīknow
- مَاmāwhat
- ٱلْكِتَـٰبُl-kitābuthe Book (is)
- وَلَاwalāand not
- ٱلْإِيمَـٰنُl-īmānuthe faith
- وَلَـٰكِنwalākinBut
- جَعَلْنَـٰهُjaʿalnāhuWe have made it
- نُورًۭاnūrana light
- نَّهْدِىnahdīWe guide
- بِهِۦbihiwith it
- مَنmanwhom
- نَّشَآءُnashāuWe will
- مِنْminof
- عِبَادِنَا ۚʿibādināOur slaves
- وَإِنَّكَwa-innakaAnd indeed, you
- لَتَهْدِىٓlatahdīsurely guide
- إِلَىٰilāto
- صِرَٰطٍۢṣirāṭin(the) Path
- مُّسْتَقِيمٍۢmus'taqīminStraight
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