Revealed during the late Makkan period, Surah Ash-Shuraa (The Consultation) emphasizes the absolute authority of God as the sole Source of revelation and law. It highlights that the Quran was sent down in Arabic to warn the mother of cities, Makkah, and its surroundings about the inevitable Day of Gathering. The chapter takes its name from the principle of consultation (Shura) established as a key characteristic of the believers' community. It outlines the nature of divine revelation, explaining that God only speaks to humans through inspiration, behind a veil, or by sending a messenger, cementing the continuity of the prophetic message.
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Hameem
Translation
Ha, Meem
Two disjointed letters (Huruf Muqatta'at) known definitively only to Allah, opening the third chapter of the Hawamim.
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AAaynseenqaf
Translation
Ayn, Seen, Qaf
Three additional disjointed letters forming a unique five-letter opening across two separate verses, affirming the literary miracle of the Quran.
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Kathalika yoohee ilayka waila allatheena min qablika Allahu alAAazeezu alhakeemu
Translation
Thus He inspires you, and those before you—God the Almighty, the Wise
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Lahu ma fee alssamawati wama fee alardi wahuwa alAAaliyyu alAAatheemu
Translation
To him belongs everything in the heavens and everything on earth. He is the Sublime, the Magnificent
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Takadu alssamawatu yatafattarna min fawqihinna waalmalaikatu yusabbihoona bihamdi rabbihim wayastaghfiroona liman fee alardi ala inna Allaha huwa alghafooru alrraheemu
Translation
The heavens above them almost burst apart, while the angels glorify the praises of their Lord, and ask forgiveness for those on earth. God is indeed the Forgiver, the Merciful
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Waallatheena ittakhathoo min doonihi awliyaa Allahu hafeethun AAalayhim wama anta AAalayhim biwakeelin
Translation
As for those who take masters other than Him: God is in charge of them, and you are not responsible for them
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Wakathalika awhayna ilayka quranan AAarabiyyan litunthira omma alqura waman hawlaha watunthira yawma aljamAAi la rayba feehi fareequn fee aljannati wafareequn fee alssaAAeeri
Translation
Thus We inspired you with an Arabic Quran, that you may warn the Central City and whoever is around it, and to warn of the Day of Assembly, of which there is no doubt; a group in the Garden, and a group in the Furnace
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Walaw shaa Allahu lajaAAalahum ommatan wahidatan walakin yudkhilu man yashao fee rahmatihi waalththalimoona ma lahum min waliyyin wala naseerin
Translation
Had God willed, He could have made them one community, but He admits into His mercy whomever He wills. As for the wrongdoers, they will have no protector and no savior
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Ami ittakhathoo min doonihi awliyaa faAllahu huwa alwaliyyu wahuwa yuhyee almawta wahuwa AAala kulli shayin qadeerun
Translation
Or have they adopted protectors besides him? But God is the Protector, and He gives life to the dead, and He has power over all things
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Wama ikhtalaftum feehi min shayin fahukmuhu ila Allahi thalikumu Allahu rabbee AAalayhi tawakkaltu wailayhi oneebu
Translation
Whatever matter you differ about, its judgment rests with God. “Such is God, my Lord, in Whom I trust, and unto Him I repent.”
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Fatiru alssamawati waalardi jaAAala lakum min anfusikum azwajan wamina alanAAami azwajan yathraokum feehi laysa kamithlihi shayon wahuwa alssameeAAu albaseeru
Translation
Originator of the heavens and the earth. He made for you mates from among yourselves, and pairs of animals, by means of which He multiplies you. There is nothing like Him. He is the Hearing, the Seeing
The foundational pillar of Islamic theology regarding the nature of God: 'There is nothing like unto Him' ('Laysa kamithlihi shay''). This absolute statement completely negates any physical, anthropomorphic, or created resemblance to God, while simultaneously affirming His transcendent attributes of Hearing and Seeing.
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Lahu maqaleedu alssamawati waalardi yabsutu alrrizqa liman yashao wayaqdiru innahu bikulli shayin AAaleemun
Translation
To Him belongs absolute control of the heavens and the earth. He spreads the bounties to whomever He wills, or reduces it. He is aware of all things
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SharaAAa lakum mina alddeeni ma wassa bihi noohan waallathee awhayna ilayka wama wassayna bihi ibraheema wamoosa waAAeesa an aqeemoo alddeena wala tatafarraqoo feehi kabura AAala almushrikeena ma tadAAoohum ilayhi Allahu yajtabee ilayhi man yashao wayahdee ilayhi man yuneebu
Translation
He prescribed for you the same religion He enjoined upon Noah, and what We inspired to you, and what We enjoined upon Abraham, and Moses, and Jesus: “You shall uphold the religion, and be not divided therein.” As for the idolaters, what you call them to is outrageous to them. God chooses to Himself whom He wills, and He guides to Himself whoever repents
Affirms the unified spiritual heritage of Abrahamic monotheism: the core religious truth revealed to Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad ﷺ is identical in its call to worship the One Creator and establish moral justice without sectarian fracture.
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Wama tafarraqoo illa min baAAdi ma jaahumu alAAilmu baghyan baynahum walawla kalimatun sabaqat min rabbika ila ajalin musamman laqudiya baynahum wainna allatheena oorithoo alkitaba min baAAdihim lafee shakkin minhu mureebin
Translation
They became divided only after knowledge came to them, out of resentment among themselves. Were it not for a predetermined decision from your Lord, judgment would have been pronounced between them. Indeed, those who were made to inherit the Book after them are in grave doubt about it
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Falithalika faodAAu waistaqim kama omirta wala tattabiAA ahwaahum waqul amantu bima anzala Allahu min kitabin waomirtu liaAAdila baynakum Allahu rabbuna warabbukum lana aAAmaluna walakum aAAmalukum la hujjata baynana wabaynakumu Allahu yajmaAAu baynana wailayhi almaseeru
Translation
To this go on inviting, and be upright as you were commanded, and do not follow their inclinations, and say, “I believe in whatever Book God has sent down, and I was commanded to judge between you equitably. God is our Lord and your Lord. We have our deeds, and you have your deeds. Let there be no quarrel between us and you. God will bring us together, and to Him is the ultimate return.”
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Waallatheena yuhajjoona fee Allahi min baAAdi ma istujeeba lahu hujjatuhum dahidatun AAinda rabbihim waAAalayhim ghadabun walahum AAathabun shadeedun
Translation
As for those who dispute about God after having answered His call, their argument is invalid with their Lord; and upon them falls wrath; and a grievous torment awaits them
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Allahu allathee anzala alkitaba bialhaqqi waalmeezani wama yudreeka laAAalla alssaAAata qareebun
Translation
It is God who revealed the Book with the truth, and the Balance. And what will make you realize that perhaps the Hour is near
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YastaAAjilu biha allatheena la yuminoona biha waallatheena amanoo mushfiqoona minha wayaAAlamoona annaha alhaqqu ala inna allatheena yumaroona fee alssaAAati lafee dalalin baAAeedin
Translation
Those who do not believe in it seek to hasten it; but those who believe are apprehensive of it, and they know it to be the truth. Absolutely, those who question the Hour are in distant error
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Allahu lateefun biAAibadihi yarzuqu man yashao wahuwa alqawiyyu alAAazeezu
Translation
God is kind towards His worshipers. He provides for whomever He wills. He is the Powerful, the Honorable
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Man kana yureedu hartha alakhirati nazid lahu fee harthihi waman kana yureedu hartha alddunya nutihi minha wama lahu fee alakhirati min naseebin
Translation
Whoever desires the harvest of the Hereafter, We increase for him his harvest; and whoever desires the harvest of this world, We give him thereof, and he has no share of the Hereafter
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Am lahum shurakao sharaAAoo lahum mina alddeeni ma lam yathan bihi Allahu walawla kalimatu alfasli laqudiya baynahum wainna alththalimeena lahum AAathabun aleemun
Translation
Or is it that they have partners who litigate for them religious laws never authorized by God? Were it not for the conclusive decision, it would have been settled between them. The wicked will have a painful punishment
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Tara alththalimeena mushfiqeena mimma kasaboo wahuwa waqiAAun bihim waallatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati fee rawdati aljannati lahum ma yashaoona AAinda rabbihim thalika huwa alfadlu alkabeeru
Translation
You will see the unjust terrified of what they have earned, and it will befall them. As for those who believe and do good deeds, they will be in the Meadows of the Gardens; they will have whatever they please in the presence of their Lord; that is the supreme blessing
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Thalika allathee yubashshiru Allahu AAibadahu allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati qul la asalukum AAalayhi ajran illa almawaddata fee alqurba waman yaqtarif hasanatan nazid lahu feeha husnan inna Allaha ghafoorun shakoorun
Translation
That is the good news God gives to His servants who believe and do good deeds. Say, “I ask of you no wage for it, except affection among the near of kin.” Whoever does a good deed, We will increase its goodness for him. God is Forgiving and Appreciative
Revealed when the Medinan Helpers (Ansar) collected a large sum of funds to offer to the Prophet ﷺ for his personal use. The Prophet ﷺ declined all financial compensation, requesting only that they uphold mutual love, kinship ties, and reverence for his household ('Al-Mawaddata fi al-Qurba').
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Am yaqooloona iftara AAala Allahi kathiban fain yashai Allahu yakhtim AAala qalbika wayamhu Allahu albatila wayuhiqqu alhaqqa bikalimatihi innahu AAaleemun bithati alssudoori
Translation
Or do they say, “He forged a lie about God.” If God so willed, He could have sealed your heart. But God obliterates the false, and confirm the true by His Words. He knows what is in the hearts
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Wahuwa allathee yaqbalu alttawbata AAan AAibadihi wayaAAfoo AAani alssayyiati wayaAAlamu ma tafAAaloona
Translation
It is He who accepts the repentance of His worshipers, and remits the sins, and knows what you do
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Wayastajeebu allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati wayazeeduhum min fadlihi waalkafiroona lahum AAathabun shadeedun
Translation
And He answers those who believe and do good deeds, and He increases them of His grace. But the disbelievers will suffer a terrible punishment
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Walaw basata Allahu alrrizqa liAAibadihi labaghaw fee alardi walakin yunazzilu biqadarin ma yashao innahu biAAibadihi khabeerun baseerun
Translation
If God were to increase the provision to His servants, they would transgress on earth; but He sends down in precise measure whatever He wills. Surely, regarding His servants, He is Expert and Observant
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Wahuwa allathee yunazzilu alghaytha min baAAdi ma qanatoo wayanshuru rahmatahu wahuwa alwaliyyu alhameedu
Translation
It is He who brings down the rain after they have despaired, and unfolds His mercy. He is the Guardian, the Praised
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Wamin ayatihi khalqu alssamawati waalardi wama baththa feehima min dabbatin wahuwa AAala jamAAihim itha yashao qadeerun
Translation
And of His signs are the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the creatures He has spread throughout them; and He is Able to gather them at will
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Wama asabakum min museebatin fabima kasabat aydeekum wayaAAfoo AAan katheerin
Translation
Whatever misfortune befalls you, it is because of what your hands have earned; and yet He pardons much
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Wama antum bimuAAjizeena fee alardi wama lakum min dooni Allahi min waliyyin wala naseerin
Translation
You are not the ones to interfere on earth; and besides God, you have no ally, and no helper
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Wamin ayatihi aljawari fee albahri kaalaAAlami
Translation
And of His signs are the ships sailing the sea like flags
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In yasha yuskini alrreeha fayathlalna rawakida AAala thahrihi inna fee thalika laayatin likulli sabbarin shakoorin
Translation
If He willed, He could have stilled the winds, leaving them motionless on its surface. Surely in that are signs for every disciplined, grateful person
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Aw yoobiqhunna bima kasaboo wayaAAfu AAan katheerin
Translation
Or He could wreck them, because of what they have earned. And yet He pardons much
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WayaAAlama allatheena yujadiloona fee ayatina ma lahum min maheesin
Translation
Those who dispute Our signs know that there is no asylum for them
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Fama ooteetum min shayin famataAAu alhayati alddunya wama AAinda Allahi khayrun waabqa lillatheena amanoo waAAala rabbihim yatawakkaloona
Translation
Whatever thing you are given is only the provision of this life. But what God possesses is better and more lasting for those who believe and rely on their Lord
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Waallatheena yajtaniboona kabaira alithmi waalfawahisha waitha ma ghadiboo hum yaghfiroona
Translation
And those who avoid major sins and indecencies; and if they become angry, they forgive
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Waallatheena istajaboo lirabbihim waaqamoo alssalata waamruhum shoora baynahum wamimma razaqnahum yunfiqoona
Translation
And those who respond to their Lord, and pray regularly, and conduct their affairs by mutual consultation, and give of what We have provided them
The scriptural basis for Islamic democratic governance: praises the community whose collective affairs are conducted through participatory mutual consultation ('Shura'), rejecting autocratic tyranny in favor of collective deliberation.
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Waallatheena itha asabahumu albaghyu hum yantasiroona
Translation
And those who, when wronged, defend themselves
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Wajazao sayyiatin sayyiatun mithluha faman AAafa waaslaha faajruhu AAala Allahi innahu la yuhibbu alththalimeena
Translation
The repayment of a bad action is one equivalent to it. But whoever pardons and makes reconciliation, his reward lies with God. He does not love the unjust
Balances justice with restorative mercy: while an injured party holds the legal right to proportionate retribution, choosing to forgive and foster reconciliation earns a supreme, unmatched reward directly from God.
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Walamani intasara baAAda thulmihi faolaika ma AAalayhim min sabeelin
Translation
As for those who retaliate after being wronged, there is no blame on them
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Innama alssabeelu AAala allatheena yathlimoona alnnasa wayabghoona fee alardi bighayri alhaqqi olaika lahum AAathabun aleemun
Translation
Blame lies on those who wrong people, and commit aggression in the land without right. These will have a painful punishment
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Walaman sabara waghafara inna thalika lamin AAazmi alomoori
Translation
But whoever endures patiently and forgives—that is a sign of real resolve
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Waman yudlili Allahu fama lahu min waliyyin min baAAdihi watara alththalimeena lamma raawoo alAAathaba yaqooloona hal ila maraddin min sabeelin
Translation
Whoever God leaves astray has no protector apart from Him. And you will see the transgressors, when they see the torment, saying, “Is there a way of going back?”
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Watarahum yuAAradoona AAalayha khashiAAeena mina alththulli yanthuroona min tarfin khafiyyin waqala allatheena amanoo inna alkhasireena allatheena khasiroo anfusahum waahleehim yawma alqiyamati ala inna alththalimeena fee AAathabin muqeemin
Translation
And you will see them exposed to it, cowering from disgrace, looking with concealed eyes. Those who believed will say, “The losers are those who lost themselves and their families on the Day of Resurrection.” Indeed, the evildoers are in a lasting torment
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Wama kana lahum min awliyaa yansuroonahum min dooni Allahi waman yudlili Allahu fama lahu min sabeelin
Translation
They will have no allies to support them against God. Whomever God leaves astray has no way out
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Istajeeboo lirabbikum min qabli an yatiya yawmun la maradda lahu mina Allahi ma lakum min maljain yawmaithin wama lakum min nakeerin
Translation
Respond to your Lord before there comes from God a Day that cannot be turned back. You will have no refuge on that Day, and no possibility of denial
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Fain aAAradoo fama arsalnaka AAalayhim hafeethan in AAalayka illa albalaghu wainna itha athaqna alinsana minna rahmatan fariha biha wain tusibhum sayyiatun bima qaddamat aydeehim fainna alinsana kafoorun
Translation
But if they turn away—We did not send you as a guardian over them. Your only duty is communication. Whenever We let man taste mercy from Us, he rejoices in it; but when misfortune befalls them, as a consequence of what their hands have perpetrated, man turns blasphemous
Reiterates the boundaries of prophetic responsibility: the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ was sent strictly as an informative conveyer of truth, not as a coercive enforcer over human conscience.
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Lillahi mulku alssamawati waalardi yakhluqu ma yashao yahabu liman yashao inathan wayahabu liman yashao alththukoora
Translation
To God belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. He creates whatever He wills. He grants daughters to whomever He wills, and He grants sons to whomever He wills
Addresses human reproduction and fertility: God alone determines whether parents are blessed with daughters, sons, both, or remain childless, comforting families by framing fertility and family composition as divine wisdom rather than personal inadequacy or social stigma.
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Aw yuzawwijuhum thukranan wainathan wayajAAalu man yashao AAaqeeman innahu AAaleemun qadeerun
Translation
Or He combines them together, males and females; and He renders whomever He wills sterile. He is Knowledgeable and Capable
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Wama kana libasharin an yukallimahu Allahu illa wahyan aw min warai hijabin aw yursila rasoolan fayoohiya biithnihi ma yashao innahu AAaliyyun hakeemun
Translation
It is not for any human that God should speak to him, except by inspiration, or from behind a veil, or by sending a messenger to reveal by His permission whatever He wills. He is All-High, All-Wise
Delineates the three precise modes of divine communication with prophets: direct inspirational revelation to the heart ('Wahy'), speaking from behind an unseen veil of glory (as with Moses at the Burning Bush), or dispatching an angelic envoy (Gabriel) to recite verbatim words.
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Wakathalika awhayna ilayka roohan min amrina ma kunta tadree ma alkitabu wala aleemanu walakin jaAAalnahu nooran nahdee bihi man nashao min AAibadina wainnaka latahdee ila siratin mustaqeemin
Translation
We thus inspired you spiritually, by Our command. You did not know what the Scripture is, nor what faith is, but We made it a light, with which We guide whomever We will of Our servants. You surely guide to a straight path
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Sirati Allahi allathee lahu ma fee alssamawati wama fee alardi ala ila Allahi taseeru alomooru
Translation
The path of God, to whom belongs everything in the heavens and everything on earth. Indeed, to God all matters revert