سورة الشورى   


Surah Name: Ash-Shura' Meaning: The Council

  • Revealed at Makkah
  • Total Number of Rukū / Sections 5
  • Total Number of Āyāt / Parts 53
  • Sūrah / Chapter number 42
  • Rukū / Section 5 contains Āyāt / Parts 10
  • Siparah/ Volume 25

bismillah

وَمَن يُضْلِلِ اللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُ مِن وَلِيٍّ مِّن بَعْدِهِ وَتَرَى الظَّالِمِينَ لَمَّا رَأَوُا الْعَذَابَ يَقُولُونَ هَلْ إِلَى مَرَدٍّ مِّن سَبِيلٍ

Waman yudlili Allahu fama lahu min waliyyin min baAAdihi watara a(l)ththalimeena lamma raawoo alAAathaba yaqooloona hal ila maraddin min sabeel(in)

And whosoever Allah-SWT sends astray, for him there will be no protecting friend to take His-SWT place. And you-SW will see the ungodly when they will face the torment, saving Is there any way to return.

(42:44)


وَتَرَاهُمْ يُعْرَضُونَ عَلَيْهَا خَاشِعِينَ مِنَ الذُّلِّ يَنظُرُونَ مِن طَرْفٍ خَفِيٍّ وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنَّ الْخَاسِرِينَ الَّذِينَ خَسِرُوا أَنفُسَهُمْ وَأَهْلِيهِمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَلَا إِنَّ الظَّالِمِينَ فِي عَذَابٍ مُّقِيمٍ

Watarahum yuAAradoona AAalayha khashiAAeena mina a(l)ththulli yanthuroona min tarfin khafiyyin waqala allatheena amanoo inna alkhasireena allatheena khasiroo anfusahum waahleehim yawma alqiyamati ala inna a(l)ththalimeena fee AAathabin muqeem(in)

And you-SW will see them set up before it downcast with ignominy, looking with stealthy glance. And those who believe will say: Surely the losers are those who have lost themselves and their house folk on the Day of Resurrection Lo! The ungodly will be in a lasting torment.

(42:45)


وَمَا كَانَ لَهُم مِّنْ أَوْلِيَاء يَنصُرُونَهُم مِّن دُونِ اللَّهِ وَمَن يُضْلِلِ اللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُ مِن سَبِيلٍ

Wama kana lahum min awliyaa yansuroonahum min dooni Allahi waman yudlili Allahu fama lahu min sabeel(in)

And they will have no patrons succouring them besides Allah-SWT Whosoever Allah-SWT sends astray, there will be for him no way.

(42:46)


اسْتَجِيبُوا لِرَبِّكُم مِّن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَ يَوْمٌ لَّا مَرَدَّ لَهُ مِنَ اللَّهِ مَا لَكُم مِّن مَّلْجَأٍ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن نَّكِيرٍ

Istajeeboo lirabbikum min qabli an yatiya yawmun la maradda lahu mina Allahi ma lakum min maljain yawmaithin wama lakum min nakeer(in)

Answer the call of your Rabb-SWT before there comes to you a Day on which there is no averting from Allah-SWT . You will have no place of refuge on that Day, nor will there be for you any denying of your guilt.

(42:47)


فَإِنْ أَعْرَضُوا فَمَا أَرْسَلْنَاكَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَفِيظًا إِنْ عَلَيْكَ إِلَّا الْبَلَاغُ وَإِنَّا إِذَا أَذَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ مِنَّا رَحْمَةً فَرِحَ بِهَا وَإِن تُصِبْهُمْ سَيِّئَةٌ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ فَإِنَّ الْإِنسَانَ كَفُورٌ

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 kafoor(un)

If they turn away, then We-SWT have not sent you-SW as a warden over them; on you-SW is nothing but preaching. And verily We-SWT ! When We-SWT cause man to taste of Mercy from Us-SWT , he exults at it; and if an ill befalls them for what their hands have sent on, then man becomes ingrate.

(42:48)


لِلَّهِ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَاء يَهَبُ لِمَنْ يَشَاء إِنَاثًا وَيَهَبُ لِمَن يَشَاء الذُّكُورَ

Lillahi mulku a(l)ssamawati wa(a)lardi yakhluqu ma yashao yahabu liman yashao inathan wayahabu liman yashao a(l)ththukoor(a)

Allah-SWT's is the dominion of the heavens and the earth. He-SWT creates whatsoever He-SWT will. He-SWT bestows females on whomsoever He-SWT will, and bestows males on whomsoever He-SWT will.

(42:49)


أَوْ يُزَوِّجُهُمْ ذُكْرَانًا وَإِنَاثًا وَيَجْعَلُ مَن يَشَاء عَقِيمًا إِنَّهُ عَلِيمٌ قَدِيرٌ

Aw yuzawwijuhum thukranan wainathan wayajAAalu man yashao AAaqeeman innahu AAaleemun qadeer(un)

Or, He-SWT conjoins them males and females; and He-SWT makes barren whomsoever He-SWT will. Verily He-SWT is the Knower, the Potent.

(42:50)


وَمَا كَانَ لِبَشَرٍ أَن يُكَلِّمَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَّا وَحْيًا أَوْ مِن وَرَاء حِجَابٍ أَوْ يُرْسِلَ رَسُولًا فَيُوحِيَ بِإِذْنِهِ مَا يَشَاء إِنَّهُ عَلِيٌّ حَكِيمٌ

Wama kana libasharin an yukallimahu Allahu illa wahyan aw min warai hijabin aw yursila rasoolan fayoohiya biithnihi ma yashao innahu AAaliyyun hakeem(un)

And it is not possible for any human being that Allah-SWT should speak to him otherwise than by revelation or from behind a veil, or that He-SWT sends a Messenger. So that the Messenger may reveal, by His-SWT Command whatsoever He-SWT will. Verily He-SWT  is Exalted, Wise.

(42:51)


وَكَذَلِكَ أَوْحَيْنَا إِلَيْكَ رُوحًا مِّنْ أَمْرِنَا مَا كُنتَ تَدْرِي مَا الْكِتَابُ وَلَا الْإِيمَانُ وَلَكِن جَعَلْنَاهُ نُورًا نَّهْدِي بِهِ مَنْ نَّشَاء مِنْ عِبَادِنَا وَإِنَّكَ لَتَهْدِي إِلَى صِرَاطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ

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 mustaqeem(in)

In this manner We-SWT have revealed unto you-SW a spirit of Our-SWT Command; you-SW know not what the Book was, nor what the faith. Yet We-SWT have made it a light wherewith We-SWT guide whomsoever We-SWT will of Our-SWT bondmen. And verily you-SW guide to a straight path.

(42:52)


صِرَاطِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ أَلَا إِلَى اللَّهِ تَصِيرُ الأمُورُ

Sirati Allahi allathee lahu ma fee a(l)ssamawati wama fee alardi ala ila Allahi taseeru alomoor(u)

The Path of Allah-SWT , Whose-SWT is whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth Lo! To Allah-SWT tend all affairs.

(42:53)


In The Name of Allah-SWT the Most Gracious, The Most Merciful
SECRETS OF REVELATION:

And the person whose evil conduct caused the portals of guidance to be closed upon him by Allah-SWT and digression fell to his lot, can never be led to the right path by anyone.  O’ Reader-SW Mark that such people will certainly meet a tragic end. You-SW will see that upon witnessing the doom, they will cry out for any means to revert to the world to practise piety, and return to the Akhirah as believers. You-SW will see that when they stand before the Fire, they will lower their gaze out of shame and humiliation and stealthily glance at it in mortification. The believers shall then acknowledge this as the real and the greatest loss. The losers had betrayed their family members too who will also suffer because they had conformed to their ways. They will not find anyone to lend a helping hand, not even those whom they had worshipped against Allaah-SWT And the one whom Allah-SWT lets wander away is left with no avenue of escape. A sinner must fear Allah-SWT ‘s annoyance, lest it deprives him of the capacity to be guided And O’ People! Accept the Message of Allah-SWT and His-SWT Messenger-SW before the Day of Requital, when there will be no route for escape, nor will anyone dare to appeal on behalf of the guilty.

 

My-SWT Beloved-SW! If they refuse to accept your-SW Message despite listening to you-SW and knowing everything, you-SW are not responsible and need not worry as your-SW duty is confined to conveying the Message. Their situation is that when endowod a little, they rejoice and become boastful without any gratitude to the Bestower. And if a calamity befalls them because of their misdeeds, they resort to ingratitude without repenting over their sins. In other words, in happiness and pleasure or in sickness and turmoil, they have no relationship with Allaah-SWT whatsoever. They just live to satisfy their fancies. Little does Allah-SWT care for them, for He-SWT is a Sovereign over the heavens and the earth and creates everything at His-SWT free will. To some He-SWT gives daughters, to others only sons, and to some He-SWT gives both. Some are made infertile and can never have any children. So these deniers can by no means interfere in His-SWT Sovereignty; as He-SWT is Potent over everything. No human being has the power to converse with Him-SWT directly save three ways of communication: (1) Ilqa, that the words are inspired into one's heart, (2) from behind a veil and (3) revelation brought by the angel

 

Three Ways of Dialogue with Allah-SWT


The first method is of inspiring the words into the heart which may take place while awake or during sleep. The dreams of the Prophets-AS are inspirations. A Wali can also be blessed with it like Prophet Musa-AS mother who was not a Prophet This inspiration is termed as Ilham or Ilqa and a Prophet-AS can never err in its understanding, whereas a Wali can. If what a Wali understands is contradictor to the Prophetic teachings, he has certainly erred. Moreover, a Prophet’s-AS Ilham or Ilqa is an authority-for the entire Ummah while people are not obliged to conform to a Wali’s Ilham or Ilqa.

 

The second mode of communication is hearing the voice from behind a veil, as was heard by Prophet Musa-AS on Mount Tur. However, he did not behold Allah-SWT . When he prayed for having a glimpse he was told that he will not be able to do so. This is not because of the presence of a veil that conceals or enshrouds the Almighty, but due to the weakness of the human power to behold. This weakness became a veil between him and Allah-SWT . In Akhirah this very sight will be made extremely powerful, and one will be able to behold Him-SWT .The rule that Allah-SWT cannot be observed by human beings is only confined to the temporal life. And even angels cannot converse with Him-SWT directly. The Holy Prophet-SW’s observation of the Divinity in the Night of Ascension belonged to the higher realms and not to this world.

 

The third mode of communication is through Angel Jibril-AS deputed by Him-SWT to convey His-SWT Scripture. He reads it out to the Prophets-AS, either in human form or at times by appearing in the Prophet's vision. This vision or Kashf whereby a person can behold the Divine secrets is a blessing also conferred upon the Aulia due to their adherence to the Prophet-AS Allaah-SWT is Glorified and the Wisest, and may endow any blessing at His-SWT free will. It is by His-SWT Command that revelation is sent unto the Holy Prophet-SW, giving knowledge not possessed by him-SW earlier.

 

Every Prophet-AS is born faithful


Prior to raising, the Holy Prophet-SW had known nothing about the Book. All details of faith and its optimum level that he-SW enjoys after receiving the revelation were unknown to him-SW before. The consensus of the Ummah is that every Prophet-AS is born faithful and enjoys a special level of Wilayah before being formally raised. Tasawwuf terms it as Wilayat-e-Anbya. A Wali can also have access to it like a servant has to a king's palace

 

The Prophets-AS were always targeted by the infidels’ sarcasm. But never could they raise a finger at any of them for having indulged in idolatry-This is because a Prophet-AS is bom faithful, and perfection is achieved after he receives the revelation, a light that illuminates the ways of His-SWT chosen bondmen. The Holy Prophet-SW   is directing mankind to the path of guidance, a path leading to Allah-SWT, the Owner of everything. It is to Him-SWT that everyone has to ultimately revert to.

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