Surah Ash-Shūraá (The Consultation) in English

1. فاطر السماوات والأرض جعل لكم من أنفسكم أزواجا ومن الأنعام أزواجا يذرؤكم فيه ليس كمثله شيء وهو السميع البصير

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   The originator of the heavens and the earth, He made for you mates from your own selves, and mates of the cattle, by which means He multiplies you. Nothing is like Him, and He is the All-hearing, the All-seeing.

   fāṭiru s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi jaʿala lakum min ʾanfusikum ʾazwājan wa-mina l-ʾanʿāmi ʾazwājan yadhraʾukum fīhi laysa ka-mithlihī shayʾun wa-huwa s-samīʿu l-baṣīru

2. له مقاليد السماوات والأرض يبسط الرزق لمن يشاء ويقدر إنه بكل شيء عليم

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   To Him belong the keys of the heavens and the earth: He expands the provision for whomever He wishes, and tightens it [for whomever He wishes]. Indeed He has knowledge of all things.’

   lahū maqālīdu s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi yabsuṭu r-rizqa li-man yashāʾu wa-yaqdiru ʾinnahū bi-kulli shayʾin ʿalīmun

3. شرع لكم من الدين ما وصى به نوحا والذي أوحينا إليك وما وصينا به إبراهيم وموسى وعيسى أن أقيموا الدين ولا تتفرقوا فيه كبر على المشركين ما تدعوهم إليه الله يجتبي إليه من يشاء ويهدي إليه من ينيب

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   He has prescribed for you the religion which He had enjoined upon Noah and which We have [also] revealed to you, and which We had enjoined upon Abraham, Moses and Jesus, declaring, ‘Maintain the religion, and do not be divided in it.’ Hard on the polytheists is that to which you summon them. Allah chooses for it whomever He wishes, and He guides to it whomever returns penitently [to Him].

   sharaʿa lakum mina d-dīni mā waṣṣā bihī nūḥan wa-lladhī ʾawḥaynā ʾilayka wa-mā waṣṣaynā bihī ʾibrāhīma wa-mūsā wa-ʿīsā ʾan ʾaqīmū d-dīna wa-lā tatafarraqū fīhi kabura ʿalā l-mushrikīna mā tadʿūhum ʾilayhi llāhu yajtabī ʾilayhi man yashāʾu wa-yahdī ʾilayhi man yunību

4. وما تفرقوا إلا من بعد ما جاءهم العلم بغيا بينهم ولولا كلمة سبقت من ربك إلى أجل مسمى لقضي بينهم وإن الذين أورثوا الكتاب من بعدهم لفي شك منه مريب

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   They did not divide [into sects] except after the knowledge had come to them, out of envy among themselves; and were it not for a prior decree of your Lord [granting them reprieve] until a specified time, decision would have been made between them. Indeed those who were made heirs to the Book after them are in grave doubt concerning it.

   wa-mā tafarraqū ʾillā min baʿdi mā jāʾahumu l-ʿilmu baghyan baynahum wa-law-lā kalimatun sabaqat min rabbika ʾilā ʾajalin musamman la-quḍiya baynahum wa-ʾinna lladhīna ʾūrithū l-kitāba min baʿdihim la-fī shakkin minhu murībin

5. فلذلك فادع واستقم كما أمرت ولا تتبع أهواءهم وقل آمنت بما أنزل الله من كتاب وأمرت لأعدل بينكم الله ربنا وربكم لنا أعمالنا ولكم أعمالكم لا حجة بيننا وبينكم الله يجمع بيننا وإليه المصير

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   So summon to this [unity of religion], and be steadfast, just as you have been commanded, and do not follow their desires, and say, ‘I believe in whatever Book Allah has sent down. I have been commanded to do justice among you. Allah is our Lord and your Lord. Our deeds belong to us and your deeds belong to you. There is no quarrel between us and you. Allah will bring us together and toward Him is the destination.’

   fa-li-dhālika fa-dʿu wa-staqim ka-mā ʾumirta wa-lā tattabiʿ ʾahwāʾahum wa-qul ʾāmantu bi-mā ʾanzala llāhu min kitābin wa-ʾumirtu li-ʾaʿdila baynakumu llāhu rabbunā wa-rabbukum lanā ʾaʿmālunā wa-lakum ʾaʿmālukum lā ḥujjata baynanā wa-baynakumu llāhu yajmaʿu baynanā wa-ʾilayhi l-maṣīru