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Ash-Shuraa (The Consultation)

Verse 51of 53

۞ وَمَا كَانَ لِبَشَرٍ أَن يُكَلِّمَهُ ٱللَّهُ إِلَّا وَحْيًا أَوْ مِن وَرَآئِ حِجَابٍ أَوْ يُرْسِلَ رَسُولًۭا فَيُوحِىَ بِإِذْنِهِۦ مَا يَشَآءُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِىٌّ حَكِيمٌۭ﴿٥١

Translation (Sahih International)

And it is not for any human being that Allah should speak to him except by revelation or from behind a partition or that He sends a messenger to reveal, by His permission, what He wills. Indeed, He is Most High and Wise.

Word-by-word meaning

۞ 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
مَاwhat
يَشَآءُ ۚyashāuHe wills
إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
عَلِىٌّʿaliyyun(is) Most High
حَكِيمٌۭḥakīmunMost Wise

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

How the Revelation comes downThis refers to how Allah sends revelation. Sometimes He casts something into the heart of the Prophet , and he has no doubt that it is from Allah, as it was reported in Sahih Ibn Hibban that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:«إِنَّ رُوْحَ الْقُدُسِ نَفَثَ فِي رُوعِي أَنَّ نَفْسًا لَنْ تَمُوتَ حَتْى تَسْتَكْمِلَ رِزْقَهَا وَأَجَلَهَا، فَاتَّقُوا اللهَ وَأَجْمِلُوا فِي الطَّلَب»(Ar-Ruh Al-Qudus i.e.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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