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Ash-Shuraa (The Consultation)

Verse 52of 53

وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ رُوحًۭا مِّنْ أَمْرِنَا ۚ مَا كُنتَ تَدْرِى مَا ٱلْكِتَٰبُ وَلَا ٱلْإِيمَٰنُ وَلَٰكِن جَعَلْنَٰهُ نُورًۭا نَّهْدِى بِهِۦ مَن نَّشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ۚ وَإِنَّكَ لَتَهْدِىٓ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍۢ مُّسْتَقِيمٍۢ﴿٥٢

Translation (Sahih International)

And thus We have revealed to you an inspiration of Our command. 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 Muhammad], you guide to a straight path -

Word-by-word meaning

وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thus
أَوْحَيْنَآawḥaynāWe have revealed
إِلَيْكَilaykato you
رُوحًۭاrūḥanan inspiration
مِّنْminby
أَمْرِنَا ۚamrināOur Command
مَاNot
كُنتَkunta(did) you
تَدْرِىtadrīknow
مَاwhat
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

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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