ٱلشُّورَىٰ : ٥٢

  • وَكَذَٰلِكَ And thus
  • أَوۡحَيۡنَآ We have revealed
  • إِلَيۡكَ to you
  • رُوحٗا an inspiration
  • مِّنۡ by
  • أَمۡرِنَاۚ Our Command
  • مَا Not
  • كُنتَ did you
  • تَدۡرِي know
  • مَا what
  • ٱلۡكِتَٰبُ the Book (is)
  • وَلَا and not
  • ٱلۡإِيمَٰنُ the faith
  • وَلَٰكِن But
  • جَعَلۡنَٰهُ We have made it
  • نُورٗا a light
  • نَّهۡدِي We guide
  • بِهِۦ with it
  • مَن whom
  • نَّشَآءُ We will
  • مِنۡ of
  • عِبَادِنَاۚ Our slaves
  • وَإِنَّكَ And indeed you
  • لَتَهۡدِيٓ surely guide
  • إِلَىٰ to
  • صِرَٰطٖ (the) path
  • مُّسۡتَقِيمٖ straight
And thus We have revealed to you an inspiration of Our command [i.e., the Qur’ān]. 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 Muḥammad], you guide to a straight path -
And thus, in the same way that We have revealed to messengers other than you, have We revealed to you, O Muhammad may peace and salutation be upon him, a Spirit, namely, Al-Qur'an, by which hearts are revived, from Our command, that[command] which We reveal to you. You did not know, before revelation came to you, what the Book was, [what] Al-Qur'an [was], nor faith, that is, its ordinances and [ritual] ceremonies (the negation comments in place of the verb on the action, and what has come after it constitutes two direct objects); but We have made it, namely, the Spirit - or Al-Qur'an - a light by which We guide whomever We will of Our servants. And verily you guide, you are summoning [people], by means of what is revealed to you, to a straight path, [a straight] way: the religion of Islam,