Surah Ash-Shuraa, Ayah 3 (42:3)

ٱلشُّورَىٰ

كَذَٰلِكَ يُوحِىٓ إِلَيْكَ وَإِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ

Quran 42:3 is ayah 3 of Surah Ash-Shuraa (“The Consultation”), a Meccan surah of 53 ayahs. It is in Juz 25, on page 483 of the Madani Mushaf.

42:3
كَذَٰلِكَيُوحِىٓإِلَيْكَوَإِلَىٱلَّذِينَمِنقَبْلِكَٱللَّهُٱلْعَزِيزُٱلْحَكِيمُ٣
kadhālika yūḥī ilayka wa-ilā alladhīna min qablika l-lahu l-ʿazīzu l-ḥakīmu

Thus has He revealed to you, [O Muḥammad], and to those before you - Allāh, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.(3)

Word by word

  1. كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
  2. يُوحِىٓyūḥīreveals
  3. إِلَيْكَilaykato you
  4. وَإِلَىwa-ilāand to
  5. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose
  6. مِنminbefore you
  7. قَبْلِكَqablikabefore you
  8. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  9. ٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzuthe All-Mighty
  10. ٱلْحَكِيمُl-ḥakīmuthe All-Wise

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