Surah Ash-Shuraa, Ayah 38 (42:38)

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وَٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَجَابُوا۟ لِرَبِّهِمْ وَأَقَامُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَأَمْرُهُمْ شُورَىٰ بَيْنَهُمْ وَمِمَّا …

Quran 42:38 is ayah 38 of Surah Ash-Shuraa (“The Consultation”), a Meccan surah of 53 ayahs. It is in Juz 25, on page 487 of the Madani Mushaf.

42:38
وَٱلَّذِينَٱسْتَجَابُوا۟لِرَبِّهِمْوَأَقَامُوا۟ٱلصَّلَوٰةَوَأَمْرُهُمْشُورَىٰبَيْنَهُمْوَمِمَّارَزَقْنَٰهُمْيُنفِقُونَ٣٨
wa-alladhīna is'tajābū lirabbihim wa-aqāmū l-ṣalata wa-amruhum shūrā baynahum wamimmā razaqnāhum yunfiqūna

And those who have responded to their Lord and established prayer and whose affair is [determined by] consultation among themselves, and from what We have provided them, they spend,(38)

Word by word

  1. وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
  2. ٱسْتَجَابُوا۟is'tajābūrespond
  3. لِرَبِّهِمْlirabbihimto their Lord
  4. وَأَقَامُوا۟wa-aqāmūand establish
  5. ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalataprayer
  6. وَأَمْرُهُمْwa-amruhumand their affairs
  7. شُورَىٰshūrā(are conducted by) consultation
  8. بَيْنَهُمْbaynahumamong them
  9. وَمِمَّاwamimmāand from what
  10. رَزَقْنَٰهُمْrazaqnāhumWe have provided them
  11. يُنفِقُونَyunfiqūnathey spend

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