Ash-Shura

۞ وَمَا

wamā

And not

كَانَ

kāna

is

لِبَشَرٍ

libasharin

for any human

أَن

an

that

يُكَلِّمَهُ

yukallimahu

Allah should speak to him

ٱللَّهُ

l-lahu

Allah should speak to him

إِلَّا

illā

except

وَحْيًا

waḥyan

(by) revelation

أَوْ

aw

or

مِن

min

from

وَرَآئِ

warāi

behind

حِجَابٍ

ḥijābin

a veil

أَوْ

aw

or

يُرْسِلَ

yur'sila

(by) sending

رَسُولًۭا

rasūlan

a messenger

فَيُوحِىَ

fayūḥiya

then he reveals

بِإِذْنِهِۦ

bi-idh'nihi

by His permission

مَا

mā

what

يَشَآءُ ۚ

yashāu

He wills

إِنَّهُۥ

innahu

Indeed, He

عَلِىٌّ

ʿaliyyun

(is) Most High

حَكِيمٌۭ

ḥakīmun

Most Wise

وَكَذَٰلِكَ

wakadhālika

And thus

أَوْحَيْنَآ

awḥaynā

We have revealed

إِلَيْكَ

ilayka

to you

رُوحًۭا

rūḥan

an inspiration

مِّنْ

min

by

أَمْرِنَا ۚ

amrinā

Our Command

مَا

mā

Not

كُنتَ

kunta

(did) you

تَدْرِى

tadrī

know

مَا

mā

what

ٱلْكِتَـٰبُ

l-kitābu

the Book (is)

وَلَا

walā

and not

ٱلْإِيمَـٰنُ

l-īmānu

the faith

وَلَـٰكِن

walākin

But

جَعَلْنَـٰهُ

jaʿalnāhu

We have made it

نُورًۭا

nūran

a light

نَّهْدِى

nahdī

We guide

بِهِۦ

bihi

with it

مَن

man

whom

نَّشَآءُ

nashāu

We will

مِنْ

min

of

عِبَادِنَا ۚ

ʿibādinā

Our slaves

وَإِنَّكَ

wa-innaka

And indeed, you

لَتَهْدِىٓ

latahdī

surely guide

إِلَىٰ

ilā

to

صِرَٰطٍۢ

ṣirāṭin

(the) Path

مُّسْتَقِيمٍۢ

mus'taqīmin

Straight

صِرَٰطِ

ṣirāṭi

(The) path

ٱللَّهِ

l-lahi

(of) Allah

ٱلَّذِى

alladhī

the One

لَهُۥ

lahu

to Whom

مَا

mā

(belongs) whatever

فِى

fī

(is) in

ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ

l-samāwāti

the heavens

وَمَا

wamā

and whatever

فِى

fī

(is) in

ٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ

l-arḍi

the earth

أَلَآ

alā

Unquestionably

إِلَى

ilā

To

ٱللَّهِ

l-lahi

Allah

تَصِيرُ

taṣīru

reach

ٱلْأُمُورُ

l-umūru

all affairs