Ash-Shura

Ash-Shūrā (Arabic: الشورى‎, "Council, Consultation") is the 42nd chapter (sūrah) of the Qur'an (Q42) with 53 verses (āyāt). Its title derives from the question of "shūrā" (consultation) referred to in Verse 38. The term appears only once in the Quranic text (at Q24:38). It has no pre-Quranic antecedent.[1]

Sura 42 of the Quran
الشورى
Ash-Shūrā
Council
ClassificationMeccan
Other namesConsultation, The Counsel
PositionJuzʼ 25
No. of Rukus5
No. of verses53
Opening muqaṭṭaʻātHa Mim(1) Ayn Sin Qaf(2)
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Regarding the timing and contextual background of the revelation (asbāb al-nuzūl), it is an earlier "Meccan surah", which means it has been revealed in Mecca, instead of later in Medina.

Q42:23 Verse of affection
Main article: Verse of Mawadda

Q42:51 Revelation in Islam

In Islamic tradition, Quran 42:51 serves as the basis of understanding for Revelation in Islam (waḥy).

"It is not fitting for a man that Allah should speak to him except by inspiration, or from behind a veil, or by the sending of a messenger to reveal, with Allah's permission, what Allah wills".[2]

Based on this, Islamic scholars have described three ways in which God's revelation can reach His chosen individuals, especially prophets.[3]

  • An inspired message – not a word but an idea – can enter the heart of the chosen individuals either in the state of consciousness or in dream.[4]
  • The second mode, it is said, is the word heard by the person spoken to, like, from behind a veil.[4]
  • In the third mode, the revelation is sent from God through archangels like Gabriel and is delivered to the prophets. It is the highest form of revelation, and Muslims believe the whole Quran was revealed in this mode.[3][4]

References
  1. al-Baghdādī, Aḥmad Mubārak and Wheeler, Brannon M.,“Consultation”, in: Encyclopaedia of the Qurʾān, General Editor: Jane Dammen McAuliffe, Georgetown University, Washington DC. Consulted online on 06 July 2020
  2. Abdullah Yusuf Ali translation 42:51
  3. Muhammad Shafi Usmani, Maariful Quran, see commentary on 42:51
  4. Ali, Muhammad (1936). The Religion of Islam. Lahore. p. 70.
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