Surah Ash-Shura 42:13
سُورَةُ الشُّورَىٰ · Meccan · Verse 13 of 53
۞ شَرَعَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلدِّينِ مَا وَصَّىٰ بِهِۦ نُوحًۭا وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ وَمَا وَصَّيْنَا بِهِۦٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ وَعِيسَىٰٓ ۖ أَنْ أَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلدِّينَ وَلَا تَتَفَرَّقُوا۟ فِيهِ ۚ كَبُرَ عَلَى ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ مَا تَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَيْهِ ۚ ٱللَّهُ يَجْتَبِىٓ إِلَيْهِ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهْدِىٓ إِلَيْهِ مَن يُنِيبُ
Translation
In matters of faith, He has laid down for you [people] the same commandment that He gave Noah, which We have revealed to you [Muhammad] and which We enjoined on Abraham and Moses and Jesus: ‘Uphold the faith and do not divide into factions within it’- what you [Prophet] call upon the idolaters to do is hard for them; God chooses whoever He pleases for Himself and guides towards Himself those who turn to Him.
English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.
Topics that discuss this verse
Surah Ash-Shura 42:13 is discussed in 23 study guides on Maani. Each guide gathers the key verses, Arabic words and lessons of one Quranic topic.
- Bequest (Wasiyyah) (key verse)
- Gathering (Ijtima) (key verse)
- Blind Following (Taqlid) (key verse)
- Disagreement (Ikhtilaf)
- Prophethood (Nubuwwah)
- Uprightness (Salah)
- Prophet Abraham (Ibrahim)
- Following Guidance (Ittiba)
- Trustworthiness (Amanah)
- Elevation (Rif'ah)
- Nurturing (Tarbiyah)
- Revealed Scriptures (Al-Kutub al-Munazzalah)
- Prophet Noah (Nuh)
- Guidance (Hidayah)
- Unity (Wahdah)
- Divine Revelation (Wahy)
- Reconciliation (Silm)
- Governance (Siyasah)
- Martyrdom (Shahadah)
- Prophet Salih
- Weakness (Da'f)
- Praise (Madh)
- Social Relations (Alaqat Ijtima'iyyah)
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