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Surah Ash-Shuraa, Ayah 15 (42:15)

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فَلِذَٰلِكَ فَٱدْعُ ۖ وَٱسْتَقِمْ كَمَآ أُمِرْتَ ۖ وَلَا تَتَّبِعْ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ ۖ وَقُلْ ءَامَنتُ بِمَآ …

Quran 42:15 is ayah 15 of Surah Ash-Shuraa (“The Consultation”), a Meccan surah of 53 ayahs. It is in Juz 25, on page 484 of the Madani Mushaf.

42:15
فَلِذَٰلِكَفَٱدْعُ ۖوَٱسْتَقِمْكَمَآأُمِرْتَ ۖوَلَاتَتَّبِعْأَهْوَآءَهُمْ ۖوَقُلْءَامَنتُبِمَآأَنزَلَٱللَّهُمِنكِتَٰبٍ ۖوَأُمِرْتُلِأَعْدِلَبَيْنَكُمُ ۖٱللَّهُرَبُّنَاوَرَبُّكُمْ ۖلَنَآأَعْمَٰلُنَاوَلَكُمْأَعْمَٰلُكُمْ ۖلَاحُجَّةَبَيْنَنَاوَبَيْنَكُمُ ۖٱللَّهُيَجْمَعُبَيْنَنَا ۖوَإِلَيْهِٱلْمَصِيرُ١٥
falidhālika fa-ud'ʿu wa-is'taqim kamā umir'ta walā tattabiʿ ahwāahum waqul āmantu bimā anzala l-lahu min kitābin wa-umir'tu li-aʿdila baynakumu l-lahu rabbunā warabbukum lanā aʿmālunā walakum aʿmālukum lā ḥujjata baynanā wabaynakumu l-lahu yajmaʿu baynanā wa-ilayhi l-maṣīru

So to that [religion of Allāh] invite, [O Muḥammad], and remain on a right course as you are commanded and do not follow their inclinations but say, "I have believed in what Allāh has revealed of scripture [i.e., the Qur’ān], and I have been commanded to do justice among you. Allāh is our Lord and your Lord. For us are our deeds, and for you your deeds. There is no [need for] argument between us and you. Allāh will bring us together, and to Him is the [final] destination."(15)

Word by word

  1. فَلِذَٰلِكَfalidhālikaSo to that
  2. فَٱدْعُ ۖfa-ud'ʿuthen invite
  3. وَٱسْتَقِمْwa-is'taqimand stand firm
  4. كَمَآkamāas
  5. أُمِرْتَ ۖumir'tayou are commanded
  6. وَلَاwalāand (do) not
  7. تَتَّبِعْtattabiʿfollow
  8. أَهْوَآءَهُمْ ۖahwāahumtheir desires
  9. وَقُلْwaqulbut say
  10. ءَامَنتُāmantuI believe
  11. بِمَآbimāin what
  12. أَنزَلَanzalaAllah has sent down
  13. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah has sent down
  14. مِنminof
  15. كِتَٰبٍ ۖkitābin(the) Book
  16. وَأُمِرْتُwa-umir'tuand I am commanded
  17. لِأَعْدِلَli-aʿdilathat I do justice
  18. بَيْنَكُمُ ۖbaynakumubetween you
  19. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  20. رَبُّنَاrabbunā(is) our Lord
  21. وَرَبُّكُمْ ۖwarabbukumand your Lord
  22. لَنَآlanāFor us
  23. أَعْمَٰلُنَاaʿmālunāour deeds
  24. وَلَكُمْwalakumand for you
  25. أَعْمَٰلُكُمْ ۖaʿmālukumyour deeds
  26. لَاlā(There is) no
  27. حُجَّةَḥujjataargument
  28. بَيْنَنَاbaynanābetween us
  29. وَبَيْنَكُمُ ۖwabaynakumuand between you
  30. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  31. يَجْمَعُyajmaʿuwill assemble
  32. بَيْنَنَا ۖbaynanā[between] us
  33. وَإِلَيْهِwa-ilayhiand to Him
  34. ٱلْمَصِيرُl-maṣīru(is) the final return

Tafsir (commentary) of 42:15

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English · EnglishTafsir Ibn Kathir (Abridged) — Hafiz Ibn Kathir

This Ayah includes ten separate and independent ideas, each of which is a ruling on its own.

They (the scholars) said that there is nothing else like it in the Qur'an, apart from Ayat Al-Kursi 2:255, which also includes ten ideas.

فَلِذَلِكَ فَادْعُ

(So unto this then invite (people),) means, `so call people to this which We have revealed to you and which We enjoined upon all the Prophets before you,' the Prophets of major ways of Shari`ah that were followed, such as the Messengers of strong will, and others.

وَاسْتَقِمْ كَمَآ أُمِرْتَ

(and stand firm as you are commanded, ) means, `adhere firmly, you and those who follow you, to the worship of Allah as He has commanded you.'

وَلاَ تَتَّبِعْ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ

(and follow not their desires) means, the desires of the idolators, in the falsehoods that they have invented and fabricated by worshipping idols.

وَقُلْ ءَامَنتُ بِمَآ أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ مِن كِتَـبٍ

(but say: "I believe in whatsoever Allah has sent down of the Book...") means, `I believe in all the Books that have been revealed from heaven to the Prophets; we do not differentiate between any of them.'

وَأُمِرْتُ لاًّعْدِلَ بَيْنَكُمُ

(and I am commanded to do justice among you.) means, when judging according to the commands of Allah.

اللَّهُ رَبُّنَا وَرَبُّكُمْ

(Allah is our Lord and your Lord.) means, `He is the One Who is to be worshipped, and there is no true God but He. We affirm this willingly, and even though you do not do so willingly, everyone in the universe prostrates to Him obediently and willingly.'

لَنَآ أَعْمَـلُنَا وَلَكُمْ أَعْمَـلُكُمْ

(For us our deeds and for you your deeds.) means, `we have nothing to do with you. ' This is like the Ayah:

وَإِن كَذَّبُوكَ فَقُل لِّى عَمَلِى وَلَكُمْ عَمَلُكُمْ أَنتُمْ بَرِيئُونَ مِمَّآ أَعْمَلُ وَأَنَاْ بَرِىءٌ مِّمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ

(And if they deny you, say: "For me are my deeds and for you are your deeds! You are innocent of what I do, and I am innocent of what you do!") (10:41)

لاَ حُجَّةَ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمُ

(There is no dispute between us and you.) Mujahid said, "This means, no argument." As-Suddi said, "This was before Ayah of the sword was revealed." This fits the context, because this Ayah was revealed in Makkah, and Ayah of the sword 22:39-40 was revealed after the Hijrah.

اللَّهُ يَجْمَعُ بَيْنَنَا

(Allah will assemble us (all),) means, on the Day of Resurrection. This is like the Ayah:

قُلْ يَجْمَعُ بَيْنَنَا رَبُّنَا ثُمَّ يَفْتَحُ بَيْنَنَا بِالْحَقِّ وَهُوَ الْفَتَّاحُ الْعَلِيمُ

(Say: "Our Lord will assemble us all together, then He will judge between us with truth. And He is the Just Judge, the All-Knower of the true state of affairs.") (34:26).

وَإِلَيْهِ الْمَصِيرُ

(and to Him is the final return.) means, the final return on the Day of Reckoning.

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