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

ٱلشُّورَىٰ

إِنَّمَا ٱلسَّبِيلُ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يَظْلِمُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ وَيَبْغُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ …

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

42:42
إِنَّمَاٱلسَّبِيلُعَلَىٱلَّذِينَيَظْلِمُونَٱلنَّاسَوَيَبْغُونَفِىٱلْأَرْضِبِغَيْرِٱلْحَقِّ ۚأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَلَهُمْعَذَابٌأَلِيمٌ٤٢
innamā l-sabīlu ʿalā alladhīna yaẓlimūna l-nāsa wayabghūna fī l-arḍi bighayri l-ḥaqi ulāika lahum ʿadhābun alīmun

The cause is only against the ones who wrong the people and tyrannize upon the earth without right. Those will have a painful punishment.(42)

Word by word

  1. إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
  2. ٱلسَّبِيلُl-sabīluthe way
  3. عَلَىʿalāagainst
  4. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  5. يَظْلِمُونَyaẓlimūnaoppress
  6. ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsathe people
  7. وَيَبْغُونَwayabghūnaand rebel
  8. فِىfīin
  9. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
  10. بِغَيْرِbighayriwithout
  11. ٱلْحَقِّ ۚl-ḥaqiright
  12. أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
  13. لَهُمْlahumfor them
  14. عَذَابٌʿadhābun(is) a punishment
  15. أَلِيمٌalīmunpainful

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