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Surah Ash-Shuraa, Ayah 53 (42:53)

ٱلشُّورَىٰ

صِرَٰطِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ أَلَآ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ …

Quran 42:53 is ayah 53 of Surah Ash-Shuraa (“The Consultation”), a Meccan surah of 53 ayahs. It is in Juz 25, on page 489 of the Madani Mushaf.

42:53
صِرَٰطِٱللَّهِٱلَّذِىلَهُۥمَافِىٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَمَافِىٱلْأَرْضِ ۗأَلَآإِلَىٱللَّهِتَصِيرُٱلْأُمُورُ٥٣
ṣirāṭi l-lahi alladhī lahu mā fī l-samāwāti wamā fī l-arḍi alā ilā l-lahi taṣīru l-umūru

The path of Allāh, to whom belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Unquestionably, to Allāh do [all] matters evolve [i.e., return].(53)

Word by word

  1. صِرَٰطِṣirāṭi(The) path
  2. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
  3. ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One
  4. لَهُۥlahuto Whom
  5. مَاmā(belongs) whatever
  6. فِىfī(is) in
  7. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
  8. وَمَاwamāand whatever
  9. فِىfī(is) in
  10. ٱلْأَرْضِ ۗl-arḍithe earth
  11. أَلَآalāUnquestionably
  12. إِلَىilāTo
  13. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  14. تَصِيرُtaṣīrureach
  15. ٱلْأُمُورُl-umūruall affairs

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