Quran 42:13 — Ash-Shura, verse 13
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected 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.
شَرَعَ لَكُمْ مِنَ الدِّينِ مَا وَصَّىٰ بِهِ نُوحًا وَالَّذِي أَوْحَيْنَا إِلَيْكَ وَمَا وَصَّيْنَا بِهِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ وَعِيسَىٰ ۖ أَنْ أَقِيمُوا الدِّينَ وَلَا تَتَفَرَّقُوا فِيهِ ۚ كَبُرَ عَلَى الْمُشْرِكِينَ مَا تَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَيْهِ ۚ اللَّهُ يَجْتَبِي إِلَيْهِ مَنْ يَشَاءُ وَيَهْدِي إِلَيْهِ مَنْ يُنِيبُ
sharaʿa lakum mina l-dīni mā waṣṣā bihi nūḥan wa-alladhī awḥaynā ilayka wamā waṣṣaynā bihi ib'rāhīma wamūsā waʿīsā an aqīmū l-dīna walā tatafarraqū fīhi kabura ʿalā l-mush'rikīna mā tadʿūhum ilayhi l-lahu yajtabī ilayhi man yashāu wayahdī ilayhi man yunību
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- He has laid down for you as religion that He charged Noah with, and that We have revealed to thee, and that We charged Abraham with, Moses and Jesus: 'Perform the religion, and scatter not regarding it. Very hateful is that for the idolaters, that thou callest them to. God chooses unto Himself whomsoever He will, and He guides to Himself whosoever turns, penitent.
- Muhammad Asad
- In matters of faith, He has ordained for you that which He had enjoined upon Noah - and into which We gave thee [O Muhammad] insight through revelation as well as that which We had enjoined upon Abraham, and Moses, and Jesus: Steadfastly uphold the [true] faith, and do not break up your unity therein. [And even though] that [unity of faith] to which thou callest them appears oppressive to those who are wont to ascribe to other beings or forces a share in His divinity, God draws unto Himself everyone who is willing, and guides unto Himself everyone who turns unto Him.
- Sahih International
- He has ordained for you of religion what He enjoined upon Noah and that which We have revealed to you, [O Muḥammad], and what We enjoined upon Abraham and Moses and Jesus - to establish the religion and not be divided therein. Difficult for those who associate others with Allāh is that to which you invite them. Allāh chooses for Himself whom He wills and guides to Himself whoever turns back [to Him].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ شَرَعَsharaʿa | He has ordained | شرع |
| 2 | لَكُمlakum | for you | — |
| 3 | مِّنَmina | of | — |
| 4 | ٱلدِّينِl-dīni | the religion | دين |
| 5 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 6 | وَصَّىٰwaṣṣā | He enjoined | وصي |
| 7 | بِهِۦbihi | upon | — |
| 8 | نُوحًۭاnūḥan | Nuh | — |
| 9 | وَٱلَّذِىٓwa-alladhī | and that which | — |
| 10 | أَوْحَيْنَآawḥaynā | We have revealed | وحي |
| 11 | إِلَيْكَilayka | to you | — |
| 12 | وَمَاwamā | and what | — |
| 13 | وَصَّيْنَاwaṣṣaynā | We enjoined | وصي |
| 14 | بِهِۦٓbihi | upon | — |
| 15 | إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīma | Ibrahim | — |
| 16 | وَمُوسَىٰwamūsā | and Musa | — |
| 17 | وَعِيسَىٰٓ ۖwaʿīsā | and Isa | — |
| 18 | أَنْan | To | — |
| 19 | أَقِيمُوا۟aqīmū | establish | قوم |
| 20 | ٱلدِّينَl-dīna | the religion | دين |
| 21 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 22 | تَتَفَرَّقُوا۟tatafarraqū | be divided | فرق |
| 23 | فِيهِ ۚfīhi | therein | — |
| 24 | كَبُرَkabura | Is difficult | كبر |
| 25 | عَلَىʿalā | on | — |
| 26 | ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīna | the polytheists | شرك |
| 27 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 28 | تَدْعُوهُمْtadʿūhum | you call them | دعو |
| 29 | إِلَيْهِ ۚilayhi | to it | — |
| 30 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 31 | يَجْتَبِىٓyajtabī | chooses | جبي |
| 32 | إِلَيْهِilayhi | for Himself | — |
| 33 | مَنman | whom | — |
| 34 | يَشَآءُyashāu | He wills | شيأ |
| 35 | وَيَهْدِىٓwayahdī | and guides | هدي |
| 36 | إِلَيْهِilayhi | to Himself | — |
| 37 | مَنman | whoever | — |
| 38 | يُنِيبُyunību | turns | نوب |