Quran 42:38 — Ash-Shura, verse 38
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
respond to their Lord; keep up the prayer; conduct their affairs by mutual consultation; give to others out of what We have provided for them;
وَالَّذِينَ اسْتَجَابُوا لِرَبِّهِمْ وَأَقَامُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَأَمْرُهُمْ شُورَىٰ بَيْنَهُمْ وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُمْ يُنْفِقُونَ
wa-alladhīna is'tajābū lirabbihim wa-aqāmū l-ṣalata wa-amruhum shūrā baynahum wamimmā razaqnāhum yunfiqūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- and those who answer their Lord, and perform the prayer, their affair being counsel between them, and they expend of that We have provided them,
- Muhammad Asad
- and who respond to [the call of] their Sustainer and are constant in prayer; and whose rule [in all matters of common concern] is consultation among themselves; and who spend on others out of what We provide for them as sustenance;
- Sahih International
- And those who have responded to their Lord and established prayer and whose affair is [determined by] consultation among themselves, and from what We have provided them, they spend,
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīna | And those who | — |
| 2 | ٱسْتَجَابُوا۟is'tajābū | respond | جوب |
| 3 | لِرَبِّهِمْlirabbihim | to their Lord | ربب |
| 4 | وَأَقَامُوا۟wa-aqāmū | and establish | قوم |
| 5 | ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalata | prayer | صلو |
| 6 | وَأَمْرُهُمْwa-amruhum | and their affairs | أمر |
| 7 | شُورَىٰshūrā | (are conducted by) consultation | شور |
| 8 | بَيْنَهُمْbaynahum | among them | بين |
| 9 | وَمِمَّاwamimmā | and from what | — |
| 10 | رَزَقْنَـٰهُمْrazaqnāhum | We have provided them | رزق |
| 11 | يُنفِقُونَyunfiqūna | they spend | نفق |