Ash-Shūraالشورى 42:52
Muṣḥaf order 42
Cairo 1924 order #62 Meccan
Verses 53 (Ḥafṣ)
counts differ by 3
across the traditions
Abrogation: no authority selected.
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- Qunbul: صِرَٰطٍ → سِرَاطٍ (letters; Quranpedia.net qiraat dataset (v2026-09-12), locus 42:52#1)
وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ رُوحًا مِّنْ أَمْرِنَا ۚ مَا كُنتَ تَدْرِى مَا ٱلْكِتَٰبُ وَلَا ٱلْإِيمَٰنُ وَلَٰكِن جَعَلْنَٰهُ نُورًا نَّهْدِى بِهِۦ مَن نَّشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ۚ وَإِنَّكَ لَتَهْدِىٓ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ ٥٢
Marmaduke Pickthall
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And thus have We inspired in thee (Muhammad) a Spirit of Our command. Thou knewest not what the Scripture was, nor what the Faith. But We have made it a light whereby We guide whom We will of Our bondmen. And lo! thou verily dost guide unto a right path,