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Ash-Shura
Sign in to saveAlso known as Surah 42, Sura 42, The Council, Surah of the Council, Surah of the Consulation, The Consultation, The Counsel, Surah of the Counsel
Ash-Shūrā (, aš-šūrā, "Council, Consultation") is the 42nd chapter (sūrah) of the Qur'an (Q42) with 53 verses (āyāt). Its title derives from the question of "shūrā" (consultation) referred to in Verse 38. The term appears only once in the Quranic text (at Q42:38) and has no pre-Quranic antecedent.
Ash-Shura is the 42nd chapter of the Qur'an, containing 53 verses, and takes its name from the concept of "consultation" mentioned in one of its verses. The term "shura" appears only once in the entire Qur'an in this chapter, making it a distinctive concept introduced by this text without precedent in pre-Islamic Arabic tradition.
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Key facts
- Surah.number
- 42
- Surah.number 3
- 042
- Surah.name
- Ash-Shūrā
- Surah.name ar
- الشورى
- Surah.name en
- Council
- Surah.prev_sura
- Quran 41
- Surah.next_sura
- Quran 43
- Surah.classification
- Meccan
- Surah.juz
- 25
- Surah.rukus
- 5
- Surah.verses
- 53
- Surah.words
- 983
- Surah.letters
- 3473
- Surah.muqattaat
- Ḥā Mīm; ʿAin Sīn Qāf حم عسق
- Surah.audio
- Chapter 42, Ash-Shura (Mujawwad) - Recitation of the Holy Qur'an.mp3
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- language of work or name
- Quranic Arabic
- Commons category
- Ash-Shura
- name in kana
- そうだん
- topic's main category
- Category:Ash-Shura
- has characteristic
- Meccan surah
- described by source
- Encyclopaedia of the Qur'ān
- work available at URL
- quran.com/42
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- islam.stackexchange.com/tags/surat-ash-shura
- title
- سورة الشورى
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Summary
- Q42:23 Verse of affection
- Q42:51 Revelation in Islam
- References
- External links
Ash-Shūrā (, aš-šūrā, "Council, Consultation") is the 42nd chapter (sūrah) of the Qur'an (Q42) with 53 verses (āyāt). Its title derives from the question of "shūrā" (consultation) referred to in Verse 38. The term appears only once in the Quranic text (at Q42:38) and has no pre-Quranic antecedent.
Regarding the timing and contextual background of the revelation (asbāb al-nuzūl), it is traditionally believed to be a Meccan surah, from the second Meccan period (615-619).
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