Ash-Shura
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.
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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
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- 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
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5 sectionsContents
- Summary
- Q42:23 Verse of affection
- Q42:51 Revelation in Islam
- References
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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).