Ash-Shuraa 42:51 ۞ وما كان لبشر ان يكلمه الله الا وحيا او من وراء حجاب او يرسل رسولا فيوحي باذنه ما يشاء انه علي حكيم ٥١
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۞ وَمَا
كَانَ
لِبَشَرٍ
أَن
يُكَلِّمَهُ
ٱللَّهُ
إِلَّا
وَحۡيًا
أَوۡ
مِن
وَرَآيِٕ
حِجَابٍ
أَوۡ
يُرۡسِلَ
رَسُولٗا
فَيُوحِيَ
بِإِذۡنِهِۦ
مَا
يَشَآءُۚ
إِنَّهُۥ
عَلِيٌّ
حَكِيمٞ
٥١
And it was not (vouchsafed) to any mortal that Allah should speak to him unless (it be) by revelation or from behind a veil, or (that) He sendeth a messenger to reveal what He will by His leave. Lo! He is Exalted, Wise.
— M. Pickthall
And it is not for any human being that Allāh should speak to him except by revelation or from behind a partition or that He sends a messenger [i.e., angel] to reveal, by His permission, what He wills. Indeed, He is Most High and Wise.
— Saheeh International
It is not fitting for a man that Allah should speak to him except by inspiration, or from behind a veil, or by the sending of a messenger to reveal, with Allah's permission, what Allah wills: for He is Most High, Most Wise.
— A. Yusuf Ali
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
How the Revelation comes down
This refers to how Allah sends revelation. Sometimes He casts something into the heart of the Prophet , and he has no doubt that it is from Allah, as it was reported in Sahih Ibn Hibban that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
«إِنَّ رُوْحَ الْقُدُسِ نَفَثَ فِي رُوعِي أَنَّ نَ
…How the Revelation comes down
This refers to how Allah sends revelation. Sometimes He casts something into the heart of the Prophet , and he has no dou
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