Ash-Shuraa 42:52 وكذالك اوحينا اليك روحا من امرنا ما كنت تدري ما الكتاب ولا الايمان ولاكن جعلناه نورا نهدي به من نشاء من عبادنا وانك لتهدي الى صراط مستقيم ٥٢
وَكَذَٰلِكَ
أَوۡحَيۡنَآ
إِلَيۡكَ
رُوحٗا
مِّنۡ
أَمۡرِنَاۚ
مَا
كُنتَ
تَدۡرِي
مَا
ٱلۡكِتَٰبُ
وَلَا
ٱلۡإِيمَٰنُ
وَلَٰكِن
جَعَلۡنَٰهُ
نُورٗا
نَّهۡدِي
بِهِۦ
مَن
نَّشَآءُ
مِنۡ
عِبَادِنَاۚ
وَإِنَّكَ
لَتَهۡدِيٓ
إِلَىٰ
صِرَٰطٖ
مُّسۡتَقِيمٖ
٥٢
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,
— M. Pickthall
And thus We have revealed to you an inspiration of Our command [i.e., the Qur’ān]. You did not know what is the Book or [what is] faith, but We have made it a light by which We guide whom We will of Our servants. And indeed, [O Muḥammad], you guide to a straight path -
— Saheeh International
And thus have We, by Our Command, sent inspiration to thee: thou knewest not (before) what was Revelation, and what was Faith; but We have made the (Qur'an) a Light, wherewith We guide such of Our servants as We will; and verily thou dost guide (men) to the Straight Way,-
— 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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