Ash-Shura

Sura 42 of the Quran
الشورى
Ash-Shūrā
Council
ClassificationMeccan
Other namesConsultation, The Counsel
PositionJuzʼ 25
No. of Rukus5
No. of verses53
Opening muqaṭṭaʻātḤā Mīm; ʿAin Sīn Qāf حم عسق

Ash-Shūrā (Arabic: الشورى, al-shūrā, "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). It has no pre-Quranic antecedent.[1]

Regarding the timing and contextual background of the believed revelation (asbāb al-nuzūl), it is an earlier "Meccan surah", which means it has been revealed in Mecca, rather than later in Medina.

  1. ^ al-Baghdādī, Aḥmad Mubārak and Wheeler, Brannon M.,“Consultation”, in: Encyclopaedia of the Qurʾān, General Editor: Jane Dammen McAuliffe, Georgetown University, Washington DC. Consulted online on 06 July 2020

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