Surah Ash-Shuraa (الشورى) • The Consultation

Quran 42:17

42:17

ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنزَلَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَٱلْمِيزَانَ ۗ وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ قَرِيبٌ

al-lahu alladhī anzala l-kitāba bil-ḥaqi wal-mīzāna wamā yud'rīka laʿalla l-sāʿata qarībun

It is Allāh who has sent down the Book in truth and [also] the balance [i.e., justice]. And what will make you perceive? Perhaps the Hour is near.

— Saheeh International

It is God who has sent down the Scripture with Truth and the Balance. How can you tell? The Last Hour may well be near:

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

It is Allâh Who has sent down the Book (the Qur’ân) in truth, and the Balance (i.e. to act justly). And what can make you know that perhaps the Hour is close at hand?

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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ٱللَّهُal-lahuAllah
ٱلَّذِىٓalladhī(is) the One Who
أَنزَلَanzala(has) sent down
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Book
بِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiin truth
وَٱلْمِيزَانَۗwal-mīzānaand the Balance
وَمَاwamāAnd what
يُدْرِيكَyud'rīkawill make you know
لَعَلَّlaʿallaPerhaps
ٱلسَّاعَةَl-sāʿatathe Hour
قَرِيبٌۭqarībun(is) near