Surah Ash-Shuraa (الشورى) • The Consultation

Quran 42:47

42:47

ٱسْتَجِيبُوا۟ لِرَبِّكُم مِّن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِىَ يَوْمٌ لَّا مَرَدَّ لَهُۥ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ مَا لَكُم مِّن مَّلْجَإٍ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن نَّكِيرٍ

is'tajībū lirabbikum min qabli an yatiya yawmun lā maradda lahu mina l-lahi mā lakum min malja-in yawma-idhin wamā lakum min nakīrin

Respond to your Lord before a Day comes from Allāh of which there is no repelling. No refuge will you have that Day, nor for you will there be any denial.

— Saheeh International

So [people] respond to your Lord before there comes a Day that cannot, against God’s will, be averted- you will have no refuge on that Day, and no possibility of denying [your sins].

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Answer the Call of your Lord (i.e. accept the Islâmic Monotheism, O mankind, and jinn) before there comes from Allâh a Day which cannot be averted (i.e. the Day of Resurrection). You will have no refuge on that Day nor there will be for you any denying (of your crimes as they are all recorded in the Book of your deeds).

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

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Word by Word

ٱسْتَجِيبُوا۟is'tajībūRespond
لِرَبِّكُمlirabbikumto your Lord
مِّنminbefore
قَبْلِqablibefore
أَنan[that]
يَأْتِىَyatiyacomes
يَوْمٌۭyawmuna Day
لَّاlā(there is) no
مَرَدَّmaraddaaverting
لَهُۥlahufor it
مِنَminafrom
ٱللَّهِۚl-lahiAllah
مَاmāNot
لَكُمlakum(is) for you
مِّنminany
مَّلْجَإٍۢmalja-inrefuge
يَوْمَئِذٍۢyawma-idhin(on) that Day
وَمَاwamāand not
لَكُمlakumfor you
مِّنminany
نَّكِيرٍۢnakīrindenial