Surah Ash-Shuraa (الشورى) • The Consultation

Quran 42:51

42:51

۞ وَمَا كَانَ لِبَشَرٍ أَن يُكَلِّمَهُ ٱللَّهُ إِلَّا وَحْيًا أَوْ مِن وَرَآئِ حِجَابٍ أَوْ يُرْسِلَ رَسُولًا فَيُوحِىَ بِإِذْنِهِۦ مَا يَشَآءُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِىٌّ حَكِيمٌ

wamā kāna libasharin an yukallimahu l-lahu illā waḥyan aw min warāi ḥijābin aw yur'sila rasūlan fayūḥiya bi-idh'nihi mā yashāu innahu ʿaliyyun ḥakīmun

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 granted to any mortal that God should speak to him except through revelation or from behind a veil, or by sending a messenger to reveal by His command what He will: He is exalted and wise.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

It is not given to any human being that Allâh should speak to him unless (it be) by Revelation, or from behind a veil, or (that) He sends a Messenger to reveal what He wills by His Leave. Verily, He is Most High, Most Wise.

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

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۞ وَمَاwamāAnd not
كَانَkānais
لِبَشَرٍlibasharinfor any human
أَنanthat
يُكَلِّمَهُyukallimahuAllah should speak to him
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah should speak to him
إِلَّاillāexcept
وَحْيًاwaḥyan(by) revelation
أَوْawor
مِنminfrom
وَرَآئِwarāibehind
حِجَابٍḥijābina veil
أَوْawor
يُرْسِلَyur'sila(by) sending
رَسُولًۭاrasūlana messenger
فَيُوحِىَfayūḥiyathen he reveals
بِإِذْنِهِۦbi-idh'nihiby His permission
مَاmāwhat
يَشَآءُۚyashāuHe wills
إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
عَلِىٌّʿaliyyun(is) Most High
حَكِيمٌۭḥakīmunMost Wise