Ash-Shura

Not to be confused with Ash-Shu'ara.
Surah 42 of the Quran
الشورى‎
Ash-Shūrā
Council
ClassificationMeccan
PositionJuzʼ 25
No. of verses53
No. of Rukus5
No. of words983
No. of letters3473

Ash-Shūrā (Arabic: الشورى, aš-šūrā, "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) and has no pre-Quranic antecedent.

Regarding the timing and contextual background of the revelation (asbāb al-nuzūl), it is traditionally believed to be a Meccan surah, from the second Meccan period (615-619).

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