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Ash-Shuraa (The Consultation) · Ayah 51

۞ وَمَا كَانَ لِبَشَرٍ أَن يُكَلِّمَهُ ٱللَّهُ إِلَّا وَحْيًا أَوْ مِن وَرَآئِ حِجَابٍ أَوْ يُرْسِلَ رَسُولًا فَيُوحِىَ بِإِذْنِهِۦ مَا يَشَآءُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِىٌّ حَكِيمٌ 51

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.

۞ 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
مَاwhat
noun
يَشَآءُ ۚyashāuHe wills
إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
noun
عَلِىٌّʿaliyyun(is) Most High
حَكِيمٌۭḥakīmunMost Wise
حكمh-k-madjective
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