Ash-Shura
| الشورى Ash-Shūrā Council | |
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| Classification | Meccan |
| Position | Juzʼ 25 |
| No. of verses | 53 |
| No. of Rukus | 5 |
| No. of words | 983 |
| No. of letters | 3473 |
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Ash-Shūrā (Arabic: الشورى, al-shūrā, "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). It 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).