[42] Surah Ash-Shura mind map

Ash-Shura names the community by how it decides: their affair is consultation among them. Around that sit the law that was legislated to every prophet, the ways revelation comes, and the reward for those who forgive.

  • 53 Ayahs
  • 4 Blocks
  • Meccan Revealed

Your memorisation plan

3

At this pace the whole surah takes 18 study days.

Study days are days you actually sit down to memorise — miss one and the plan simply moves with you.

The map

  1. 1

    He legislated the same religion

    Ayahs 1-16

    بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ حمٓدَاحِضَةٌ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ وَعَلَيْهِمْ غَضَبٌۭ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌۭ شَدِيدٌ

    What Nuh was enjoined and what was revealed to you; establish the religion and do not divide over it — and the balance sent down.

    Study days 1-6

  2. 2

    Their affair is consultation

    Ayahs 17-35

    ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنزَلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَٱلْمِيزَانَ ۗ وَمَا يُدْرِيكَٱلَّذِينَ يُجَٰدِلُونَ فِىٓ ءَايَٰتِنَا مَا لَهُم مِّن مَّحِيصٍۢ

    Whoever wants the harvest of the hereafter is increased in it; those who answer their Lord, establish prayer, consult among themselves and spend.

    Study days 6-12

  3. 3

    And when angered, they forgive

    Ayahs 36-43

    فَمَآ أُوتِيتُم مِّن شَىْءٍۢ فَمَتَٰعُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ وَمَاوَلَمَن صَبَرَ وَغَفَرَ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ لَمِنْ عَزْمِ ٱلْأُمُورِ

    The recompense of a wrong is a wrong like it, but whoever pardons and reconciles — his reward is with Allah.

    Study days 12-15

  4. 4

    How He speaks to a man

    Ayahs 44-53

    وَمَن يُضْلِلِ ٱللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن وَلِىٍّۢ مِّنۢوَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ أَلَآ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ تَصِيرُ ٱلْأُمُورُ

    By inspiration, from behind a veil, or by sending a messenger — and you did not know what the Book was before it came.

    Study days 15-18

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The lesson

Consultation is listed among prayer and spending as one of the marks of the believers, not as a political mechanism bolted on afterwards.

The sections of this surah, explained

A short walk through all 4 sections of this surah, in the order you will memorise them.

Common questions

How long does it take to memorise Surah Ash-Shura mind map?
At 3 ayahs a day, its 53 ayahs take 18 study days. Change the pace above and every date on this page updates.
Do I have to memorise it in order?
Most teachers keep the surah's own order, because the 4 blocks below follow one another for a reason. The map matters more than the sequence: knowing which block you are inside is what stops the similar passages blurring together.
Do I need a teacher for this?
You can memorise from a map alone, but almost nobody corrects their own recitation. A teacher hears the mistakes you cannot, and holds you to the schedule you just set.

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