Tafsir Ibn Kathir -> Surah Ash-Shura -> Which was revealed in Makkah

﴿بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ﴾

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

﴿حـم- عسق- كَذَلِكَ يُوحِى إِلَيْكَ وَإِلَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكَ اللَّهُ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ- لَهُ مَا فِى السَّمَـوتِ وَمَا فِى الاْرْضِ وَهُوَ الْعَلِىُّ العَظِيمُ- تَكَادُ السَّمَـوتُ يَتَفَطَّرْنَ مِن فَوْقِهِنَّ وَالْمَلَـئِكَةُ يُسَبّحُونَ بِحَمْدِ رَبّهِمْ وَيَسْتَغْفِرُونَ لِمَن فِى الاْرْضِ أَلاَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ- وَالَّذِينَ اتَّخَذُواْ مِن دُونِهِ أَوْلِيَآء اللَّهُ حَفِيظٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَمَآ أَنتَ عَلَيْهِم بِوَكِيلٍ-﴾

(1. Ha Mim.) (2. `Ain Sin Qaf.) (3. Likewise Allah, the Almighty, the All-Wise sends revelation to you as to those before you.) (4. To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on the earth, and He is the Most High, the Most Great.) (5. Nearly the heavens might be rent asunder from above them, and the angels glorify the praises of their Lord, and ask for forgiveness for those on the earth. Lo, Verily, Allah is the Oft-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.) (6. And as for those who take as protecting friends others besides Him -- Allah is Hafiz over them, and you are not a trustee over them.)