Meaning: is revealed · Also translated as: And We inspired, We revealed, We reveal it, have revealed
Forms in the Quran
يُوحَىٰٓ×18
أَوْحَيْنَآ×14
أُوحِىَ×12
وَأَوْحَيْنَآ×8
وَأُوحِىَ×4
نُّوحِىٓ×4
فَأَوْحَىٰٓ×3
نُوحِيهِ×2
Its root in the classical dictionaries
أصل الوحي: الإشارة السريعة، ولتضمن السرعة قيل: أمر وحي، وذلك يكون بالكلام على سبيل الرمز والتعريض، وقد يكون بصوت مجرد عن التركيب، وبإشارة ببعض الجوارح، وبالكتابة، وقد حمل على ذلك قوله تعالى عن زكريا: فخرج على قومه من المحراب فأوحى إليهم أن سبحوا بكرة وعشيا
الواو والحاء والحرف المعتل: أصل يدل على إلقاء علم في إخفاء أو غيره إلى غيرك. فالوحي: الإشارة. والوحي: الكتاب والرسالة. وكل ما ألقيته إلى غيرك حتى علمه فهو وحي كيف كان. وأوحى الله تعالى ووحى. قال:
And We made them
Leaders, guiding (men) by
Our Command, and We
Sent them inspiration
To do good deeds,
To establish regular prayers,
And to practise regular charity;
And they constantly served
Us (and Us only).
So We inspired him
(With this message): "Construct
The Ark within Our sight
And under Our guidance: then
When comes Our command,
And the fountains of the earth
Gush forth, take thou on board
Pairs of every species, male
And female, and thy family—
Except those of them
Against whom the Word
Has already gone forth:
And address Me not
In favour of the wrong-doers;
For they shall be drowned
(In the Flood).
So We sent this inspiration
To the mother of Moses:
"Suckle (thy child), but when
Thou hast fears about him,
Cast him into the river,
But fear not nor grieve:
For We shall restore him
To thee, and We shall make
Him one of Our apostles."
Recite what is sent
Of the Book by inspiration
To thee, and establish
Regular Prayer: for Prayer
Restrains from shameful
And unjust deeds;
And remembrance of God
Is the greatest (thing in life)
Without doubt. And God knows
The (deeds) that ye do.
Say: "If I am astray,
I only stray to the loss
Of my own soul: but if
I receive guidance, it is
Because of the inspiration
Of my Lord to me:
It is He Who hears
All things, and is (ever) near."
That which We have revealed
To thee of the Book
Is the Truth,—confirming
What was (revealed) before it:
For God is assuredly—
With respect to His servants—
Well acquainted and
Fully Observant.
But it has already
Been revealed to thee,—
As it was to those
Before thee,—"If thou
Wert to join (gods
With God), truly fruitless
Will be thy work (in life),
And thou wilt surely
Be in the ranks of those
Who lose (all spiritual good)".
Say thou: "I am
But a man like you:
It is revealed to me
By inspiration, that your God
Is One God: so stand
True to Him, and ask
For His forgiveness."
And woe to those who
Join gods with God,—
So he completed them
As seven firmaments
In two Days, and He
Assigned to each heaven
Its duty and command.
And We adorned
The lower heaven
With lights, and (provided it)
With guard. Such
Is the Decree of (Him)
The Exalted in Might,
Full of knowledge.
Thus have We sent
By inspiration to thee
An Arabic Qur-ān:
That thou mayest warn
The Mother of Cities
And all around her,—
And warn (them) of
The Day of Assembly,
Of which there is no doubt:
(When) some will be
In the Garden, and some
In the Blazing Fire.
The same religion has He
Established for you as that
Which He enjoined on Noah—
The which We have sent
By inspiration to thee—
And that which We enjoined
On Abraham, Moses, and Jesus:
Namely, that ye should remain
Steadfast in Religion, and make
No divisions therein:
To those who worship
Other things than God,
Hard is the (way)
To which thou callest them,
God chooses to Himself
Those whom He pleases,
And guides to Himself
Those who turn (to Him).
It is not fitting
For a man that God
Should speak to him
Except by inspiration,
Or from behind a veil,
Or by the sending
Of a Messenger
To reveal, with God's permission,
What God wills: for He
Is Most High, Most Wise.