Surah 13 Ar-Ra'd — Ayah 1
الٓمٓر ۚ تِلْكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ ۗ وَٱلَّذِىٓ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
Alif, Lâm, Mîm, Râ. Questi sono i versetti del Libro. Ciò che è stato fatto scendere su di te, da parte del tuo Signore, è la verità, ma la maggior parte degli uomini non crede.
alif-lam-meem-ra til'ka āyātu l-kitābi wa-alladhī unzila ilayka min rabbika l-ḥaqu walākinna akthara l-nāsi lā yu'minūna
Word by word
- الٓمٓر ۚ alif-lam-meem-ra Alif Laam Mim Ra
- تِلْكَ til'ka These
- ءَايَـٰتُ āyātu (are) the Verses
- ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ۗ l-kitābi (of) the Book
- وَٱلَّذِىٓ wa-alladhī And that which
- أُنزِلَ unzila has been revealed
- إِلَيْكَ ilayka to you
- مِن min from
- رَّبِّكَ rabbika your Lord
- ٱلْحَقُّ l-ḥaqu (is) the truth
- وَلَـٰكِنَّ walākinna but
- أَكْثَرَ akthara most
- ٱلنَّاسِ l-nāsi (of) the mankind
- لَا lā (do) not
- يُؤْمِنُونَ yu'minūna believe
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Ar-Rad was revealed in Makkah
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
The Qur'an is Allah's Kalam (Speech)
We talked before, in the beginning of Surat Al-Baqarah (chapter 2) about the meaning of the letters that appear in the beginnings of some chapters in the Qur'an. We stated that every Surah that starts with separate letters, affirms that the Qur'an is miraculous and is an evidence that it is a revelation from Allah, and that there is no doubt or denying in this fact. This is why Allah said next,
(These are the verses of the Book), the Qur'an, which Allah described afterwards,
(and that which has been revealed unto you), O Muhammad,
(from your Lord is the truth,) Allah said next,
(but most men believe not.) just as He said in another Ayah,
(And most of mankind will not believe even if you desire it eagerly.) 12:103 Allah declares that even after this clear, plain and unequivocal explanation (the Qur'an), most men will still not believe, due to their rebellion, stubbornness and hypocrisy.